Robbie Williams Albums Ranked

Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter and entertainer. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1989 to 1995, but achieved greater commercial success with his solo career, beginning in 1997. Williams has released seven UK number one singles and eleven out of his twelve studio albums have reached number one in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom–four albums in the top 60–and in 2006 he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 1.6 million tickets of his Close Encounters Tour in a single day. After a fifteen-year hiatus from the group, he was reunited with Take That on 15 July 2010, co-writing and performing lead vocals on their album Progress, which became the second fastest-selling album in UK chart history and the fastest-selling record of the century at the time. The subsequent stadium tour, which featured seven songs from Williams’s solo career, became the biggest-selling concert in UK history, selling 1.34 million tickets in less than 24 hours. In late 2011, Take That’s frontman Gary Barlow confirmed that Williams had left the band for a second time to focus on his solo career, although the departure was amicable and that Williams was welcome to rejoin Take That in the future. He has since performed with Take That on three separate television appearances and has collaborated with Barlow on a number of projects —including the West End musical The Band. Here are all of Robbie Williams’s albums ranked.

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10. Live At Knebworth (2003)

“Rob’s show is as fascinating and arousing as ever! He certainly knows too well how to entertain the audience! Rob also becomes more mature when he speaks. When I heard him saying “I’m Robbie Williams. I’m a singer, I’m a songwriter, and I’m a born entertainer! Don’t forget me…,” I was close to tears. Hope Rob will always be there and continually amaze his lovers!”

9. Intensive Care (2005)

“”Intensive Care” is the result of Robbie’s hard work and it was recorded in his home studio, with the collaboration of Stephen Duffy. This new album is pure pop, innovative with great arrangements for the songs. “Tripping”, the first single, is reggae music, related to dreams (or nightmares?) of Robbie. I love the rap part near the end of the song (“leave the house, leave the car, let the bad men where they are…”). “

8. Swing When You’re Winning (2001)

“I really like this album. I think the songs were thoughtfully chosen and Rob really tries to capture the feel of the originals. Sometimes it seems like he’s trying a bit to hard to “be” the song, or the original performer, but if I were a young man in that situation I would probably be belting it out with everything I had too. I think that’s par for the course when you are “entertaining”.

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7. The Ego Has Landed (1999)

“Musically this is a “super-album” as it is a combination of his 2 UK/European releases – ‘Life Thru a Lens’ and ‘I’ve Been Expecting You’ and therefore combines the best of both. This album really does have quality songs on there – particularly in the shape of UK number 1’s ‘Millenium’ and ‘She’s The One’ as well as the swirling ‘Angels’ which was one of the top selling singles of 1998. However because this IS a vetted album, it is very polished and has his most successful tracks on, but offers very little in the area of variation.”

6. Rudebox (2006)

“I’ve loved robbie williams and all his phases since millenium and angels. i admit the stuff on this album is definitely somewhat of a detour from his usual stuff, but i think it’s good stuff and fun to listen to. i just got the album so i don’t have a lot of faves but so far i really like rudebox and bongo bongo. wish he would do another swing album.”

5. Greatest Hits (2004)

“What a smoking hot compilation of mood music and songs from an original modern talent! Robbie Williams demonstrates a style and wit in music rarely seen these days with modern music. His music bleeds testosterone and masculine energy. Original music from a guy in touch with his feelings presented in his own style while keeping in touch with the best of the past. His hit “Feel” stirs the heart.”

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4. Sing When You’re Winning (2000)

“ob, to me, did his best belting and crooning as a twenty something young man. If you listen to Swings both Ways, what you hear is Rob belting and crooning as a seasoned veteran with nothing to prove. On this album, you can tell, or rather I infer, that he knows he’s on the spot and he wants to hammer home the idea to the public that “I can do this.” Well, I’m on board. This is a great album with great songs and great performances.”

3. Life Thru A Lens (1997)

“Life Thru a Lens is also, without a doubt, still Robbie’s most renegade and experimental album. It is undeniably a soul-searching work. Robbie’s lyrics deal a lot with his past life, either directly and honestly or slightly tongue-in-cheek. The sleeve of Life Thru a Lens, featuring Robbie emerging from what looks like a criminal trial (and presumably declared innocent) could perhaps be symbolism for that theme.”

2. Escapology (2002)

“This was Williams’ final album with Guy Chambers, and although the songwriting is perhaps not at the level of their previous albums, in hindsight it definitely represents the end of an era in Robbie’s career, as he has since gone on to work with various songwriters and producers, occasionally succeeding but more often than not leaving fans longing for the glory days. Standout tracks include of course the mega-single ‘Feel’, the epic ‘Come Undone’, and the Elton-John-inspired ‘Hot Fudge’, along with ‘Nan’s Song’, the first track credited to Robbie alone as songwriter.”

1. I’ve Been Expecting You (1998)

“I’ve Been Expecting You is a delight. I cannot praise it enough. A masterpiece. Overflowing with sublime, catchy music, this 2nd effort by Robbie Williams far outshines his mismatched debut Life Thru a Lens. I’ve Been Expecting You is as interesting and involving as its sleeve might suggest, and then some.”