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 8th December 2014, 08:22 PM
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I actually prefer this album to the last couple he has done , so Cheers Robbie & Merry Xmas
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8th December 2014, 08:23 PM
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Who decides what the best tracks are to go on an album anyway , a lot of the time they get it wrong , I like the mix in this album, very refreshing
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8th December 2014, 10:29 PM
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I think Bully, H.E.S, The Edge and Bullet are my favs from this. Sounds like a lot of material that was meant for the TTC album, though All Climb On sounds like his very early stuff.
Nice mixed bag though, not bad for a collection of songs that didn't make an album. Will be interesting to see if there's a vol. 2 and how that sounds. |
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9th December 2014, 09:57 PM
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10th December 2014, 09:29 PM
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This album has grown on me. I like more tracks on this album than his last three albums, if some of it had been combined with Take The Crown it would have made for one of his best albums.
If you removed, Be a Boy Different Sh** On The Radio Hey Wow blah blah And added H.E.S The Edge The Pilot National Treasure With Surrender as extra bonus I reckon it would have made a brilliant album. |
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13th December 2014, 12:13 PM
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I love Bullet so much. That song is an anthem. OMG so good.
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15th December 2014, 08:53 PM
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Full credits at RobbieWilliams.com/UTR1credits
but the page doesn't work  cover photography: Ayda Williams 
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28th December 2014, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(Supercell @ Dec 8 2014, 08:17 PM)  Just downloaded the mp3 version, so far not too bad. Like Raver, H.E.S is my favourite so far but only on The Climb. Apparently according to wikipedia, the album sold 211,000 copies last week off his website which would have, if was able to chart beat TT to no.1. However this is wikipedia soI'm taking this with a large pinch of salt. Very much doubt that. Not even Ed Sheeran opened with that this year. |
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30th December 2014, 01:58 AM
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I would doubt those figures are true, Ed Sheeran could just about achieve that and he is absolutely huge right now so there is no way Robbie would get those numbers nowadays.
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27th May 2015, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(Sydney @ Dec 8 2014, 09:22 PM) I actually prefer this album to the last couple he has done , so Cheers Robbie & Merry Xmas Me too  still loving UTR If his next studio album is anything like this, I shall be very happy.  |
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28th May 2015, 08:51 PM
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QUOTE(Laura130262 @ May 28 2015, 12:18 AM) Me too still loving UTR If his next studio album is anything like this, I shall be very happy. I watch Homes Under The Hammer on BBC 2, they use snippets from many of Robbie's early albums , makes me smile when hear them I wonder when he will release UTR2, we might get it early next year ... |
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28th May 2015, 11:19 PM
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QUOTE(Sydney @ May 28 2015, 09:51 PM) I watch Homes Under The Hammer on BBC 2, they use snippets from many of Robbie's early albums , makes me smile when hear them I wonder when he will release UTR2, we might get it early next year ... I think there's a possibility it could be this Christmas - I wouldn't be surprised |
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19th July 2017, 07:42 PM
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13th January 2019, 01:43 AM
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Bully is such a strong opening track. I really enjoy this collection of tracks. It's amazing that Robbie has kept putting out amazing songs and albums for so many years.
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13th January 2019, 08:10 AM
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QUOTE(Tombo @ Jan 13 2019, 01:43 AM) Bully is such a strong opening track. I really enjoy this collection of tracks. It's amazing that Robbie has kept putting out amazing songs and albums for so many years. Seems to be continuously writing songs & coming up with ideas .. |
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22nd October 2022, 09:21 AM
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Under the Radar Volume 1 is a collection of demos released just in time to wrestle his former boyband off the album top spot
Robbie Williams has announced a surprise new album. Under the Radar Volume 1, a collection of discards and demos that “cried out for a home”, is being released today, the same day as Take That’s III. “[These are] loads and loads of songs that I’ve written that I’m incredibly passionate about,” Williams said in a handheld video to his fans. “I want you to hear them, otherwise they’re just going to remain in my computer!” Although the digital edition won’t be available until 8 December, the CD version is on sale now. Williams is selling them exclusively through his website for £7.50 a pop, or £25 with an autograph. Some of the material dates from the same sessions as 2012’s Take the Crown, including a song called Run It Wild. “[I] got very, very excited about [Run It Wild] and instantly added it to the [tour] setlist … [But] it didn’t make the album and it didn’t make the tour, and there are loads of songs that just for whatever reason didn’t make it.” Williams claims that his longtime collaborator Guy Chambers “isn’t happy” about these songs being released online, instead of in “He thinks I’m a lunatic for not putting them on an album that we’ve promoted with TV performances and at radio stations and a big tour,” Williams said. “But I’m an impetuous bugger, and I want them out now, now, now!” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/...ume-1-new-album This post has been edited by Sydney11: 22nd October 2022, 09:21 AM |
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22nd October 2022, 09:25 AM
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#ALBUMOFTHEDAY / REVIEW: ROBBIE WILLIAMS: UNDER THE RADAR VOL. 1
Just over a week ago, Robbie Williams announced that he’d be releasing an album of rare and previously unreleased tracks called Under The Radar Volume 1. This immediately excited me because I’ve always loved and collected Robbie’s B-sides and have often felt that many of them were stronger than some of the material on his albums. To that end, his site indicated that some of the tracks would be B-sides, which disappointed me slightly because I wanted it to only consist of tracks that would be entirely new to me. Well, guess what? It turns out none of the tracks on the album are B-sides. Not to the best of my knowledge and I’m pretty sure I’d know. Regardless, all 14 songs are new to me and I fell in love with the 54 minute collection from the first time I listened to it. Honestly, there isn’t a bad song in the eclectic bunch! In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll state something you’ve probably already deduced from the above: I’m a Robbie Williams fan. A longtime fan. In fact, he’s one of my top five artists on the planet. So, this review is going to be positive; if that’s going to bother you, I’m sure you can find a super critical analysis on some other website. But I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I’m objectively reviewing this when it’s pretty much impossible for me to do so. Thus far, I’ve only received the download from Robbie’s site, so I’m still awaiting my physical copy. I’m hoping it will indicate which album sessions these songs were recorded during, or otherwise have some linear notes, as I’m going crazy trying to figure out which albums these songs were written for. To my ears, most of them sound like they’re from the Escapology and Intensive Care era, those being my two favorite Robbie William’s albums, but that’s just a guess. The album opens with a vivacious song called “Bully.” “When you die the world’s gonna be lighter,” Robbie sings, putting the bullies of the world in their place. Which, in this case, happens to be with their brains splattered all over the classroom blackboard, Robbie singing “shoot the bully” before snappy, all-firing percussion that almost sounds like a gunshot. (He doesn’t actually mention brains, but these are the things one thinks of when listening to this one.) You could argue that this song sends a bad message, but Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” was from the point of view of someone who’s in the process of shooting up an entire school and nobody seemed to mind that so I don’t see why Robbie should be forbidden to sing about shooting one lousy bully. It’s obviously just fantasy anyway. “Raver” follows and is an entirely positive, turbo-charged number right up there with his best anthems. “I ran with the runaways / Runaways / Runaways,” goes the first part of the shout-it-out chorus. Later he sings, “One scream for the last romantic,” his voice over-flowing with passion. If you ask me, he should have just called the song “Runaways,” but Robbie has a thing for giving his songs unexpected titles, so there you have it. I really don’t know why this song wasn’t released previously because it’s one of the catchiest, most spirited songs Robbie has ever done. It’s so good that he could have opened his next album with it and made it the first single. Although I don’t think he’s calling it a single exactly, Robbie has made a video for “H.E.S.,” which stands for “heavy entertainment show.” The video clearly didn’t cost much to make and is pretty low concept, but better that than to have no videos at all from this fine collection. Besides, the song is so vigorous that it really sells itself; they could have simply put the audio up on Youtube with the album cover and thousands of people would’ve listened to it already. So, if you’re going to promote a song to get people interested in the album, you might as well make a little video to go with it. One of the very best tracks on the album comes later. It’s called “Love is You” and it’s a beautiful ballad with piano and strings — and a heavenly glow — that packs the sort of spot on, brutally honest lyrics that have made Robbie famous. “One minute you’re fine / Then love will go and change its mind / I have lost all that’s true / Loving You,” goes the serene chorus. Later he sings, “I have lost / So have you / Love is you.” This one reminds me of “Misunderstood” from Robbie’s Greatest Hits album. It’s that same sort of classic singer/songwriter-ballad sentimentality and is equally emotive. Elsewhere, “National Treasure” sounds like a classic Elton John/Bernie Taupin collaboration, being that it is piano-driven and the lyrics tell a story. “In a world full of weird, you’re the oddest ever,” goes part of the carefree chorus, addressing one Mister Jones, whom the song is about. It’s an animated track that is guaranteed to have you swaying in your seat, or at least tapping your foot to the beat. Suffice to say it’s ridiculously irresistible and impossible to sit still through. Perhaps the most amusing song on the album is “The BRITS,” which begins with Robbie stating: “I’m very excited to be here yet again, it’s an honor to be nominated…” Then he says something else but it’s nonsensical and stuttered. The point, obviously, is that he’s making a joke about The BRITS. But that’s not what the whole song is about. “Still looking for an answer through the looking glass / Still not concentrating at the back of the class,” begins the swirling chorus. Later, he sings, “If they won’t entertain you then I’ll do my f***ing best.” The verses here are almost rapped but not quite. It’s kind of like the sing speak style Robbie did during some of the tracks on the Rudebox album, although those tracks were technically rap. This one is just slightly less rap than those. As I basically stated above, this collection is flawless, so much so that it’s probably my favorite of Robbie’s releases since Intensive Care. (It’s far superior to Take The Crown, that much is for certain.) Not that I’ve disliked the albums he’s done since then, but these songs grab me much more lyrically and have some of his best melodies in ages. I wouldn’t be surprised if some fans started calling this his magnum opus. Surely, it’s one of his most imperative records. If you’ve never heard Robbie, or maybe you’ve heard a track or two and are curious, I would actually say that this collection is a great place to start, as it features Robbie doing all of the things he does best, and at the top of his game, throughout. Buy Under The Radar Volume I now: http://po.st/utr 2 COMMENTS TO “#ALBUMOFTHEDAY / REVIEW: ROBBIE WILLIAMS: UNDER THE RADAR VOL. 1” Tonya says: January 22, 2015 at 6:03 am I loved this album so much! Thanks for the review, it seems that this album remained unnoticed by the critics Reply Paris365 Paris365 says: January 22, 2015 at 10:15 am I think it went unnoticed because it was only released by Robbie on his website, not via a big label like his stuff usually is. Also, he only promoted it to the fans via his site. He didn’t advertise it in magazines or anything. Aside from the Youtube videos, it’s only mentioned on his site. To the best of my knowledge anyway. Glad you like it, too, though! 🙂 https://loveispop.com/reviews/albumoftheday...he-radar-vol-1/ This post has been edited by Sydney11: 22nd October 2022, 09:26 AM |
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22nd October 2022, 09:26 AM
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Is there any way of finding out the sales figures for these albums
 It's also interesting to read the reviews at the time I always think we are so lucky to have these albums of songs that we might never otherwise have heard This post has been edited by Sydney11: 22nd October 2022, 09:32 AM |
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22nd October 2022, 09:31 AM
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Review of Under the Radar Volume 1
The records from which you expect less often are the ones who end up giving you more satisfaction. Nobody expected this "Under the Radar", and still less could be expected from its content. Posted surprise (it's a trend that now is not surprising any more), is a record of "waste" of other discs, songs recorded at the time, never published in the album for which they were written and recorded. "Waste" in quotes: paradoxically sounds better than a lot of things done recently by Robbie Williams. In fact, the news of the release of the album sparked especially other reactions. The British media were already smelling blood: released the album Take That, the first of three training - and Robbie released an album, the same week. It was thought the nth replica of a script already seen rivals go head to head in the charts. We imagined news, gossip, analysis of who would sell the most and why. Then the disappointment: this disc, only sold on the site of Robbie, will not be detected by the British charts. Farewell direct confrontation, goodbye blood. But the story of this record is not only tripped media to friends / enemies Take That - not the first: remember the tour of 2011, in which Robbie came from star and half concert, played some piece alone, before returning to the group? Imagine the negotiations for that ladder ... "Under the Radar" is the album of a pop singer who makes a move from typical rock singer: publish a collection of outtakes, unreleased studio sessions, such as those collected or box type "Tracks", "Bootleg Series" .. .. And in some ways here Robbie sounds more rock: there are some songs that recall those sounds and generally sounds freer than at any other time in his career in which he tried at all costs the impact pop (ular). The understatement with which arrived "Under the Radar" is probably explained by the flop of "Rudebox", the disc of 2006 born almost as a divertissement but treated and promoted as a regular disk. Better go easy, so even if "Guy Chambers is not happy that I publish these songs without promotion, no radio or TV appearances," as he himself said Robbie, citing the advice of his historical author. An understatement even excessive, however: the disc is sold on the site of the singer to 5 pounds in digital (just over € 6). The download contains simple raw files, without the cover (a .jpg file separately to add to mp3), a single detail on additional songs. The CD will come later in the mail, ordered from the site, but not in stores. The album is not on streaming services, but only on YouTube. This attitude has instead produced a collection of songs that, although from different backgrounds, are more free precisely because they do not have the will to overdo the last "Take the crown" or not necessarily looking for the refinement of Swing "Swing both ways." Robbie has more fun in songs like "HES" - citing the avowedly Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball", is inspired by U2 ("Bully") and puts little electronics ("The cure"), many songs-songs (as "Surrender" or "National treasure") and some ballad ("Love is You", "Green light", with that beginning which brings back to mind something ...). Robbie Williams, the 14 songs he knows what he does best. singing, fun and entertaining, with the usual irony. In short: do not waste, are not simple outtake. It 'a collection of songs which do not have to deal directly with each other end up paradoxically feel good together. A non-album that is better than many albums: sometimes the sleep of reason - or simply a thought less thought than usual - not generate monsters, but good music. TRACKLIST: Bully Raver H.E.S. The Edge Climb on Surrender Love is you The cure The pilot The Brits National treasure Super tony Greenlight Bullet https://www.listal.com/viewentry/8041909/ This post has been edited by Sydney11: 22nd October 2022, 09:31 AM |
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23rd October 2022, 12:41 PM
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BULLY - UTR Vol 1
Video courtesy of Sergey Geraskin Would actually be a very good theme tune for a movie or tv series ... This post has been edited by Sydney11: 23rd October 2022, 12:44 PM |
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