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　　Robbie Williams 2006年的新專輯Rudebox的發行日期一推再推，現在終于等來了。

　　Rudebox是Robbie的第七張錄音室專輯，原本的名字定為1974——Robbie出生的那一年，后來改為Rudebox 74，再后來直接叫Rudebox了。專輯的發行的日期也從9月份一再推到了10月23日。新專輯的制作人有多位，其中包括Madonna的御用制作人William orbit以及Pet Shop Boys。專輯中一共包含了16首歌曲，其中有三支翻唱歌曲。首支單曲Rudebox 9月4日發行，上榜兩周后拿到UK單曲榜的第四名，但是卻被英國《太陽報》評為“歷史上最差的歌曲('the worst song ever')”。第二支單曲已經確定為翻唱自Lewis Taylor的Lovelight。一首有爭議的The 90s批評了Take That的經紀人Martin-Smith，以至于后者一直要求將這首歌從專輯中移去。

　　從1996年開始，Robbie單飛已經有10個年頭了，十年里，Robbie從一個年輕的小伙子成長為英國最受歡迎的男歌手之一，再到最近幾年的不如意，經歷了多少風風雨雨。這張Rudebox發行后，Robbie與EMI公司的合同已經到期，在接受一家德國媒體采訪時，Robbie表示他已經厭倦了商業化的音樂運營模式，不打算與EMI公司續簽合同，以后Robbie可能會作為一個獨立藝人。因此也有人猜測，這張Rudebox將會是Robbie的最后一張專輯。

Williams' 2006 Album Includes Collaborations with the Likes of the Pet Shop Boys, William Orbit, Mark Ronson and a Host of Others, on Both Original Compositions and Covers of Some of his Favourite Tracks. This is Perhaps the Most Definitive Robbie Williams Opus to Date, Where his Truest Personal and Musical Inspirations Collide to Create an Intimate and Explorative Sound that Will Surprise Some, but after Eight Albums, It's the Sound of Robert Peter Williams, Born 1974 in Stoke on Trent, UK.

Rudebox will be released in October 2006. It was originally going to be called 1974, the year Williams was born. The lead single and title track "Rudebox" was released on September 4th and is based on a sample from the Sly & Robbie track "Boops (Here To Go)". Reviews so far have been mixed, and The Sun even went as far as to describe it as 'the worst song ever'. On downloads alone it entered The Official UK Singles Chart at number 30 on September 3. After the release of the CD single the next week, it rose 26 places to number 4.

"Rudebox is loads of different things, sometimes it could be a vibe delivered in a spaceship direct to the studio, sometimes it’s a really nasty girl dancing scantily clad, or sometimes it’s a giant Soundsystem… Sometimes it’s actually just a box that tells you to piss off too." said Williams about the song.

The forthcoming album, which will be Williams' seventh studio LP, is set to feature collaborations with William Orbit and two collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: "She's Madonna" and "We're The Pet Shop Boys".

"She's Madonna" was the centre of a tabloid storm after Ashley Hamilton claimed that he came up with part of the song with Williams. Hamilton has claimed he wishes to take the matter to court as he is not credited as a co-writer on the album.

Further controversy arose over the track "The 90s", part of which implies that Williams was ripped off by Take That's manager Nigel Martin-Smith after the band failed to make a profit from a European tour. The song rose the ire of Martin-Smith, who demanded that the song be removed from the album.