Greatest Hits (Take That album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Take That
Released March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04)
(see Release history)
Recorded 1990–1996
Genre Pop
Length 71:46
Label RCA
Producer Gary Barlow, Cary Baylis, Mark Beswick, Duncan Bridgeman, Brothers in Rhythm, Billy Griffin, Peter Hammond, Ray Hedges, David James Jr, P. Jervier, S. Jervier, Eliot Kennedy, Ian Levin, Andrew Livingstone, Joey Negro, Chris Porter, Jim Steinman, J. Wales, Nigel Wright
Take That chronology
Nobody Else
(1995)		 Greatest Hits
(1996)		 Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection
(2005)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "How Deep Is Your Love"
    Released: 26 February 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album released by British boyband Take That and has sold 5 million copies to date worldwide.

Contents

Background

Following the band's announcement that they were to split on February 13, 1996, the greatest hits compilation was released through RCA Records on March 4, 1996, and contained their final single, cover of the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love", which became their final number one hit on the UK Singles Chart before their reunion in 2005. The album reached number one in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Austria, Denmark and Holland. The compilation was again re-released in 1998 and 2004. The album was the 8th best selling of 1996 in the UK, and has been certified as 3x Platinum in the UK.[2] It is also currently the twentieth biggest selling boyband record ever in the UK. The album re-entered the Irish albums chart after Take That performed the Irish leg of their Circus Tour on June 13, 2009, in Dublin. The album also returned on the Danish album charts in 2011 at number eleven after the bands Danish leg of their Progress Live tour.[3]

Track listings

Album (74321 355582)[4]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "How Deep Is Your Love"   Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb Take That 3:41
2. "Never Forget"   Gary Barlow Brothers in Rhythm, Dave James, Jim Steinman 6:24
3. "Back for Good"   Gary Barlow Gary Barlow, Chris Porter 4:01
4. "Sure"   Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams Brothers in Rhythm, Barlow 4:30
5. "Love Ain't Here Anymore"   Gary Barlow Gary Barlow 3:49
6. "Everything Changes"   Gary Barlow Eliot Kennedy, Mike Ward 3:33
7. "Babe"   Gary Barlow Jonathan Wales, Paul Jervier, Steve Jervier 4:55
8. "Pray"   Gary Barlow Jonathan Wales, Paul Jervier, Steve Jervier 3:43
9. "Relight My Fire"   Dan Hartman Joey Negro, Andrew Livingstone 4:06
10. "Why Can't I Wake Up with You"   Gary Barlow Jonathan Wales, Paul Jervier, Steve Jervier 3:37
11. "Could It Be Magic"   Barry Manilow, Adrienne Anderson The Rapino Brothers 4:28
12. "A Million Love Songs"   Gary Barlow Billy Griffin, Ian Levine 3:52
13. "I Found Heaven"   Billy Griffin, Ian Levine Billy Griffin, Ian Levine 4:01
14. "It Only Takes a Minute"   Denis Lambert, Brian Potter Nigel Wright 3:46
15. "Once You've Tasted Love"   Gary Barlow Duncan Bridgeman 3:43
16. "Promises"   Gary Barlow, Graham Stack Pete Hammond 3:46
17. "Do What U Like"   Gary Barlow, Ray Hedges Ray Hedges 3:07
18. "Love Ain't Here Anymore" (US Version) Gary Barlow Gary Barlow 4:07

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 10
Austrian Albums Chart[5] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[5] 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 4
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 38
Danish Albums Chart[7] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 1
European Top 100 Albums[8] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 6
German Albums Chart 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[10] 4
Irish Albums Chart 1
Italian Albums Chart[11] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[5] 6
Spanish Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[5] 2
UK Albums Chart[12] 1
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart 26
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[5] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 8
Italian Albums Chart[11] 59
Swiss Albums Chart 26
UK Albums Chart 8

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[13] Gold 25,000x
Germany (BVMI)[14] Platinum 500,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[15] Gold 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[16] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[17] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] 3× Platinum 900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[19] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Label Cat. No
United Kingdom March 1, 1996 (1996-03-01) RCA 82876748522[20]
Europe BMG B00000JSPE [21]
Japan April 3, 1996 (1996-04-03) BMG BVCP-926[22]
America December 1, 1998 (1998-12-01) RCA B00000JSPE [23]

See also

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Take That: Greatest Hits" at Allmusic. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Take That – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2010.  Enter Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  3. ^ "Album Top 40 - 22/07/2011". IFPI Danmarks Officielle Hitliste. danishcharts.com. http://danishcharts.com/archive.asp?todo=show&day=22&month=07&year=2011&cat=a. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Take That Greatest Hits". eil.com. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=63141. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Take That - Greatest Hits" (in German). swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Take+That&titel=Greatest+Hits&cat=a. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  6. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM (archived at Library and Archives Canada) (Volume 63, No. 22). 15 July 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3033&type=1. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  7. ^ "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research)". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 108 (17): 61. 27 April 1996. ISSN 0006-2510. 
  8. ^ "List of European number-one hits of 1996". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_number-one_hits_of_1996. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  9. ^ "Take That: Greatest Hits" (in Finnish). Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit. ifpi.fi. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/take+that/greatest+hits. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  10. ^ "Archívum: Top 40 album [Archive: Top 40 albums]" (in Hungarian). mahasz.hu. 1996. 14. hét [week] | 1996. 04. 01. - 1996. 04. 07. | No.: 147. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1996&het=14&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  11. ^ a b "Gli album più venduti del 1996 [The best-selling albums of 1996]" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1996.htm. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  12. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=812
  13. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Take That – Greatest Hits" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Take That in the field Interpret. Enter Greatest Hits in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  14. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Take That; 'Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Greatest+Hits&strInterpret=Take+That&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  15. ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Take That – Greatest Hits" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. 
  16. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. 
  17. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Take That; 'Greatest Hits')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Take+That+Greatest+Hits. 
  18. ^ "British album certifications – Take That – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  19. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1999". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat1999.html. 
  20. ^ Take That Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection UK CD ALBUM (340945)
  21. ^ Amazon.com: Greatest Hits: Take That: Music
  22. ^ Greatest Hits【CD】-Take That/音楽/HMV
  23. ^ Amazon.com: Take That - Greatest Hits: Take That: Music
Preceded by
Anthology 2 by The Beatles		 UK number one album
April 6, 1996 – May 3, 1996		 Succeeded by
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Take That
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See also
Take That singles
Take That & Party (1991-1992)
Everything Changes (1993-1994)
Nobody Else (1994-1995)
Greatest Hits (1996)
Beautiful World (2006-2007)
The Circus (2008-2009)
Progress (2010-2011)
"The Flood" · "Kidz" · "Happy Now"
Progressed (2011)