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| Released | 24 March 2017 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 41:32 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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Wonderland is the eighth studio album by English band Take That. It was released on 24 March 2017 through Polydor Records. [1]
On 22 October 2016 Take That announced the album and its release date along with the tour dates in support of it, which started in May 2017. It was also confirmed that Robbie Williams and Jason Orange would not be rejoining the band for the album and tour. The band worked with various producers on the album including Tony Hoffer, Stuart Price and Mike Crossey. [2]
David Smyth from the London Evening Standard gave a positive three-star review, calling it "Enough to thrill the masses, and business as usual", and wrote: "Their eighth album overall feels like business as usual too, with a full sound, rich in arm-waving choruses and blandly uplifting lyrics ("Music makes me feel good," "We can conquer any mountain," "Every morning is a brand new day," etc.)." [3] Michael Cragg from The Guardian gave a mixed two-star review, calling Take That "The boyband equivalent of a Reliant Robin", and went on to write: "the overwhelming feeling is of an album made purely to justify taking the show around the arenas. While that's not exactly a new concept, the cynicism of the idea bleeds into the music, with most of the tracks built around cavernous, chant heavy choruses." [4]
"Cry" was released as a collaboration single with Drum and bass group Sigma on 20 May 2016 and is included on the deluxe version of the album. [5]
"Giants" was released on 17 February 2017 as the first official group led single for the album and was produced by Mark Ralph. [6] it peaked at 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
"New Day" was released on 5 May 2017 as the second single. [7]
Wonderland debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first week equivalent sales of 113,200 copies, [8] giving Take That their eighth top five studio album. It reached number three in Ireland [9] and also peaked at two in Scotland. [10]
All tracks are written by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, additional songwriters are noted below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wonderland" (lead vocals: Barlow, Donald) |
| Charlie Russel | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Giants" (lead vocals: Barlow) |
| Mark Ralph | 3:53 |
| 3. | "New Day" (lead vocals: Barlow, Owen, Donald) | Simon Strömstedt | Ralph | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Lucky Stars" (lead vocals: Barlow, Owen, Donald) |
| Stuart Price | 3:29 |
| 5. | "And the Band Plays" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Russel | 3:53 | |
| 6. | "Superstar" (lead vocals: Owen) | Price | 3:14 | |
| 7. | "Hope" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Tom Baxter | Tony Hoffer | 3:44 |
| 8. | "River" (lead vocals: Owen) |
| Mike Crossey | 2:55 |
| 9. | "The Last Poet" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Price | 3:16 | |
| 10. | "Every Revolution" (lead vocals: Donald) |
| Russel | 4:12 |
| 11. | "It's All for You" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Hoffer | 4:29 | |
| Total length: | 41:32 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Don't Give Up on Me" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Hoffer | 3:19 | |
| 13. | "Up" (lead vocals: Owen) |
| Russel | 4:29 |
| 14. | "Come On Love" (lead vocals: Barlow) | Ralph | 4:21 | |
| 15. | "Cry" (Sigma featuring Take That) (lead vocals: Barlow) |
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| 3:17 |
| Total length: | 57:00 | |||
Credits adapted from the liner notes. [11]
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) [26] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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