Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens (25th Anniversary Edition) (Clear Vinyl)

UMR/Island

£21.60
~~£27.54~~

Format: Clear Vinyl
Catalogue No.: 4549982RW
Barcode: 0602445499823
Release Date: 02 Dec 2022
Genre: Pop

The original twelve song album, available in ‘ lens’ clear vinyl for the very first time.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Robbie Williams’ multi-million selling solo debut album ‘Life Thru A Lens’ (originally released in September 1997 in the UK) UMC / Island Records are releasing a new expanded Deluxe Edition on 4CD set on 11 November 2022.

It brings together the original chart topping album with bonus tracks and B-Sides from the five singles lifted from it, along with tracks associated with Robbie’s (non-album) debut single ‘Freedom’ (UK No. 2, August 1996). The third disc contains previously unreleased demo recordings, alongside rehearsal recordings and rare remixes.

Disc 4 contains a first release on audio format for the complete concert recorded at the Forum in north London on 3 June 1998, released that November as ‘Live In Your Living Room’ on VHS tape and VCD but never reissued.

Original reviews of the album described it as “smart, sharp and prickling with personality” (NME), “actually rather fantastic”, (Time Out) and “raucous stompers, trembling epics and full-throated roaring all the way” (Smash Hits).

‘Life Thru A Lens’ spent two weeks at No. 1 on the UK Official Charts album chart and 92 weeks on the UK Top 40.
It sold a modest 14,533 units in the UK Week 1 but took off after the success of the anthemic ballad ‘Angels’, and has now sold 2.1 million copies in the UK (BPI certified 8 x Platinum).
The album was not originally released in the US, where key tracks from ‘Life Thru A Lens’ and ‘I’ve Been Expecting You’ were compiled on the collection ‘The Ego Has Landed’.
It includes the singles ‘Old Before I Die’ (UK No. 2 April 1997), ‘Lazy Days’ (UK No. 8 July 1997), ‘South Of The Border’ (UK No. 14 September 1997), ‘Angels’ (UK No. 4 February 1998) and ‘Let Me Entertain You’ (UK No. 3 March 1998).
‘Angels’ and ‘Let Me Entertain You’ were Robbie’s two most streamed tracks (audio and video combined) worldwide in 2021.

Lazy Days
Life Thru A Lens
Ego A Go Go
Angels
South Of The Border
Old Before I Die
One Of God's Better People
Let Me Entertain You
Killing Me
Clean
Baby Girl Window
Hello Sir (hidden track)