Robbie Williams - The "Rudebox 74" Era (October)

[कामसूत्र]

Robbie Williams will be releasing a new album entitled 1974 this September. September 18, 2006 is the tentative release date.

The first single is "Rudebox." Pete Tong has premiered a dub mix of this song on his popular Radio1 show. The song will be pushed to radio in August.

Some confirmed tracks on this album are:
Rudebox
Lovelight
The Actor
The 80's
The 90's

Robbie is doing several collaborations:
Pet Shop Boys
Stephen Duffy
Manu Chao
William Orbit
Mark Ronson

All information is from Robbie Williams Live.

[That Skipping Rope.]

Oh, Robbie. :'(

[कामसूत्र]

One thing I must mention is that this album is slated to be ALL DANCE!

[JJ]

so soon?

[cnelson575]

Is he jumping on the success of Madonna Confessions being such a smash in Europe ?

[कामसूत्र]

cnelson575 said:

Is he jumping on the success of Madonna Confessions being such a smash in Europe ?

It looks like that.

At least he didn't sample Abba for his first single like Madonna did.

[Felicia]

Yah so soon??

I didn't like any of his singles from the last album. Did it do well?

[JJ]

Come on, Trippin' was cool... I look foward to this.

[That Skipping Rope.]

Lily Allen apparently laid down vocals for this album.

[कामसूत्र]

haveyoueverbeenlow said:

Lily Allen apparently laid down vocals for this album.

Oh cool! I'm starting to like her song now.

[anafan]

I've just heard the single! I really like it!

[anafan]

Do the rudebox, Shake your rudebox x4

Ok then back to basics grab your shell toes and your fat laces

A little hand clap for some funk faces and make your body move in the following places

goes up your back and then down your spine and when it hits your head…

Ok then back to baseheads dance like you just won at the special Olympics I got the rudebox of the back of a spaceship, so sick I just had to take it

The R.U.D.E.B.O.X. up yer jacksy, split yer kecks sing a song of semtex, pocket full of durex body full of mandrex. Are we gonna have sex (yes) will you wear your knee socks (ohh) back to the rudebox

Got this double fantasy where we just never stop, ive got one design and that’s to funk you to the top. Know whats on my mind there’s only one thing you will find, I got one design and that’s to bump you til you drop

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Ok then back to spaceship, take both pills fuck the matrix

Jack those jills shake your Playtex rock 3 stripes not the asics

A.D.I.D.A.S old school cos it’s the best – yes

Tk max cost less yes

Jackson looks a mess bless

Ok then what to do, if you try to jack me ill rudebox you, if you rudebox me ill rudebox your whole crew cos its what I do aint that right boo – true

I’ll ride with you if you can get me to the border cos the sheriff’s after me for what I did to his daughter. I did it like this – you did it like that – I love it when you double clap clap

Grab this double fantasy where we just never stop, ive got one design and that’s to funk you to the top. Know whats on my mind there’s only one thing you will find, I got one design and that’s to bump you til you drop

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Ok then check the tan line, make your body shape like you’re stood on a landmine call me on my mobile not the landline and the jack the mainline at the same time

Ok this is what we do, got a jam so fresh its nice for you

Ok give it what you got and dial 808 for the bass to drop

Ok then whats the fracas grab your cardy your lead hat and your bus pass you don’t sweat much for a fat lass grab your rudebox cos your box is righteous

Ok bum rush the show I got high speed dubbing on my stereo and all the tunes in the box are the cherrio, I know I told you before, did you hear me though

Grab this double fantasy where we just never stop, ive got one design and that’s to funk you to the top. Know whats on my mind there’s only one thing you will find, i got one design and that’s to bump you til you drop

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty

Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty

Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox (repeat to fade)

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[कामसूत्र]

I got a promo of the dub versions of this song last week. Let's see if the vocal versions are released this week.

By the way, the album is being delayed by a couple of weeks so it doesn't conflict with other major releases happening on the same day.

[anafan]

fel said:

I didn't like any of his singles from the last album. Did it do well?

Intensive Care sold 1.5mil+ in the UK, which isn't bad at all, but many of his previous albums have sold a lot more there.  I think the label didn't handle the project well after the holiday season sales - the 3rd single was released like 5 months after the 2nd... 

So even though the CD may not have done as well in the UK, it is one of his top selling CDs worldwide.  EMI released figures that the album was at 6.2mil worldwide a while back.  Intensive Care is still on the charts in many European countries too.

Right now he's still on tour, there's a lot of dates still left:

Sat 07/22/06 Milan, ITA San Siro 
Thu 07/27/06 Berlin, GER Olympiastadion 
Fri 07/28/06 Berlin, GER Olympiastadion 
Tue 08/01/06 Munich, GER Olympic Stadium 
Wed 08/02/06 Munich, GER Olympic Stadium 
Thu 08/03/06 Munich, GER Olympic Stadium 
Tue 08/08/06 Cologne, GER Janhwiese 
Wed 08/09/06 Cologne, GER Janhwiese 
Sat 08/12/06 Hockenheim, GER Ring 
Sun 08/13/06 Hockenheim, GER Ring 
Fri 08/18/06 Vienna, AUT Ernst Happel Stadion 
Sat 08/19/06 Vienna, AUT Ernst Happel Stadion 
Wed 08/23/06 Bern, SWI Stade De Suisse 
Thu 08/24/06 Bern, SWI Stade De Suisse 
Fri 09/01/06 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park 
Sat 09/02/06 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park 
Fri 09/08/06 Leeds, UK Roundhay Park 
Sat 09/09/06 Leeds, UK Roundhay Park 
Thu 09/14/06 Milton Keynes, UK Milton Keynes Bowl 
Fri 09/15/06 Milton Keynes, UK Milton Keynes Bowl 
Sat 09/16/06 Milton Keynes, UK Milton Keynes Bowl 
Mon 09/18/06 Milton Keynes, UK Milton Keynes Bowl 
Tue 09/19/06 Milton Keynes, UK Milton Keynes Bowl 
Fri 11/10/06 Hong Kong, CHI HKCEC Hall 
Tue 11/14/06 Bangkok, THA Aktive Square 
Sat 11/18/06 Singapore, SIN National Stadium 
Thu 11/30/06 Perth, AUS Subiaco Oval 
Fri 12/01/06 Perth, AUS Subiaco Oval 
Tue 12/05/06 Adelaide, AUS AAMI Stadium 
Sat 12/09/06 Sydney, AUS Aussie Stadium 
Sun 12/10/06 Sydney, AUS Aussie Stadium 
Wed 12/13/06 Brisbane, AUS Suncorp Stadium 
Thu 12/14/06 Brisbane, AUS Suncorp Stadium 
Sun 12/17/06 Melbourne, AUS Telstra Dome 
Mon 12/18/06 Melbourne, AUS Telstra Dome 

So he'll be on tour in the UK when the new project will be coming out... Should be another hit for him.

[anafan]

Robbie's album IFPI European certifications:

Intensive Care - 5 Million
Escapology - 5 Million
Greatest Hits - 5 Million
Sing When You're Winning - 4 Million
Swing When You'r Winning - 4 Million
I've Been Expecting You - 4 Million
Life Thru A Lens - 3 Million
Live At Knebworth - 2 Million

He's been a huge and consistent album seller in Europe for many years now.

[francky]

This song seems weird, but I need to hear the whole thing.

[कामसूत्र]

I just heard the clean version. I hate it all cleaned up. It doesn't make sense with all the editing.

[Andy]

Not liking the single at all.

[jamesforyou]

Terrible. He better stick to his boring ballads.

[That Skipping Rope.]

I fucking love this. I can't wait for the album.

[ashley]

Manu Chao.... ??? Should be interesting...

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jamesforyou said:

Terrible. He better stick to his boring ballads. 

for internty...

But I like the song! PSB can't do something bad!

[कामसूत्र]

VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-U9ZwlmXk

[anafan]

The full details of the new Robbie Williams album have been revealed, including a new title.

Originally called "1974", the year of his birth, the LP will now be called "Rudebox", the name of the first single. It has also been delayed until October.

The Pet Shop Boys, producers Joey Negro, William Orbit and Mark Ronson all feature on the album, as does Lily Allen, who recording backing vocals on the album before becoming famous.

"Rudebox" features five cover versions, including "Kiss Me", which was originally recorded by Robbie's friend and collaborator Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy.

The full tracklisting is:

"Rudebox"
"Viva Life On Mars"
"Lovelight" (Lewis Taylor cover)
"King Of The Bongo" (Manu Chao cover)
"She's Madonna"
"Keep On"
"Good Doctor"
"The Actor"
"Never Touch That Switch"
"Louise" (Human League cover)
"We're The Pet Shop Boys" (My Robot Friend cover)
"Burslem Normals"
"Kiss Me" (Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy cover)
"The 80s"
"The 90s"
"Summertime"
"Dickhead"

"Rudebox", the single, is released on September 4 and the album follows on October 23.

[कामसूत्र]

The album has been apparently re-titled again! For now it's called Rudebox 74.

Here's the cover art:



final UK tracklisting:

01. Rudebox
02. Viva Life On Mars
03. Lovelight
04. King Of The Bongo
05. She's Madonna
06. Keep On
07. Good Doctor
08. The Actor
09. Never Touch That Switch
10. Louise
11. We're The Pet Shop Boys
12. Burslem Normals
13. Kiss Me
14. The 80's
15. The 90's
16. Summertime
17. Dickhead [Bonus Track]

[कामसूत्र]

Robbie's gone hip-hop happy
By David Smyth, Evening Standard 05.09.06

Being the king of pop is clearly not enough. Midway through his huge world tour, which will reach two million fans by the time it comes to an end in December, Robbie Williams is publicly questioning whether he wants "to be part of the machine any more".

What can the chart-dominating showman be thinking? His success has been built on a mastery of uncomplicated crowd-pleasers. Earlier this year he smashed a Guinness World Record by selling more than 1.6 million tickets for the tour in one day. But it seems that's not enough.

The same old stadium routine is failing to satisfy, and, album-wise, the 32-year-old has been steadfastly trudging the middle of the road; last November's Intensive Care found him treading water, failing to come up with a memorable hit single, though the album did reach the top spot.

Now, in what looks like a bid to find some sort of personal or musical integrity, he's made a radical decision: to ditch the popster material and start experimenting. Rudebox, the name of both this week's new single and an album to be released in late October, sounds unlike anything he has recorded before. Career suicide? Or stroke of genius? A sneak preview of 10 of the album's 17 tracks, arriving in my inbox under the codename "Ether", makes an interesting case for his new direction.

It includes five surprisingly leftfield cover versions, as well as collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys, the charts' hottest newcomer Lily Allen, and the ambient guru William Orbit. Guy Chambers, who co-wrote most of the big anthems (including Angels) with Robbie, is nowhere to be heard, nor is there much sign of his more recent collaborator, Stephen Duffy.

But Robbie's usual songwriting method - working intensively with a single collaborator - is rare in pop. Albums by Beyoncé, Britney and Christina Aguilera are given multiple personalities by armies of songwriters; Rudebox is equally schizophrenic.

Every track is refreshingly different, from the synth-laden cover of the Human League's minor 1984 hit, Louise, to the sparkling house interpretation of Lovelight by an obscure Barnet soul singer named Lewis Taylor, on which Robbie sings entirely in falsetto. Keep On is a collision of hefty dance beats and funk in the style of Fatboy Slim, while The Actor is an uneasy ballad dominated by heavy electronic bass. It's all masterminded by a selection of hip producers, including Soul Mekanik, DJ Joey Negro and Lily Allen's mentor, Mark Ronson.

There is whistling, techno, country guitar and, strangest of all, Robbie rapping. He recently revealed an obsession with the music of The Streets and The Mitchell Brothers, and after his much-derided attempts at rhyming on the single Rock DJ, now feels once again that being a white man from Stoke is no barrier to hip-hop success.

"I want to be a rapper," he proclaims in the copious promo material, "but the world won't let me." The stream of consciousness nonsense he comes out with on the Rudebox single may not convince the world to change its mind. "A-D-I-D-A-S/Old school, this is the best/TK Maxx costs less/Jackson looks a mess" is a typical example of his lyrical style.

There's more, most strikingly and effectively on the pair of songs called The Eighties and The Nineties. These track the story of his early years in painfully honest detail, including his arrival and departure from Take That. "Boys I don't believe it, I'm gonna be famous/Pick you up in a Porsche and buy you lots of trainers/I met the other guys, one seemed like a cock/I think it's gonna be like New Kids on the Block."

It's witty and rather poignant, despite the gags. Admittedly, he's not very good at rapping, but the zeal with which he tries is infectious. The enthusiastic approach has worked in the past: he wasn't very good at singing like Frank Sinatra, but that didn't stop his Swing When You're Winning album from soaring to number one in 2001.

In fact, the more songs that rush by in a colourful blur of experimentation, the more it becomes clear that this isn't his attempt to get out of the game. The overriding feeling is that he's letting his hair down and doing something fun. There's his effortlessly groovy duet with Allen, a cover of King of the Bongo by French superstar Manu Chao, and Viva Life on Mars, a hiphop hoedown that sounds like Beck.

On She's Madonna, the Pet Shop Boys use pulsing synths to help him tell the story of someone who leaves his fairly average girlfriend for the Queen of Pop: "I love you baby/But face it, she's Madonna." He even covers a track by New York art rockers My Robot Friend called We're the Pet Shop Boys - with the help of the Pet Shop Boys. It's all so cunningly referential that it's dizzying; this is a far cry from Freedom, the George Michael cover that was his first solo single in 1996.

The scattergun approach to musical style may well result in lower sales figures, but Robbie's not interested. He finally wants to please himself rather than his record label's shareholders.

"It's reignited how I think about what I can do with music myself. I've always been scared to try out different things, and on this album I think I've lost the fear of where I should be in my head as a populist artist." he wants us to know. "It means I can just go and do wonky pop now, which is all I really wanted to do anyway."

After his hugely successful Knebworth gigs in August 2003, he said to 125,000 people: "This is the point where my career dips, probably - but I don't care because this has made my life complete." Where do you go when you're at the pinnacle of your stardom? He could have disappeared to his LA bolthole and counted his money, but as an easily bored multi-millionaire with an addictive personality (see new song Good Doctor, a humorous dig at his own pill popping) this would never have been a wise move.

Instead, he's made the extraordinary decision to risk all the teenybopper fame and adoration and take a punt on the music. Robbie the family-friendly entertainer has finally acquired the mentality of a proper musician.

"It started off as a busman's holiday this time around," he declares, "but it's something on which I've found myself." Robbie's next chapter starts here, and it's going to be an interesting one.

SOURCE

[reception]

Feb 13, 11:54 AM EST
UK Pop Star in Rehab for Drug Dependence

LONDON (AP) -- British pop star Robbie Williams has entered rehab in the United States for dependency on prescription drugs, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.

"Robbie Williams has today been admitted into a treatment center in America for his dependency on prescription drugs," said spokeswoman Bryony Watts. "There will be no further comment on this matter."

Watts didn't identify the clinic where Williams, 33, is being treated.

American model Lisa d'Amato, who says she had a relationship with Williams, was recently quoted as saying the singer used antidepressants.

"It was clear he was struggling with his mind. He doesn't drink, but he needs antidepressants to get him through the day. A lot of the time he seemed on edge," the British Sunday newspaper News of the World quoted d'Amato as saying.

[620 Soul Train]

February 13th is his birthday (33rd!!). We share the same birthdate. Just thought I'd share that with you! Too bad he has chemical dependacy issue at the moment. His brand new album is bangin, and some of the songs could be released as US singles such as "Lovelight" and they were on verge of promoting "She's Madonna".