Robbie Williams
Rudebox (singolo)

THE REVIEW

Robbie Williams started his artistic career in the successful boy band Take That.

The disputes among the various members, mainly the turbulent Robbie causing the arguments, led to the breakup of the famous boy band. Robbie then began his successful solo career. The first two singles, the cover of "Freedom" by George Michael and "Old Before I Die", achieved reasonable success, but it was only with the release of the single "Angels" that success truly arrived. His first album, "Life Thru A Lens", climbed the international charts and reached the number one spot in England. In the following years, Robbie released another 5 albums, but the success mainly came from the singles: "Millennium", "She's the One", "Rock DJ", "Love Supreme", "Come Undone", "Feel", "Radio", "Sin Sin Sin" and others.

Now, in 2006 Robbie is a pop star. He has sold millions of records and is considered the king of pop. His new single "Rudebox" is released, heralding the release of his new album "Rudebox '74" (how imaginative!!), and it doesn't seem to open a happy chapter in his life. This single, in fact, was not liked in England, the singer's homeland, and turned out to be a flop. "Rudebox" is indeed a song completely different from his previous works. It combines pop, electronica, funky, and hip hop into a big mishmash, listenable but not appreciable. It's banal, predictable, "different". This is its flaw, being completely different from the previous singles. Changing genre is fine, but changing and creating a genre of its own, a mix of a bit of everything, is not very advisable.

The album doesn't have high expectations given the single, and maybe Robbie will decide to retire from the music scene or, hopefully, return to his musical genre.