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'''''The Lead and How to Swing It''''' is the 33rd studio album by Welsh singer ], released in 1994. It includes the ] "If I Only Knew", which reached number 11 in the ],<ref>https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11640/tom-jones/</ref> and "I Wanna Get Back with You", featuring ], which reached number 94.<ref>https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11640/tom-jones/</ref> |
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'''''The Lead and How to Swing It''''' is the 33rd studio album by Welsh singer ], released in 1994. It includes the ] "If I Only Knew", which reached number 11 in the ],<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11640/tom-jones/|title=TOM JONES|date=Feb 17, 1965|website=Official Charts|accessdate=Dec 22, 2024}}</ref> and "I Wanna Get Back with You", featuring ], which reached number 94.<ref name="auto1"/> |
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==Critical reception== |
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In a review for ], ] said that on ''The Lead and How to Swing It'', Jones had recorded "with several of the hippest names in dance music" of that time. He described the album's title as "clumsy", and opined that the album is "neither true to Tom Jones' core audience nor appealing to ], simply because it doesn't feature Jones doing what he does best -- famous songs written by other people. Instead, it's a set of written-to-order dance numbers that are immaculately produced and sung, yet hardly engaging." He concluded the review by saying that the songs on the album are "devoid of the ] factor that made version of ]'s "]" so entertaining."<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lead-and-how-to-swing-it-mw0000121771</ref> |
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In a review for ], ] said that on ''The Lead and How to Swing It'', Jones had recorded "with several of the hippest names in dance music" of that time. He described the album's title as "clumsy", and opined that the album is "neither true to Tom Jones' core audience nor appealing to ], simply because it doesn't feature Jones doing what he does best -- famous songs written by other people. Instead, it's a set of written-to-order dance numbers that are immaculately produced and sung, yet hardly engaging." He concluded the review by saying that the songs on the album are "devoid of the ] factor that made version of ]'s "]" so entertaining."<ref name="auto"/> |
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==Track listing== |
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