The Ego Has Landed

The Ego Has Landed Artist: Robbie Williams
Label: Capitol
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724349772625
EAN: 0724349772625
ASIN: B00000IP2X


Release Date: 1999-05-04

The Ego Has Landed


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Tracks:

  1. Lazy Days
  2. Millennium
  3. No Regrets
  4. Strong
  5. Angels
  6. Win Some Lose Some
  7. Let Me Entertain You
  8. Jesus in a Camper Van
  9. Old Before I Die
  10. Killing Me
  11. Man Machine
  12. She's The One
  13. Karma Killer
  14. One Of God's Better People

Similar Items:

  1. Escapology
  2. Sing When You're Winning
  3. I've Been Expecting You
  4. Life Thru a Lens
  5. Live: Summer 2003

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Robbie Williams, a self-proclaimed casualty of the British boy-blitz Take That, scuffed his squeaky-clean image by rabble-rousing with Britpop troublemakers Oasis and reemerged as a part-James Bond, part-Frank Sinatra renaissance pop star. A little fast-living combined with his vocal charm, Williams's U.S. debut, <I>The Ego Has Landed</I>, offers a collection of cheeky, inescapably loveable songs served up with a nudge, a wink, and a pinch on the bum. <I>--Beth Massa</I>

Amazon.com

Robbie Williams was a teenage pop star in the U.K. as a member of Take That (think New Kids on the Block); his first solo album, Life Thru a Lens, tanked--until the single "Angels" was released and became a mega-hit. His follow-up album, I've Been Expecting You, spawned more hits--"Millennium," "Let Me Entertain You"--and, somewhat unexpectedly, transformed Williams from prefab pop star to artist. The Ego Has Landed, his U.S. debut, collects songs from his two prior British releases and lives up to the hype. Though he's still somewhat prefabricated, borrowing wholesale from Oasis (whose Liam Gallagher was an idol of Williams's), George Michael, the Pet Shop Boys (whose Neil Tennant cowrote and sings backup on "No Regrets"), and even Tom Jones, Williams injects plenty of his own personality--brash and bold but rarely bratty. He's a born entertainer, plain and simple--"Let Me Entertain You," which would fit in well on Tommy, is plenty campy but only somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and he makes no apologies for it. The one caveat here is that the album is front-loaded, with all of the hits coming in the first half--but there's also a good chance that you won't mind. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the best , sadly unknown in the USA.......2006-11-10

I discovered Robbie through the fabulous song, "She's the one". I went on to discover that I actually like a lot of his stuff. I was gratified to see that he gave the best received performance at Live 8 last year. This was, unfortunately, followed by his reviled hip-hop-type release this year.

I can't understand how the rest of the USA never discovered this guy. I know that early Justin Timberlake fans would have eaten him up. And there are even a few songs here that Matchbox 20 fans might have bought into. Again I can only ask, what happened here?

Regardless, Thanks Robbie for what you have given us. A lot of people out there really enjoy your work. Even some of us in the USA!!

5 out of 5 stars If a tree fell in the woods, and no one was around.............2006-04-08

What the heck happened? I remember listening to this CD five years ago and nodding to every song as my ears witnessed one pop materpiece after the other. I felt like I was listening to a greatest hits album. I know it's a combination of two albums, but still...pretty good stuff for two album's worth of material crunched into one amazing CD. So, now, here we are five years later, and, well, if I walked up to give or take 150 people and asked them if they knew who Robbie Williams was, 148 of them would say he was that funny guy in Mrs.Doubtfire. This should have been the biggest album of the past decade. I'm not a music critic, but I've been listening to all types of music for the past 30 or so years. I have to tell you..if you're checking this out, wondering whether or not to buy this album, then by all means, do it. Granted, Robbie Williams is his own worst enemy...he did cancel a show I went too, and apparently it wasn't the first show he's cancelled. He also called his video for Angels "Poo" on MTV. So, maybe he's just some one with an amazing voice but punk sensibilities(not refelected in his pop songs, though, just his attitude). I can respect that, but, if the record company's doing everything it can to promote you and you're just 'blow'ing it all and shoving your luck up your nose, or into your liver, then maybe you don't deserve what ever is on the golden platter that's in front of you. Hopefully some day he'll learn and get with it. I certainly hope so. If he lives long enough to pull through, and puts out another album as good as this one, then America will be given an amazing gift. Until then, the rest of the world is keeping an amazing well known secret to itself and Robbie Williams will be an enigma to the thirty or forty of us who hum his tunes on a daily basis. Heck, at least we don't have to put up with anyone joining in on a hum along. On second thought, keep drinking Robbie, you might be one of those obnoxious recovery people like Steven Tyler and end up playing half time in a space suit.

4 out of 5 stars Did I mention?.......2005-11-13

That Robbie Williams is a TRUE ROCK STAR? He's ego personified, yet he can go in so many different directions. Now that's art. I think his next album "Sing While your Winning" is even better, but "Ego" is no slouch. "Angels" shows his sensitive side... "Millenium" is the jaded RW...but he still has enough humor left for a little tongue in cheek.
"Regrets," "Strong" and "Killing Me" are all classics in my book. It just goes to show that a boy band CAN introduce the world to a pop genius. RW is not afraid to show how smart he is and I love that.

5 out of 5 stars Robbie Williams is a great great singer.......2005-06-07

His music unique and is a fun lad the reason america hardly heard of him is because the USA said he was to "camp" to grace the great american airwaves. I live near manchester in england and i just wrote this review because this guy is ment to be heard hes writen some amazing albums and if you ever met him in person im sure you'd fall in love with him male and female alike. dont know this guy before you try it hes the next best thing since oasis hit the market in the 90s.

2 out of 5 stars

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