Tom Jones: The Super Furry Animal
Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, October 1999
Welsh before it was fashionable, prefers a straight glass to a line, no stranger to ladies lingerie, possessed of legendary staying power... He is Tom Jones and, feted by a hip new generation, he has a story or two to tell.
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