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Sing When You're Winning

EMAILPRINTby Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams reviews
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7.7 User Score:

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Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 10 votes
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Album Info

Label: Capitol

Release Date: 03 October 2000

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Pop, Rock

Summary

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

91

Entertainment Weekly

'Winning'' is a winner, offering ample reason for connoisseurs of great pop to rejoice, whatever their age. Alternately wistful and witty, introspective and invigorating, it's arguably even better than ''The Ego Has Landed,'' Williams' 1999 Stateside calling card.

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80

Alternative Press

Sing When You're Winning is as powerful as you want, as lovely as your dreams and as subtle as the best practical joke. [12/2000, p.121]

80

Billboard

The always brash, often emotionally affecting Williams displays marked growth as a lyricist, zapping tunes like the fiery first single "Rock DJ" with enough clever twists to make the mind happily reel.

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80

Q Magazine

A fresh production eye might have rescued its weaker segments - Love Calling Earth or the dull By All Means Necessary - and its surprising lack of overall oomph.

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70

Rolling Stone

On his second U.S. album, Williams and collaborator Guy Chambers achieve an audio spectacle showcasing their melodic wit and stylistic valor.

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70

Mojo

This is undoubtedly his best record...

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60

The Onion (A.V. Club)

The largely pleasant new Sing When You're Winning offers up more of the same, material for an alternate-universe Top 40 aimed at twentysomethings rather than the orthodontia crowd.

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60

CDNow

It's a tribute to Williams' almost delusional self-confidence that he sounds equally at home no matter what the musical form; he invests each track with an energy many of them don't deserve.

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60

All Music Guide

Despite another notable drop in songwriting from its predecessor, Sing When You're Winning ultimately succeeds, and most of the credit must go to Robbie Williams himself. Amidst a raft of overly familiar arrangements and lyrical themes, Williams proves the consummate entertainer by delivering powerful, engaging vocals...

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50

New Musical Express

Nearly everything Robbie Williams writes is some kind of confessional and here it doesn't quite come off. There just isn't the sufficient depth of him in it to make it work.

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50

Spin

A collection of workmanlike whimsy... [12/2000, p.225]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Chris F gave it a10:
This is a great album, its the album that got me started on the great man's music.

kovács e gave it a1:
I like robbie williams

killa ben gave it a10:
A masterwork.

Ben W gave it a 7:
Stylish, fun, and catchy as hell! Check out the music video to "Rock DJ..." omg it's a FUCKING RIOT!!!!!!!!

Mike H gave it a 10:
A ripping album with high quality songs and an impecable edge to other artists. Songs like 'Supreme' and 'Let love be your energy' support the album at the base and other songs like 'Knotsford City Limits' put iceing on the cake! Great stuff, Rob.

ross h gave it a 10:
it is a very brilliant album robbie is a brilliant sinner especially sinning rock dj

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