A Pearl & Dean bongo roll, woozy parping horns, and magically we are back in the Sixties when they swung every which way. Then Jones the Voice is unleashed on the old Tommy James & the Shondells B-side 'I'm Alive'. It works in a weird sort of a way, as if youthful production team Future Cut had recorded the whole affair in the Tardis, having asked the Doctor to pilot it back to Carnaby Street.

It is one thing for Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse to do the retro thing, but for the genuine article to revisit his golden era is surreally exhilarating. If 24 Hours was just a creaky collection of cover versions it would never have worked. But at the age of 68, Jones has started co-writing songs for the first time in his hip-swivelling career, introducing a personal touch absent from his larger than life interpretations of others' material.

Which is why 'The Road' resonates so strongly; it's an open appreciation of his wife Linda standing by him despite a lifestyle that would chew up a lesser relationship. And perversely why Bono and the Edge's playful 'Sugar Daddy' may technically be a better tune but disappears up its own pop pastiche. 'Seen That Face' is so caught up in melodrama it threatens to head in the same direction, but much groovier are lovingly crafted period pieces such as 'In Style And Rhythm'. Nice…

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