The Ego Has Landed

Williams embarked on a US promotional tour and when his first American single, "Millennium" was released, it peaked at No. 72 in the Billboard Hot 100. The album The Ego Has Landed was released in May 1999 in the United States and peaked at No. 63 in the Billboard albums chart, not having the success that he enjoyed in Europe. Despite this, Williams enjoyed good video airplay and received a nomination for the MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Male Video"; he did not win, but the exposure helped the sales of the album.

Capitol Records, trying to make Williams a bigger star, released a second single from the album, the ballad "Angels", for which Williams shot a new video. When it was released in the autumn of that year, the song became a somewhat bigger hit than "Millennium", charting at No. 53. However, this was not enough for Williams, so he concentrated on the rest of the world where he was already an established act. The album went on to sell 598,000 copies in the United States{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003286968 |title=Ask Billboard: Rude Americans |last=Caufield |first=Keith |date=23 October 2006 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=11 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234520/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003286968 |archivedate=26 September 2007}} being certified Gold by the RIAA in November of that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22The+Ego+Has+Landed%22 |title=RIAA's Gold & Platinum Searchable Database: Williams, Robbie – 'The Ego Has Landed' |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=11 December 2013}}

The compilation was released worldwide (as a limited edition in Europe, pressings for the album are still going strong in Latin America, Asia and New Zealand to this day{{When|date=April 2025}}) and was a huge success in New Zealand, reaching No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart.[https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?key=7331&cat=a New Zealand Albums Chart] It went on to sell 140,000 copies being certified 9× Platinum. In Australia, the album ensured platinum sales over 70,000 copies. The album was promoted in Latin America as well. Williams recorded a Spanish version of his hit "Angels" and it was included as a bonus track on the album and then released as a single (almost two years after its original release in English). The Spanish version was a substantial hit in most Latin American countries, but as the single had already been big in 1997, most video and radio outlets focused on the tracks from his album I've Been Expecting You. Despite this, the compilation proved to be a medium success giving him Gold sales in Argentina.

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| title1 = Lazy Days

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• Robbie Williams
• Guy Chambers

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| length1 = 3:52

| title2 = Millennium

| writer2 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers
• Leslie Bricusse
• John Barry

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| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = No Regrets

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length3 = 5:09

| title4 = Strong

| writer4 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length4 = 4:37

| title5 = Angels

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Win Some Lose Some

| writer6 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length6 = 4:18

| title7 = Let Me Entertain You

| writer7 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Jesus in a Camper Van

| writer8 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers
• Loudon Wainwright III

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| length8 = 3:38

| title9 = Old Before I Die

| writer9 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Eric Bazilian
• Desmond Child

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| length9 = 3:53

| title10 = Killing Me

| writer10 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length10 = 3:57

| title11 = Man Machine

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length11 = 3:35

| title12 = She's the One

| writer12 = Karl Wallinger

| length12 = 4:18

| title13 = Karma Killer

| writer13 = {{Flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length13 = 4:28

| title14 = One of God's Better People

| note14 = ends at 3:36, with "Hello Sir" starting at 13:36

| writer14 = {{Flat list|

• Williams
• Chambers

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| length14 = 15:03

| total_length = 69:50

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{{Track listing

| headline = Latin American editions

| title15 = Ángel

| note15 = Spanish version

| writer15 = {{hlist|Williams|Chambers}}

| length15 = 4:28

| total_length = 75:18

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Notes

• Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 14 are from Life thru a Lens (1997).
• Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13 are from I've Been Expecting You (1998).

"One of God's Better People" runs 3:36. After 10 minutes of silence, Williams recites a poem called "Hello Sir", addressed to a teacher who berated him for wanting to become a pop singer. This previously appeared as a hidden track on Life thru a Lens.

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Argentine Albums (CAPIF){{cite web|url=http://mp3.marki-online.net/charts/all/argentina/albums/650 |title=Argentina - Albums September 05 - 11, 2004|publisher=CAPIF |access-date=December 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108062731/http://mp3.marki-online.net/charts/all/argentina/albums/650|archive-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead}} |style="text-align:center;"|17

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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1999-12-31 "End of Year Charts 1999"] Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 December 2017. | style="text-align:center;"|5

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scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2000-12-31 "End of Year Charts 2000"] Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 December 2017. | style="text-align:center;"|2

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