Country Legends - Don Williams

Advantages: Some good lyrics and songs, with "Come Undone" being my fav song
Disadvantages: Didn't convince me that he deserves all the praise he has gotten

...****************************************************************** TITLE: Escapology (Explicit Version) RATING: ***½ ARTIST: Robbie Williams LABEL: Virgin Records TRACKS: 14 AVAILABILITY: 9 GBP from Amazon ASIN: #B000070WJE ****************************************************************** INTRODUCTION ****************************************************************** I’ll be honest with all of you: I’ve heard very little of Robbie Williams’ music; I’m American, and I had first heard of him while I was in England. Ironically, I arrived in Newquay soon after “Escapology” (his fifth album) was released and selling like hotcakes across the country. One day I was in a pub with some friends who were in the Royal Air Force and one of them made a joke about Williams which made me ask the question: “Is he... Read review

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Advantages: Humourous lyrics, Pleasing melodies,
Disadvantages: Can be a little difficult to get

...Bare was quite innovative for his day. He always promoted his belief that the songwriters were more important than singers. He was the first country singer to produce his own records and the first to make what was termed a concept album.. That album was this, "Lullabys, Legends and Lies." A concept album in which there is a common theme to each of the tracks on the album. The theme is somewhat obvious from the title. Each of the tracks tells a story; some about great American legends such as Paul Bunyan, some cleaning tell a whole bunch of lies and I guess the lullaby is the aforementioned duet with Bobby Bare Jr. And yes it was produced by Bare himself. Each of the songs, fourteen in total, was penned by the wonderfully talented songwriter Shel Silverstein. Silverstein's songwriting is notoriously tongue-in-cheek; sometimes laugh... Read review

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Advantages: Erm.............things can only get better!!!
Disadvantages: Many of the tracks are poor

...As I start this review I have to make it clear that I am a Robbie Williams fan. My better half and I saw him live in Paris last year and it was, undoubtedly, the finest 2 hours of live entertainment and showmanship that I have ever seen. He is, without question, the finest performer and "popstar" that the UK has produced in the last twenty years, building a career on musicality, pop songs and performance, which is why "Rudebox" seems to have been a genuinely bad idea!! It's a departure into electro-pop, hip-hop and rap that is as unwelcome as it is unconvincing, and I worry that Robbie is starting to sink with his demons again! It is backed up with unusual images of Robbie in tracksuits, staring at us with hip-hop "attitude". The Background Robbie Williams' meteoric rise to stardom with Take That, the apparent acrimony behind... Read review

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