NME Reviews

Album review: Robbie Williams - 'Reality Killed The Video Star' (EMI)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

It's so self-referential that a yawning hole appears where Robbie's heart should be

Live Reviews: Robbie Williams

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:35:34 +0000

There’d be plenty to enjoy here, if only he’d stop trying so hard…BBC Electric Proms, Roundhouse, London, Tuesday, October 20

Robbie Williams: Rudebox

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:33:30 +0100

Your least favourite popstar’s gone electro and it’s – whisper it – good

Williams, Robbie : Feel

Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:05:00 +0000

...a backbone of baggy piano pinched from early '90s New Order, barely audible breathy porno-french vocals...

Williams, Robbie : Escapology

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:56:00 +0000

...determined to prove himself as human as the rest of us, but incapable of letting us forget he's a star...

Williams, Robbie : Somethin' Stupid

Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:15:00 +0000

It's perhaps the most convincing cut from this whole ring-a-ding Robbie palaver...

Robbie Williams : Swing When You're Winning

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:24:00 +0000

Williams, Rupert Everett and Nicole Kidman 'do' swing. Great! The twat pack!

Williams, Robbie : London Royal Albert Hall

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:06:00 +0100

How many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall? We don't know, but this pastichey emotional void seemed to manage it pretty well.

Robbie Williams : Dublin Landsdowne Road

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:41:00 +0100

We take you through the ten best moments of one of the pop shows of the year...

Robbie Williams : Let Love Be Your Energy

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:11:00 +0100

The 21st century Norman Wisdom turns in another four minutes of self-serving bollocks...

Robbie Williams : Supreme

Fri, 08 Dec 2000 14:05:00 +0000

It's slinky and a little bit seedy and doesn't 'rock out'. Which is a good thing...

Birmingham NEC

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:48:14 +0100

The opening night of [a]Robbie[/a]'s sell-out [b]UK[/b] megatour - reviewed first on [b]nme.com[/b]...

Sing When You're Winning

Tue, 22 Aug 2000 06:00:21 +0100

There are, nonetheless, a couple of good songs on here...

Rock DJ

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:15:00 +0100

Robbie Williams Rock DJ(Chrysalis)

I've Been Expecting You

Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:10:41 +0100

In the final battle between Good and Evil, when 'cool' and 'alternative' music takes on 'plastic' pop made by major-label 'puppets', where will Robbie Williams stand? ...