Swings Both Ways (studio album)
by Robbie Williams

Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-11-13
Overall rank: 53,764th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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64/100 (from 10 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (1,409th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (13,723rd)
Award Best albums of all time (53,764th)

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Robbie Williams bestography

Swings Both Ways is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by Robbie Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Robbie Williams is I've Been Expecting You which is ranked number 4140 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 343.

Robbie Williams album bestography « Higher ranked (43,275th)
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This album (53,764th)
Swings Both Ways
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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 10 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.7/100, a mean average of 55.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 55.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 25.6.

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From 11/27/2021 00:44
Robbie's second attempt at a swing/vocal jazz style album, some nice moments albeit it is pretty cheesy at times (especially tracks such as 'No One Likes a Fat Pop Star')
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From 01/27/2016 21:19
An album of swing music, including some covers of some classics. Take it or leave it really. It's a perfectly nice album but I prefer his pop albums.
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From 10/10/2014 14:57
Really didn't like this, probably requires a certain taste.
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