Take That – Greatest Hits
Biography
Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the group’s lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.
The group have had 28 top 40 singles and 17 top 5 singles in the United Kingdom, 12 of which have reached number one, as well as having seven number one albums. Internationally, the band have had 56 number one singles and 37 number one albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning awards for Best British Group and Best British Live Act.
Williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996. After filming a 2005 documentary about the group and releasing a new greatest hits album, a four-piece Take That without Williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the UK, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that the group were set to record new material together once again; their fourth studio album, Beautiful World, was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, in 2008. The group achieved new success as a four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the UK and Europe while selling over 45 million records worldwide.
Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band’s sixth studio album, Progress. Released on 15 November of that year, it was the first album of new material to feature Take That’s original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else. It became the fastest-selling album of the 21st century and the second fastest-selling album in British history.
In 2014, the band recorded a seventh studio album, this time as a trio without Williams and Orange. The album, titled III, was released in November 2014 and became the band’s seventh number one. It was preceded by the single “These Days”, which became the band’s 12th number one single in the UK.
Since 2011, Take That have set the new record for the fastest-selling tour of all time in the UK with Progress Live, beating the previous record set by their Circus Live Tour in 2009, won the 2011 Brit Award for Best British Group, and were named as Amazon’s top-selling music artist of all time. In 2012, the band were announced by Forbes as the fifth highest-earning music stars in the world. In the same year, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest-selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That currently placed at 15th overall, making them the most successful boy band in UK chart history with four of their albums listed in the best-selling albums of the millennium.
| EC1081 | Take That – Greatest Hits |
| Label: | RCA / BMG Records |
| Catalog#: | 74321 355582 |
| Format: | CD [Compilation] |
| Made in: | EC (European Community ) |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Barcode: | 7 4321-35558-2 9 |
| Style: | Pop, Europop, Ballad |
============================================================================
Take That – Greatest Hits
============================================================================
01. How Deep Is Your Love
02. Never Forget
03. Back For Good
04. Sure
05. Love Ain’t Here Anymore
06. Everything Changes
07. Babe
08. Relight My Fire
09. Pray
10. Why Can’t I Wake Up With You
11. Could It Be Magic
12. A Million Love Songs
13. I Found Heaven
14. It Only Takes A Minute
15. Once You’ve Tasted Love
16. Promises
17. Do What U Like
18. Love Ain’t Here Anymore (U.S. Version)
Total Time: 01:11:54
Companies etc ▼
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
Credits ▼
- Artwork By – Morgan Penn
- Design – Morgan Penn
- Engineer – Alan Fisch (tracks: 6), Dixoid (tracks: 8), Paul Wright (tracks: 4), Pete Craigie (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 10), Pete Stewart (tracks: 6), Robin Sellar* (tracks: 14), Steven Rinkoff* (tracks: 2)
- Mixed By – Eliot Kennedy (tracks: 6), Paul Wright (tracks: 4), Pete Hammond (tracks: 16), Tony Phillips (tracks: 2)
- Photography – Philip Ollerenshaw
- Producer – Andrew Livingstone* (tracks: 8), Billy Griffin (tracks: 12, 13), Brothers In Rhythm (tracks: 2, 4), Chris Porter (tracks: 1, 3, 18), David James* (tracks: 2), Duncan Bridgeman (tracks: 15), Eliot Kennedy (tracks: 6), Gary Barlow (tracks: 3, 4), Ian Levine (tracks: 12, 13), Jim Steinman (tracks: 2), Joey Negro (tracks: 8), J. Wales* (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 10), Mike Ward* (tracks: 6), Nigel Wright (tracks: 14), P. Jervier* (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 10), Pete Hammond (tracks: 16), R. Hedges* (tracks: 17), S. Jervier* (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 10), Take That (tracks: 1)
- Written-By – Anderson* (tracks: 11), Manilow* (tracks: 11), B. Griffin* (tracks: 13), B. Potter* (tracks: 14), C. Baylis* (tracks: 6), Dan Hartman (tracks: 8), D. Lambert* (tracks: 14), E. Kennedy* (tracks: 6), G. Barlow* (tracks: 2 to 7, 9, 10, 12, 15 to 18), G. Stack* (tracks: 16), I. Levine* (tracks: 13), M. Owen* (tracks: 4), M. Ward* (tracks: 6), R. Hedges* (tracks: 17), R. Williams* (tracks: 4), B. Gibb, M. Gibb, R. Gibb* (tracks: 1)
Notes ▼
℗ & © 1996 BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
Made in the EC.
Track 6 produced for Five Boys Productions. Recorded at Blank Tape Studios and Fon Studios -Sheffield.
Track 8 produced for Z Productions.
Track 11 inspired by Prelude in C Minor by Chopin.
Track 14 produced for Skratch Music Productions.
- Barcode: 7 4321-35558-2 9
- Label Code: LC 0316
- Other (Distribution Code): F: BM650
- Matrix / Runout : SONOPRESS M-8270/4321355582 A
- Mould SID Code : IFPI 0738
- Rights Society: BIEM-GEMA
EktorasClub 