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Take That - The Circus (2008) [Japan]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 17 Apr 2022 21:00:26

"The Circus" is the 5th studio album by British pop band Take That. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2008. The album was their second, and also their last, as a four-piece, as founding member Robbie Williams returned for their sixth studio album "Progress" (2010), before both Williams and Jason Orange departed prior to the release of 2014's "III". "The Circus" debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and was the 2nd best-selling album of 2008 in the UK, selling over 1.5 million copies. The album's lead single "Greatest Day" became Take That's 11th #1. Four further singles were released which failed to match the success of "Greatest Day": "Up All Night", "The Garden", "Said It All" and "Hold Up a Light". The album stayed on top of the UK Albums Chart for five weeks and became one of the biggest selling albums of 2008 in the UK. The album has been certified double platinum in Europe (including the UK and Ireland) for sales in excess of two million copies, and was the 27th best-selling album worldwide in 2008 according to the IFPI. Since its release in December 2008, the album has spent 73 weeks (one year, five months and one week) in the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart.

~Wikipedia

A Take That reunion was perhaps as inevitable as the fact that Robbie Williams would decide to opt out of the proceedings. He inexplicably became the biggest star out of the franchise, in no way needing the support group the rest craved after their solo projects imploded. And there is something to be said for brand names: even if it didn’t jump-start the phenomenon, the 2006 reunion Beautiful World returned Take That to the upper reaches of the charts, and their 2008 follow-up, The Circus, builds upon its template, offering more of the same without quite seeming like pandering. Fittingly for a foursome facing 40, dance-pop has been banished in favor of well-manicured maturity, culled chiefly from Coldplay, whose tasteful, chilly surfaces blend easily with Gary Barlow’s Elton John and George Michael aspirations. Barlow is also responsible for the gentle Sgt. Pepper's pastiche of the title track, but the one responsible for giving The Circus a bit of a beat is Mark Owen, whose contributions, particularly the cheerfully respectful stomp “Up All Night,” are a welcome respite from the album’s steady, stately march. A little of this Coldplay influence goes a long way - craftsman that he is, Barlow can mimic this sound as expertly as he mimicked Michael years ago, but these skyscraping sonics aren’t particularly suited for his brand of commercialism, so it’s fortunate that Owen is here to give this a bit of a pulse, with Howard Donald and Jason Orange acting as the bridge between them both. Without those mitigating factors, The Circus would be too coldly calculating - but this is no longer Barlow’s show, it’s the work of a group where the sum is greater than the parts, and Take That have wound up with an adult pop album that isn’t compelling, but is somewhat comforting.

~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Release of the album: 2008, December, 1 [CD Polydor, Cat.# 178 744-4, UK]
Release of this CD: 2008, December, 10 [CD Polydor/Universal Music K.K. (Japan), Cat.# UICP-1101 / EAN: 4988005535160]
℗&© 2008 Polydor Ltd (UK).
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Polydor Ltd (UK), a Universal Music Company.
Marketed and Distributed by Universal Music K.K.
Made in Japan

Notes: Track 13 "Sleepwalking" ("Greatest Day" B-side), Japanese edition bonus track that has a hidden song titled "She Said" which starts at 04:44.

Credits:

Acoustic Guitar – Jason Orange
Arranged By [Strings And Brass], Conductor [Strings And Brass] – Wil Malone
Art Direction, Design – Studio Fury
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards – John Shanks
Brass, Orchestra, Strings – London Studio Orchestra
Coordinator [Production Coordinator For John Shanks] – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums, Programmed By – Jeff Rothschild
Engineer [Additional] – Graham Archer, Ryan Carline
Engineer [Assistant] – Richard Lancaster
Keyboards [Additional], Programmed By [Additional] – Ryan Carline
Keyboards, Piano – Gary Barlow
Leader [Orchestra] – Perry Montague-Mason
Management – Jonathan Wild
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By, Recorded By – Jeff Rothschild
Photography By – Rick Guest
Producer – John Shanks
Vocals – Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen
Written-By – Take That

Tracklist:

01. The Garden (05:07)
02. Greatest Day (03:59)
03. Hello (03:31)
04. Said It All (04:16)
05. Julie (03:53)
06. The Circus (03:33)
07. How Did It Come To This (03:10)
08. Up All Night (03:25)
09. What Is Love (03:28)
10. You (04:13)
11. Hold Up A Light (04:28)
12. Here (04:28)
13. Sleepwalking / She Said (07:17)

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