I've always said I like Robbie Williams. He grew on me slowly. I liked "Let Me Entertain You". He got points for going solo (from Take That) and going pop rock instead of wimpy ballad or nutjob tryhard dance pop. And he took on Kiss and won.

He lost a lot of points with "Angels" and I ignored him again. A while later I heard "Strong" and he almost had me back. It was still wimpy ballad but I liked the lyrics...

Then he released "Kids". It's like "Let Me Entertain You" made ten times better by mixing in Kylie and better production. And the "Rock DJ" video was pure genius.

So when "Escapology" came out I bought it. I really enjoyed it. So I bought all his other albums cheap from the bargin bin.

I finally got around to listening to them properly last week and I say the following:

Life Thru A Lens: It wins a lot of points for it's style, as I'm memtioned before. However, as an album by itself it's not all that great. "Let Me Entertain You" is the only song I really enjoy. "Angels" is OK but I think it's only familiarity that is telling me so. However the rest of the album feels a little wrong. Like he's picked rock as his style but it's not quiet working...

I've Been Expecting You: "Strong" is good. The dance elements begin coming in "No Regrets". I still can't like "Millenium". "Karma Killer" was a nice surprise. Felt like "Life Thru A Lens 2". It's OK I suppose...

Sing When You're Winning: OK, this is why he's huge. Almost every song on this album is a pop jem. The dance element of his sound has been allow to the front. The production is better. Every song has fantastic melodies. Even the wussy rock of "Better Man" and "If It's Hurting You" win me over. The happysad rock of "Singing For The Lonely" wouldn't sound out of place from Taxiride but Robbie pulls it off. It loses the plot a bit toward the end but the final track "The Road To Mandalay" is Simon & Garfunkel gold. Highly recommended.

Swing When You're Winning: To be honest Robbie really won me over when I saw his live performance of songs from Swing... on TV. The album isn't anywhere near as great as the live DVD. His covers are OK but you just can't beat Frank Sinatra, even if you do do an almost good impression of him.

Escapology: Although this is the album that sold me on him, I think it's not quite as good as "Sing...". To me it sounds like the first two albums but better produced. I love "Me And My Monkey".

I do not have the new album. I hated "Tripping" when I first heard it and "Sin Sin Sin" is OK but the video is better. I like "Advertising Space" although I suspect it goes on too long...

I hear Robbie is working on a "dance" album. I think I might like that if it is what I hope it is. Like... Underworld with choruses.

Mike Patton's Peeping Tom began with a set of demos leaked in 2000 while the idea was being shopped around the major labels.

Some of these demos made it onto the final album.

Demo track	Album track
Track 1 and 2	Celebrity Death Match
Track 3	?*
Track 4	?*
Track 5	Your Neighborhood Spaceman
Track 6	Desperate Situation (Marvin Gaye)*
Track 7	Five Seconds

* Not on the album

Pattom admits to having the second Peeping Tom album "75% finished" but a Peeping Tom tour, Tomahawk's new album and probably Fantomas' next one will come first.

If for whatever reason you happened to get some iTunes lossless music and wished to convert it to WAV, you should use these instructions:

How to convert a song to a different file format in iTunes

The instructions are worded a little strange. Main point is that if you change the import type to WAV, the "Advanced > Convert to..." selection will change to the chosen import type.