Beautiful World (Take That album)

Beautiful World
Studio album by Take That
Released	24 November 2006
Recorded	2006
Studio	RAK Studios, London Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Pop rock
Length	47:44
Label	Polydor
Producer	John Shanks
Take That chronology
Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection (2005) Beautiful World (2006) The Circus (2008)
Singles from Beautiful World
"Patience" Released: 13 November 2006 "Shine" Released: 26 February 2007 "I'd Wait for Life" Released: 18 June 2007 "Reach Out" Released: 28 June 2007 "Rule the World" Released: 22 October 2007

Beautiful World is the fourth studio album from the British pop group Take That. The album was released in November 2006, and was the band's first studio album in 11 years, and was also the band's first album to be released as a four-piece, without Robbie Williams. Five singles were released from the album: "Patience", "Shine", "I'd Wait for Life", the European-only single "Reach Out", and "Rule the World", which appeared on the deluxe tour edition.

Album information

The album features what Take That describe as "a throwback to the 90s, but with a modern twist". Beautiful World is their first album in which every member of the band sings lead vocals on at least one song. The album was number one in Ireland and the UK and was very well received critically. To date the album has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide (including 2,820,079 in the UK alone as of July 2011).^[1] The album was the 2nd best selling of 2006 in the UK, after only being on sale for one month. The album was also the 4th best selling album of 2007, and 33rd best selling of 2008.

The album has spent a total of 132 weeks (2 years and seven months) in the UK top 100.^[2] The album has been certified 9× Platinum in the UK, and as of 2014 is the 32nd best selling album in British music history.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC Music	positive[4]
AllMusic	[5]
Digital Spy	[6]
Entertainment.ie	[7]

Two weeks before the official UK release of Beautiful World, iTunes UK made the album available for pre-order. It immediately shot up the online music store's Top Albums list, peaking at number 1 on the day of the release. In December 2006, Take That became the only act to secure a #1 position in the download chart, UK albums chart, singles chart, airplay chart and the video chart.^[8] The album received overwhelming positive reception from across the media, all praising the new musical direction that Take That had taken.

• InTheNews.co.uk

“

The album doesn't try for anything too dramatic and oozes with their obvious joy and gratitude at being back at the top of their game. Hearing Gary's voice on the majority of the tracks is a comforting reminder of times past, but having the other three as lead singers provides a refreshing change, with Jason Orange's Wooden Boat standing out particularly.

”

• MusicRemedy.com

“

The songs are varied and more reflective than their previous work evoking the struggles to stick together and time passing. Their amazing comeback single 'Patience' jostles for prominence amongst a string of epic opening tracks including 'Reach Out' and 'Hold On' (Mark on lead vocal). Then there are the beautiful ballads 'Like I've Never Loved You At All', stand out track 'I'd Wait For Life' and the pensive 'What You Believe In'. The album gets its really interesting twist with the Beatles-esque 'Shine' and the folk-tinged 'Wooden Boat', with Jason taking his first lead vocal.

”

Awards

The lead single from the album, "Patience", won 'Best British Single' at the 2007 BRIT Awards^[9] and the second single "Shine" won 'Best British Single' at the 2008 BRIT Awards a year later.^[10]

Singles

• "Patience" was released on 13 November 2006 as the first single from the album. The single peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and also topped the charts in Germany, Spain and Switzerland, as well as peaking with the top ten of the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Austria and Sweden. The song also won the Best British Single Award at the 2007 BRIT Awards and was voted The Record of the Year for 2006, polling 15.5% of the final vote.
• "Shine" was released on 26 February 2007 as the second single from the album. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and also peaked within the top ten in many other countries.
• "I'd Wait for Life" was released in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2007. The song became the band's first single to miss the top ten since 1992's "I Found Heaven", and ended the band's streak of six consecutive number ones. One week before the official release, the single charted at 109 on the UK Singles Chart, but jumped to number 17 after the single's official release. It slipped out of the Top 40 the second week. Since, it is rarely played during the band's live shows.
• "Reach Out" was released as the album's fourth single on 22 June 2007. The track was released exclusively in Europe, as an alternative to the British-only single "I'd Wait for Life". It performed well across Europe, peaking inside the top twenty in the Danish charts and narrowly missing the top ten in the Italian charts, peaking at #11. No official music video was produced for the release, although, the Italian division of Universal Music ran a competition for people to produce a music video based on the song, and the winning entry, directed by Alisha Antylla, was aired once on Total Request Live on MTV Italy.
• "Rule the World" was released on 21 October 2007 as the fifth and final single from the album, appearing on the Deluxe tour edition as one of three bonus tracks. The song was recorded for the soundtrack of the 2007 film Stardust. The single peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, being held off the top spot by Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love", but despite this, outsold Lewis and became the fifth best selling single of 2007.

Track listing

• All the production done by John Shanks.

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Reach Out"	Take That John Shanks	Barlow	4:16
2.	"Patience"	Take That Shanks	Barlow	3:22
3.	"Beautiful World"	Take That Steve Robson	Donald	4:25
4.	"Hold On"	Take That Shanks	Owen	3:56
5.	"Like I Never Loved You at All"	Take That Shanks	Barlow	3:44
6.	"Shine"	Take That Robson	Owen	3:31
7.	"I'd Wait for Life"	Take That	Barlow	4:33
8.	"Ain't No Sense in Love"	Take That Billy Mann	Barlow	3:51
9.	"What You Believe In"	Take That Anders Bagge	Owen	4:32
10.	"Mancunian Way"	Take That Eg White	Donald	3:48
11.	"Wooden Boat"	Take That Mann	Orange	3:07

International bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
12.	"Butterfly" (as a hidden track after "Wooden Boat")	Take That, Shanks	Barlow	3:42

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
12.	"Butterfly"
13.	"6 in the Morning Fool"	Take That, Mann	Barlow	3:36

Tour Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
12.	"Butterfly"
13.	"Beautiful Morning" ("Patience" B-side)	Take That, Shanks, Ben Mark	Barlow	3:37
14.	"We All Fall Down"	Take That, Robson	Owen	3:47
15.	"Rule the World"	Take That	Barlow	4:58

Tour Edition bonus DVD (videos)
No.	Title	Director	Length
16.	"Patience"	David Mould	3:22
17.	"Shine"	Justin Dickel	3:31
18.	"I'd Wait for Life"	Sean de Sparengo	4:33
19.	"Rule the World"	Barney Clay	4:58
20.	"The Making of Beautiful World"	Sean de Sparengo	30:00

B-sides
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
21.	"Trouble with Me" ("Patience" B-side)	Take That, Shanks	Barlow	3:22
22.	"We Love to Entertain You" ("Shine" B-side)	Take That, Shanks	Barlow	3:14
23.	"We All Fall Down (Acoustic)" ("I'd Wait for Life"/"Reach Out" B-side)			3:50
24.	"Stay Together" ("Rule the World" B-side)	Take That, Shanks	Owen	4:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Gary Barlow — piano
• John Shanks — bass, guitar, keyboards
• Jeff Rothschild — drums
• Jake Davies (track 3), Jamie Muhoberac (3, 8, 13 "Beautiful Morning") — additional keyboards
• Grace Donald (Howard's daughter) — additional vocals (track 10)
• Shankar — electric violin (track 11)
• London Session Orchestra (except track 15), Millennia Ensemble (track 15) — strings
• Gavyn Wright — leader
• Steve Robson — piano (track 23)
• Luke Potashnick — guitar (track 23)
• Karl Brazil — percussion (track 23)
• Matthew Ward and Phil Shepherd — strings (track 23)

Production

• John Shanks — producer
• Shari Sutcliffe — production coordinator
• Jeff Rothschild — recording and mixing engineer
• Robin Baynton, Chris Bolster, Andrew Dudman, Jake Jackson, Lewis Jones, Sam Jones, Mike Horner — assistant engineers
• Will Malone — strings arranger
• Steve Robson — producer (track 23)
• Richard Flack — recording and mixing engineer (track 23)
• Lars Fox — digital editor
• Ted Jensen — mastering engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006/2007) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 32 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 62 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14] 2 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[15] 33 European Albums Chart[16] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 2 Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 25 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] 40 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 34 Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23] 16 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 40 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 6 UK Albums (OCC)[26] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Peak position UK Albums Chart[27] 2 Chart (2007) Peak position German Albums Chart[28] 54 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Albums Chart 11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[29]	Platinum	40,000^^
Germany (BVMI)[30]	Platinum	200,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[31]	2× Platinum	30,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[32]	Gold	40,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[33]	Gold	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]	9× Platinum	2,850,000[35]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[36]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	27 November 2006	Polydor	CD	1715551[37]
Taiwan	27 November 2006	Universal International	CD	U171651-0[38]
China	27 November 2006	Universal International	CD	TY0191C[39]
Japan	27 November 2006	Universal International	CD	UICP-1078
United States	4 December 2006[40]	Universal	CD	–
United Kingdom	12 November 2007	Polydor	CD + DVD	1747133[41]

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