Life Thru a Lens

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 7243821313284 Label: Chrysalis Manufacturer: Chrysalis Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Chrysalis Release Date: 1998-12-01 Studio: Chrysalis
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Editorial Reviews: When Life Thru A Lens came out, Robbie Williams was a swiftly-failing music industry joke--"Blobbie Pill-iams", the ballooning drug-freak, drunk and bleary-eyed at far too many parties for his own good. Although his cover of George Micheal's "Freedom" had gone in at Number 2, "Old Before I Die" and "South Of The Border" sounded too like weak-tea Oasis for any real chart action and people were starting to talk about him as a failure. Then the elegiac "Angels" with its simple black-and-white video hit MTV pay-dirt, and six months later Williams was picking up six BRIT Awards, showing off his post-rehab six-pack and dating an All Saint. And so the rest of Life Thru A Lens is a likeable, hyperactive stream of consciousness--much like Williams himself. "Lazy Days" is an unexpectedly gorgeous psychedelic swoon, and "Let Me Entertain You"--"When I'm Cleaning Windows" for the Hooch generation--is still an irresistible offer. --Caitlin Moran
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Robbies first and best alum Comment: Robbies first album is also his best. Life thru a lens, Let me entertain you, South of the border, Killing me slowly, Lazy days, Old before I die ands the wonderful angels make this album worth listening to over and over again. I have all of Robbies albums but this is the only one that would be in my top 10 albums of all time. Customer Rating: Summary: Robbie williams, Life trhu a lens. Comment: I decided to update all my robbie albums again, I used to have this one (cant remember what happeaned to it) and it is still has much fun to listen to now has it was then, It is a great album and i would highly recommend everyone to have this album amongst there cd collection! Customer Rating: Summary: Poor mans Oasis immitation at best Comment: This album is the epitomy of why Robbie Williams is famous... it's not for being an amazing songwriter (otherwise why would he draft in a perfect pop-song writer/producer for all his albums) the reason he is famous is down to the fact that he has followed Oasis line for line and applied it to a teeny-bop audience so that he can cross-over to different audiences. Very clever marketing, but where's the soul? Certainly not in songs like South Of The Border and Life Thru A Lens. The only real hit on this album is the supposed "best song of all time" that being "Angels" true a good song, but still not up there with the true greats. This album is probably Robbie Williams' best offering as from this album onwards his songwriting spiralled into extreme Oasis influence (see the song 'Strong") a good pop album of the 90's up there with Boyzone, The Spice Girls and Take That. Customer Rating: Summary: Robbie's best album Comment: Few took him seriously when he released this, they should have done because everything is right about it. Great rock tunes on it aswell as the spine chilling classic Angels - lets face it, everybody knows it. The climax's to the songs are one the album's best points, of course there is Angels, but then the fabulous 'Killing Me' sends shivers down your spine, and the acoustic 'One Of God's Better People' has something in it that you are just able to relate to somebody in your life. I only hope that Robbie will be given the credibility he deserves throughout his career and in the many years after, his voice and songs are amazing Customer Rating: Summary: Not bad for his first solo album Comment: Robbie Williams has done well on this album but there are songs on there that just don't really thrill me. i wouldn't advise anyone against buying it because it is enjoyable and worth the money More Reviews