6/6/23
Robbie Williams - Life Through a Lens
Life thru a Lens - Robbie Williams | Album | AllMusic
Life thru a Lens by Robbie Williams released in 1997. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
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jt4527
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AND THROUGH IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
dbarila
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6/6/23
Robbie Williams - Life Through a Lens
Life thru a Lens - Robbie Williams | Album | AllMusic
Life thru a Lens by Robbie Williams released in 1997. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
I'm going to be 100% honest. I don't hate this. I've never actually heard much Robbie Williams besides a few songs here and there so this is the first time I've listened to one of his albums. Listening to the album in a vacuum, there's actually some pretty good catchy songs. Granted, we Americans don't have Britain's favorite past time of hating Robbie Williams. 3/5.
imtheocean
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Robbie Williams ~ Life Through A Lens.
Rock / Pop with the rough edges taken off. Good production and I can see why it had a big audience. Not for me though. 1/5.
Rock / Pop with the rough edges taken off. Good production and I can see why it had a big audience. Not for me though. 1/5.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Ugh, just started. I'm pretty sure the genesis of this album was someone saying, "make me a record like that Blur record."
TrainFan73
Frothy
It's like Stone Roses doing Shiny Happy People.
It was pretty much
Boyband member decides he is too cool for boyband. Goes on the lash with oasis at Glastonbury. Falls out with oasis. Hires songwriter for hire to make him one of those britpop albums with extra strings and stuff.
TrainFan73
Frothy
This is what it would sound like if Jamie Tart from season one of Ted Lasso made a record. I'm not sure I can get through this.
And you havenāt even got to that fucking angels song yet. I swear its omnipresence in late 90s radio is a large part of why I mostly still hate the fucking radio. Boyband level promo budgets have a lot to answer for!
TrainFan73
Frothy
Had definitely heard this Angels song before. Could have sworn it was Aerosmith. Meh... it sounds like an Aerosmith and Train collab.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Back to Blur mode. It's so generic. At least there is no pretense of wanting to be anything other than a pop start from Harry Styles. This is dreadful.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I've never even heard of Take That.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Makes me appreciate that Casanova record, at least that guy had the balls to try something different (it was a stupid different, but it was different).... This is why people are using AI to make music.
They were enormous with teenage girls in Britain in the early to mid 90s. There was a whole crying thing on the playground when he walked out on them. They had a āmanbandā revival in the late 00s making even more money because nostalgic 30 somethings are richer than hysteric teens. They werenāt very good either time around.
TrainFan73
Frothy
JFC, two people have commented on how much they like it in the office.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Old Before I Die... first of all that's some young people shit. Second of all, I kind of hope I die before the end of the record.
Youāre not going to let him entertain you?
TrainFan73
Frothy
THIS SONG IS CALLED "ONE OF GOD'S BETTER PEOPLE"??!!! Fuck are Van Morrison and Morrissey featured on it?
TrainFan73
Frothy
Kurt Cobain is going to haunt you.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I've got four more songs. I wish I could give it a zero.