I've Been Expecting You: Difference between revisions

| released = 26 October 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://robbiewilliams.com/pages/timeline/entry-album-ive-been-expecting-you|title = Timeline - Robbie Williams|website = [[Robbie Williams]]}}</ref>

| recorded = 1998

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| length = 76:02<br/>75:14 <small>(2002 reissue replacement track)</small>

| single4date = 8 November 1999

| single5 = [[Win Some Lose Some]]

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==Critical reception==

|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r379063/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>

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John Bush of [[AllMusic]] rated the album four stars out of five, and stated that the album is both a "studied" and "more mature, calculated album" than its predecessor ''[[Life Thru a Lens]]'' (1997) "from a pop star who's often gloried in being immature and spontaneous."<ref name="johnbush">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ive-been-expecting-you-mw0000471433|title=I've Been Expecting You|author=John Bush|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> He noted the album "may suffer from comparisons to its excellent predecessor, but it also finds Robbie Williams weathering the [[sophomore slump|sophomore storm]] quite well."<ref name="johnbush"/> ''[[NME]]'' rated the album 8/10, saying "boy, what a record" and that Williams' "writing skills have improved enormously".<ref name="nme.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/robbie-williams/269|title=NME Reviews – I've Been Expecting You|work=[[NME]]|date=12 September 2005}}</ref> The reviewer also noted the album's "impressive diversity" and concluded that "sure, Robbie's still more [[Michael Barrymore]] than [[Michael Stipe]], and he'll never be 'cool' by that constipated, soul-crushingly snobbish [[James Lavelle]] definition. But he's a natural-born star and he wants you to love him. ''I've Been Expecting You'' provides 12 good reasons why you should."<ref name="nme.com"/>

 

==Success==

 

 

==Singles==

* "[[No Regrets (Robbie Williams song)|No Regrets]]", a collaboration with [[Pet Shop Boys]] singer [[Neil Tennant]] and [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]'s [[Neil Hannon]], was released as the album's second single in November 1998, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart, backed with the cover of [[Adam and the Ants]] 1981 hit "Antmusic". The song became a substantial hit around the world and went on to sell over 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom, where it was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Silver]] in October 2004, almost six years after its original release.<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=31788 BPI Certification for "No Regrets"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231820/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=31788 |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>

* "[[Strong (Robbie Williams song)|Strong]]", a song written in a hotel in [[Cologne]], [[Germany]], inspired by some of Williams' more manic admirers whom he admitted "scared the living daylights" out of him, was released as the album's third single. The song debuted at number four in the United Kingdom and number nine in [[New Zealand]]. The track became a hit, peaking within the top forty around [[Europe]] and many other countries around the world.

* "[[She's the One (World Party song)|She's the One]]", a cover of the [[Karl Wallinger]] track from the album ''Egyptology'', was a favourite song of Williams' after his time in rehab. The song was released as the album's fourth single, becoming his second number-one hit in the United Kingdom. The song went on to win a number of awards around the world, including a [[BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]] for 'Single of the Year' and a Capital Radio Award for 'Best Single'. The single was released as a double [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] with "It's Only Us", the official theme for [[EA Sports]]' video game [[FIFA 2000]]. The single sold over 400,000 copies in the UK alone and was certified Gold by the BPI in early 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=28709 |title=BPI Certification for "She's The One"/"It's Only Us" |access-date=19 March 2007 |archive-date=6 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106215255/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=28709 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

 

==Lawsuit==

Williams claimed that he had heard a young man say the line whilst in [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]], and only found that it was a line from Wainwright's song after he had already recorded it. Williams' agents called Wainwright to notify him about this, but Wainwright had little say in the matter; "I Am the Way" was a parody of the [[Woody Guthrie]] song "New York Town"; Ludlow Publishing owned the line's copyright. In 2002, Ludlow Publishing won the lawsuit, receiving 25% of the income that "Jesus in a Camper Van" garnered, and subsequently, the album was re-issued replacing "Jesus in a Camper Van" with "It's Only Us".

 

 

==Track listing==

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| note1 = Live on ''TOTP''

| title2 = Man Machine

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{{album chart|Netherlands|35|artist=Robbie Williams|album=I've Been Expecting You|access-date=25 January 2016|refname=net}}

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{{album chart|Finland|20|artist=Robbie Williams|album=I've Been Expecting You|access-date=25 January 2016|refname=fin}}

{{album chart|Germany3|16|artist=Robbie Williams|album=I've Been Expecting You|access-date=25 January 2016|refname=ger}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1998|relmonth=10|title=I've Been Expecting You|artist=Robbie Williams|region=Germany|award=Gold|certyear=2000}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1998|relmonth=10|title=I've Been Expecting You|artist=Robbie Williams|region=Norway|award=Gold|certyear=1999}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1998|relmonth=10|title=I've Been Expecting You|artist=Robbie Williams|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|certyear=2001}}

{{Certification Table Summary}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1998|relmonth=10|title=I've Been Expecting You|artist=Robbie Williams|region=Europe|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2001}}

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