BRITPOP
by Robbie Williams
- Type: Album
- Released: 16 January 2026
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 38:09
- Community rating: 2.96/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'BRITPOP', Robbie Williams uses the 1990s guitar-pop era as a conceptual starting point rather than a strict sonic template, blending anthemic, guitar-driven rock with stylistic detours into glam, synth-pop, and orchestral arrangements. The album's production combines live band performances with layered programming and overdubs recorded across multiple international studios, featuring collaborations with artists like Tony Iommi and Gary Barlow. Lyrically, the record oscillates between self-aware reflections on fame and identity and more theatrical, character-driven songwriting that references the period.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual
Tracklist
- Rocket (02:46)
- Spies (03:24)
- Pretty Face (03:47)
- Bite Your Tongue (02:50)
- Cocky (03:07)
- All My Life (03:53)
- Human (feat. Jesse & Joy) (04:03)
- Morrissey (03:35)
- You (03:42)
- It's OK Until The Drugs Stop Working (03:16)
- Pocket Rocket (03:46)
Credits
- Robbie Williams - primary artist, lead vocals, written-by
- Chris Briggs - a&r
- Tom Hingston Studio - creative director, art direction, design
- Andrew Tomlinson - design [production design]
- Henry Rudkins - lacquer cut by
- ie Music Ltd. - management
- Matt Colton - mastered by
- Kate Oleska - painting [original painting]
- Julian Broad - photography by
- Mick Hutson - photography by [original]
- Glenn Hughes - backing vocals
- Karl Brazil - backing vocals, drums, percussion, producer, written-by, mixed by
- Tom Longworth - backing vocals, guitar, soloist, bass guitar, producer, recorded by, written-by
- Tony Iommi - featuring, guitar, written-by
- George Murphy - mixed by, recorded by
- Sam Miller - producer, programmed by, recorded by, mixed by, synth, percussion
- Mike Exeter - recorded by [tony iommy guitar]
- Owen Parker - synth, backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, programmed by, producer, recorded by, written-by, backing vocals, guitar, programmed by, backing vocals, guitar, soloist, keyboards, arranged by [string], backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, programmed by, synth, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synth, bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programmed by, orchestrated by
- David Davidson - arranged by [string], musician [the love sponge strings], violin
- Emily Parker - backing vocals
- Martin Terefe - mixed by, producer, written-by, guitar, bass guitar, bass guitar, piano, programmed by, backing vocals, vocoder, backing vocals, bass guitar
- Oskar Winberg - mixed by, backing vocals, keyboards, programmed by, recorded by
- Carole Rabinowitz - musician [the love sponge strings], cello
- Kristin Wilkinson - musician [the love sponge strings], viola
- David Angell - musician [the love sponge strings], violin
- Tanner Lindsay - recorded by [the love sponge strings; assisted]
- Taylor Pollard - recorded by [the love sponge strings]
- The Love Sponge Strings - strings
- Gary Nuttall - backing vocals, guitar
- Jerry Meehan - bass guitar
- David Paul Taylor - written-by
- Nikolaj Torp Larsen - keyboards, piano
- Ashley Hamilton - written-by
- Jason Bell - written-by
- Gaz Coombes - backing vocals, guitar, percussion, mixed by, recorded by, written-by
- Garo Nahoulakian - percussion
- Niclas Lindström - recorded by
- Claes Björklund - synth, programmed by, keyboards, programmed by, recorded by
- Nikola Stajić - guitar
- Freddy Wexler - producer, recorded by, written-by
- Dan Glashauser - recorded by
- Oli Jacobs - recorded by
- Elliah Heifetz - written-by
- Jesse & Joy - featuring
- Austin Brown - glockenspiel
- Jesse Huerta - guitar
- Chris Martin - guitar, keyboards, synth
- Cremaine Booker - musician [the love sponge strings], cello
- Bill Rahko - recorded by
- Joy Huerta - vocals
- Gary Barlow - backing vocals, written-by
- Sara Jane Skeete - backing vocals
- Steve Sidwell - conductor, instrumentation by [music preparation], orchestrated by
- Marton Barka - contractor
- Astrid Hoeger - coordinator [priject coordinator]
- Sugi Shin - copyist [librarian]
- Florian Spies - engineer [protools operator]
- Martin Weismayr - engineer [scoring engineer]
- Vienna Synchron Orchestra - orchestra
- Cameron Masters - production manager [technical manager]