I will never forgive everyone for not making Robbie Williams a major US pop icon, because he sure as hell was in the UK. I remember when I was telling my friends that I got tickets to go see Robbie Williams, they were all completely clueless, and that was when I first understood that he was only really a British popstar. And then his movie dropped and for some reason he was a monkey so whatever I guess. I will eventually get round to listening to his entire discography as part of Every Album of Every Artist I Have Ever Seen Live, so please take everything I am about to say with a grain of salt. I greatly consider this to be the best Robbie Williams album, with his hit singles Angels and Let Me Entertain You but first lets get into the history of the monkey man. Robbie Williams was one of the members of the hit band Take That which I'm sure people are a lot more familiar with worldwide, but he was soon dismissed from the band due to his growing substance abuse and constant fights with Gary Barlow who was essentially the leader of the band. In response to being kicked out he then began his solo career, where he became greater than what Take That was ever capable of. Life Thru A Lens was his debut album that he released in 1997 and I consider it to be his best piece of work. There is heavy Britpop influence in this album, which was very unlike his previous work with Take That and for that reason I have to give him the credit because it is very impressive. I think this is most evident in his song Angels, which is a masterpiece of a song and I hate that the rest of the world wasn't exposed to Robbie Williams as much as we did. Angels is a beautiful song both sonically and lyrically which was written about the idea that loved ones come back to protect you after they have passed. It is one of the best songs I think I have ever heard, and was beautiful when I saw it live as well. Life Thru A Lens has the perfect combination of both uplifting/upbeat songs with the depressing melancholic ones, and it really showcases his range as an artist. Sure, there are a lot of weaker songs here, but we have to appreciate that he did a complete turnaround with his musical style and genre as a big fuck you to Take That and I do have to give him credit where it's due. Anyway, I love the silly monkey man and you guys should have been well familiar with his music before that movie came out because he has literally been a pop icon for like 25 years.