Robbie Williams drops album to mark 25th anniversary of solo career

To celebrate 25 years as a solo artist Robbie Williams has announced the release of a new album XXV on Columbia Records on September 9.

Hits from his catalogue has been newly orchestrated by Jules Buckley, Guy Chambers and Steve Sidwell, and re-recorded with Metropole Orkest in The Netherlands. A new version of Angels is out now.

Both the standard and deluxe albums will feature the brand new track Lost. The deluxe album will feature three more original tracks – Disco Symphony, More Than This and The World And Her Mother.

After huge success with Take That, Robbie Williams kicked off his solo career in 1997 with the release of his debut LP, Life Thru A Lens.

The album took three months to reach the Top 10, but went on to become a No.1 sales phenomenon and has 2,109,995 sales to date (Official Charts Company).

The new album also includes Millennium – Robbie Williams’ first solo UK No.1 single – as well as the Top 10 hits Strong and No Regrets, and his second solo UK No.1 She’s The One.

From the 2000 album Sing When You’re Winning, Supreme, Kids and Rock DJ and The Road To Mandalay all feature on XXV. Other hit songs included on the new record are Feel and Come Undone, both released in 2002 on Williams’ fifth consecutive UK No. 1 album Escapology, as well as Candy (a Gary Barlow co-write that reached No.1 in 2012).

Robbie Williams said: “I’m so excited to announce my new album XXV, which celebrates many of my favourite songs from the past 25 years. Each track has a special place in my heart so it was a real thrill to record them again with the Metropole Orkest. Can’t wait for you all to hear it.”

Robbie Williams, has 17 chart-topping albums across his solo work and with Take That, placing him in the top three acts of all time with the most No.1s across their catalogue. He will perform the new version of Angels during the half-time show at this year’s Soccer Aid, which takes place on June 12 and will air on ITV.

Robbie Williams has taken a swipe at Liam Gallagher after the former Oasis singer played two nights at Knebworth at the weekend.

Gallagher returned to the famous rock `n’ roll location, which hosted two gigs by Oasis in 1996, for his own solo shows.

On the same weekend his older brother Noel played Dublin’s St Anne’s Park, Liam performed in front of a sold-out audience of 170,000 tickets), playing Oasis songs and tracks from his latest album, C’mon You Know.