UUSI ROBBIE WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS CD 2004 ILMAINEN TOIMITUS

A near-perfect look at the career of Bri-
tain's brightest singles artist during the
late '90s and early 2000s, Robbie Wil-
liams' Greatest Hits chronologically con-
solidates Williams' canon of Top Tens -19
of them in all as of its release in late 2004.
(Not all of his Top Ten singles are present
since the disc closes with a pair of new
songs.) In the late '90s, Robbie Williams
proved that a pop artist with a dodgy ar-
tistic background -- witness his member-
ship in Take That -- was still capable of
joining the long line of British artists (T.
Rex, Madness, Pet Shop Boys, Blur) who
completely embraced danceable pop mu-
sic without selling their souls in the bar-
gain. Williams' biggest up-tempo hits "Mil-
lennium" and "Rock DJ," were loved by
middle-aged housewives and young te-
ens alike (slightly less so by the latter, of
course). Sugary and infectious but not
disposable, they were made-to-order as
great radio product, an art increasingly
being lost. And as shown by "Angels" the
biggest hit of his career Williams also had
a winning way with balladry. He also for-
ged a comfortable performing personality
via his excitable, self-effacing cad who ta-
kes himself far too seriously and can get
intensely emotional every now and then,
but is usually good for a laugh. (See
"Strong" for the details.) The two new
tracks introduce Stephen Duffy - an origi-
nal member of Duran Duran who later
made his own name in the Lilac Time -
as the replacement for Guy Chambers as
Williams' new producer/songwriter/contri-
butor (of course, the two songs, "Radio"
and "Misunderstood," can't help but so-
und weak in this context). Despite pop
fans being sick of his omnipresence in
British pop culture, history will likely be
kind to Robbie Williams. After all, would
a disposable pop artist quote Latin on the
back of a CD booklet? (Granted, in typi-
cal Robbie fashion the epigraph transla-
tes as, "If it has tits or wheels, it will ma-
ke life difficult.") 

Ilmestymisvuosi:  2004

Genre:

Pop, rock, Brit-pop, dance-pop

01. Old Before I Die  3:53
02. Angels  4:27
03. Let Me Entertain You  4:22
04. Millennium  3:46
05. No Regrets  4:43
06. Strong  4:19
07. She's The One  4:19
08. Rock DJ  4:16
09. Kids w/ Kylie Minogue  4:19
10. Supreme  4:15
11. Let Love Be Your Energy  4:06
12. Eternity  5:00
13. The Road To Mandalay  3:18
14. Better Man  3:20
15. Feel  3:43
16. Come Undone  3:54
17. Sexed Up  4:10
18. Radio 3:51
19. Misunderstood 4:01

CD on UUSI.

Levy-yhtiö:  Chrysalis

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