Take That Album: “Nobody Else”

THE experiment of music companies to put boy bands into play worked when TAKE THAT was introduced in britain in the early nineties what many thought was silly was not to be as take that became the heart throb of every girl in britain powered by sensual lyrics by gary barlow take thats songs grew to become major hits all over britain as well as in asia songs like nobody else, holding back the tears,pray , back for good and a million love songs are a hit anyday NOBODY ELSE is another great album by take that and definately worth the buy

The US Version of Take That's third and final proper album, 'Nobody Else', disappoints mainly because it feels so tacked-together. Or maybe it's just because I know what it's missing. 'Pray', 'Babe', and 'Love Ain't Here Anymore' have been chucked in from the previous album 'Everything Changes' and brilliant tracks like 'Lady Tonight' and 'Hate it' have been scrapped! It doesn't have the same flow as the original, nor does it feel like the same body of work and it also suffers because it only features ten tracks. I think the US record company thought they'd do the same as Capitol did with The Beatles albums - slice and dice them so that they could make as many albums (and money!) as the could. This probably would have worked too, if they hadn't broken up as soon as 'Back For Good' had become a US Top Ten hit!

At the end of the day however this album does feature some beauties; all of the previously mentioned tunes plus UK #1s 'Sure', 'Never Forget', the teary 'The Day After Tommorrow' and the brilliant 'Holding Back The Tears'.

Never mind, if you can't find the original version of 'Nobody Else' on import, then you could do much worse than this one. But do try, it'll be well worth it - trust me!

Scott Keenan

Nobody Else is the great mature follow up album to their young and fun smash hit Everything Changes. When this came out, everyone knew the boys of Take That had grown up - well technically, just Gary Barlow, since he is the main writer/composer for the band. The songs on this album have the smoothest production and the vocals sound so much better too.

No one would have forgotten the millions of tears shed over Robbie's departure, their dramatic break-up, and their even more dramatic break-up anthem "Never Forget". Even after personally having moved on to 'heavier' music, I listen to this album til today, with fond memories of young days and I lie in the knowledge that TT were indeed a pop phenomenon of our time.

"Back For Good" peaked at #6 in October 1995. I like this CD. It's filled with heartfelt ballads, upbeat pop and great production.

I first bought this CD about 15 years ago, and I loved it. I played it nonstop, but a few weeks later I lost the CD. When I saw that it was only a penny, I knew that I had to buy it. The music is still as good as I remember it.