Robbie Williams "Sing When You're Winning" Album
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Title: Sing When You're Winning Format: Album Label: Capitol Released: 2000-10-03 |
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Tracklisting & Lyrics
1. Let Love Be Your Energy lyrics »2. Better Man lyrics »
3. Rock DJ lyrics »
4. Supreme lyrics »
5. Kids lyrics »
6. If It's Hurting You lyrics »
7. Singing for the Lonely lyrics »
8. Love Calling Earth lyrics »
9. Knutsford City Limits lyrics »
10. Forever Texas lyrics »
11. By All Means Necessary lyrics »
12. The Road to Mandalay lyrics »
Reviews
If you're tempted to smirk at Robbie Williams's hip-factor-free approach to music, you are too late; he's already beaten you to the punch. On Sing When You're Winning, the British megastar's self-parodying caricatures, filled with both bravado and deprecation, safely evade overearnestness in forms such as crickets chirping behind the love song "If It's Hurting You," and the unexpected orchestral string arrangement from Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" in "Supreme," a sermon for the aging broken-hearted. "Kids," his rousing bubblegum-funk duet with Kylie Minogue bursts into what can only be described as a full-out "musical number"; pop music hasn't seen such stare-down chemistry since Sandy and Danny declared "You're the One That I Want" back in 1978. From the "One Night in Bangkok" tributary disco track "Rock DJ" to the lighter-igniting anthem "Let Love Be Your Energy," this is unadulterated, epic pop music, and Williams' smart, irresistible wit permits the listener to indulge guiltlessly in all the album's bombastic fun. ~Beth Massa, Amazon.com I am a simple music consumer. My only area of musical expertise is to know what I like and don't like. Before I heard this album I did not know a great deal about Robbie Williams (I do now!), but had truly appreciated his efforts with Swing When You're Winning (his swing CD). On hearing Sing When You're Winning (released August 2000, first heard by me June 2003), I just had to acquire Robbie's earlier and subsequent albums as well!Sing When You're Winning is Robbie's 3rd solo album and is named after an English soccer chant. The soccer theme continues (with lots of Robbie's in various forms) in the CD booklet. Robbie Williams, in one interview, said that this album "had more grown-up stuff on it", which I certainly agree with, and that he was just "trying to beat his best score from his previous album". He wanted people to "have a good time, be sad, be in different moods, and go all over the place", while listening to it. Well, he achieves all that, and more.
On my first listen, the lyrics made (and still make) me laugh. Not since Bernie Taupin wrote lyrics for Elton John, have I been particularly interested in any song's lyrics -- until I listened to this album, that is. The lyrics here are brilliant; clever, funny, real and sung so sincerely you feel that you are part of each song.
If you like this CD (and I don't know anyone who doesn't), do yourself a favour and get hold of a copy of Robbie's "Where Egos Dare" DVD, where you can you can see Robbie during the making of this album, as well as the Rock DJ video (with additional footage), some Slane Castle Concert (1999) highlights, and other funny features. You won't be sorry!
Sing When You're Winning is a timeless, infectious, feel-good album for all ages. Be proud, Robbie……… Play the CD; listen, sing, dance, laugh, enjoy! ~Pamela Eggins, bbc.co.uk