Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams - Soundtrack

Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams Okay, my last two reviews have been smooth jazz and hard jazz, time for a bit of swing. I have to say I feel pretty qualified to comment on this album for I have it in 3 different ways: 1. Downloaded from iTunes 2. I have the sheet music for Alto saxophone 3. I have the backing tracks to play along too Now clearly Mr Williams is a popster, having sung and danced with one of, if not the most successful boy bands Take That. He has also gone on to carve out an incredibly successful solo career. Swing when You're winning was the next album to be released after 'Sing when you're ...  Read the complete review

Were do I start with this great album? I am a Robbie fan anyway I should warn you but I can also be very critical too-so lets start from the top. Robbie decided to do something different with his singing-just before he decided to do this album he was quoted as saying "I'm killing off the old Robbie". Well I must admit I was worried. All his other stuff has been great in my humble opnion and I wasnt sure if changing his style was going to do him any justice but you have to be open minded dont you? Well he finally released Swing when you're winning and I was blown away with his swing covers of the old classics and one new song he ...  Read the complete review

I must admit that when I saw Robbie's performance at the Royal Albert Hall I wasn't too impressed with his arrogance (see my "to be frank with you" op if you want the full story), and listening once wasn't really enough to pick up the songs. Anyway, being the huge Robbie fan that I am, I ordered "Swing When You're Winning" anyway. I got it this morning and I must say, I much prefer listening to it than watching Rob sing it because as I have already said, I thought he was a little arrogant about songs that aren't his own. Anyway, if I can get round to my point! I think "Swing When You're Winning" is ...  Read the complete review

Swing When You’re Winning I first became aware of the existence of this album a couple of weeks ago. I was in my car, driving to work, when the old Nat King Cole track “Straighten Up and Fly Right” came on the radio. It obviously wasn’t Nat King Cole singing but I couldn’t work out who it was. At the end of the song I was amazed to hear the presenter, possibly Ken Bruce I can’t remember, announce that it was a track from the new Robbie Williams album. Later that week I heard, on a couple of occasions, the duet with Nicole Kidman, which has been released as a single, “Somethin’ Stupid”. On hearing ...  Read the complete review

The King of Swing? Robbie takes a step away from his Take That/Angels type music and moves into the relm of old school Hollywood, smooth, lounge singer type songs and does it work? Robbie Williams was one fifth of the successful boy band group Take That. Robbie as actually only 15 years old when he started with Take That in 1989. He left in 1995 to launch his solo career. He was extremely successful as a solo artist and you could say it was the best career move he made. According to an article I read, as a solo artist, he has sold more albums in the U.K than any other British solo artist in history and has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist ...  Read the complete review