Robbie Williams

'Reality Killed the Video Star'

The ego again requests clearance to land.

Spin Rating7 of 10

Robbie Williams insists in "Bodies" that "All we've ever wanted is to look good naked," which is a very Robbie Williams thing to insist. Truth be told, though, this A-list Englishman desires more -- namely, the American breakthrough that's eluded him since "Angels" threatened to build a following here in 1999. To that end, the typically droll Video Star includes a cowbell-enhanced rave-up ("Do You Mind"), a bit of Lady Gaga–ish electro-pop ("Last Days of Disco"), and one track named after Transformers ("Deceptacon"). It's a charm offensive with stars and stripes.

By Mikael Wood

1 Van Halen 'A Different Kind of Truth'
2 Lana Del Rey 'Born to Die'
3 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
4 Kathleen Edwards 'Voyageur'
5 Himanshu 'Nehru Jackets'
6 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
7 Of Montreal 'Paralytic Stalks'
8 Leonard Cohen 'Old Ideas'
9 Imperial Teen 'Feel the Sound'
10 Skrillex 'Bangarang'

1 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
2 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
3 Kathleen Edwards 'Voyageur'
4 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
5 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
6 Leonard Cohen 'Old Ideas'
7 Escort 'Escort'
8 Escort 'Escort'
9 Escort 'Escort'
10 Himanshu 'Nehru Jackets'

Robbie Williams

'Reality Killed the Video Star'

The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'

Of Montreal 'Paralytic Stalks'

Van Halen 'A Different Kind of Truth'

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