Swings Both Ways

Swings Both Ways is the tenth studio album by English pop musician Robbie Williams.

The album was released on 15 November 2013. It builds on Williams' most successful album to date, Swing When You're Winning ( 2001).

Background

As a producer, came the first time since Williams' album Escapology again Guy Chambers in appearance, who also serves as co-songwriter of the title Shine My Shoes, Go Gentle, Swing Supreme, Swings Both Ways, Snowblind, No One Likes a fat pop star, and Where There's Muck acted. At the title Wedding Bells Gary Barlow participated.

In addition to these new tracks ( the track list with an asterisk ( *) indicates ) contains Swings Both Ways, as already Swing When You're Winning, numerous cover versions: I Wan'na Be Like You is from the soundtrack to the Disney film The Jungle Book. Williams took on the title duet with Olly Murs. en: If I Only Had a Brain is the work of Harold Arlen and EY Harburg in 1939 and used the Wizard of Oz for the musical film. There it is sung by the scarecrow. The title of 1980 used in the film Blues Brothers Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills was well known its way onto the album as 1929, written by Irving Berlin Jazz Standard Puttin 'on the Ritz and in 1946, first published and under other by Tennessee Ernie Ford become socially critical R'n'B classics 16 Tons. Dream a Little Dream of Me, in 1968 a hit for the Mamas and the Papas and according to National Public Radio is one of the hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century, Williams sang for the album along with Lily Allen a. In addition, Williams took his hit from the album Supreme Sing When You're Winning in a Swing version (Swing Supreme) scratch.

The first single was the song Go Gentle coupled that Williams had written " promise of protection " for his daughter and added:

" [ ... ] It's about my daughter, Teddy. Go Gentle is a promise of protection. It's a song did I want to live up to, Because it 's the most important thing Actually I want to do on the planet while I'm here - Either be a good or a bad dad. Way more important than four nights at Wembley, three nights at Knebworth. "

" [ ... ] It's about my daughter, Teddy. Go Gentle is a promise of protection. It is a song that I want to meet in life because it is really the most important thing I 'll do on this planet as long as I 'm here: to be either a good or a bad father. Much more important than four evenings in Wembley, three in Knebworth. "

In addition to Olly Murs and Lily Allen had on the album and Kelly Clarkson ( Little Green Apples ), Michael Bublé (soda pop ), and Rufus Wainwright, who had written with Williams and Chambers Swings Both Ways with.

Title list

Deluxe Edition Bonus tracks

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