Progressed

Progressed
EP from Take That
Publication (s)	June 13, 2011
admission	2009-2010
Label (s)	Polydor
Genre (s)	Pop , Electropop , Rock
Title (number)	8th
running time	34 min. 50 sec. + 1 hour 16 min. 34 sec. Bonus ( progress )
production	Stuart Price
Studio (s)	Sarm West Studios & Abbey Road Studios ( London , UK ); Electric Lady Studios ( New York City , USA )
chronology Progress (2010) Progressed III (2011)
Single releases May 11, 2011 Love love July 11, 2011 When We Were Young

Progressed is the first EP by the British band Take That . It consists of eight new songs by the band and contains as bonus material the complete deluxe version of their previous sixth studio album Progress in the form of a double CD or a maxi download. The eight new songs result in a running time of almost 35 minutes, so it is an extraordinarily extensive EP (typically 3–4 tracks and up to 15 minutes playing time). However, since the band's “LP” studio albums are also up to 60 minutes instead of just under 30 minutes, twice the length of a conventional LongPlay (vinyl record) , the designation of Progressed as “EP” definitely fulfills its purpose.

It was released on June 10th, 2011, on May 11th it was preceded by the single "Love Love", which was written as the theme song for the X-Men - prequel X-Men: First Decision . Another single, "When We Were Young" (written as the theme song for the German-French-British remake of The Three Musketeers ), followed as a radio premiere on July 11, 2011, and was sold (exclusively as a download) from August 22 . The film was released in Germany on September 1, 2011 in Great Britain on October 12, 2011. The EP includes both the second and third collaboration between the band and filmmaker Matthew Vaughn after “Rule the World” for Stardust (2006/7 ).

Track list

Progressed - CD1
No.	title	Lead voice	length
1.	When We Were Young	Williams, Barlow	4:34
2.	Man	Barlow, Owen	4:39
3.	Love love	Barlow, Owen	3:43
4th	The Day the Work Is Done	Owen, Barlow	4:04
5.	Beautiful	Barlow	4:14
6th	Don't say goodbye	Barlow	3:54
7th	Aliens	Donald	4:48
8th.	Wonderful World	Owen	4:58
Overall length:			34:50

Bonus - CD2
No.	title	length
18th	Complete previous album Progress (last track Flowerbed here as a hidden track after Eight Letters and 16 seconds of silence)	41:44

background

Originally, the four-piece band ( Gary Barlow OBE ; Mark Owen ; Howard Donald ; Jason Orange ) and their former member and boyfriend Robbie Williams only teamed up in the studio for a few months, which resulted in the release of Progress . Progress became another number one hit for the band (in the UK and twelve other European countries), having sold well over 3 million copies and going platinum nine times in the UK alone. A nationwide tour followed, Progress Live . The "greatest tour in British music history" set a world record for over a million concert tickets sold in a single day and brought down all sales websites within seconds. On March 29, 2011, however, Gary Barlow announced that Take That was already playing with the idea of ​​expanding the collaboration and writing more material for five people: “At the beginning we agreed that it would only be a single album, but now we're starting to write again… ”Barlow indicated that this could amount to another album soon. On May 19, 2011, Take That officially confirmed the imminent release of Progressed , and after the release of the first single "Love Love" also announced the planned release date (June 13, 2011). Ultimately, the album was released three days earlier on June 10th. It consists of the deluxe version of the Progress album and the new EP on separate CDs.

All the tracks on the double album were written by Take That. This includes all active members since their comeback in 2005 (mostly just Barlow in the 1990s) - in this case the full founding cast with Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Only for the progress song Eight Letters did they get support from four other songwriters: Midge Ure , Chris Cross, Warren Cann and Billy Currie . Even with this title, the main compositional part lies with the Take That members, the text in this case comes mainly from Williams, who in it on the roller coaster ride of the sudden fame of Take That in the 1990s and the reasons for his exit / expulsion and theirs Looking back on separation in 1995. To restore balance, the main vocal line of the song was taken over by Williams' then arch-rival and now reconciled friend and mentor Barlow. The production of the individual songs, as well as the production management of the entire work, was done by Stuart Price . He had already produced Progress and was once again part of the larger producer teams for the following albums III , III - 2015 Edition and most recently Wonderland .

As with all of the band's albums since their return in 2005, this EP also features a mix of the preferred styles of the individual Take That members. In addition to other developments, the band's repeatedly changing line-up has resulted in massive style changes between the individual albums. Barlow, who also prepared the album, composed and programmed the basic tracks and worked as a co-producer, has repeatedly distinguished himself as a versatile composer / songwriter since 1986, but is still particularly considered the "king of the light muse " and the piano-assisted " melodic, sensitive ballads ”. Owen however, tends to more guitar-based political Jazz , his solo albums can be partly as indie - rock , partly as Britpop lane. Williams turned to harder rock music and occasionally to metal since the late 1990s . Donald worked as a DJ in Germany and England before the band was founded and since then and has a tendency towards house music and electro-pop , while Orange and Barlow are more oriented towards pop ballads, but in terms of structure and choice of chords they tend to focus on his instrument, the Guitar, aligns.

International distribution

region	publication	format
Ireland	June 10, 2011	CD , download
United Kingdom	June 13, 2011
Italy	June 14, 2011
Denmark	June 15, 2011
Australia	June 17, 2011
Germany
Brazil	June 28, 2011

Contributors

All main and background voices as well as body percussion ( beatbox etc.) come exclusively from Take Thats five founding members Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange. The following were also involved in the recording and production of Progressed :

Instrumentalists Gary Barlow - keyboards , music programming (tracks 1-11, 14-19) Stuart Price - bass (tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 10, 15-17), guitar (tracks 1, 7-9, 15-19), keyboards (tracks 1-10, 12-17, 19), music programming (Title 12, 13) The London Studio Orchestra - strings (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8) Perry Montague-Mason - concertmaster (section leader of 1st violins ; tracks 1, 4, 8) Everton Nelson - Concertmaster (Tracks 6, 9-19) Ben Mark - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16) Karl Brazil - drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 10, 16) Steve Lipson - Mandolin (Track 1) Composers Gary Barlow Howard Donald Jason Orange Mark Owen Robbie Williams Wil Malone - string orchestra - arrangements

Producers Stuart Price - Producer , Mixing - engineer (track 1-10, 12-19) Gary Barlow - recording engineer Ryan Carline - Recording Engineer (Title 6, 9-19) Noah Goldstein - assistant recording engineer (title 6, 9-19) Mike Houge - Assistant Recording Engineer (Titles 9-19) Andrew Kitchen - Assistant Recording Engineer (Titles 9-19) Ghian Wright - Assistant Recording Engineer (Titles 9-19) Dave Emery - Assistant Mixing Engineer (Title 6) Will Malone - conductor of the string orchestra Perry Montague-Mason - orchestra contractor, orchestra conductor Richard Lancaster - recording engineer for the string orchestra Tim Young - Mastering Engineer Nadav Kander - photographer Studio Fury - Art Design, Artistic Direction: Jonathan Wild - Manager

reception

Reviews

reviewer	rating
BBC Music	Positive
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Digital spy
Heat	positive
The Express
The Independent
Orange UK	positive
The Sun
Q

Progressed received consistently positive reviews from music critics:

Simon Gage of The Express praised the new material and awarded five stars on the grounds that it was an "essential listening experience" ( essential listening ) and there would be "an almost corporeal love affair between Take That and the British population that has lasted so long, that it is difficult to even imagine a misstep on your part. "( there has been a full-bodied love affair between Take That and the British public for so long it's difficult to imagine them ever putting a foot wrong. )

Nick Levine, a music journalist for the BBC -Music department wrote in his review of similar and assessed the album as "a wonderful complement to progress our zehnbeinigen national treasure." ( A fine Progress -complementing EP from the 10-legged national treasure ).

Gavin Martin from the Daily Mirror took the view in his album review, “The new songs - starting with the traditional Barlow ballad When We Were Young and up to the evolutionary electro setting in Man - build the balance act of the original album between dignified nostalgia and commercial experimentation very successfully. "( from the trad Barlow ballad setting of 'When We Were Young' through the evolutionary electro of 'Man', the new songs successfully extend the original album's balancing act between dignified nostalgia and commercially crafted experimentation. )

Gordon Smart ( The Sun ) commented, " as a double album it hangs together very well "; the "sultriness of aliens and the apocalyptic hymn Man " are "welcome additions to the setlist [of the next tour]" and fit in well with the "tearful ballad Don't Say Goodbye , which never gets a dry eye in the entire stadium becomes."

Heat magazine came to the conclusion that the album was “all in all extremely strange and wonderful and the perfect addition to Take Thats defiant Progress album from 2010. Progressed definitely has a stone in our board.” ( All in all, we have to say this album is utterly weird and wonderful and the perfect extension to Take That's defiant Progress album of 2010. Progressed is a winner in our book. )

Q said it was “a brave step to add something to the most successful album of the year”, but the risk “ultimately paid off”

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy also praised the new material: In his view, “The self-written collection proves once again why Take Thats comeback was more successful than anyone else's - they have outgrown the stereotypical boy band marketing and become a group of believable and authentic artists and real musicians. "( the self-penned collection proves once again why Take That's comeback was better than everyone else's - by out-growing the stereotypical boyband branding to become a group of credible and genuinely artistic group of musicians. ).

The Daily Mail awarded four stars on the grounds that “for a revamped Progress album, the end result is remarkably free of filler material. Robbie [Williams] is the lead in the nostalgic When We Were Young ; Love Love's pounding beat is reminiscent of Muse and has already found its way into the Man band's live show; and producer Stuart Price gave the masterpiece Beautiful the hallmark of electropop shine "( as a revamp of progress " the outcome is remarkably filler-free: Robbie sings lead on the nostalgic When We Were Young; the Muse-like stomp of Love is love already in the man-band's live show; and producer Stuart Price brings a trademark electro-pop sheen to the brilliant Beautiful. " )

Only The Independent awarded Progressed three out of five stars and called the collection “trampling disco-electro pop, whose strutting synthesizer riffs in Love Love and occasional dubstep / electro insertions - as in the intro to Man - are picked up by a pounded standard rhythm” ( galumphing disco electropop whose swaggering synth riffs on Love Love and occasional dubstep / electro moves, as on the intro to Man , are swept up by standard stomp-beats ).

Charts

Charts (2011)	Top position
Germany ( Official Top 100 )	11
UK – England / Wales ( OCC )	1
UK – Ireland ( IRMA )	2
UK – Scotland ( OCC )	1

Web links

• Official website of the band

Individual evidence

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