Robbie To Give Away Album For Free

Robbie Williams is following in the mighty footsteps of Prince by giving away a free album of some of his greatest music.

Prince famously gave away a complete album to mark his ground breaking series of shows at the O2 in 2007, causing massive controversy in the music business.

Now Robbie has decided to make his album, called Songbook, free with The Mail on Sunday – just as Prince did. The controversial strategy is part of Robbie’s comeback plan. Robbie’s new single, called Bodies, was Radio 2’s single of the week and has had thousands of pre-orders on Amazon.

Robbie has also been spotted in a recording studio with Take That and will be making an exclusive appearance as a mentor on X Factor this Saturday.

Songbook features 12 of Robbie’s greatest hits including Angels, Let Me Entertain You, Feel, Come Undone and Me and My Monkey. It will be given away inside every copy of the Mail on Sunday on 11th October – the day after Robbie’s X Factor appearance.

The free CD plays like normal in your car but put it in your computer and a downloadable completemyartist  widget allows you to immerse yourself into the world of Robbie Williams providing access to 6 world exclusive 30 second clips of tracks from the new Robbie album, Reality Killed the Video Star. Using completemyartist you can also watch the new video “Bodies” and listen to a series of Robbie Williams playlists that the completemyartist software will organise based on your musical preferences.

The exclusive playlists feature the music Robbie listened to growing up, music that has inspired and influenced him during his career, and specific songs by the artists he most admires. Artists include Dean Martin, David Bowie, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys and the Rolling Stones.

Robbie says: “Some of the new songs come from finally having the time to reflect on spending a few years on the planet, notching up a few records from the start of my career thinking, “Where did all the time do? What happened?” I still feel 23. Nothing’s changed. Everything’s changed.”

“I’m at a turning point in my career. This next record decides my path. There’s been a few great songs here and there along the way, but that’s all in the past. I’m a bit scared, because I haven’t done anything for three years, but then again I’m always scared when an album comes out.”