Greatest Hits [Import]

Take That | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: MSI:BMG/RCA RECORDS LABEL
• ASIN: B000005S27
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Take That were the kings of the UK pop charts during the early to mid 1990's. The British answer to the New Kids On The Block, 2 former members went on to greater pop success: Gary Barlow and singer/songwriter Robbie Williams. Together, they recordedno less than seven UK number 1 hits, including 'Never Forget', 'Back for Good', 'Everything Changes', 'Babe', 'Relight My Fire', 'Pray' (the group's first top slotter) & 'Why Can't I Wake Up With You'. Plus 11 more tracks and notes on each track.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Boyband Album, October 23, 1999

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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Take That were a boyband, No if's how's or buts about it. They unlike all that came after them were not ashamed of the fact. The prime reason being is that they had an excellent singer/songwriter in the form of gary barlow , the overflowing personality of robbie williams, the sex appeal of mark owen,and last but not least, the best two dancers in pop, Jason orange and howard donald. All in all, they were probably the most talented british pop group of the 90's and the greatest contradiction in music. A talented manufactured pop group.Like any normal band their first 3 or 4 songs are not very good, but gradually improve over time and Take That certainly did. As gary barlow's songwriting improved so did they, and What songs !!! The enclopedia of singles which list the 1000 greatest singes of this century include 5 take that singles as all time classics Buy the album, and listen without preduice. You will be surprised. and saddened that this band only existed for a relatively short time and they went with a bang , never to return.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection To Have, April 6, 2006

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Lina (Singapore, Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take That - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

It just gets me everytime when I read reviews written by "critics" that are really too up their own ar*es to actually admit that pop music from five guys that dance can actually be good.

After reading the credits carefully, one would actually realize that Gary Barlow writes alot of the lyrics and co-produces many of the tracks. Ok, so there are loads of other musicians that don't write 100% of their music themselves - Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, The Monkeys - are just some of them. But do these same "critics" discredit them for talent? No.

I just hope this double-standard stops once and for all. Music is music. And if you're too ashamed of admitting to liking a 'boyband', then just keep quiet, and don't bother writing reviews about "how awful" they are. This is good pop music and that's that.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robbie started here but Gary was the star, April 13, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take That - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

By the time this group started on their successful career, I had given up on music radio, but there is some music that you can't avoid hearing, even if you want to. So it was that I eventually realized that Take That made some great music. They never made it in America, though they might have done had they stayed together a bit longer. Gary Barlow was the lead singer and primary songwriter but his subsequent solo career has been much less successful - unlike Robbie Williams, one of the other group members, who has become a hugely popular solo singer.

Take That had eight British number one hits including Back for good, which gave them an American top ten hit a few months before they disbanded. Their other UK number ones were Pray, Relight my fire (a cover of a Dan Hartman song featuring Lulu as guest vocalist), Babe, Everything changes, Sure, Never forget and How deep is your love (a Bee Gees cover). They had several other UK top ten hits including covers of Could it be magic (Barry Manilow) and It only takes a minute (Tavares) with the former featuring Robbie Williams as lead singer - a rarity on Take That recordings.

If you buy this because Robbie Williams was a group member, you may be disappointed since he rarely sings lead. If, on the other hand, you are looking for simple, mainstream pop music, superbly performed, you might enjoy the music of Take That.