Intensive Care

Pop · 2005 · 11 tracks

Intensive Care

Robbie Williams

A sophisticated pivot toward 80s synth-pop and jangle-rock. Polished, introspective, and trading stadium anthems for a warmer, more textured vulnerability.

It's Robbie's 80s-inspired 'divorce' album from his old sound, and it's surprisingly deep.

A sophisticated and slightly weary reflection on fame and identity wrapped in lush, 80s-tinted pop production.

Intensive Care · vs · Robbie Williams

Bittersweet+1.3σ

Bittersweet saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Ghosts

3:42

03

Make Me Pure

4:33

04

Spread Your Wings

3:51

05

Advertising Space

4:37

06

Please Don’t Die

4:48

07

Your Gay Friend

3:22

08

Sin Sin Sin

4:10

09

Random Acts of Kindness

4:15

10

The Trouble With Me

4:21

11

A Place to Crash

4:34

12

King of Bloke & Bird

6:13

Moments Worth Waiting For

The cinematic, mournful swell of strings on Advertising Space that evokes a lonely Vegas strip.

The surprisingly crisp, 80s-inspired synth hook that drives Sin Sin Sin into a danceable groove.

The raw, uncharacteristic jangle of the guitars on Your Gay Friend that feels like a nod to The Smiths.

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