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Taken from the BBC album review: Williams' vocals are the most prominent on Progress and, on the surface, it's the first Take That album not dominated by Barlow. But don't be fooled. Williams now calls his former nemesis "the captain" while Barlow has confirmed he "still leads the trail". His musical input into this album, as with all Take That releases, is vast. For all the progress made in the latest gear change of the Take That rollercoaster, Gary Barlow is still the leader of the band that was formed around him.

I agree with you. The Flood's first airplay was on October 8th. Since then it has been played to death plus there hasn't been promotion for the single. Just wait and see how well the album will do. I'm not worried at all.

There hasn't been any promotion in Germany (Europe in general). The Flood is out for weeks now and it will chart within the Top 10 without any promotion. Not to bad. They'll have decent sales in Europe, but they have to PROMOTE the album.

Like Kathyp said. It's clearly written in the Q interview and Robbie confirmed it. It was Gary who wrote the inital songs. That's why he wanted to rename Take That into the English because the songs were fra from what Take That had ever done. You can read it in the interview. Of course during the course of the writing process everyone worked on the tracks......However, they all together have created an amazing sound. Well done Take That. I'm happy for them to have created a really exiting album. It's not about Gary, Robbie, Mark, Howard or Jason. It's about Take That. Long may it last.

Absolutely amazing. It'll cost them a fair amount of fans but they have done their best album yet. Fantastic songwriting from Mr. Barlow. Hats off.

Absolutely amazing. It'll cost them a fair amount of fans but they have done their best album yet. Fantastic songwriting from Mr. Barlow. Hats off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcE90o9D5ao&feature=share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcE90o9D5ao&feature=share

Do you think The Flood will be number 1 next sunday?

What are the chances for The Flood going to number 1 on Sunday?

What are the chances for The Flood going to number 1 on Sunday?

That link works: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/0...ew-reunion-tour

Interesting interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/0...ew-reunion-tour

Interesting interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/0...ew-reunion-tour

Progress will definately be the best selling Take That album ever. Sales in UK will be massive and the rest of Europe seems to be excited too...... Compliments to mainly Gary. Fantastic approach to business. Seems like Take That benefit more than Robbie from the whole reunion.

Tickets for the german concerts will be sold out soon. I'm really amazed because there hasn't been much promotion......it's going really well for Take That. Compliments to Gary and the rest. Brilliant idea and marketing so far.

Tickets for the german concerts will be sold out soon. I'm really amazed because there hasn't been much promotion......it's going really well for Take That. Compliments to Gary and the rest. Brilliant idea and marketing so far.

Back to topic :rolleyes: There seems to be agreement on this forum that Take That will sell about 500.000 albums in the UK in the first week. What are the predictions for the rest of Europe? I predict sales of about 1.5-2.0 million by the end of 2010 in the UK alone. In Europe they'll probably manage between 300.000-500.000 by the end of this year. It'll definately be a big success for both Take That and Robbie.

Back to topic :rolleyes: There seems to be agreement on this forum that Take That will sell about 500.000 albums in the UK in the first week. What are the predictions for the rest of Europe? I predict sales of about 1.5-2.0 million by the end of 2010 in the UK alone. In Europe they'll probably manage between 300.000-500.000 by the end of this year. It'll definately be a big success for both Take That and Robbie.

I think around 430.000-450.000

Ok, the album is almost here. What do you think first week sales will be? I beleve they have a chance of topping first weeks sales of "The Circus" and I predict they sell more than 500.000 copies......and total sales in UK for the album will be around 2-2.5 million. Take That are going from strength to strength.....who would have thought that 5 years ago..... Their comeback is amazing.

Ok, the album is almost here. What do you think first week sales will be? I beleve they have a chance of topping first weeks sales of "The Circus" and I predict they sell more than 500.000 copies......and total sales in UK for the album will be around 2-2.5 million. Take That are going from strength to strength.....who would have thought that 5 years ago..... Their comeback is amazing.

The Flood will be released today across Europe (except UK) for download.

The Flood will be released today across Europe (except UK) for download.

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