Take That, The Circus Review

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Take That, The Circus
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Manish4Gud's review of Take That, The Circus

“Take That's new album The Circus is as good as any...”

★★★★★

written by Manish4Gud on 12/01/2009

Take That's new album The Circus is as good as any album they've done so far. It's got great songs that will make your day every day. This is something that can be the album of your life!



The Circus is written by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange - the four of them together in a studio writing and recording demos. When the producer John Shanks entered the studio, they already had 25 new songs. The fifth studio album and seventh in total - Take That have indeed come a long way! But how the band always seems to better their last effort is quite amazing. Listen to The Circus.



To start the album off, we have The Garden. You might get surprised to hear Mark's voice in the very beginning of the album. The next surprise would be Gary sharing the lead vocals with him, and Jason and Howard joining them. It's the first song Take That's ever done with all four of them taking the lead. The song is all positive in its lyrics as they say, 'This is the life we've been given. So open your mind and start living. We can play our part if we only start believing. This is the life we've been given. So open your heart and start loving' ' A great song to start off the record!



Greatest Day is the second track which will blow your mind away - something you'll have to grow into for this is Take That in its new level. The band is going to take you to a different world where you forget all your worries and simply have an amazingly nice time. As the words say, 'Today this could be the greatest day of our lives ' ..', truly, Take That at their best. Greatest Day is also the album's first single with a brilliant video shot in Los Angeles over a 30 storey building. The single was #1 within 24 hours of release in iTunes and went straight to #1 in the UK charts.



Glad you took the time to listen to the album because this is just the beginning of great songs headed your way. Take Hello for instance. How could you miss the Shine factor in The Circus? It's a feel good song with Mark's distinct voice and according to him, it's a record for record buyers. It's a lovely album!



Take That, the pop superstars at their best is Said It All. This song is more or less autobiographical to the boys and thus is a perfect Take That song. The two different images you get through the two verses of the song is quite amazing: Verse 1 - When the tears fall away, and there's no conversation'- all sad. Verse 2 - In the sudden light of day 'hurt begins to fade as you find a new direction - all hope. Mark joins Gary in the lead vocals later in the song; thus making it another unique Take That song.



Julie - wow! This is so sweet! 'Sha la la la la la I want you, sha la la la la la I do ' .' It's like a river that flows and takes all the tears away. This is a ;) song. Simple, beautiful and inspiring. You'll just can't get enough of it. It's enjoyable to be sung with a guitar. Can be difficult to know the singles on this record!



Here's the title track of the album. What's it called? The Circus?! 'Silence please cos I've got something to say. It's The Circus that will try to win your heart and will succeed. Gary Barlow on his piano sounds a genius that he is. O God! Is there anyone present or past who can match his talent???



Another song, wow! The guitar based track and Jason singing it! A perfect Jason Orange song! It relates himself and also his former band mate Robbie who says, "My fav fav song on the album is Jason's How Did It Come To This."



A country song?! It's a song that can be a bigger hit for the band. This is something like a classic, classic song that will be covered by over a hundred artists in the future making it the most compiled song on CD in the next ten years! It's sure to win a handful of awards and of course become no. 1 before all that. The song will be the album's second single. Mark with his hat on and Up All Night.



What Is Love is the next track led on by Howard, and he sounds as good as any great singer. His voice is really unique and he can sing really high. One will not be wrong to say that Take That are old fashioned as all of them have unique and beautiful voices unlike the modern day singers.



Gary leads on again. Truly a wonderful ballad is this song which I must say will enamour you to love Take That more and more'The song might bring you different feelings like being in a cold December and realizing the moment of glory - it's You.



The songs so far have shown meaning to the album title and here' just one song that will make you fully convinced. Hold Up A Light For Me is all about singing, performing, inspiring. 'And if life is a stage, I'll be watching ' .' And the world comes alive! Absolutely theatrical!



Here's Here. Howard sings his heart out in this and is a great song to finish the album.



A minute of pausing'Is that it?! I've had a great time listening to The Circus but wait, here's another song: 'My love was filled with trouble with indecision, therapy and pain. You know that my love, it was going nowhere. It would have driven any normal man insane' '
------Gary's lovely voice in She Said------



Sleepwalking - Greatest Day B-Side is a brilliant song like 'being in a wonderful dream'?



Take That's 'The Circus' is absolutely a great album. So far it's been #1 for 5 weeks in a row. (www.officialcharts.com) With only 4 weeks since its release, it had become #2 biggest selling album of 2008.



Reviewed by Manish

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