This life

"I was stupidly snobby about Take That in the Nineties. All of us indie kids were (even as we all bought identical M&S charcoal grandad knitwear). But like those cardigans, the band have proved their practical, likeable durability. I don't think I'll ever have my emotional world shaken or thrilled by anything they make, but I'm grateful for the security of their reliable wool-cotton mix and what - over the years - has come to feel like a nationwide friendship. Long live the III".

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"Unfortunately, it's an album that continues the frontman's more recent songwriting democratisation, with Owen's despondent The Champion and Donald's limp One More Word both meandering around in search of memorable tunes. Barlow-led closer Where We Are ends things on a high, but while the band's urge to evolve is admirable, the results are undeniably patchy".

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"alt i alt har Take That lavet et glimrende album, hvor særligt singlerne stikker positivt ud. Den største anke må dog unægtelig være bruddet med genreforventningen, for hvis man som lytter forventer et klassisk Take That-album, så efterlader This Life et lille, men dog betydeligt savn ... Albummet vokser på en, uden tvivl om det (...) Men ved første lytning vil man som fan af Take That nok blive en my skuffet".

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"Først var de fem, så var de fire, og på det nye album medvirker kun Gary Barlow, Howard Donald og Mark Owen ... disse 12 nye sange har en kedelig tendens til at falde i med hinanden. De gør forsvindende lidt væsen af sig og fungerer ubetinget som de mest ferske og upersonlige indslag i gruppens bugnende sangkatalog. Det er venligt og pænt, voldsomt kedeligt og faktisk helt ligegyldigt".