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.
April 6, 2006THE 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
September 1, 2005 This album introduces me the music of Take That.
U might originally think of them as only another Boy Band.
But they are not if U listened to their music.
Fetch one, U'll know what I mean
August 16, 2004 |  | Boys that sing. Take it for what it's worth. |  |
I've never had ferociously militant opposition to the whole "boy band" phenomenon, but I am aware that the songs, for the most part, don't entail a whole lot of effort. I figured, for whatever reason, that Take That would be different...and guess what, they're not. Seriously. Go listen to just about any track on Take That (excpet for Back For Good, of course, because just about everyone's heard that) and compare it to just about anything N*Sync or O-Town has ever done. It's assembly-line songwriting (with the occasional hit), a bunch of capable singers who establish a pretty good harmony, and dependable warm fuzzy goodness. It's a boy band album, folks. Deal with it.
March 10, 2004 | | Nobody Else: The Wonders That A Boy Band Can Bring | |
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. February 2, 2003
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