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Swings Both Ways

Robbie Williams

Swings Both Ways

The seasoned pop star releases his second record of swing covers and original tracks, featuring duets with the likes of Lily Allen and Michael Bublé

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5.1

Label
Island
UK Release date
18/11/2013
US Release date
26/11/2013
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  1. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Brass and finger-clicks abound, and lots of the tracks swing so much you can almost smell the brilliantine
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  2. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    As ever with Williams, musicianship is less important than personality
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  3. 6.0 |   The Independent

    It's the original tracks that bring a new life to the form
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  4. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Whimsy stifles sincerity at points, but when he cracks the balance, Williams’s charm proves hard to resist
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  5. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Swings Both Ways really takes off on the new original material
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  6. 6.0 |   Time Out

    As festive trifles go, this one is satisfying and surprisingly moreish
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  7. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A Christmas TV special feels inevitable. Print edition only

  8. 4.0 |   Evening Standard

    Stopgap hotch-potch of gormless originals and standards-lowering covers of standards
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  9. 4.0 |   The Observer

    There's an innate problem in the way Swings Both Ways swings – like a pendulum, flipping and flopping between 2013 and 1953, a problem that the orchestra can't resolve
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  10. 2.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Safer than the suburbs, Swings Both Ways goes out of its way to not offend
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