Beautiful World
by Take That
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 November 2006
- Label: Polydor
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 43:09
- Community rating: 2.93/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Anders Bagge, Jonathan Wild, Studio Fury, Ted Jensen, Jake Jackson, Mike Horner, Robin Baynton, Lewis Jones, Gary Barlow, Andrew Dudman, The London Session Orchestra, Sam Jones, Eg White, Steve Robson, Jeff Rothschild, Billy Mann, Tom Craig, John Shanks
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marking a massively successful comeback after a ten-year hiatus, 'Beautiful World' finds the British vocal group maturing into a refined post-Britpop sound[cite: 11]. The production abandons their early teen-pop origins in favor of calm, introspective soft rock and soaring, anthemic acoustic ballads[cite: 11]. The record's melancholic yet happy tone resonated profoundly, becoming one of the best-selling releases in UK history.
Genres
Descriptors: Ballad, ageing, acoustic
Tracklist
- Reach Out (4:16)
- Patience (3:22)
- Beautiful World (4:25)
- Hold On (3:56)
- Like I Never Loved You At All (3:45)
- Shine (3:32)
- I'd Wait For Life (4:34)
- Ain't No Sense In Love (3:51)
- What You Believe In (4:33)
- Mancunian Way (3:48)
- Wooden Boat (3:07)
Credits
- Take That - primary artist, written-by
- Wil Malone - arranged by [strings]
- Jake Davies - keyboards [additional]
- Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards [additional]
- Grace Donald - vocals [additional]
- Shenkar - violin [electric]
- Studio Fury - art direction, design
- Jonathan Wild - management
- Mike Horner - engineer [assistant, rak recording studios]
- Shari Sutcliffe - coordinator [production coordinator for john shanks]
- 10 Management - management
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Tom Craig - photography by
- Steve Robson - written-by
- Billy Mann - written-by
- Anders Bagge - written-by
- Eg White - written-by