Rudebox is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released by Chrysalis Records on 23 October 2006 in the United Kingdom.

A breakaway from previous releases, the singer worked with a variety of producers on the album, including Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik, Pet Shop Boys, William Orbit, Joey Negro, and Jerry Meehan.

[3] Receiving a mixed reception from critics, the album reached the top position in fourteen countries including United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Italy and Finland.

The album is a mixture of covers and new tracks, in addition to "Summertime", a song originally written when Williams left Take That and which appeared in the credits of Mike Bassett: England Manager, and features collaborations with William Orbit, Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik (featuring Candy Flip's Danny Spencer and his brother) and two collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: "She's Madonna" and "We're the Pet Shop Boys".

[5] Further controversy arose over the track "The 90's", 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.

[18] Rating the album 8 out of 10, Priya Elan of NME wrote "Luckily, Rudebox is the best thing he's ever put his name to," adding that "there's the double-headed autobiography of "The 80's" (currently at the centre of a legal dispute) and its follow-up "The 90's," the clattering "Vogue" rap in the LA tale "The Actor" and "She’s Madonna" – possibly his most bonkers song ever.

"[19] Julie Broadfoot of BBC Music wrote: "There are a couple of tracks that wash over you but the album's a grower and some of the hooks will follow you around for hours," adding that "Good Doctor," a "tongue-in-cheek take on drugs, has bags of energy and the Stephen Duffy "Kiss Me" is brilliant.

"[20] Michael Hubbard, writing for musicOMH, found that Rudebox "ultimately is, as a whole, several decent records whinnying to escape from development too early, resulting only in an expensive-sounding missed opportunity.

"[12] Paul Flynn from The Observer wrote that "the hastily conceived Rudebox is bookmarked mostly by a ragbag of weary cover versions that even an advanced pop historian would have trouble connecting.

"[15] In his review for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis noted: "A scant handful of highlights aside, it is packed with half-baked ideas, bad jokes, music that any other star of Williams' stature would be terrified of the general public hearing.

[25] In 2008, NME reported that over one million unsold copies of the album were being sold to a company in China to be recycled and used as a road paving material.