Make 'em Move/Taxi Style (An Introduction To Sly & Robbie) - Sly & Robbie

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: good all the way through, not one bad track on the album.
Disadvantages: none!

...The ever-popular Robbie Williams gives us something real special here (well for fans of his style of music). Robbie Williams is the only successful member of Take that to go onto a successful solo career, and here is one of his albums reviewed track by track: Lazy Days: As with a lot of Robbie?s music you may recognise this from TV programs as backing music, this song is one of his more popular songs as it has got good lyrics and a nice backing to it, which combined with his singing ability brings us a very good introduction song. Life Thru a lens: As the title of the album you expect this song to be one of the better songs, but there is a problem with this as there are no songs which stick out like a sore thumb as the quality is very good throughout the album, and this song has a cheerful sound to it with a good solid set... Read review

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

...moves the track on quite well, and the performance is very understated, in falsetto throughout. Again, no guitars or live musicians, with synthesised beats, until a brass section appears from nowhere!! The slight funk beat actually works well, and we finally hear some depth to the vocal with a female backing vocal adding some layer to the performance. A pretty good pop/funk track, this concludes the start of the album, which has confused us slightly with its initial message. Not too hard-hitting, but "different", hip-hop work from Robbie follows into 2 tracks with un-Robbie like electronic backing, but well delivered vocals. The message so far? I can change, I am moving off slightly, but I can still perform!! Listen to me!! Listen to me!! 4. Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'aime Plus (4:48). Style : Who knows? Unfortunately, the class clown... Read review

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