Wonderland (album)

Wonderland
Take That studio album
Publication (s)	March 24, 2017
Label (s)	Polydor
Format (s)	CD, LP, download
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	11 or 15
running time	39:27 and 54:13, respectively
occupation	Gary Barlow Mark Owen Howard Donald
production	Take That, Mike Crossey , Tony Hoffer , Stuart Price , Mark Ralph, Charlie Russel, Sigma
chronology I I I - 2015 edition Wonderland Odyssey
Single releases 17th February 2017 Giants April 27, 2017 New Day

Wonderland is the twelfth music album and eighth studio album by the English band Take That . They released it with Polydor Records on March 24, 2017. The album sold 113,200 copies in the first week and already received a gold record for this, but rose after a head-to-head race with Ed Sheeran's "÷" Number two on the UK charts. For the first time since their debut album in 1992, the band failed to top the charts with their studio album. The album was preceded by the lead single Giants on February 17, 2017 , reaching number 13 on the singles chart and number 4 on the iTunes download charts. For the first time since 1993 ( Everything Changes ), the band also released a vinyl version of the album. The second single "New Day" followed on April 27th.

The associated concert tour began on May 5, 2017 and was extended several times in 2016 in response to high demand; 32 arena and stadium concerts in Great Britain are now scheduled for May and June 2017, 27 of which are sold out. At the end of the year, some concerts will follow in oceanic cities, including Sydney , Perth , Auckland and Wellington . Until the beginning of May, only eight concerts were announced in the southern hemisphere, the advance booking has not yet started. One of the sold-out concerts in London's O ₂ arena will be broadcast live in 388 European cities on June 9, 2017, including 15 locations in Germany. Thanks to the broadcast in over 450 cinemas, around 100,000 additional fans will be able to enjoy affordable spectator seats that evening alone. This concept had already proven itself on the Take That Live 2015 tour, although many concerts were also held on mainland Europe that year.

background

Was Child donation gala 2015

Appearance for War Child , 2015

In February 2016, Barlow announced in an interview with the Sun that Take That would release their eighth studio album later this year, followed by another greatest hits compilation in 2017 for the silver anniversary (25th anniversary) of their debut album. Commenting on the possibility of Williams and Orange returning, he said, “A greatest hits album from all of them would be fantastic, of course, but I can't see Jason returning to the limelight in the next few years. But if Rob would join in, that would be great. ”Instead of the planned pure greatest hits compilation album 2017, the band released the anniversary album (on the occasion of the band's 30th anniversary) Odyssey at the end of 2018, followed by a European tour in 2019, which also includes a few new songs Contains modified new recordings and remixes of their greatest hits. Take That still consists of Barlow, Donald and Owen - a studio collaboration with former members Williams or Orange was no longer promised after the above interview.

On October 22nd, 2016, after several unofficial hints, the new studio album Wonderland was finally released for pre-order. The band enlisted the support of several producers for their album, including Tony Hoffer and Mike Crossey and Stuart Price , who had already worked on several albums ( Progress and subsequent ones) with the band. The album also announced a tour of the same name, initially with 21 stages (May 8 to June 16, 2017) in nine British arenas. The band also made it clear that neither Robbie Williams nor Jason Orange would return to the group for the album and tour . For buyers of the album within the first two days, early access to the concert tickets was activated on October 26th and 27th, and the official advance sale opened on the 28th. Many of the arenas were already sold out through advance booking, so three more dates were added on October 28th. Eight more concert dates were added within a week. All Saints will appear as the opening act for all concerts . On February 10, 2017, the first single with the title "Giants" was announced and released for pre-order, at this time 27 of the 32 scheduled concerts were already sold out.

The lead single "Giants" was released on February 17, 2017. It reached number 13 on the UK singles chart, and the accompanying video appeared on the band's Vevo YouTube channel on March 15th. Five days later, the band appeared on James Corden's Late Late Show in the United States . There they shot a quarter-hour carpool karaoke clip with Corden and later appeared live with "Giants" in the main show. The three singers also appeared in the television show Saturday Night Takeaway by the comedy duo Ant & Dec and The One Show and presented their new album, "Giants", among others.

The song "Cry", a collaboration with the British D'n'B duo SIGMA , which had already been released as a single on May 20, 2016, was chosen as one of four bonus tracks of the Deluxe Edition of the album . The airplay rights were secured on the day of publication by both Radio 1 and Radio 2 , which is extraordinary due to the very different target groups. The single entered the top 5 of the UK download charts and reached number 21 on the official single charts, and Radio 2 named it record of the week after it was released. On May 28, a related music video was released on the YouTube channel of 3beat, the Sigma duo's label. It shows the three singers and the DJ duo at the scene of a street race and Arab drifting festival . The five musicians performed live with the piece for the first time on May 28th on the main stage of the open-air music festival BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter .

Track list

The standard version of the album includes eleven tracks, the deluxe edition offers four bonus tracks . The album was also released as a vinyl LP, which contains the eleven tracks of the standard version. The name of the producer (s) of the individual titles is in brackets.

Wonderland - Standard Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	Lead voice	length
1.	Wonderland (Charlie Russel)	Gary Barlow , Howard Donald , Mark Owen , Jamie Norton, Benjamin Weaver	Barlow, Donald	4:53
2.	Giants (Mark Ralph)	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Norton, Ben Mark	Barlow	3:39
3.	New Day (Ralph)	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Simon Strömstedt	Barlow	3:29
4th	Lucky Stars ( Stuart Price )	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Noel Simonen, Strömstedt	Barlow, Owen	3:29
5.	And the Band Plays (Russel)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Barlow	3:53
6th	Superstar (Price)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Owen	3:14
7th	Hope ( Tony Hoffer )	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Thomas Baxter Gleave	Barlow	3:44
8th.	River ( Mike Crossey )	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Norton, Mark	Owen	2:55
9.	The Last Poet (Price)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Barlow	3:16
10.	Every Revolution (Russel)	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Norton, Weaver	Donald	4:12
11.	It's All For You (Hoffer)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Barlow	4:29
Overall length:				39:27

Bonus title Wonderland - Deluxe Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	Lead voice	length
12.	Don't Give Up On Me (Hoffer)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Barlow	3:19
13.	Up (Russel)	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Norton, Weaver	Owen	4:29
14th	Come On Love (Ralph)	Barlow, Donald, Owen	Barlow	4:21
15th	Cry (with SIGMA )	Barlow, Donald, Owen, Cameron Edwards (SIGMA), Joseph Lenzie (SIGMA), Matt Furmidge, Dom Liu, Sean Mac, Chiara Hunter	Barlow	3:17
Overall length:				54:13

marketing

Singles

"Giants" was released on February 17, 2017 as the first single of the announced album, it was produced by Mark Ralph. It reached number 13 on the UK singles chart and fourth on the iTunes charts.

On April 27, the second single New Day was released.

trip

On October 22nd, 2016, Take That opened the advance booking of their next nationwide tour with the announcement of their new album. The first part of the Wonderland Live 2017 tour started on May 5th at the Genting Arena in Birmingham and is expected to end on June 16, 2017 at Carrow Road Stadium, Norwich . The tour has so far included 32 largely sold-out concerts in stadiums and arenas in 10 UK cities . Due to the terrorist attack in Manchester on May 22nd 2017 , three concerts planned for May 25th, 26th and 27th 2017 at the Manchester Arena have been postponed indefinitely.

In spring 2017, further concerts were announced at the end of the year, this time in the southern hemisphere, which turns the concert tour into a world tour. Eight concerts in Australia and New Zealand had already been announced by the beginning of May, and advance sales have not yet started. The band had not performed live in Oceania since 1995.

reception

Commercial win

Wonderland lost the race to Ed Sheeran's album ÷ despite an exceptionally high sales of 113,200 units in the first week . With the exception of their debut album Take That & Party , which also reached number 2 in 1993, every album by the band had so far conquered the top of the charts. Like all previous albums, Wonderland stayed in the top 5 for a few weeks. It received the BPI gold record in the first week . In the annual charts, Wonderland already passed the soundtracks to La La Land and Trolls , Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams and Robbie Williams ' The Heavy Entertainment Show and after the first quarter already ranks 6th and 3rd in CD sales. It came third in Ireland and second in Scotland.

Charts (2017)	Top ranking
Germany (GfK Entertainment)	19th
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	2

Reviews

David Smyth, music critic for the London Evening Standard , gave positive feedback and three stars on the grounds that the album was "enough to excite the masses and everything else [is] the same." He wrote, "Your eighth album feels as we are used to from them: with a full sound, rich in arm-swinging choruses and gently encouraging lyrics such as' Music makes me feel good ',' We can conquer any mountain ',' Every morning is a brand new day 'etc. "

Contributors

Details are taken from the liner notes of the album.

Instrumentalists

• Keyboard instruments
  • Keyboards - Gary Barlow, Ryan Carline (tracks 1, 3–7, 9–12) , Jamie Norton (1, 10, 13) , Stuart Price (4, 6, 9) , Simon Strömstedt (4) , Jon Green (5 ) , Dave Palmer (7, 11, 12) , Matt Furmidge (for Metrophonic Productions, track 15) , Dominic Joshua Alexander Liu (for Metrophonic Productions, track 15)
  • Piano - Jamie Norton (1, 10, 13)
  • Synthesizer - Mark Ralph (2, 3, 14) , Tony Hoffer (7, 11, 12) , Mike Crossey (8)
• Wind players
  • Saxophone - Mike Stevens (1)
  • Horns - Scott Ralph (3)
  • Trumpet - Tom Rees-Roberts (5) , Andy Greenwood (5)
  • Trombone - Pete Beachill (5) , Richard Wigley (5)
• Plucked instruments
  • Bass - Paul Turner (1, 5, 10, 13) , Mark Ralph (2, 3, 14) , Stuart Price (4) , Tony Hoffer (7, 11, 12) , Mike Crossey (8)
  • Guitars - Ben Mark (1, 5, 10, 13) , Mark Ralph (2, 3, 14) , Jon Green (5) , Stuart Price (6, 9) , Tony Hoffer (7, 11, 12) , Tom Baxter (7) , Jonathan Gilmore (8)
  • Tanpura - Nicolas Magriel (1)
  • Ukulele - Mark Ralph (3)
  • Mandolin - Mark Ralph (3)
• Strings - Rosie Danvers (for Wired Strings; Track 15)
  • Violin - Oli Langford (7)
  • Concertmaster / Orchestra Direction - Perry Montague-Mason (2, 3, 11)
  • Viola - Oli Langford (7)
  • Cello - Danny Keane (7)
  • Sarangi - Nicolas Magriel (1)
• Singing - Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen
  • Background - Geoff Holroyde (2) , Tom AD Fuller (2) , Ava Leigh alias Hayley Carline (3–5) , Andy Caine (3, 5) , Simon Strömstedt (4)
  • Gospel Choir - TSA "The Session Agency" (14)
• Drums - Ash Soan (1, 10, 13) , Geoff Holroyde (2, 3, 14) , Scott Ralph (3) , Dan Broughton (5) , Denny Weston Jr. (7, 11) , Rosie Crossey (8)

technician

• Programming - Gary Barlow (5, 6, 9) , Charlie Russell (1, 5, 10, 13) , Ben Mark (1) , Mark Ralph (2, 3, 14) , Stuart Price (4, 6, 9) , Ryan Carline (4) , Simon Strömstedt (4) , Tony Hoffer (7, 11, 12) , Mike Crossey (8)
• Programming Keyboard Instruments - Charlie Russell (2)
• Sound engineering / sound engineers - Ryan Carline (1, 3–7, 9–12) , Tom Upex (1, 5, 10, 13) , Jonny Solway (1, 5, 10, 13) , Tom AD Fuller (2, 3, 14) , Drew Smith (2, 3, 14) , Charlie Russell (2) , Charlie Rolfe (5, 10, 13) , Tony Hoffer (7, 11, 12) , Cameron Lister (7, 11, 12) , Jonathan Gilmore (8) , Jack Hudson (10, 13)
• Vocal Technique - Ryan Carline (8)
• Mixture - Mark "Spike" Stent, Geoff Swan, Michael Freeman (all except titles 2, 3) , Stuart Price (4) , Tony Hoffer (12) , Cameron Lister (12) , Charlie Russell (13)
• Mastering - Tim Young (all except title 15) , Scott Rosser (15)

Other contributors

• Arrangers - Will Malone (violins: tracks 2, 3, 11) , Philip Jewson (horns: track 5) , Tom Baxter (violins: track 7) , Oli Langford (violins: track 7) , Priscilla Jones (gospel choir: track 14)
• Conductors - Will Malone (violins: tracks 2, 3, 11) , Philip Jewson (horns: tracks 5)
• Orchestral Contraction - Isobel Griffiths (2, 3, 11) , Susie Gillis (2, 3, 11)
• Production - Take That, Mike Crossey , Tony Hoffer , Stuart Price , Mark Ralph, Charlie Russel, SIGMA (15)
  • Production vocals - Ryan Carline (1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wonderland (Deluxe) by Take That . iTunes Store (UK). Retrieved February 17, 2017.
2. ↑ Ed Sheeran beats Take That as he claims a fourth week at number one on the official albums chart. Official Charts Company , March 31, 2017; Retrieved April 2, 2017.
3. ^ New Single: New Day - Take That. Magic Music Magazine, April 27, 2017; accessed on May 8, 2017.
4. ↑ Shaun Kitchener: New Take That Album Wonderland: News, Updates, Tracklist, Tour Dates, All you need to know . Express , February 17, 2017; accessed on April 30, 2017.
5. ↑ Wonderland. Live from the O2. Find a screening near you! Cinema overview on the band's homepage; accessed on May 8, 2017.
6. ^ Rob Copsey: Take That confirm they are releasing a new album this year . Official Charts Company . February 2, 2016. Accessed March 24, 2016.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Wonderland Live 2017 announcement on the band website of October 22, 2016. Accessed November 7, 2016.
8. ↑ Hanna Flint: Take That announce eighth studio album Wonderland WITHOUT Robbie Williams or Jason Orange . OK! magazine. February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
9. ↑ Update of the concert dates on the band's homepage from October 28, 2016. Accessed November 7, 2016.
10. ↑ Tour dates on the band's homepage. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
11. ↑ Giants CD Single available to pre-order now . Take That homepage, entry from February 10, 2017; accessed on February 13, 2017.
12. ↑ ^{a b} The story behind Sigma and Take That's unexpected collaboration Cry : Interview . Official Charts Company interview with Cameron Edwards (Sigma) on May 24, 2016; accessed on June 4, 2016.
13. ↑ Cry entered the UK download charts at number 5 . OCC website; Retrieved June 18, 2016.
14. ↑ Music video for the SIGMA single "Cry" on YouTube. Uploaded May 28, 2016; accessed on June 4, 2016.
15. ↑ BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend . Blog entry on the band's website on May 31, 2016. Accessed June 4, 2016.
16. ↑ Best of Big Weekend 2016: Act Video List . BBC ; accessed on June 4, 2016.
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31. ^ Rob Copsey: Ed Sheeran beats Take That as ÷ claims a fourth week at Number 1 . Official Charts Company . March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
32. ↑ The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2017 so far. Official Charts Company, April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
33. ↑ Official Irish Albums Chart . Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
34. ↑ David Smyth: Take That - Wonderland review: 'enough to thrill the masses' . In: London Evening Standard . March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.