This Life (Take That album)

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This Life
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Studio album by
Take That
Released24 November 2023
Studio
Genre Pop rock
Length46:27
Label EMI
Producer
Take That chronology
Odyssey: Greatest Hits Live
(2019)		This Life
(2023)
Singles from This Life
  1. "Windows"
    Released: 22 September 2023
  2. "Brand New Sun"
    Released: 17 October 2023
  3. "This Life"
    Released: 3 November 2023

This Life is the ninth studio album by English pop band Take That, released on 24 November 2023 as their label debut on EMI. It marks their first studio album in six years since 2017's Wonderland . [1]

Contents

The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and earned the biggest first-week sales for a British act in 2023. [2]

Background

This Life was announced on 22 September 2023, along with the release of its lead single "Windows" and an announcement of an ensuing tour. The announcement was made on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with the debut of "Windows". Gary Barlow said of the album, "We made most of the album in Savannah in Georgia, so it had that [American] South sort of influence to it, and it's strange how an environment actually comes out in the music as well." [3] Other portions of the album were recorded in Nashville and New York City. [4]

An accompanying UK tour, called This Life on Tour, was announced on 22 September, with tickets going on sale on 29 September. English singer Olly Murs is the supporting act. [1] The single "You and Me" was released on 28 March 2024 in promotion of the tour. [5]

Singles

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and earned the biggest first-week sales for a British act in 2023, with 116,000 chart sales, 97% of which were on physical formats. [6] This Life sold the highest number of physical CD's in 2023, having sold more than 100,000 units. [7]

Deluxe edition

On 26 April 2024, a deluxe edition of This Life was announced, containing five studio tracks and five live tracks. The edition was released on 24 May 2024. The first single from the edition, "You and Me", had been released prior on 28 March 2024. Alongside the announcement, the single "All Wrapped Up", also from the deluxe edition, was released. "Serenity", while originally a HMV exclusive, is also included on the deluxe edition. [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald; additional songwriters are noted below.

This Life track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Keep Your Head Up" (lead vocals: Barlow) Ryan Carline3:14
2."Windows" (lead vocals: Barlow) 
3:58
3."This Life" (lead vocals: Barlow)
  • Barlow
  • Platts
3:48
4."Brand New Sun" (lead vocals: Owen)
 Jennifer Decilveo 4:28
5."March of the Hopeful" (lead vocals: Donald)
  • Norton
  • Mark
  • Cobb
  • Carline [a]
3:49
6."Days I Hate Myself" (lead vocals: Barlow) 
  • Cobb
  • Carline [a]
4:01
7."The Champion" (lead vocals: Owen)
  • Norton
  • Mark
Decilveo3:37
8."We Got All Day" (lead vocals: Barlow) Carline3:05
9."Mind Full of Madness" (lead vocals: Barlow) 
  • Cobb
  • Carline [a]
4:04
10."Time and Time Again" (lead vocals: Owen)
  • Norton
  • Mark
Decilveo4:03
11."One More Word" (lead vocals: Donald)
  • Norton
  • Mark
  • Cobb
  • Carline [a]
3:50
12."Where We Are" (lead vocals: Barlow)
  • Tim Woodcock
  • Cobb
  • Carline [a]
4:30
Total length:46:27
HMV bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Serenity" (lead vocals: Barlow)WoodcockCarline3:50
Total length:50:17
Deluxe edition second disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You and Me" (lead vocals: Barlow)  Stuart Price 3:31
2."All Wrapped Up" (lead vocals: Owen)
  • Norton
  • Mark
Carline4:00
3."The Man I Am" (lead vocals: Donald)
  • Norton
  • Mark
Cobb3:03
4."Serenity" (lead vocals: Barlow)WoodcockCarline3:50
5."You and Me" (Acoustic) Carline3:34
6."This Life" (BBC Live Version)
  • Lee
  • Platts
Dan Roberts3:40
7."Brand New Sun" (BBC Live Version)
  • Norton
  • Mark
Roberts4:39
8."Windows" (BBC Live Version) Roberts4:09
9."Patience" (Live at KOKO)
Carline3:37
10."Shine" (Live at KOKO)
Carline3:48
Total length:37:51

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes. [9]

Take That

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for This Life
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Northern Film Orchestra consists of string arranger Dan Keen; cellists Jacob Barns, James Heathcote, and Rachel Newbold; violists Nadia Eskandari, Paula Bowes, and Tom Rowan-Young; and violinists Dylan Edge, Elena Orsi, Jody Smith, Kath Ord, Mabon Jones, Matthew Chadbond, Rebecca Howell, and Shuwei Zuo.

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