Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams - Soundtrack Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

i am a huge robbie fan i have been since his take that days. when i heard he had done this album i was abit dubious about it but being a true robbie fan i brought it. I was utterly suprised it is fantastic. He sang the songs well and had a few guest singers such as jane horrocks to duet with him. this album proves that robbie can turn his hand to ...  Read the complete review

I love Robbie, he is like a good wine, matures with age and just keeps on getting better. Whose had the last laugh now Take That! Swing when your winning is a great chill out CD. Even my son knows the words to Mr Bojangles and he is only 5! Its very relaxing and very calm. For all age ranges too, from my son to his grandmother. My ...  Read the complete review

Personnally, I have always been a fan of Robbie, and appreciated all the solo songs he has released since leaving Take That. When my girlfriend bought me the swing when your winning album, no surprise I was very happy. However, after listening to his album a few times and comparing it with the older ones such as Life Through A lense. It definately ...  Read the complete review

So yet another image re-incarnation but a jump back in time for Robbie. The singing was sought of reminiscent "of the ole crooners" but he did not quite pull it off on a few numbers. I was very surprised that he attempted such a risky venture and the cynical might think he jumped on the 50s renaisance bandwagon. My favourite ...  Read the complete review

Introducing yet another lens for us to view him through, Robbie Williams offers proof beyond doubt that he is only truly comfortable in the full glare of the spotlight. Although playing a part in a boyband was a necessary evil for this intensely individual artist, it was only ever intended as a stepping stone to what he has gone on to achieve. ...  Read the complete review

Well, what can i say, i love this album! Since seeing robbie perform all these tracks at the albert hall, i fell under its spell. I was never really one for the oldies, like frank sinatra and the others, but this is magical. The way that he performs all the tracks with his subtle humour, is magical. My favourite track has to be, well all of ...  Read the complete review

Never having rated Mr William's music very much before, I listened to his latest offering expecting to be disappointed. The cheeky chappy had chosen to cover some of the greatest tunes of all time, how could he possibly do them justice? After all whatever your personal feelings on Robbie, he would be the first to admit he ain't no Frank ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Before I go into the details of what and why I think this album is so great, let me put the record straight. I hate Robbie Williams, as a pop singer, as a person and until now had no time for anything he said or did. Then came Swing While Your Winning. I was born in 1960, to a family who never were great music lovers. I recall ...  Read the complete review

Robbie's much-vaunted foray into the world of swing music ironically sounds a succession of false notes. Though all of the singing voices are perfectly in tune, a lot of it is out of key. There's the alleged sexual charge of Robbie's duet with Nicole Kidman, which has all the erotic thrill of cold fish (ironically, there's far more ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

It might be worth explaining before we dive into this that I have never been a great fan of Robbie Williams. Sure, I know his whole history, but to me had always been the young lad with the foppish haircut in Take That. In the past few days I have seen and heard something that has changed that. There are times in our life we will all ...  Read the complete review

Did you see Robbie Williams on Saturday Night?, If not, Boy did you miss a real treat. It was fabulous. It made the hairs on the back of neck stand on end. My loins were rumbling like never before. In parts it even reduced me to tears. I was so pleased that I already ordered it from Amazon to be delivered on Monday. This is Robbie as you ...  Read the complete review