What's New Pussycat? (Tom Jones album)

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What's New Pussycat?
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Studio album by
Tom Jones
ReleasedSeptember 1965 (1965-09)[1]
Recorded1965
GenrePop rock, blue-eyed soul
Length30:29 (LP)
LabelParrot[2]
ProducerPeter Sullivan
Tom Jones chronology
Along Came Jones
(1965) 		What's New Pussycat?
(1965) 		A-tom-ic Jones
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

What's New Pussycat? is the second album released by Tom Jones, created to capitalize on the success of his then-current hit single, the theme song from What's New Pussycat?

The album also included songs that had been removed from the US version of Jones' debut album ("I've Got a Heart", "The Rose", "Some Other Guy", "Endlessly"). Jones had covered Little Richard's hit "Bama Lama Bama Loo" on the live EP Tom Jones on Stage earlier in the year, and the studio version appears here. His previous UK single ("With These Hands" b/w "Untrue") and other B-sides from the singles "Once Upon a Time" ("I Tell the Sea") and "It's Not Unusual" ("To Wait for Love") fill out the track list.

This album was unusual in that it originated from Jones' US label Parrot, and not from Decca.

What's New Pussycat? was released by London Records on Compact Disc with bonus tracks in 1987. These additional tracks include the A-side "Once Upon a Time", as well as Jones' contribution to the various artists benefit album 14 – Lord's Taverners ("Kiss, Kiss") and 2 outtakes from other sessions.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What's New Pussycat?"Burt Bacharach, Hal David2:18
2."Some Other Guy"Gordon Mills2:31
3."I've Got a Heart"Mills2:39
4."Little by Little"Mills2:20
5."Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)"Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott2:27
6."Bama Lama Bama Loo"Richard Penniman1:50
Total length:14:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."With These Hands"Benny Davis, Abner Silver2:41
2."Untrue Unfaithful"Mills2:34
3."To Wait For Love (Is to Waste Your Life Away)"Bacharach, David1:49
4."And I Tell the Sea"Tom Jones, Mills3:12
5."The Rose"Mills2:43
6."Endlessly"Brook Benton, Clyde Otis3:25
Total length:16:24
What's New Pussycat? – Compact Disc bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Memphis, Tennessee"Chuck Berry2:40
14."Kiss, Kiss"Bob Barron, Jack Price2:10
15."Once Upon a Time"Mills2:07
16."What'cha Gonna Do"Mills3:07
Total length:10:04

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b What's New Pussycat? at AllMusic. Retrieved August 19, 2017 (2017-08-19).
  2. ^ What's New Pussycat? at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. ^ What's New Pussycat? CD at Discogs
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