I was really interested in the album review that you have given for
Robbies new album and I am really looking forward to getting my hands
on it. I dont suppose you could tell me when its going to be
released do you or where I could get hold of a copy before it is
released?
Many Thanks
Hannah


--- In robbiewilliams4evr@y..., "Debba" <debba@b...> wrote:
> Escapology - Review & Editorial
>
> Something Beautiful: A mid-tempo tune, showing Williams in good,
> soulful voice singing, "Lost, tired and lonely, something beautiful
> will come your way."
> Monsoon: With ample rock guitar riffs and a song structure which
> hints towards Mr Mercury, the most Queen-like track of Williams'
> career.
> Sexed Up: A swooning guitar ballad, IE have ear-marked this as a
> possible single for Xmas 2003, among the most Elton-like tunes of
the
> selection.
> Wanna Love Somebody: More Bond than Queen, but another massive
epic,
> almost rock opera number with a massive sound.
> Song 3: A play on Blur's Song 2 perhaps? An opening Damon-like fey
> vocal, begins a glam-gunge rocker.
> Feel: The first single (which is due in early December), this is
one
> of the least immediate of the selection, but a classic ballad.
> Cursed: Led by Robbie's distorted vocals, this is a true rock-out
> with string-break in the middle and underscored by an epic melody.
> Me & My Monkey: A fabulously immediate melody, this highlights
Robbie
> at his most mischevious and borrowing a lyric from The Beatles'
> Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me & My Monkey.
>
> "Hotly anticipated" is a wildly overused phrase in the music
> business. But, in the case of Robbie Williams' new, fifth studio
> album, the anticipation is about more than just the music.
> Who will release the record has become one of the longest-running
> sagas of the year - and it appears no nearer a resolution.
> Despite suggestions last week that EMI have secured a deal - after
co-
> manager Tim Clark's visit to Williams in Los Angeles on Tuesday -
> nothing is yet finalised. Indeed, it is understood that all the
major
> companies - barring only BMG - remain in the frame, with Warner's
> Riger Ames and Sony's Paul Burger joining EMI and Universal by
> throwing their hats in the ring.
> Williams' management company IE Music declines to comment on the
> speculation surrounding deal negotiations, but IE's Tim Clark says
> they are ready to go with the record themselves, if necessary.
> "We have put together a brilliant team of people to put this record
> out if we have to," Clark says. "We have out plan A, which is to do
a
> deal. We are still talking seriously to a number of majors about
it.
> But we will be able to put the record out."
> Retailers have certainly been left in no doubt: the
> album, "Escapology", is firmly linked in for November 18th. IE -
with
> 3mv - have been playing five tracks to retail over the past
> fortnight, with the second of two presentations staged on Wednesday
> last week.
> Eight tracks played to Music Week range from magnificent, mature
> ballads such as the Elton-esque "Something Beautiful", to rock
epics
> which echo Queen at their best. The diversity of the tracks
suggests
> that Williams has added new maturity to his familiar impudence, and
> that his partnership with Chambers is as potent as ever. Virtually
> every track on the album is written by Williams with Chambers;
> although one track was penned solely by Williams.
> Chris Briggs, who has A&Red Williams' albums for EMI:Chrysalis over
> the past five years, has also been hired by IE to A&R the latest
> project. Although some final mixing is still continuing, the entire
> album of 14 finished tracks is completed, following six months of
> recording in Los Angeles with Guy Chambers. Work is also now
starting
> on a video for the first single, "Feel", which is set for an early
> December release.
> On the promotional front, word is also emerging of a media scoop to
> rival last year's Live At The Albert Hall concert - which was
> broadcast by the BBC twice during the final quarter of 2002, and
> again earlier this month - to give impetus to the album campaign.
> IE's "brilliant" team of independent consultants include Outside
> Organisation (press), The Partnership (promotions), Katie Conroy
> (international promotions) and Andy Murray (international
marketing),
> with THE as distributor.
> IE's deadline for making a decision on a deal is fast approaching.
> Sources close to the company suggest that they will make their mind
> up by the end of next week, barely seven weeks before "Escapology"
is
> due for release.
> For a string of majors, it will be an anxious wait. The clock is
> ticking. (music week)
>
>
> Taken from http://www.efanguide.com/~rwilliams/main.htm