Intensive Care (album)

Intensive Care is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 24 October 2005 in the United Kingdom. It was produced by Stephen Duffy and Williams and was the first of Williams' albums to not be co-written and produced by longtime songwriting partner Guy Chambers, with whom Williams had co-written all his albums until that point.

The album was supported by four singles, including "Tripping", which was released as the lead single on October 3, 2005, and reached number two in the United Kingdom, while topping the charts in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. It also topped the European Hot 100 Singles chart, becoming Europe's eighth-most-successful song of 2005. The song became a worldwide success for Williams, debuting inside the top 10 in most countries around Europe. "Make Me Pure", was released as the albums' second single on November 14, 2005. "Advertising Space" was released as the third single on December 12, 2005, and was a top-ten hit in many European countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany. "Sin Sin Sin" was released as the final single on May 22, 2006.

Like most of Williams' previous albums, Intensive Care topped the charts in many countries. To support Intensive Care, Williams embarked on the Close Encounters Tour across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, in 2006. The tour saw Williams play over 50 shows in stadiums, starting on April 10, 2006, in Durban, South Africa and ending on December 18, 2006, in Melbourne, Australia. Williams broke the world record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day in November 2005, when the tour sold 1.6 million tickets on its first day of sale.