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Nobody Else

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Nearly 30 years ago, The Beatles released an album cover in which they wore bloodied butcher smocks and were surrounded by decappitated baby dolls and chunks of raw meat. It was a statement against their US subsidiary "butchering" the group's original albums to suit their own purposes. The story of Take That's 'Nobody Else' falls under much the same storyline.

This, the group's second US release, caught the American fans by surprise mainly because the group's second album 'Everything Changes' was never released here in the States. It was a shock to anyone who had warmed up to the peppy boy-band who gave us the dance club favorites "Could It Be Magic" and "Do What U Like", to all of a sudden find a "follow up" album full of dark, brooding love songs.

Surprise at it was, this album yielded the group's only US hit "Back For Good". It also featured the beautiful Take That classic "Love Ain't Here Anymore" which along with "Pray" and "Babe" had been lifted off the group's second album. The rest of the album features a few new songs featured on the UK album including the singles "Sure" and "Never Forget". It has been said that the UK version is a far better album and a more suitable farewell from the group who was so much more than just another boy-band.

My Suggestion? Try to find the UK version, its more of a deal for your money. If you must have this album, don't say you weren't warned.

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

If you want some nice music for you and a lover on a romantic night, buy this CD. It would be perfect music for romantic nights.

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

The US Version of '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.

Many seem to disregard boy band pop as empty, lame, ill-crafted, and a sign of disrespect to real music. But in the mid-90's, a boy band from England changed that perspective. The band was called Take That and within 4 years, they were able of taking boy band pop to a new level. First of all, the band wrote most of the material themselves. Second and last, the music is mostly made of real instruments. Just listen to the dazzling UK number one and Billboard top ten hit single Back For Good and you will know what I mean. This song is beyond any description for its versatile extraordinary lyrics that fall in the right place, the accoustic guitar ringing throughtout the whole song, and the beautiful backing harmony vocals of the entire band. Gary Barlow, the band's favorite lead singer and songwriter, has got to be one of the least appreciated songwriters in pop history. Back For Good is one of the best songs ever written. The beauty that Back For Good offers is repeated many times on Nobody Else, the delightful title track Nobody Else, the pleasant Holding Back The Tears, and the tearjerker The Day After Tomorrow featuring Mark Owen on vocals. But with the serious side of Take That comes the let's-get-down-and-party typical boy band pop side also. The energetic dance vibe flows on with such tracks as the UK number one hit Sure, a song co-written by Gary, Mark and future pop phenomenon Robbie Williams, and the songs Hanging Onto Your love, Every Guy and Lady Tonight. The highlight of the album, however, is Never Forget. Take That's last single released as a five piece band, Robbie Williams quit the group around the same time this number one single hit the airwaves in the UK. The song, despite being written solely by Gary, is a group effort when it comes to vocal duty. The lisping voice of Howard Donald, the engaging snarls of Robbie, and the whiny tone of Mark along with a hard hitting chorus feauring an entire choir and an opening with singing children. "We've come a long way...but we're not too sure where we've been" sings Howard in the opening verse of the song, and goes on by saying "There's a road going down the other side of this hill" It's pretty ironic that the remaining four members of Take That called it quits just 6 months after this song was released. The good thing is that they didn't have to go through going down any hills, they quit while they were still on top. This song defines the success and fame that Take That had been going through for the past 3 years before this classic.

Nobody Else is a good example of the wonders that boy bands can make musically if they grew some guts and had some 'real' talent. It is the band's third and last full length studio recorded album released and their best. Take That is the only boy band that I regard as artists. American boy bands don't amount to Take That's worst songs, if they have any!

I recommend picking up their Greatest Hits album, released in February 1996 to commemorate their breakup, before purchasing this one.

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

This album is great and very mature taking out the disco pop for brooding ballads. The album was number 1 in almost every European country and Asia/Australasia. The record sounds fresh and has huge highlights, obviously Back For Good (no 1 in 31 countries worldwide including Canada/7 on US Hot 100) and the epic and amazing Never Forget. The Day after tomorrow is also a great track. Robbie quit the band in summer 95 as Never Forget hit number 1 in the UK and Take That went top ten in the US in November, however the group had decided to split up in December meaning they couldn't capitalise on North American success.

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.