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One of the best U.K. debuts of the '90s, Life Thru a Lens is an uninhibited joyride through all manner of British music, from glam to alternative to soft-rock to dance-pop. Beginning with the joyous "Lazy Days," the album continually betrays overt influences from Oasis and other Britpop stars, but triumphs nevertheless due to gorgeous production, Williams' irresistible personality, and the overall flavor of outrageous, utterly enjoyable pop music. Whether he's romping through aggressive burners like "Ego A Go Go" and "South of the Border," crooning on the ballad "Angels," or offering a slice of life -- working-class style -- on the title track and "Lazy Days," Williams is a pop star through and through. For those who appreciate great pop with plenty of cheek, Life Thru a Lens is an excellent album.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, Keyboard - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Andre Barreau, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Caine, BackgroundVocalist - Geoff Dugmore, DrumKit
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Gavyn Wright, Concertmaster - London Session Orchestra, Orchestra - Guy Chambers, Producer, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gary Nuttall, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Andre Barreau, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Sidwell, Other - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Gary Nuttall, Guitar - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, ProgrammingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar - Dave Catlin-Birch, BackgroundVocalist, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Andre Barreau, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Bush, ProgrammingEngineer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mark Smith, ProgrammingEngineer, BassGuitar - Guy Chambers, Producer, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Gary Nuttall, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, ProgrammingEngineer, Keyboard - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Mark Feltham, Harmonica
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Desmond Child, ComposerLyricist - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, Keyboard - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar, BassGuitar - Geoff Dugmore, Percussion, DrumKit - Eric Bazilian, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Smiley, BackgroundVocalist - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Gary Nuttall, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar, Toms - Chris Sharrock, SnareDrum
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Gavyn Wright, Concertmaster - London Session Orchestra, Orchestra - Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Gary Nuttall, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Andre Barreau, BackgroundVocalist - Oscar O'Loughlin, Guitar
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Gary Nuttall, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Andre Barreau, BackgroundVocalist - Richard Hawley, ComposerLyricist - Pablo Cook, ComposerLyricist - Antony Genn, ComposerLyricist - Martin Slattery, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, Guitar - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Gary Nuttall, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, Guitar - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Gary Nuttall, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Robert Williams, Composer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
Richard Norris, MixingEngineer - Stephen Hague, Producer, MixingEngineer - GEORGE MICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Robbie Williams, Composer, MainArtist - Kevin King, Composer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Colin Moulding, Lyricist - Guy Chambers, Producer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - colin ivor moulding, Composer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer - David Bowie, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer - Sharrock, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer - Matt Hay, Composer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Gary Nuttall, Composer - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Guy Chambers, Producer - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboard - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve McEwan, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, Keyboard - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Andre Barreau, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Caine, BackgroundVocalist - Geoff Dugmore, DrumKit
℗ 1998 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Kenny Jones, MixingEngineer - O Morris, Composer - C Abbot, Composer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Oskar Paul, ProgrammingEngineer - Pete Woodroffe, MixingEngineer - Guy Chambers, Producer, Musician, ComposerLyricist - Matt Hay, Engineer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Jones, Engineer
℗ 1997 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Pete Woodroffe, MixingEngineer - Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Matt Hay, Engineer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Kenny Jones, Engineer
℗ 1997 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Pete Woodroffe, MixingEngineer - Guy Chambers, Producer - Matt Hay, Engineer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Gary Nuttall, Composer - Kenny Jones, Engineer
℗ 1997 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Pete Woodroffe, MixingEngineer - Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingArranger - Robbie Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Power, Producer
℗ 1997 Robert Williams/The In Good Company Co Ltd
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Flack, Engineer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer
℗ 1999 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Claudia Fontaine, BackgroundVocalist - Matt Hay, RecordingSecondEngineer - Steve Sidwell, Trumpet, Other - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Duncan, Percussion - Chester Kamen, Guitar - Steve Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, ProgrammingEngineer - Jim Brumby, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fil Eisler, Guitar - Dave Catlin-Birch, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Carroll Thompson, BackgroundVocalist - Beverly Siceete, BackgroundVocalist - Kerry Hopwood, ProgrammingEngineer - Derek Watkins, Trumpet
℗ 1998 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Steve Harley, ComposerLyricist - Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Chris Kenner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Guy Chambers, Producer, MixingEngineer - Stuart Epps, Engineer, MixingEngineer, BackgroundVocalist - NEIL TENNANT, Composer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Composer
℗ 1998 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Steve Power, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Nick Hannon, Engineer
℗ 1998 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 3
Stephen Hague, Producer - GEORGE MICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Remixer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Anthony Genn, Remixer
℗ 1996 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Arthur Baker, MixingEngineer - Stephen Hague, Producer - GEORGE MICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Richard Hawley, ComposerLyricist - Antony Genn, RecordingEngineer - Stewart Middleton, Engineer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Richard Hawley, ComposerLyricist - Pablo Cook, ComposerLyricist - Antony Genn, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer - Martin Slattery, ComposerLyricist - Stewart Middleton, Engineer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Desmond Child, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Eric Bazilian, ComposerLyricist - Charles Dye, Engineer - Marcelo Añez, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin King, Composer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sharrock, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Composer, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Matt Schwartz, MixingEngineer - Mother, Remixer, AdditionalProducer
℗ 1997 Chrysalis Records Ltd
Guy Chambers, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fil Eisler, Remixer, MusicProduction - Brian Rose, Remixer, MusicProduction
℗ 1998 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 4
Guy Chambers, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gary Nuttall, Guitar - Steve Power, MixingEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Alex Dickson, Guitar - Tim Summerhayes, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Keyboard - NEIL TENNANT, Composer - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist - Gary Nuttall, Guitar - Steve Power, MixingEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Alex Dickson, Guitar - Chris Lowe, Composer - Tim Summerhayes, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Guy Chambers, Keyboard - Robbie Williams, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gary Nuttall, Guitar - Steve Power, MixingEngineer - Fil Eisler, BassGuitar - Chris Sharrock, DrumKit - Alex Dickson, Guitar - Richard Hawley, ComposerLyricist - Tim Summerhayes, RecordingEngineer - Pablo Cook, ComposerLyricist - Antony Genn, ComposerLyricist - Martin Slattery, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
One of the best U.K. debuts of the '90s, Life Thru a Lens is an uninhibited joyride through all manner of British music, from glam to alternative to soft-rock to dance-pop. Beginning with the joyous "Lazy Days," the album continually betrays overt influences from Oasis and other Britpop stars, but triumphs nevertheless due to gorgeous production, Williams' irresistible personality, and the overall flavor of outrageous, utterly enjoyable pop music. Whether he's romping through aggressive burners like "Ego A Go Go" and "South of the Border," crooning on the ballad "Angels," or offering a slice of life -- working-class style -- on the title track and "Lazy Days," Williams is a pop star through and through. For those who appreciate great pop with plenty of cheek, Life Thru a Lens is an excellent album.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 63 track(s)
- Total length: 04:18:18
- Main artists: Robbie Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
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