''Long Lost Suitcase'' is the 40th studio album released by Welsh singer

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, released on 9 October 2015. It is the third in a trilogy of albums, following 2010's '' Praise & Blame'' and '' Spirit in the Room'' in 2012.Harper, Simon (2015)
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Ethan Johns Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in Merton, London) is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including Robert Vincent, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, ...

. This album comes as a CD in a jewel case with a 16-page booklet featuring rare photos from Jones' career.

Track listing

Reception

Andre Paine, reviewing for the ''

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'' also gave it four stars, stating "At 75, Jones’s volcanic vocal still sounds majestic on an album that maintains the artistic rejuvenation of recent years." Fiona Shepherd in ''

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'' rated it the same. Nathan Bevan, reviewing it for

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was also positive, while ''

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s Dave Simpson gave it three stars, calling it "slightly uneven". Paddy Kehoe, for

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, was less enthusiastic, giving it two stars.

Single

The track "Take My Love (I Want To Give It)", originally recorded by

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in 1961, was released as a single on 6 November 2015.

Personnel

– vocals *

– electric & acoustic guitars, organ, clavinet, mellotron, bass, percussion, weissenhorn (1, 3–7, 9–13) *

Jeremy Stacey Jeremy Stacey (born 27 September 1963) is a British drummer and keyboard player. His early works included the 1990s band The Lemon Trees (with twin brother Paul Stacey on guitars, Guy Chambers and others) and Denzil (band), Denzil. He has also ...

– drums (1, 3–5, 9–13) * Ian Jennings – double bass (1, 3–4) * Al Gare – double bass (1) * Leon Mooney – acoustic guitar (2, 8) * Mark McGovern – banjo (2, 8) * Leslie Jones – mandolin (2, 8) * Fiachra Cunningham – violin (2, 8) *

Imelda May Imelda Mary Higham (; born 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish singer, songwriter, television presenter and multi-instrumentalist. She is known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been compared to ...

– vocals (2) *

Andy Fairweather-Low Andrew Fairweather Low (born 2 August 1948) is a Welsh guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and lead singer of 1960s pop band Amen Corner, and in recent years has toured extensively with Roger Waters, Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman's ...

– electric, acoustic & 12-string guitars, backing vocals (3–5, 9–13) * Dave Bronze – bass (5, 9–13)

Charts

References

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