Swings Both Ways
by Robbie Williams
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2013
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 42
  3. Negative: 8 out of 42
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  1. dierregi
    Oct 14, 2014
    5
    I love this type of music and the "standards", so I have no problem with listening to yet another version of "Putting on the ritz". I also think Williams has a genuine love for the music and he does it well.

    What I dislike (a lot) are his lyrics. The man is a smug egomaniac. We are served massive doses of how hard is the life of a billionaire pop star, because the media take too much    I love this type of music and the "standards", so I have no problem with listening to yet another version of "Putting on the ritz". I also think Williams has a genuine love for the music and he does it well.

    What I dislike (a lot) are his lyrics. The man is a smug egomaniac. We are served massive doses of how hard is the life of a billionaire pop star, because the media take too much interest in in sexual orientation and his weight. Those are "real" problems, not ours.... Thanks for sharing Williams, but you can rest assured: I care nothing about the way you look and who're you banging. I just listen to the music and try to ignore the words.    … Expand

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 17, 2013
    40
    There's an innate problem in the way Swings Both Ways swings--like a pendulum, flipping and flopping between 2013 and 1953, a problem that the orchestra can't resolve.
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  2. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2013
    60
    Of seven swing covers and duets, only the high camp title track with Rufus Wainwright sparkles. [Dec 2013, p.92]
  3. The Independent (UK)
    Dec 17, 2013
    60
    It's the original tracks that bring a new life to the form, while the standards--routine duets of "I Wanna Be Like You" and "Dream a Little Dream" with Olly Murs and Lily Allen, and a bland "Puttin' on the Ritz"-- sound like filler.
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