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'Rudebox' is not 'Robbie Williams the serious artiste', but it is an amazing pop album.
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MojoAn intriguing, funny and inventive listen. [Nov 2006, p.101]
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Undoubtedly one of the year's strangest releases.
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An astounding, brave release.
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UncutIt's not always pleasant... but at its best... it's the funniest, most adventurous and liveliest record of his career. [Nov 2006, p.134]
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After 16 songs ranging from electro-country to the parody-heavy We're The Pet Shop Boys and various quasi-conversational raps à la the Streets' Mike Skinner about losing his virginity, I felt the man should rope things in.
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BillboardThings hover uneasily somewhere between wholesale reinvention and mere superstar vanity project. [28 Oct 2006]
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All too often Rudebox plays like an undeveloped collection of half-baked ideas.
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Q MagazineOn this showing he's bored and directionless. [Nov 2006, p.134]
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An absolute howler.
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A scant handful of highlights aside, it is packed with half-baked ideas, bad jokes, music that any other star of Williams' stature would be terrified of the general public hearing.
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His new lyrical equation seems to be rip off someone else's words, add some street slang that would have been out of date five years ago, mention some brand names, say something offensive and then shoe horn it all together.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 56 out of 77
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Mixed: 5 out of 77
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Negative: 16 out of 77
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TylerDOct 27, 2006The best album of his career.
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Jul 24, 2020
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Apr 3, 2020I haven’t heard a male pop album like this, very unique and fun, it stills fresh, people were not ready for this...