Take That - The Circus Album Review
The Circus is the fifth studio album from British band, Take That. It was released on December 1, 2008.
After successfully effecting one of the greatest Pop comebacks in history, Take That release their fifth studio album.
This release is similarly epic and romantic to its predecessor (2006’s Beautiful World), with songs such as ‘What Is Love’, ‘How Did It Come To This’ and the single ‘Greatest Day’ standing out most. Producer John Shanks returns for a second collaboration with the boys, repeating the success of his work with them on Beautiful World. Universal.
The Circus is a terrific album with beautiful songs, powerful vocals, great lyrics and it’s beautifully produced. Is sure to please old fans as well as attracting new.
Take That - The Circus Track Listing
1. “The Garden” - 5:08 Lead Vocals : Mark Owen, Jason Orange, Howard Donald
2. “Greatest Day” : Gary Barlow (Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen) - 4:01
3. “Hello” - 3:31 : Mark Owen
4. “Said It All” - 4:16 : Gary Barlow, Mark Owen (partial lead)
5. “Julie” – 3:53 : Mark Owen
6. “The Circus” - 3:34 : Gary Barlow
7. “How Did It Come to This” - 3:11 : Jason Orange, Howard Donald (partial lead)
8. “Up All Night” - 3:25 : Mark Owen
9. “What Is Love” - 3:28 : Howard Donald
10. “You” - 4:13 : Gary Barlow
11. “Hold Up A Light” - 4.17 : Mark Owen
12. “Here” - 4:27 : Howard Donald
13. “She Said” (Hidden Track) - 2.33 : Gary Barlow
Take That released their first single from the album, “Greatest Day“, on 24th November.
The album reached the top of the UK Album charts on 7th December 2008 with total first-week sales of 432,490, the third highest opening sales week in UK history.
Following the release of the album, Take That announced plans for a stadium tour titled “Take That presents The Circus Live” in 2009.
The tour became the fastest selling tour in UK history selling £35m of tickets in one day (600,000 in less than 5 hours), beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson for his Bad World Tour in 1987.
Album Information
Released 1 December 2008
Recorded June - August 2008 at SARM Studios, West London
Genre Pop
Length 46:36
Label Polydor
Producer John Shanks
sources wikipedia.org and amazon.co.uk
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December 25th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I like the album cover, it’s pretty! lol. More gr8 song’s by THE one and only Take That. Minus Robbie :,( This is similar to their previous album ‘Beautiful World’. No offence to Gary Barlow, but its gud 2 c the other members doin lead vocal now and again!! Y didn’t that happen in the OLD Take That days? hmmmm.