Swing When You're Winning [Import]

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Apparently, Swing When You're Winning was inspired by the praise Robbie Williams received for his contribution to the soundtrack for Bridget Jones's Diary. Recorded with an 18-piece band in Frank Sinatra's old stomping grounds, the Capitol Records Studio in Los Angeles, this collection of finger-snappin', Rat Pack standards and new material features plenty of guest collaborations, such as the much-hyped Nicole Kidman effort on Sinatra's "Something Stupid." The tracks reflect the karaoke sessions of Williams's childhood in Stoke-on-Trent, England, and have been given the full "tribute" treatment, with no funny business going on in the production to take away from their classic appeal. There's never been any doubt that Williams sees himself as an entertainer in the most traditional sense of the word (not to mention as a bit of a swinger), and his old-time-crooner fantasies are certainly given free rein to charm the pants off us all on this classy album. --Ruby Tuesday

Product Description
2001 covers album for the UK pop-star. Featuring duets with Nicole Kidman, Jane Horrocks, Jon Lovitz & Jonathan Wilkes. Tracks include, 'Something Stupid', 'Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me', 'Mack The Knife', 'I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen', 'Well, Did You Evah' & 'Mr. Bojangles'.

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Swing When You're Winning [Import]

Average customer rating: A CD that would make the musical greats proud. The Ghost of Sammy Prefers Robbie Over Frank! Robbie takes a risk and wins Amazing Go buy a Sinatra album

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits Intensive Care Robbie Williams - Live at the Albert I've Been Expecting You Life Thru a Lens ASIN: B00005RFVL Release Date: 2001-11-26

Tracks:

1. I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen
2. Mack The Knife
3. Somethin' Stupid
4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
5. It Was A Very Good Year
6. Straighten Up And Fly Right
7. Well, Did You Evah
8. Mr. Bojangles
9. One For My Baby
10. Things
11. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
12. They Can't Take That Away From Me
13. Have You Met Miss Jones?
14. Me And My Shadow
15. Beyond The Sea

Amazon.com

Apparently, Swing When You're Winning was inspired by the praise Robbie Williams received for his contribution to the soundtrack for Bridget Jones's Diary. Recorded with an 18-piece band in Frank Sinatra's old stomping grounds, the Capitol Records Studio in Los Angeles, this collection of finger-snappin', Rat Pack standards and new material features plenty of guest collaborations, such as the much-hyped Nicole Kidman effort on Sinatra's "Something Stupid." The tracks reflect the karaoke sessions of Williams's childhood in Stoke-on-Trent, England, and have been given the full "tribute" treatment, with no funny business going on in the production to take away from their classic appeal. There's never been any doubt that Williams sees himself as an entertainer in the most traditional sense of the word (not to mention as a bit of a swinger), and his old-time-crooner fantasies are certainly given free rein to charm the pants off us all on this classy album. --Ruby Tuesday

Album Description

2001 covers album for the UK pop-star. Featuring duets with Nicole Kidman, Jane Horrocks, Jon Lovitz & Jonathan Wilkes. Tracks include, 'Something Stupid', 'Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me', 'Mack The Knife', 'I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen', 'Well, Did You Evah' & 'Mr. Bojangles'.

Album Details

An Homage to Frank Sinatra and his Gang.williams Used the Same Studios and Musicians that Played on Many of the Rat Packer's Recordings.nicole Kidman Duets on "Somethin Stupid", Jane Horrocks (Bubble from "Absolutely Fabulous") &actor/Comedian Jon Lovitz Turn in Appearances and Sinatra Magically Returns for a Duet Vocal on "it was a Very Good Year".rupert Everett Duets on "They Can't Take that Away from Me".a Swingin' Good Time Celebrating a Bygone Era by the UK'S Most Popular Male Artist.

Customer Reviews:

A CD that would make the musical greats proud........2007-05-27

If there is one thing that I can say about Robbie Williams, it is that he truly knows his way around a song. I work in a bookstore that has a music department where we get to choose which CD's to play. This is a staple in my playlist and every time that I play it, somebody buys it and I run out of stock.

The album starts off with the stellar ballad "I Will Talk And Ho llywood Will Listen". The song was made as a comedic satire of the fame and glory associated with Hollywood, but this comedic does not take anything away from the musical brilliance. The band is perfect and Robbie really shows off his chops.

The rest of the album are covers of musical greats such as Bobby Darin ("Mack The Knife", "Beyond The Sea"), Frank Sinatra ("It Was A Very Good Year", "Something Stupid") Nat King Cole ("Straighten Up And Fly Right") and Dean Martin ("Ain't That A Kick In The Head"), just to name a few. The versions of these songs on the CD pay a definate homage to the originals, but Robbie adds a whole lot of `Oomph' with his spectacular voice and the accompaniment of flawless London Session Orchestra.

The artists that Robbie sings his duets with are perfectly chosen for each song, adding just the right amount of playfulness, sex appeal, comedy or raw talent where it is needed. His solo tracks are simply irresistible. His version of "One For My Baby" is perfection and "Have You Met Miss Jones?" will knock your socks off.

Robbie Williams truly is a musical chameleon, transforming from a promiscuous rocker to a deep, sensitive character to a sophisticated oldies crooner and back again.

This CD truly is a treat to listen to.

The Ghost of Sammy Prefers Robbie Over Frank! .......2007-02-24

That's Sammy Davis Junior *and* Sammy Cahn, whom we recently contacted in a seance! Each spirit agreed that Robbie has better pipes! (The seance was very objective -- the living participants were all either neutral or Frank fans).

Sammy Cahn raved about Williams' young career. Then he told us to tell Robbie to quit smoking, or he'd be dead before 60 like Sammy Davis. But Davis countered, "Lay off, man -- 50 Robbie years are like 300 regular person years. He's got the platinum pipes and the golden chops -- no amount of smoke gonna tarnish that."

Cahn agreed, "A 14 carat manic-depressive with deep, multi-faceted phrasing. Plus the lightning eyes and magnetism."

Davis added, "Swing When Your Winning is all Ava Gardner ever plays, over on Cloud 9."

We kept trying to contact Frank, to give him a say, but he wouldn't show. Maybe he's too embarrassed to face the music!

(Some may disagree with the ghosts' opinions. It is *really* true, though, that Cahn's wife sent Robbie a letter. The letter said that Cahn's wife heard the album, then invited Dean Martin's wife over to listen to it together. They cried and hugged and smiled. Robbie has framed the letter.

From my objective viewpoint, Robbie Williams is at least the world's best showman among the living. At least! BTW - The Albert Hall dvd has great extras including the video and "the making of" featurette for the "Something Stupid" duet with Nicole Kidman. Very snazzy!)

Robbie takes a risk and wins.......2007-01-31

After "Sing when you're winning" (something of a breakthrough album for him), Robbie decided to take on his riskiest project: a cover of standards from the 40s, 50s and 60s. To everyone surprise, he succeeded. The album is wonderful to listen. The hit single of the album was Somethin' Stupid (a cover of Frank and Nancy Sinatra's hit by Robbie and Nicole Kidman - yes, she can sing), but the album has a lot of other great songs - Mack the Knife, Well did you Evah (a duet with Jon Lovitz!), Mr. Bojangles, the wonderful Things (a duet with Jane Horrocks), Ain't that a Kick in the Head, They can't Take that Away from Me (a duet with Rupert Everett!), and finally, to me the best song in the album, Beyond the Sea (originally a french song, but made famous by Bobby Darin in the 1960s).

Amazing.......2006-11-02

A friend of mine gave me this CD and I never listened to it until one day. I loved it so much I went out and bought it for a couple friends of mine. It's just a great, fun CD.

Go buy a Sinatra album.......2006-06-21

Every singer has his song, on this album Robbie nails Beyond The Sea and the rest of the songs suck. Louis Armstrong nailed Mack the Knife and Frank Sinatra nailed It Was A Very Good Year. Robbie William does not have the depth these singers have to pull off these songs. Sorry. Hope you did not purchase this album. You can get the Finding Nemo soundtrack for half the price and it has Beyond the Sea on it.

Average customer rating: Better buy than the original Swing When You're Winning

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005QCG6 Release Date: 2002-04-15

Tracks:

1. I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen
2. Mack The Knife
3. Somethin Stupid
4. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
5. It Was A Very Good Year
6. Straighten Up And Fly Right
7. Well Did You Evah
8. Mr. Bojangles
9. One For My Baby
10. Things
11. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
12. They Can't Take That Away From Me
13. Have You Met Miss Jones
14. Me And My Shadow
15. Beyond The Sea
16. The Lady Is A Tramp (Bonus Track)
17. Thats Life (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Japanese edition of his 2001 covers album includes 2 bonus tracks, 'The Lady Is A Tramp' & 'That's Life'. 17 tracks in all including the lead off single 'Somethin' Stupid (duet w/ Nicole Kidman)'. 'Swing When You're Winning' was recorded with an 18-piece band in Frank Sinatra's old stomping ground, the Capitol Records Studio in LA.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'the Lady is a Tramp', and 'that's Life'.

Customer Reviews:

Better buy than the original Swing When You're Winning.......2002-09-09

The lady is a tramp and That's Life are excellent and Robbie's versions of them are even better. It probably costs less than buying both the single with the lady is a tramp (mr. bojangles) and swing when you're winning but i don't know.

Average customer rating:

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007M8U1 Release Date: 2001-12-11

Album Description

Japanese edition of his 2001 covers album includes 2 bonus tracks, 'The Lady Is A Tramp' & 'That's Life'. 17 tracks in all including the lead off single 'Somethin' Stupid (duet w/ Nicole Kidman)'. 'Swing When You're Winning' was recorded with an 18-piece band in Frank Sinatra's old stomping ground, the Capitol Records Studio in LA.

Album Details

Limited Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: "Lady is a Tramp", and "That's Life".

Average customer rating:

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music ASIN: B000066I3G Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

1. I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen
2. Mack The Knife
3. Somethin Stupid
4. Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me
5. It Was A Very Good Year
6. Straighten Up And Fly Right
7. Well Did You Evah
8. Mr Bojangles
9. One For My Baby
10. Things
11. Aint That A Kick In The Head
12. They Cant Take That Away From Me
13. Have You Met Miss Jones
14. Me And My Shadow
15. Beyond The Sea
16. Angels (Bonus VCD)
17. Shes The One (Bonus VCD)
18. Rock DJ (Bonus VCD)
19. Betterman (Bonus VCD)
20. Supreme (Bonus VCD)
21. Eternity (Bonus VCD)

Album Description

Asian 'Special Limited Edition' of 2001 album includes a 'Free Bonus Special Sampler' of his 2000 album, 'Sing When You're Winning' with eight tracks, 'Let Love Be Your Energy', 'Better Man', 'Rock DJ', 'Supreme', 'Kids', 'If It's Hurting You' & the bonus tracks, 'Eternity' (Radio Edit) & 'My Way' (Live At The Royal Albert Hall). Two standard jewel cases with individual artwork housed together in a slipcase. 2001.

Album Details

Asain Edition featuring a Bonus CD with Eight Bonus Tracks: 'let Love Be Your Energy', 'better Man', 'rock DJ', 'supreme', 'kids', 'if It's Hurting You', 'eternity (Radio Edit)', and 'my Way (Live from Royal Albert Hall)'.

Average customer rating:

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LYK2P8

Average customer rating:

Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006JOBA

Album Details

Asian Version featuring a Bonus Video CD, with Six Videos.

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