Masters Of Dub - 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: Robbie is always amazing
Disadvantages: absolut nothing

...Rudebox is the last album of british pop singer Robbie Williams.The album is composed from 17 songs that space from the dub to music dance and to the electronics. There are pays to Madonna, Manu Chao and David Bowie and collaborations with William Orbit ("Louise" and "Summertime"), Lily Allen ("King of the Bongo..")e two with the Pet Shop Boys ("She' s Madonna" and "We' king the Pet Shop Boys"). The first single "Rudebox" is in style hip hop, and is exited the 4 september 2006. In spite of the strong critics of the press, it has caught up the first position in classifies in many countries in Europe and South America. The fifth single one more sold in the United World Chart has been. For how much it concerns to the single second, "Lovelight", exited 13 slid November, in pure style disc has been too it to concerns us of classifies... 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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