Tom Jones says late wife’s criticism was ‘always right’ amid warning: ‘Am I being honest?’

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Sir Tom Jones, 80, opened up on his latest album, Surrounded By Time which is the first musical offering from the rockstar since his beloved late wife, Linda Trenchard, died in 2016.The Sex Bomb hitmaker shared how he was used to having his spouse around to give him her opinion on his music, as he acknowledged her criticism was usually “always right”.Opening up on making music without Linda’s approval, Tom said: “It's the first album that I’ve done where she hasn’t been able to tell me whether she likes it or not. “You see we grew up together, she was a fan of mine at school and in the pubs and clubs. “So she knows me, or knew me better than anybody else. “So when I would do something, she would say, ‘Who are you aiming at with that?