Take That
Nobody Else

Foreseeing what would become the teen pop phenomenon of the '90s, Take That descended upon Britain and the rest of the world like a real storm in 1993!

However, they did not hit the United States until this release, and even then they did not really "tickle any fancy," perhaps later, with the single "Back for Good."

Where the Hanson brothers triggered the boy band mania in the U.S. with an essential band and not just due to age, assured songwriting quality, good vocals, and an appreciation for rock & roll, and the Backstreet Boys offered us lush harmonies and production etc.etc., what is instead lacking for TT in this nonetheless worthy episode is the (self)confidence or classic style or even the clever edge compared to the (weak) aforementioned groups. With lyrics such as "Love is no longer here / it's gone to a city called yesterday," one almost enters a coma...

The rest of the album is, so to speak, "consistent" simply because the sound lines are even more laughable.

Despite the vocal cadence on "Back for Good" and the surprisingly daring (!) "Babe," there is practically nothing that stands out as one would expect from such an illustrious pop combo.

Teen Pop is not always art, we agree, but in this album, it is even more shapeless and uninspiring.

This album does not even provide reasons to discuss such transient theories as these.

Until (hopefully) next time...