Escapology (album)

Escapology is a 2002 album by Robbie Williams, his sixth solo effort, and his last with producer and co-songwriter Guy Chambers. Critics were negative about the album, calling it "stale songs, formulaic arrangements, and mediocre songwriting" All Music Guide, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CAWEB0412312336&sql=10:30d3vwpqa9uk~T1. Rolling Stone was less harsh, describing it as a "self-conscious effort to craft a pop-rock blockbuster" http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/318880/robbiewilliams?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1. PopMatters said it was "probably the weakest Robbie Williams album to date" http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/w/williamsrobbie-escapology.shtml.

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2002 - Robbie Williams - Guy Chambers - All Music Guide - Rolling Stone - PopMatters

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Williams has said of the album that "half of it is written from the standpoint of 'Look, this is really me with my tears of a clown. Do they love me or hate me?' The rest of it is about somebody that I have to think I am to get up onstage. Because little me wouldn't get up there. It's too scary!"

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The album was refactored for the U.S. market upon its release there in 2003.

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U.S. - 2003

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