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Stoke's favourite son's sixth studio album marks a new stage in the career of Mr Robert Peter Williams, Britain's favourite popular entertainer. Severed from his former right hand man, songwriter Guy Chambers, Intensive Care sees him forging a new partnership with former Lilac Time stalwart Stephen Duffy. 
The result is his most complete album to date, free from the gimmicky fillers--like "Me and My Monkey" and "Jesus In A Camper Van"--that tended to drag previous efforts down.Never short of cocksure bravado, Robbie starts proceedings off with a modest declaration—"Here I stand victorious, the only man who made you come", but for once he's got the tunes to back up the posturing. There're plenty of classic Robbie tracks, from the ballad-tastic "Advertising Space"--which should see "Angels" relegated to the backbenches--to the public confessional of "The Trouble With Me"; plus some daring departures in between, from the '80s pop fun of "Sin Sin Sin" to the Rolling Stones-a-like "A Place To Crash", via the Oasis-lite of "Make Me Pure" and the Smiths-esque guitars on "Your Gay Friend". You can't help but feel that Mr Williams has a point to make with this album, to all the people who said he'd be nothing without Guy Chambers; if that is the case, he couldn't have gone about it a better way than by serving up the best album of his career to date. --Melanie Wilkin
The result is his most complete album to date, free from the gimmicky fillers--like "Me and My Monkey" and "Jesus In A Camper Van"--that tended to drag previous efforts down.Never short of cocksure bravado, Robbie starts proceedings off with a modest declaration—"Here I stand victorious, the only man who made you come", but for once he's got the tunes to back up the posturing. There're plenty of classic Robbie tracks, from the ballad-tastic "Advertising Space"--which should see "Angels" relegated to the backbenches--to the public confessional of "The Trouble With Me"; plus some daring departures in between, from the '80s pop fun of "Sin Sin Sin" to the Rolling Stones-a-like "A Place To Crash", via the Oasis-lite of "Make Me Pure" and the Smiths-esque guitars on "Your Gay Friend". You can't help but feel that Mr Williams has a point to make with this album, to all the people who said he'd be nothing without Guy Chambers; if that is the case, he couldn't have gone about it a better way than by serving up the best album of his career to date. --Melanie Wilkin More to Explore | |||
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ROBBIE WILLIAMS Intensive Care (2005 Thailand issue 12-track CD album in which Robbie returns with one of the most spectacular reinventions in pop history includes the brilliant and undeniably idiosyncratic single Tripping)
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A more grown up album,
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This review is from: Intensive Care [CD + DVD] (Audio CD)
I've had a few listens through now, having got my copy a couple of days early (thank you Mr Post office!)This album is definitely a more mature production from Robbie. Songs that grab you straight away - Make Me Pure, The Trouble with Me and Advertising Space, which has a definite U2 influence. Then the songs that take a couple of listens like Tripping, Ghosts and Sin Sin Sin. The influences of Robbie's upbringing near Manchester and that of Stephen Duffy are evident in a lot of the album with an 80s beat particularly strong in Sin Sin Sin. This is heading to be one of my favourite Robbie albums, his voice has improved and the song writing has definitely improved. He's not missing Guy Chambers at all. Even if you've never liked Robbie before, give this one a go.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jumping the gun?,
This review is from: Intensive Care (Audio CD)
As this album hasn't been released yet I can only presume the other reviewers have listened to tracks on the net. Having just watched a documentary with Robbie & Stephen Duffy on the making of this album it appears that Intensive Care is lyrically, and musically, the best album to date. Notice I didn't use the word 'commerically' in the above. It may not have the cheesy anthemic melodies of tunes like Rock DJ but I feel that's the whole point - to move on and prove that there's more to this man than waving your arms in the air with a cheeky grin. Give it chance - nobody can form a true opinion on an album that hasn't been released yet.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
robbie album,
This review is from: Intensive Care (Audio CD)
A decent effort from Robbie but it just does not jump out at you. There are some good tracks:Nake Me Pure Sin Sin Sin Ghosts Tripping but nothing spectular. ON the other albums there is at least one mega hit, but most of this is just safe ground. the album drags on and the tracks are average and do not stand out. a bit dissappointing.
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