Tom Jones - Did Trouble Me (Susan M. Werner)
From the album Praise & Blame (2010)
Label: Island Records/Second OUt Production
Appears on: DALI CD Vol. 4

"We wanted to go back to basics, go back to the source, it was just me singing live with a rhythm section – no overdubbing, no gimmicks, no complicated horn and string arrangements, just get the song down in an entire take, capture the meaning of the song, its spirituality, its life and capture that moment, right there. And I think that's what we've done," says Tom Jones, the 75-year-old singer from Wales, describing Praise & Blame, his 2010 follow-up to 2008's acclaimed 24 Hours and quite simply his finest work to date. "I'm immensely proud of what we've achieved here," he continues, "It's such a natural, honest record. And it's a record that makes you think."

Did Trouble Me shows the authenticity of his masculine, dynamic voice, while the clean and deep soundstage gives the feeling of a track recorded live in the studio. Pay attention to the uncompressed voice – a recording many recording technicians could learn from these days. Note the dry sound of the drums entering the track after around the first minute.

We chose this track because it's a fine recording of an amazing musical performance. In fact, the whole album deserves a listen with many nice tracks, most of them excellently recorded. Tom describes the album as "Food for thought. It's real, it's natural and, in that sense, it's truly me." We think after you give Praise & Blame a listen you’ll totally agree.