Progressed (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Progressed
| type = studio
| artist = Take That
| cover = Progressed cover.png
| alt =
| released = 13 June 2011
| recorded = 2009–2010
| studio = {{plainlist|
- Abbey Road Studios (London, United Kingdom)
- Sarm West Studios, (London)
- Electric Lady Studios (New York City, United States)
}}
| genre =
| length = 34:58
| label = Polydor
| producer = Stuart Price
| prev_title = Progress
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Progress Live
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Progressed
| type = studio
| single1 = Love Love
| single1date = 11 May 2011
| single2 = When We Were Young
| single2date = 11 July 2011
}}
}}
Progressed is the first extended play by English band Take That. The collection was released on 10 June 2011 and features eight previously unreleased tracks packaged alongside Take That's sixth studio album, Progress. It was preceded by the lead single "Love Love" on 11 May. One more single, "When We Were Young", was released from the EP.
Background
Initially it was believed that Robbie Williams would rejoin Take That in a short term capacity for the album Progress which debuted at number 1 in the UK and achieved similar success across Europe, and the subsequent record breaking Progress Live tour. On 19 May 2011 Take That officially confirmed the upcoming release of Progressed, due for release on 13 June 2011 in the United Kingdom, following the release of its first single, "Love Love".{{cite web|title=Take That – 'Progressed'|url=http://www.takethat.com/news/2011/05/take-that-%27progressed%27|publisher=Takethat.com|access-date=20 May 2011|date=19 May 2011}}{{Dead link||bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes |date=September 2022}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Daily Mirror
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|date=2011-06-10 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/columnists/gavin-martin/2011/06/10/take-that-progressed-album-review-115875-23192869/ |title=Take That – Progressed album review |work=Daily Mirror|access-date=2011-09-28}}
| rev2 = Digital Spy
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a324428/take-that-progressed.html |title=Take That: 'Progressed' – Music Album Review |website=Digital Spy |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=2011-09-28}}
| rev3 = Daily Express
| rev4 = The Independent
| rev5 = Q
}}
Progressed received positive reviews from music critics upon its release.
Simon Gage of the Daily Express praised the new material and awarded it 5 stars stating that it is "essential listening" whilst commenting that "there has been a full-bodied love affair between Take That and the British public for so long it’s difficult to imagine them ever putting a foot wrong."http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/251745/Album-review-Take-That-Progressed-Polydor- Simon Gage, The Express 10/06/11
Nick Levine of BBC Music similarly reviewed the album positively, concluding that the collection is "a fine Progress-complementing EP from the 10-legged national treasure."https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6xzb Nick Levine, BBC Music 09/06/11
The Independent awarded Progressed 3 stars, calling the collection a "galumphing disco electropop whose swaggering synth riffs on 'Love Love' and occasional dubstep/electro moves, as on the intro to 'Man', are swept up by standard stomp-beats"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110612131214/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-take-that-progressed-polydor-2295227.html The Independent] Andy Gill, The Independent, 10/06/11 whilst Q believed it was "a bold step to add to the biggest selling album of the year but one that ultimately pays off".{{cite web |url=http://www.q-music.nl/page/home |title=Q Music Review Section |publisher=Q-music.nl |access-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930002959/http://www.q-music.nl/page/home |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Gavin Martin of the Daily Mirror reviewed the new material positively, opining that "from the trad Barlow ballad setting of 'When We Were Young' through the evolutionary electro of 'Man', the new songs successfully extend the original album's balancing act between dignified nostalgia and commercially crafted experimentation."https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/columnists/gavin-martin/2011/06/10/take-that-progressed-album-review-115875-23192869/ Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror 10/06/11
Heat reviewed the album positively, summarising: "all in all, we have to say this album is utterly weird and wonderful and the perfect extension to Take That's defiant Progress album of 2010. Progressed is a winner in our book."http://www.heatworld.com/Entertainment/Music/2011/06/Squeal-Take-Thats-Progressed-EP-just-landed-on-our-desks-Heres-a-rundown/ Heatworld 09/06/11
Lewis Corner of Digital Spy praised the new material and felt that "the self-penned collection proves once again why Take That's comeback was better than everyone else's – by out-growing the stereotypical boyband branding to become a group of credible and genuinely artistic group of musicians."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a324428/take-that-progressed.html |title=Lewis Corner, Digital Spy 12 June 11 |publisher=Digitalspy.co.uk |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=2011-09-28}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams and produced by Stuart Price, with additional songwriting on "Eight Letters" by Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann and Billy Currie
| headline = Progressed – CD1
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = When We Were Young
| length1 = 4:34
| extra1 = {{hlist|Williams|Barlow}}
| title2 = Man
| length2 = 4:39
| extra2 = {{hlist||Barlow|Owen}}
| title3 = Love Love
| length3 = 3:43
| extra3 = {{hlist|Barlow|Owen}}
| title4 = The Day the Work Is Done
| length4 = 4:04
| extra4 = {{hlist|Owen|Barlow}}
| title5 = Beautiful
| length5 = 4:14
| extra5 = Barlow
| title6 = Don't Say Goodbye
| length6 = 3:54
| extra6 = Barlow
| title7 = Aliens
| length7 = 4:48
| extra7 = {{hlist|Donald|Williams}}
| title8 = Wonderful World
| length8 = 4:58
| extra8 = Owen
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Progress – CD2{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/progressed/444861000|title=Progressed by Take That|publisher=iTunes Store (GB)|access-date=22 January 2016}}
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title9 = The Flood
| extra9 = {{hlist|Williams|Barlow}}
| length9 = 4:49
| title10 = SOS
| extra10 = {{hlist|Owen|Williams}}
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = Wait
| extra11 = {{hlist|Williams|Barlow|Donald}}
| length11 = 4:15
| title12 = Kidz
| extra12 = {{hlist|Owen|Barlow}}
| length12 = 4:42
| title13 = Pretty Things
| extra13 = {{hlist|Williams|Barlow}}
| length13 = 4:03
| title14 = Happy Now
| extra14 = {{hlist|Williams|Barlow}}
| length14 = 4:03
| title15 = Underground Machine
| extra15 = Williams
| length15 = 4:15
| title16 = What Do You Want from Me?
| extra16 = Owen
| length16 = 4:37
| title17 = Affirmation
| extra17 = Donald
| length17 = 3:54
| title18 = Eight Letters
| extra18 =
{{hlist|Barlow|Williams}}
| length18 = 4:41
| title19 = Flowerbed
| extra19 = Orange
| note19 = hidden track
| length19 = 3:48
}}
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Gary Barlow – keyboards, programming
- Karl Brazil – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4)
- Stephen Lipson – mandolin (track 1)
- Ben Mark – guitar (track 1, 3, 5, 7)
- Stuart Price – bass guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7), guitar (1, 7, 8), keyboards, programming
- London Studio Orchestra – strings (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8)
- Perry Montague-Mason (tracks 1, 4, 8), Everton Nelson (6) – leaders
=Production=
- Stuart Price – producer, mixing engineer
- Dave Emery – assistant mixing engineer (track 6)
- Ryan Carline – engineer
- Noah Goldstein, Mike Houge, Andrew Kitchen, Ghian Wright – assistant engineers
- Will Malone – strings arranger and conductor
- Perry Montague-Mason – orchestra contractor and supervisor
- Richard Lancaster – string engineer
- Tim Young – mastering engineer
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Scottish Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20110619/40/ |title=Scottish Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=25 June 2011 |access-date=2011-09-28}}{{Ref label|note_a1|A|}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart){{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=take+that&x=52&y=18 |title=South Korean Charts |publisher=Gaonchart.co.kr |access-date=2011-09-28}}
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|-
|Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Take+That&titel=Progressed&cat=a |title=Take That – Progressed |publisher=swisscharts.com |access-date=2011-09-28}}
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20110619/7502/ |title=Official Chart Company |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=25 June 2011 |access-date=2011-09-28}}{{Ref label|note_a1|A|}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
- A{{Note|note_a1}} In certain territories, Progressed charted in conjunction with Progress under the same title.
=Year-end charts=
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Take That}}
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