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  • Summary: The seventh studio release for the pop band sees group returning as a trio with Robbie Williams and Jason Orange leaving the group in 2014.
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  • Record Label: Polydor
  • Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    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. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 15, 2014
    40
    None of their melodies sticks in the head or, crucially, the heart.
  3. The Independent (UK)
    Dec 15, 2014
    40
    Most songs here sound like capitulations to overworked clichés.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    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.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. mskatyasugar
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    Wonderful album! I don't understand why is there so many hate about that? I love the sound, I love the catchy rhythm... Garry Barlow and CoWonderful album! I don't understand why is there so many hate about that? I love the sound, I love the catchy rhythm... Garry Barlow and Co made a huuuuuge job! Why so low???… Expand
  2. Felipe-cl
    Jan 14, 2015
    9
    Although it seems like a retrospective from his past albums don't lose the amazingness, full with stadium-ready songs and big chorus theAlthough it seems like a retrospective from his past albums don't lose the amazingness, full with stadium-ready songs and big chorus the almost half of take that manage to make a fun and uplifting album.
    Maybe some will call it the Gary B show, but Gary can't pull it alone and he knows it.    … Expand
  4. owenrw89
    Sep 26, 2017
    8
    This is British Pop at it's finest. It oozes class, sophistication and power. The production is strong and modern. Tracks like 'I Like It' andThis is British Pop at it's finest. It oozes class, sophistication and power. The production is strong and modern. Tracks like 'I Like It' and 'LoveLife' confirm 100 percent that Take That are still in charge or the classic British Pop scene.… Expand
  5. Tryenigh
    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(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.    … Expand
  6. maquisl
    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 TTFlaws, 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… Expand
  7. davim
    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 previousA 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
  8. Go_Logic
    Dec 23, 2014
    3
    These backstreet boy wannabees must be taking bribes from the band chk chk chk, or atleast enough to have stolen their album cover concept.These backstreet boy wannabees must be taking bribes from the band chk chk chk, or atleast enough to have stolen their album cover concept.

    While they look like them and sound like them. They are impostors into the dance band genre.    … Expand

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