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Life Thru a Lens [Extra tracks]

~ Robbie Williams
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  • Audio CD (1 Dec 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • ASIN: B000006X41
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Mini-Disc  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,370 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Lazy Days 3:54£0.69
Listen  2. Life Thru A Lens 3:07£0.69
Listen  3. Ego Agogo 3:34£0.69
Listen  4. Angels 4:25£0.79
Listen  5. South Of The Border 3:53£0.69
Listen  6. Old Before I Die 3:53£0.69
Listen  7. One Of God's Better People 3:33£0.69
Listen  8. Let Me Entertain You 4:22£0.79
Listen  9. Killing Me 3:56£0.69
Listen10. Clean 3:54£0.69
Listen11. Baby Girl Window (Includes Hidden Track 'Hello Sir')14:10£0.69

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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

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Pray for a debut album this good, 26 Jan 2000
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Being from the states I am a relative nubbie to the whole Robbie Williams craze. Although I remember the song "Back for Good", I didn't remember Take That, let alone the fact that Robbie was in the group. Imagine my surprise, after I became a fan of RW's music. The Ego Has Landed is the first album I've bought in 6 yrs to inspire me get my hands on all the artist had to offer and a far cry from his boyband background. I chose "Life Thru a Lens" first, because I found out it was his debut solo album. And what an album! The song writing and melodies show a maturity that most artist don't accomplish until their sophomore album...if they're lucky. But the brilliant dichotomy of this work of art is the fact that the subject matter and angst in his voice, in his songs, reveal the growing pains of a person in the transition from from boy to man and all the normal turmoil that goes with it - the lost of a first love, difficult decisions, and completed by an ode to ones mother - as well as songs that divulge the underbelly of being an established star by the time you're 18. This is what pop should be.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Robbie's best album, 5 Jan 2002
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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

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Robbie williams, Life trhu a lens., 17 Dec 2005
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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Robbies first and best alum
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... Read more
Published on 1 Jul 2007 by Raven

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor mans Oasis immitation at best
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... Read more
Published on 22 May 2005 by C. Buchanan

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for his first solo album
Robbie Williams has done well on this album but there are songs on there that just don't really thrill me. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars nothing beats it
I only got in to Robbie when a friend gave me his CD and he has come such a long way since Take That! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Best album in the world EVER!!!!. Forget Elvis, Robbie is the king. Angels is better than any other song in the world by a mile.
Published on 6 Jan 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Robbie is just pure class.
This album is fantastic from start to finish. Each song has real feeling and meaning. The best track by far is "One of God's better people", pure class. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars thouroughly enjoyable listening
This was Robbies first big album and underlined his undoubted musical talent.Each song is uniquely different from the next,unlike the repetitive music that many artists turn... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the hipe
I still don't get the sucess of Robbie,this album is just one long drawn out bunch of meaningless songs. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 1999 by irm299@soton.ac.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, Great singer, Great CD
I always knew Robbie Williams had talent from the Take That days and this album really proves it. All his own work! Read more
Published on 14 Nov 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars a must in the collection even if you are not a fan
I was not sure about this when someone advised me to buy it(being a Gary Barlow fan!) but I am glad I took that advice as it is far from the boy band album I was expecting. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 1999

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