Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

When Robbie Williams split from Take That following a disagreement in 1996 and he announced he would be starting a solo career, many were not sure. Gary Barlow had been the main driving vocal talent behind Take That. The other problem was the contract preventing him from releasing anything solo for a certain length of time after splitting from the rest of the band. This may have worked out to have been a good move, as Williams' first album, 'Life Thru A Lens', was a smash success, reaching the number 1 chart spot. The time between the split and when he released the album in 1997 may have been instrumental in the balance of the tracks on the album. The album ...  Read the complete review

Just to give you the background on where this review is written from, Robbie is my favourite musical act, I have seen him live in concert just the once and I completely rebuff any of the critics of him - as I have to do very often! I admit the man himself probably has personal issues, but I am writing these reviews simply to analyse his music, and as all of the songs on every one of his albums has at least 40 plays (most as many 100!) on my itunes, I think I come from quite a knowledgable place! Life thru a Lens is an album often forgotten about by many Robbie fans. For me, it is the most fun album to listen to and includes what I feel are three of his best ...  Read the complete review

This was the debut album that launched the solo career of Robbie Williams and was the one that showed that the "fat dancer" from Take That (quote from one of the Gallagher brothers) actually had the talent to survive on his own, nowadays he may be on unofficial strike and not producing any music but this was a good album which showed a lot of promise. This is tehe album which has his signature song Angels which is a great ballad and is still his favourite live song which has the crowd singing along. Old before I die is one of those songs that reflects his state of mind at the time of the split and also shows the self destructive streak that seems to ...  Read the complete review

I absolutley love robbie, i have since his days in take that, and that has been some years ago. Robbie became even more famous as a solo artist after take that split than he ever was as a bay band member. Life thru a lens is my favorite album of robbies and i would class his type of music on this album as soft rock unlike his newer stuff that i cant stand the sound of, i must be getting old. This cd has 11 fantastic songs on it lazy days life thru a lens ego a go go angels south of the border old before i die one of gods better people let me entertain you killing me clean baby girl ...  Read the complete review

"Life Thru A Lens" isn't bad for Robbie's first solo album. The two albums that follow are much better but surely it's better that Robbie's improving, not worsening? "Life Thru A Lens" is the album with Robbie's classics on - "Let Me Entertain You" and "Angels". These two very contrasting songs are masterpieces. I don't believe that there is one person in England who has never heard "Angels". It's a beautiful piece with touching lyrics, a sing-a-long chorus and a fantastic instrumental interlude. Everyone knows it so I won't waffle on. "Let Me Entertain You" is the ...  Read the complete review