Life Thru A Lens
by Robbie Williams
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Robbie Williams bestography
Life Thru A Lens is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Robbie Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Robbie Williams is I've Been Expecting You which is ranked number 4407 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 328.
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Life Thru A Lens track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Life Thru A Lens rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 14/63 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 4 | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 14/84 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 15 Music Albums of 1997 | 15/15 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 52 Music Albums of 1997 | 32/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 26 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/26 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/42 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 | 53/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 187 | |||
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Life Thru A Lens ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/04/2026 14:01 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 04:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,265 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 21:42 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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paladisiac 08/28/2018 13:08 in What album are you listening to right now?Life Thru A Lens comments
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A very good debut album. Some people call it "Britpop," and while it has some elements of that, it really feels more like it's influenced by "The La's." It doesn't quite have the songwriting strength of Barlow, but it is varied and takes risks that "Take that" would never take. 9/10! (Edited)
At times derivative of Britpop groups such as Oasis, Blur and Pulp but some great pop tracks in here, and is probably Robbie's best album. Let Me Entertain You does what it says on the tin for me (albeit maybe after a few drinks) as it is great fun
Goliath 11/17/2018 15:16 | #225069 | TOP COMMENT
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Much better than the average rating of 71 would indicate. Angels has been overplayed but is still a great song.
Jboy56 03/13/2022 08:06 | #282782 | TOP COMMENT
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Post Brit-pop influences work quite nicely but the album has too many not-so-good songs. The 5 singles are good.
Shortlisted for the 1998 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was Bring It On by Gomez (Edited)
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