his sugar is raw

Robbie Williams returns with "Candy", the first single from his forthcoming ninth longplayer, "Touch The Crown".

The jaunty little number was written by Robbie and his Take That compadre, Gary Barlow. A slapstick vid was lensed for the quirky little single over two days at Spitalfields Market in London. Check out the colorful clip below.



Robbie has certainly returned with something upbeat and unexpected. Nothing brooding. Not a splash of synthy, filtered dance in the entire track. No forced hip hop leanings. Pure, unadulterated pop that only Robbie can deliver. In fact, Mr. Williams sounds rejuvenated after several years of navel gazing. May his pop flag continue to wave!

"Candy" will hit the "shops" on October 29.

crown heights affair

After a triumphant return to Take That, Robbie Williams will return with "Take The Crown", his ninth solo longplayer on November 5.

It was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Jacknife Lee who has previously worked with rock luminaries U2 and REM.

The first single from the elpee will be "Candy", co-written by Take That cohort Gary Barlow. It will hit the "shops" on October 29.

"Take The Crown" will be issued in two flavors - standard and deluxe. The official tracklisting for the standard version features the following eleven songs.

1. Be A Boy
2. Gospel
3. Candy
4. Different
5. Shit On The Radio
6. All That I Want
7. Hunting For You
8. Into The Silence
9. Hey Wow
 Yeah Yeah
10. Not Like The Others
11. Losers

The deluxified edition will feature two bonus tracks, "Reverse" and "Eight Letters", as well as three video vignettes which document the making of the album and the video for the first single.



Apparently, the goal for "Take The Crown", his first album with Universal after his long affiliation with EMI, was to fill it full of potential singles. Let's hope that is the case since it has been quite some time since RW has come up with a longplayer bristling with pop perfection.

let's kiss and make up

Almost.

The video for "Shame", the duet between Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, is a poignant number set against a backdrop of Brokeback proportions.

Robbie gives Gaz a bit of an edge in this one. Nicely done, chaps.

Is it wrong to salivate throughout this video? Don't lie! You've watched it repeatedly hoping for a snog at the end. Such is unrequited love. Le sigh.

palpitations

This better be good, fellas!

Who thought we'd ever see Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow sharing credit on a single together? "Shame" will hit the "shops" on October 4. It's from Robbie's forthcoming, career spanning hits collection, "In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010".

The video is scheduled to premiere this Friday. I expect to be mopping up after myself or I will be sorely disappointed.