On Swing When You're Winning, Robbie Williams swapped his pop band for a big band and took on the songbook of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and their contemporaries. The album, originally released in 2001, was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles with Guy Chambers producing. Williams sings duets with Nicole Kidman, Rupert Everett and Jane Horrocks among others, and on "It Was a Very Good Year" he shares the song with Sinatra's original vocal. "Somethin' Stupid" with Kidman spent three weeks at number one in the UK. The album itself entered the chart at number one and, with 1.8 million copies sold in seven weeks, became his fastest-selling UK album. AllMusic called the swing project "a surprisingly natural fit" for Williams.
This edition is an LP.
- 1 I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen
- 2 Mack the Knife
- 3 Somethin' Stupid (With Nicole Kidman)
- 4 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- 5 It Was a Very Good Year (With Frank Sinatra)
- 6 Straighten Up and Fly Right
- 7 Well, Did You Evah (With Jon Lovits)
- 8 Mr Bojangles
- 9 One For My Baby
- 10 Things (With Jane Horrocks)
- 11 Ain't That a Kick In the Head
- 12 They Can't Take That Away From Me (With Rupert E
- 13 Have You Met Miss Jones
- 14 Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
ArtistRobbie Williams
FormatLP
GenrePop
StylesPop, Pop Rock
Release date29-11-2001
EAN0724353682613
