Intensive Care
by Robbie Williams
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 66
  3. Negative: 11 out of 66

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  1. JamieM
    Nov 3, 2005
    0
    Robbie Williams is an idiot and this album is TERRIBLE! Tripping is most probably the worst song recorded this decade. Older stuff is good. But this guy it totally stuck in the 80's.
  2. StephenC
    Jan 23, 2006
    1
    Go away. Please
  3. tonyk
    Nov 6, 2005
    2
    The lyrics seem more brooding and deep than a lot of his previous stuff, and there is absolutely none of the quirky, cheeky sense of humor that robbie williams built his career on. Maybe not too surprising, given the subject matter. Gone, however, are the delightful phrasing and wide-ranging tunefullness that, for me, characterised his earlier works. This album feels strained, as though The lyrics seem more brooding and deep than a lot of his previous stuff, and there is absolutely none of the quirky, cheeky sense of humor that robbie williams built his career on. Maybe not too surprising, given the subject matter. Gone, however, are the delightful phrasing and wide-ranging tunefullness that, for me, characterised his earlier works. This album feels strained, as though williams was being pushed to meet a deadline, and just threw in some studio time to get it done without really knowing what he was trying to do. The tunes are repetitive and lack dynamics, some of them are so bad that they just make me cringe It's almost as if Robbie woke up one morning and discovered that he had forgotten everything he ever knew about how to put a tune together. I loved just about everything else he's done, but this one's a shocker.… Expand
  4. Corpus
    Nov 23, 2005
    0
    robbie williams should be put in intensive care for the shit he keeps releasing, what a fucking talentless arsehole.

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Mojo
    60
    Here, he is still the anthem addict of old, but there are softer, subtler electronic textures and a real sense of reflection. [Nov 2005, p.112]
  2. musicOMH.com
    70
    It's Robbie The Rogue's least immediate album and needs several listens to get to grips with, but Intensive Care feels like Robbie has allowed himself freedom of expression, even if he doesn't always know how best to use it.
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  3. Playlouder
    50
    Lyrically the record is less cringe inducing than 'Escapology' but Robbie has been let off the leash for a while in this respect, and while sometimes he can be funny, he needs people to tell him when he's being trite and just downright embarrassing.
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