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 RW Album - Take The Crown (2012), Release date - 5th November |
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 Dec 21 2012, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE(jay727 @ Dec 20 2012, 02:27 PM)  I expected at least double platinum or 500k at least now, looks like it's going to struggle to match Reality's uk sales well, after all reality sold really well, not as good as others, but that´s because all his albums were super huge! |
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Dec 22 2012, 01:33 PM
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TTC should sell well in the last two weeks of 2012. RKTVS had a huge drop and never fully recovered after that (with the exception of the week after the 'special contribution to music' award). If TTC manages to stay in the charts longer (more possible) it could match RKTVS's million. As far as chart success is concerned TTC and RKTVS have a similar chart run till now.
Perhaps Different will for some reason peak in 2013 rather than next week... |
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Dec 22 2012, 05:38 PM
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Well he's doing it to tonight in strictly so that should hopefully push the single to top 40 at the bare minimum and add sales to TTC. He will probably sell another 75-100k around the time of the tour as well like the TT album did before Progress Live
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Dec 22 2012, 09:57 PM
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I didn't know he was appearing on Strictly tonight
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Dec 22 2012, 10:10 PM
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From
http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/318207...m-is-obnoxious/ Robbie Williams: Album is obnoxious Bang 22 December 2012 16:00 GMT Robbie Williams admits his latest album has an ''obnoxious title''. The 'Candy' singer unveiled his ninth studio offering 'Take The Crown' last month, and he admits he wants people to take this record as seriously as he does. He said: ''It's an obnoxious title. I started out obnoxious and I plan to carry that out. 'Take The Crown' means I'm serious this time, I'm going on tour and what-not.'' Among the people he worked with on the album was Take That bandmate Gary Barlow, and he admits they did a lot of songs which will turn up on ''various'' projects, even though he admits to feeling pressure to compete with his pal. He said: ''In the papers it was like, 'Gary Barlow has outsold Robbie Williams six to one with his tour, phenomenal change in fortune...' I was like, 'Oh God.' ''Gary, I highly, highly respect him. Isn't he the soundest guy? He's a lovely man and he's the first port of call for advice. He's a very, very wise man. He's very much dad. ''I wrote a couple of songs with Gaz. I wrote a load of songs with Gaz and they are going to turn up on a couple of projects in the next few years.'' Copyright © bangshowbiz.com 2012. |
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Mar 12 2013, 08:09 PM
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Robbie Williams takes the crown
Whatever magic propelled Robbie to stardom is still there, and in his new album I did wonder about what Robbie Williams was trying to say with the title of his new album. Take The Crown? What crown? Then I listened to the CD and found in the lines of a song what could be the answer. “They said it was leaving me/ the magic was leaving me/ I don’t think so/ I don’t think so,” he goes in the opening cut, Be A Boy. There is also a verse in it that says, “All the boys are gonna be someone/ the time you caught but it was gone/ the time you caught but it was gone/ it takes a big man to be someone.” It takes a big man, indeed. That big man is Robbie Williams of the UK and one of the world’s top entertainers. He has been in the music business for 15 years, five of them as part of the boy band Take That, and then 10 years as a solo act. It is but natural that with the arrival of new singing heartthrobs like Ed Sheeran and One Direction, some people have started to wonder if Robbie still has what it takes to hack the hit charts and to fill up arenas. And here is his answer in Take The Crown. Whatever he has that made him a star, whatever magic propelled him to stardom is still there. It has not left and Robbie is here to take back the crown. Robbie is one of those amazing, born-to-be-a-star guys. He did not have to struggle. He seems to have an unerring sense of what would sell and what would be good for him. He has bucked prevailing mores and won, first as the rebel prankster of Take That and then when he left the band. Who would have thought he would still have a career after walking out on something as big as Take That? But he did. And it was his own. Take That died soon after he left and Robbie was panned as the bad boy who destroyed the band. But he only became even bigger. Angels, Millenium, She’s The One, It’s Only Us, Radio, No Regrets were some of the songs that made him a hit phenomenon. This is also a guy who seems to instinctively know what to do in critical situations. At a time when he was being described as a goner for leaving Take That, there came about a Take That reunion that resulted in Progress, the fastest-selling album in UK pop history. Once when he seemed to be running out of steam, he emerged singing standards with a big band like Beyond the Sea and duets with Frank Sinatra It Was A Very Good Year and with Nicole Kidman, the huge hit Something Stupid. But Robbie’s success was not all due to good fortune and astute marketing. The guy has genuine talent. He writes very good pop tunes and performs like his life depends on every song. His every album is a much sought-after treat. First you wonder what is this guy up to now? Then you listen and you enjoy the songs and the way the CD was put together and you know he has done it again. You know, pleased his audience. Take The Crown, his ninth studio album, is no different. It is a very well-made pop album that puts Robbie back on top. “Hey,” he must be saying, “that crown was only on loan, I am now here to take it back.” Take The Crown is made up of hook-filled, up-tempo songs made for big concerts. Lightest of the batch and first single release is Candy, which he co-wrote with Take That bandmate, Gary Barlow. The ones with the classic potentials are Different and Into The Silence, which recall his early hits. Anthemic pop is really what he does best and I can just hear fans singing along with these rockers. Now, if you prefer ballads, then you will love the sweet Hunting For You. I do not know how true it is, but Take The Crown is said to have been designed with nine different covers, a different one for every single release. Fans, I am sure, will want to have all of them and that means a lot more copies to sell. This guy really knows how to be the big man. But no matter what cover you get, you can be sure that Take The Crown is an excellent, most enjoyable album. One more point towards greatness by Robbie Williams, who once more owns the crown. philstar.com This post has been edited by Sydney: Mar 12 2013, 08:10 PM |
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Jan 13 2019, 12:56 AM
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This is a great album. I'm listening back to it now. I like the rocky edge.
I also love the EP he released for Different, On My Own with Tom Jones is a phenomenal track and it deserves to be more than just a demo! |
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Jan 14 2019, 12:26 AM
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QUOTE(Tombo @ Jan 13 2019, 12:56 AM) I also love the EP he released for Different, On My Own with Tom Jones is a phenomenal track and it deserves to be more than just a demo! Yes! Love On My Own. It's very quirky and original I think. Around about that time he recorded Ice Cream Headache with Q-Tip from Radio Rudebox . I loved it. Does anybody else remember that? |
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Jan 14 2019, 06:30 AM
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QUOTE(Laura130262 @ Jan 14 2019, 12:26 AM) Yes! Love On My Own. It's very quirky and original I think. Around about that time he recorded Ice Cream Headache with Q-Tip from Radio Rudebox . I loved it. Does anybody else remember that? I dont' remember the puking rainbows Laura , where does Robbie get these lyrics  |
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Jan 14 2019, 02:48 PM
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QUOTE(Laura130262 @ Jan 14 2019, 12:26 AM) Yes! Love On My Own. It's very quirky and original I think. Around about that time he recorded Ice Cream Headache with Q-Tip from Radio Rudebox . I loved it. Does anybody else remember that? Thanks for sharing, I hadn't heard this one before 
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