Sing When You're Winning
Robbie Williams
Capitol Records, 2000
REVIEW BY: Alfredo Narvaez
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 01/19/2001
Out of the boy-band black hole, only two current artists havebeen able to climb out and establish themselves as pop machines intheir own right. One of them is Ricky Martin, who got booted fromMenudo for being capable of growing a beard. The second was RobbieWilliams, who left Brit boy-band Take That and sent that country'smasses of teenage girls into crying fits of hysteria. After awhile, he hooked up with Guy Chambers and proceeded to releaseseveral albums that separated him from his boy-band past.
However, just like that famous boy-band from the sixties (youknow, the one with Johnny, Paulie, George and Ringo?), Robbieunderstood that true success can only be cemented by conquering theformer British colonies - a.k.a. us. Therefore, he released The Ego Has Landed two years ago and began to tour theStates. Now, he has returned with his second U.S. release, Sing When You're Winning.
First, let me state the obvious - Sing When You're Winning is a much better album than The Ego Has Landed. Why? Because the Ego album is a compilation of his best tracks from theBritish-only releases while Sing is a fully fleshed album. Minor hits like "Angels" and"Millennium" had already struck a chord with European audiences,but the flow of Ego is not as great as on this new album.
It begins with the danceable and energetic "Let Love Be YourEnergy." It's a great kick-off to the album and provides it withthe type of fun that permeates the whole album. In fact, all of thedance songs are great. The single, "Rock DJ," has a great 70s vibeand is lots of fun. "Kids" and "Forever Texas" give you more ofWilliams' and Chambers' lyrical tongue in cheek. "Supreme" and"Knutsford City Limits" are also good pop tracks. If the album werefull of nothing but tracks like these, you'd have a very good popalbum.
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