For a boy band, Take That knows how to surprise us remarkably often. After going back on tour more than ten years after the breakup of their group, the gentlemen proved more successful than ever. Their albums Beautiful World (2006) and The Circus (2008) were their biggest sales successes and actually showed a mature sound. Around the release of Progress, the fire is stoked up again, because enfant
… terrible Robbie Williams is back with a vengeance. For the first time since 1995 and after a great solo career that started to lose some of its luster, Williams is returning to the old nest. His return certainly came with a number of conditions, as Williams never got that much lead vocals in the past. It makes the new Take That record a lot more eclectic and therefore a bit mediocre in quality. By appointing Stuart Price as producer, Take That provides itself with a modern electronic sound, which actually does not suit them, but does bring a bit of life to the brewery. That That is a boy band that we can no longer call a boy band. And not just because the little boys have grown up. (JE)more
