article_snippet: By my reckoning, it’s no more than a handful: Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood and HM The Queen.
article_snippet: And only one of Clint Eastwood and HM The Queen, I believe, lives in a larger house than Sir Tom’s.
article_snippet: Sir Tom’s is not the first — in fact, it’s the twelfth.
article_snippet: But it’s the first for nearly two years, and should keep us going until the autumn, when Sir Tom’s autobiography is due out.
article_snippet: Tom (pictured) has been a judge on the Voice UK talent show since 2012, as has will.i.am (pictured)
article_snippet: It hasn’t been an entirely easy ride since then, but Tom last two studio albums, Praise & Blame (2010) and Spirit In The Room (2012), have been the best of Tom long career.
article_snippet: Smith is an efficient chronicler of the life, as befits an old pro whose previous books have included Kylie, Gary (Barlow), Alesha (Dixon), Tulisa, Kate (Middleton), Cheryl and, of course, Victoria.