• Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: Dec 15, 2014
User Score
4.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 46
  2. Negative: 23 out of 46
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  1. Apr 6, 2015
    4
    A rather disappointing effort from Take That. Whilst some of the tracks have a different feel and a more modern style to them than previous material, incorporating a more electronic style; it seems as though the mentality of 'ballard writing' has gone to Gary Barlow's head a bit too much. The majority of these songs are written in an attempt to be ballads, but are some distance fromA rather disappointing effort from Take That. Whilst some of the tracks have a different feel and a more modern style to them than previous material, incorporating a more electronic style; it seems as though the mentality of 'ballard writing' has gone to Gary Barlow's head a bit too much. The majority of these songs are written in an attempt to be ballads, but are some distance from pulling it off. The track 'Flaws' sums this album up perfectly for me. Flaws just about everywhere you look. Expand
  2. Dec 24, 2014
    5
    (a quick point to note about Go_Logic's review; whilst Take That may seem like a copy of Backstreet Boys, Take That were actually founded 3 years before BSB. It's very much impossible to be an impostor with something founded after then)

    Now, onto the actual album; there's very little there is to say. It's a typical boyband album. A tired genre and a tired sound which, in the end, turns
    (a quick point to note about Go_Logic's review; whilst Take That may seem like a copy of Backstreet Boys, Take That were actually founded 3 years before BSB. It's very much impossible to be an impostor with something founded after then)

    Now, onto the actual album; there's very little there is to say. It's a typical boyband album. A tired genre and a tired sound which, in the end, turns out to sound very much like its self.
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  3. Jul 24, 2020
    5
    Flaws, Get Ready for It and lovelife are the best thing of this album. The rest is "meh". The sound is not completely good and Not up to TT standards, they can do it much better
Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Dec 15, 2014
    60
    The result for Take That is what you would expect: slick production-line pop that puts all the verses, choruses, hooks and beats in the right place, or at least the places we usually find them.
  2. Dec 15, 2014
    30
    This is a largely irritating and fairly hollow unit shifter, that despite its upbeat nature feels like a cynical move to market.
  3. 40
    Most songs here sound like capitulations to overworked clichés.