Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:13
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. The Heavy Entertainment Show
(3:02)  2. Party Like a Russian
(3:58)  3. Mixed Signals
(3:28)  4. Love My Life
(4:17)  5. Motherfucker
(3:13)  6. Bruce Lee
(3:16)  7. Sensitive
(4:14)  8. David's Song
(2:55)  9. Pretty Woman
(4:25) 10. Hotel Crazy (with Rufus Wainwright)
(3:47) 11. Sensational
(4:20) 12. When You Know
(4:51) 13. Time On Earth
(4:19) 14. I Don't Want to Hurt You (with John Grant)
(3:44) 15. Best Intentions
(3:53) 16. Marry Me

The Heavy Entertainment Show is the eleventh studio album by English recording artist Robbie Williams. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Columbia Records. In May 2016, it was announced that Robbie Williams had signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Robbie Williams said in statement: "They're [Sony Music] inspired, I'm inspired. I'm more ready than I ever have been and I'm totally convinced I'm in the right place. I look forward to working on this album, which is an album I'm immensely proud of, in this exciting new partnership with Sony Music." The track "Mixed Signals" features all four members of the American alternative rock band the Killers performing all the instruments, as well as writing the song. The album was announced on 25 September 2016, and the same day the album's title track "Heavy Entertainment Show" was released on Spotify and as an "instant grat" through iTunes Store. The album's first official single, "Party Like a Russian", was released on 30 September 2016. The second single, "Love My Life", was released on 20 October 2016. 

On 7 November, Williams announced a concert tour titled The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour to promote the album. It began on 2 June 2017 in Manchester, England and is set to end in November 2018 in Mexico City. The Heavy Entertainment Show received a Metacritic score of 59 based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic was highly positive in his 4-star review, saying "Aptly titled, Williams is entertaining as ever, a consummate showman until the end. The album is a grab bag of ideas, darting here and there in its pursuit of a hit. However, this isn't too much of a distraction, Mr Entertainment and his bombast do not disappoint. The Heavy Entertainment Show is his most invigorated album in years, a truer return to the pop realm than Take the Crown. Here, Williams dresses up his antics in expert production with plenty of cheekiness to spare." Kitty Empire from The Observer gave a mixed three-star review stating, "Cheek, swagger and schmaltz, the tunes that could only come from Williams make this record entertaining, if a little groan worthy. The could-be-anybody songs just don’t stick in the memory." Tim Jonze from The Guardian gave a negative two-star review and said, "A lurching mess of styles, it lurches from one thing to the next, be that MOR balladry, glam rock or orchestral show tunes." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heavy_Entertainment_Show

The Heavy Entertainment Show (Deluxe)

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Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:00
Size: 170,0 MB
Art: Front

( 3:17)  1. I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen
( 3:18)  2. Mack The Knife
( 2:50)  3. Somethin' Stupid (With Nicole Kidman)
( 2:58)  4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
( 4:28)5. It Was A Very Good Year (With Frank Sinatra)
( 2:36)  6. Straighten Up And Fly Right
( 3:50)  7. Well, Did You Evah (With Jon Lovitz)
( 3:17)  8. Mr. Bojangles
( 4:18)  9. One For My Baby
( 3:22) 10. Things (With Jane Horrocks)
( 2:28) 11. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
( 3:07) 12. They Can't Take That Away From Me (With Rupert Everett)
( 2:34) 13. Have You Met Miss Jones?
( 3:16) 14. Me And My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
(28:14) 15. Beyond The Sea / Outtakes (Hidden Track)

Performance dynamo and chameleonic entertainment personality Robbie Williams made a rapid transformation from English football hooligan to dapper saloon singer for his fourth LP, Swing When You're Winning. Still, Williams' tribute to the great American songbook is a surprisingly natural fit with its intended target: '50s trad-pop patriarchs like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And just like those two loveable rogues, Williams has brawled and boozed in the past, but isn't afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve; in fact, he's one of the few modern pop stars to fully embrace affecting balladry and nuanced singing. Williams and longtime producer Guy Chambers are also extremely careful with their product, so it shouldn't be surprising that Swing When You're Winning has innumerable extra-musical touches to carry it over: the cover features Williams relaxing in the studio in a period suit; his contract with EMI enabled the addition of the treasured Capitol logo at the top of the sleeve, and several tracks were even recorded at the famed Capitol tower in Hollywood.

Fortunately, Williams is no less careful with his performances. Since he lacks the authoritative air of master crooners like Sinatra and Bing Crosby (along with the rest of humanity), he instead plays up his closer connections to the world of Broadway. His readings are dynamic and emotional sometimes a consequence of trying to put a new spin on these classics (six of the covers are Sinatra standards, three are Bobby Darin's). He also invited, with nearly universal success, a series of duet partners: Nicole Kidman for the sublime "Somethin' Stupid," Jon Lovitz for the irresistibly catty "Well, Did You Evah," Rupert Everett for "They Can't Take That Away From Me," longtime Sinatra accompanist Bill Miller on "One for My Baby," even Sinatra himself for a version of "It Was a Very Good Year" on which Williams takes the first two verses (over the 1965 arrangement), then bows out as Sinatra's original counsels him concerning the later stages of life. Though it may be an overly close tribute to a familiar original (like many of the songs here), Williams' considerable skills with expression and interpretation largely overwhelm any close criticism. He's definitely much better on the comedy songs, especially the hilarious "Well, Did You Evah" (originally a duet for Crosby and Sinatra in the 1956 film High Society). Lovitz's rounded tones and faux-affected airs are a spot-on interpretation of Brother Cros, while Williams' emulation of a boorish lug ("That's a nice dress think I could talk her out of it?") is nearly perfect as well. Though arranger Steve Sidwell hasn't done many charts (and those for the movies Moulin Rouge, Bridget Jones' Diary, and Romeo + Juliet), he also acquits himself nicely aping classic scores for "One for My Baby" and "Beyond the Sea." The lone Robbie Williams original is "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen," a sweeping pipe-dream fantasy of true American superstardom for Britain's biggest pop star. It could happen, too; Pierce Brosnan surely isn't growing any younger.~John Bush http://www.allmusic.com/album/swing-when-youre-winning-mw0002051610

Personnel:  Vocals: Robbie Williams;  Piano: Jim Cox;  Guitar: George Doering;  Bass: Chuck Berghofer;  Trumpets: Chuck Findlay, Gary Grant, Wayner Bergeron, Jeff Bunnell;  Tenor Trombones: Andy Martin, Bruce Otto, Alex Iles;  Bass Trombone: Craig Ware;  Alto Saxaphones: Gary Foster, Dan Higgins;  Tenor Saxaphones: Pete Christlieb, Sal Lozano;  Baritone Saxphone: Greg Huckins.

Swing When You're Winning

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Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 44:40

Size: 102.3 MB

Styles: Swing, Jazz vocals

Year: 2013

Art: Front

[3:20] 1. Shine My Shoes

[4:29] 2. Go Gentle

[3:29] 3. I Wan'na Be Like You

[3:14] 4. Swing Supreme

[3:56] 5. Swings Both Ways

[3:31] 6. Dream A Little Dream

[3:17] 7. Soda Pop

[3:17] 8. Snowblind

[2:31] 9. Puttin' On The Ritz

[3:13] 10. Little Green Apples

[3:39] 11. Minnie The Moocher

[3:50] 12. If I Only Had A Brain

[2:48] 13. No One Likes A Fat Pop Star

Swings Both Ways, Robbie's much-anticipated tenth studio album is out now and recently earned the title of the UK's 1,000th ever No.1 album, a whole 999 releases after Frank Sinatra's Songs For Swingin' Lovers! became the first.

Following in the toe-tapping footsteps of Robbie's most successful album to date, 2001's Swing When You're Winning, the new record features a mix of classic covers and new material as well as duets with some of pop's biggest names, including Lily Allen, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson, Olly Murs and Rufus Wainwright.

Swings Both Ways is the tenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. The album is Williams's second swing album after 2001's Swing When You're Winning.

Swings Both Ways  

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