Take That - Beautiful World
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Track List: Beautiful World
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Album Details: Beautiful World
- Release Date:
- 11/27/2006
- Label:
- Universal Int'l
- UPC:
- 602517165106
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The Brave Eagle - See all The Brave Eagle's reviews 0 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Beautiful World review helpfulPros: Love their songs
Cons: None
It's ok!They are great band.They Are Shining.
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews When Take That disbanded in 1996, they left many young girls in floods of tears. They had been arguably the most popular band in Britain during the early 1990s and many of their fans had never known what it was to have their favourite band split and move on. Two surprises then occurred, firstly when Gary Barlow, the main singer and songwriter from the band, failed to set the charts alight with his solo projects. Despite hitting no.1 with both the singles Forever Love and Love Wont Wait and the album Open Road, the solo career was seen as a disappointment and he quickly faded from young girls affections who either grew up or turned their attention to Boyzone or Westlife. The second surprise was when the cheekiest former member of the band, Robbie Williams, whom many had seen as precipitating the break up in the first place, went on to become of the biggest solo stars of the late 1990s and early 2000s with eight number one albums. In fact he was so big that when the other four invited him to rejoin them for a reunion world tour, he said no intending to remain solo, promoting his recently released album Rudebox. So Take That reformed and went on the road without Robbie and recorded a new album without him too. Doomed to failure? Not a bit of it, for Beautiful World was a new album, filled with great new contemporary songs virtually all written by the band, who had grown up and matured in the intervening years. There was a sense of professionalism about the whole project, produced by John Shanks and every song, whether a ballad like I'd Wait For Life or What You Believe In, on which Mark Owen took vocal lead, or an uptempo track like Reach Out or Shine which was a masterpiece of 21st century pop. The band shared around the responsibility for singing on the album and they were obviously enjoying every minute of the comeback, although Barlow was still very much in charge, taking lead vocal duties on six of the tracks. The lead single was Patience, a classic pop song which was a mid tempo ballad with a killer hook down the scales for a chorus and the second single, Shine was completely different, a sort of cross between Queen at their most camp and the Scissor Sisters. The final track, Wooden Boat was another totally different song, sung by Jason Orange to an acoustic background and one minute after it had finished, another Gary Barlow power ballad Butterfly faded in to end the album. Robbie Williams was slated for his solo offering Rudebox, but his former bandmates celebrated one of the greatest comebacks of all time, hitting number one throughout December and even returning to the top for a few more weeks in the Spring of 2007 when the second single, Shine kicked in and hitting the top 5 for several more weeks, over a year after the album was released. So is there hope for any band attempting a comeback after ten years? If their new album is this good, then you bet there is. - Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide |
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As the most popular teen pop sensation in Britain since the '60s, Take That ruled the U.K. charts during the first half of the '90s. In strict commercial terms, the band sold more records than any English act since the Beatles, though the cultural an...Full Take That Biography
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Pros: they all get to sing
Cons: aint any
definitly one of take that's better moments. shows a whole new side to take that- more mature and less "sweet/sexy/teeny" like they used to be. it feels like they knew their old fans are still there, and created an album especially for them. i loved it.Permalink
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