Progress de Take That
Álbum de Take That
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 de Noviembre de 2010
- Sello Discográfico: Polydor
- Compositores: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams
- Productores: Stuart Price
Progress es un álbum de Take That, publicado en 2010 por Polydor. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «The Flood», «SOS», «Wait» y «Kidz».
Introducción: la reunión más esperada
"Progress", lanzado en 2010, es el sexto álbum de estudio de Take That y uno de los eventos musicales más importantes de la década. Es el primer y único álbum en contar con la formación original de cinco miembros desde 1995, gracias al esperado regreso de Robbie Williams. Musicalmente, "Progress" es una ruptura radical con su sonido anterior. Producido por el genio del synth-pop Stuart Price (conocido por su trabajo con Madonna y The Killers), el álbum es una obra de electropop oscura, vanguardista y experimental. Es el sonido de cinco artistas reconciliándose con su pasado y mirando hacia un futuro sónico audaz. El álbum fue un fenómeno comercial y de crítica, convirtiéndose en el álbum más rápidamente vendido del siglo en el Reino Unido.
De la idea al estudio
Tras años de especulación, Robbie Williams y Gary Barlow hicieron las paces, lo que llevó a la reunión de la formación original. La grabación del álbum fue un proceso de colaboración total, con los cinco miembros escribiendo y grabando juntos. La elección de Stuart Price como productor fue clave para crear un sonido que no fuera una simple repetición de su pasado, sino una declaración artística audaz.
Canción por canción
"The Flood": El primer single es una balada de pop-rock épica y cinematográfica que narra la historia de su reunión.
"Kidz": Un tema de electropop agresivo y con tintes industriales que muestra el lado más experimental del álbum.
Resultados y legado
"Progress" fue un éxito monumental. Vendió más de medio millón de copias en su primer día en el Reino Unido, donde fue número 1. Fue el álbum más vendido de 2010 en el Reino Unido. También fue número 1 en varios países europeos. En España, alcanzó el puesto 17. El legado del álbum es el de ser una de las reuniones más exitosas y artísticamente satisfactorias de la historia del pop.
Listado de Canciones
- The Flood4:49
Letra
Standing on the edge of forever, At the start of whatever, Shouting love at the world. Back then we were like cavemen, But we map the moon and the stars, Then we forgave them. We will meet you where the lights are, The defenders, of the faith we are. Where the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away. You know no one dies, in these love drowned eyes, Through our love drowned eyes, we’ll watch you sleep tonight. Although no one understood we were holding back the flood, Learning how to dance the rain. We were holding back the flood they said we’d never dance again. Bleeding, but none of us leaving, Watch your mouth son or you’ll find yourself floating home. Here we come now on a dark star, seeing demons, not what we are. Tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike but now will end today. There’s progress now where there once was none, where there once was none, then everything came along Although no one understood, we were holding back the flood learning how to dance the rain. There was more of them than us now they’ll never dance again. Although no one understood there was more of them than us learning how to dance the rain, We were holding back the flood they said we’d never dance again. We will meet you where the lights are, The defenders, of the faith we are. Where the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away. Although no one understood, there was more of them than us learning how to dance the rain. (learning how to dance the rain) There was more of them than us now they’ll never dance again. Now we’ll never dance again. Oh ahh, Oh ahh, Oh ahh, Oh ahh, Oh aah, Oh ahh, Oh ahh... - SOS3:44
Letra
Save our souls we're splitting atoms Go tell Eve and go tell Adam Liberate your sons and daughters Some are gods and some are monsters We'll get a five minute warning for divine intervention With the satellites failing prepare for ascension Under mind control We'll be practising our politics Defending all our policies Preparing for apocalypse Don't let the hungry serpent see you no No, no, no, no, no She'll let you fall asleep then eat you whole It's like a bullet to the head It's an SOS, it's an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it's an SOS It's an SOS, it's an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it's an SOS When the levee brakes And Manhattan sinks There won't be water fit to drink When the winter's warm And the summer's cold The poison stops you looking old You'll get a five second warning for divine and intervention And the satellites are falling prepare for ascension As the earth looks on The odds or probability Of losing all capacity To function it's hereditary No antibiotic can save us now No, no, no, no, no We are the virus that we talk about It's like a bullet to the head It's an SOS, it's an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it's an SOS It's an SOS, it's an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it's an SOS It's an SOS it's an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it's an SOS It's an SOS, it's an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it's an SOS Like a bullet in my head... Like a bullet in my head It's an SOS, it's an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it's an SOS It's an SOS, it's an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it's an SOS It's an SOS it's an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it's an SOS It's an SOS, it's an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it's an SOS - Wait4:15
Letra
(Oh no!) Turning into cannibals and everything that she wants is made out of minerals I don't know what I done she only speaks in subliminals The reception here is lousy and the service is minimal (Oh no!) I live with an Eskimo I (Swallowed!) cause we become mechanical and (Hollow!) I seem to make you miserable so take your tiny chemicals cause I need a miracle (Free your soul to me) Meet me on the corner cause the wall's on fire (Words can set us free) Can you make it go away make it stop! Stop! Wait! There's something that I want to say Something that we hid away Something that I'd like to change These words have never left a mouth We never got to get it out Communication not allowed Somethings we don't talk about (On no!) I've fallen off a pedestal and your selected memory is really quite incredible to (Morrow!) When you get forgettable I'll try being wonderful yet totally inedible (Free your soul to me) Meet you there in China cross the wall of fire (Words can set us free) Can you make it go away make it stop! Stop! Wait! There's something that I want to say Something that we hid away Something that I'd like to change These words have never left a mouth We never got to get it out Communication not allowed Somethings we don't talk about (Free your soul) Free your soul to me (Words can set us free) Can you make it go away make it stop! Stop! Wait! There's something that I want to say Something that we hid away Something that I'd like to change These words have never left a mouth We never got to get it out Communication not allowed Somethings we don't talk about Wait! There's something that I want to say Something that we hid away Something that I'd like to change These words have never left a mouth We never got to get it out Communication not allowed Somethings we don't talk about - Kidz4:42
Letra
Kings and Queens and Presidents Ministers of Governments Welcome to the future of your world Through talking heads that took liberties The monkeys learnt to build machines They think they'll get to heaven through the universe They say nothing Deny everything And make counter accusations My friends, my dear, my love, my God There'll be trouble when the kidz come out (come out) There will be lots for them to talk about (about) There'll be trouble when the kidz come out When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out When the kidz come out Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey What you looking at Hey, hey, hey, hey You want a bit of that Hey, hey, hey, hey There will be trouble when the kidz come out When the kidz come out Hey Mirror, mirror on the wall Who's the fairest of them all? The Good, the Bad, the Ugly or the Beautiful Because it's up hill and against the wind With no-one there to let us in Leave your thoughts and save yourself you fool The daggers of science Evolving into violence We're not sure where the fallout blows But we all know · There'll be trouble when the kidz come out (come out) There will be lots for them to talk about (about) There'll be trouble when the kidz come out When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out When the kidz come out Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey What you looking at Hey, hey, hey, hey You want a bit of that Hey, hey, hey, hey There will be trouble when the kidz come out When the kidz come out Hey Out on the streets tonight They're making peace tonight They're making peace La, la, la, la... There'll be trouble when the kidz come out There will be lots for them to talk about There'll be trouble when the kidz come out When the kidz come out, when the kidz come out There'll be trouble when the kidz come out - Pretty Things4:04
Letra
Down down let your crazy out Boys go crazy over you Grip like a new york window cleaner Just staring at you Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me God I love those hips Oh memory don't forsake me Not like this All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things So collectable, why not collect them all Obviously cunningly, womanly All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things They're still out there somewhere Making men feel this way At fallen broadway station I see them every day, all day Download a little meditation It might pull you through She blinded me with silence Anchored here with you All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things So collectable, why not collect them all Obviously cunningly, womanly All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things So collectable, why not collect them all Obviously cunningly, womanly All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things Does she talk like ooh ooh ooh Will it feel like ah ah ah Does she tell you what she wants Can you give her what she needs Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me, god I love those hips Oh memory don't forsake me, not like this All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things So collectable, why not collect them all Obviously cunningly, womanly All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things So collectable, why not collect them all Obviously cunningly, womanly All those pretty things, god bless the pretty things - Happy Now4:03
Letra
I get the feeling that we are being lied to, There’s a surge in my psychosis every turn of the screw And I’m half awake in paisley print. I can see the world clearly but I have to squint. I am a supersonic specimen. A minor miracle of medicine I’m at the mercy of unwanted emotions. Where nothing matters, beneath my thoughts Beneath my thoughts is where it happens. Super heavy elements, Embrace me Super heavy elements, replace me Was it a positive experiment? To be indefinitely decadent And they checked my pulse and it gave them hope That there was no truth to what was wrote Give me half as much but twice as fast today Might slip away I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now, I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now Feeling happy now I’m at the back of the club and so afraid to speak Cos I’m not like these people And these people are not like me Super heavy elements, upgrade me Supersonic elements amaze me Your opinion is irrelevant I was built to be magnificent And they checked my pulse and it gave them hope That there was no truth to what was wrote Give me half as much but twice as fast today Might slip away I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now, I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now Feeling happy now I haven’t scratched the surface of my desire In the world of dreams, I’m a frequent flyer Super heavy elements, Embrace me Super heavy elements, I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now, I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now, I feel myself falling I’m feeling happy now, I’m feeling immortal We’ll live forever now We’ll live forever now - Underground Machine4:15
Letra
I, I’m just a piece of your pie chart You’re in a room with a rock star Only I play the good parts of a kind heart The sky’s too low and the room’s too dark But she just carries on And I get her in but her friend gets turned away But what can I say? When the boy meets girl and the girl meets boy And the boy thinks the girl’s all right Get your head out the library Get the courage of the cavalry You might be good looking, But you can’t sleep with yourself tonight Oh what a beast, oh what a man You’ve gotta get it while you can Oh what a beast, oh what a man Oh I, I wish that beggars were choosers Unload my love like a looter I need some gas and a kick start, for a good heart The lightings cheap, and the room is cold But she just carries on And you’ll get no sleep But you might be turned away So what will you say? When the boy meets girl and the girl meets boy And the boy thinks the girl’s all right Get your head out the library Get the courage of the cavalry You might be good looking, But you can’t sleep with yourself tonight Oh what a beast, oh what a man You’ve gotta get it while you can Oh what a beast, oh what a man Oh what a beast, oh what a man When the boy meets girl and the girl meets boy And the boy thinks the girl’s all right Get your head out the library Get the courage of the cavalry If you’re so good looking Why don’t you sleep with yourself tonight? Oh what a beast, oh what a man You’ve gotta get it while you can You’ve gotta get it while you can You’ve gotta get it while you can Oh what a beast, oh what a man - What Do You Want From Me4:38
- Affirmation3:54
Letra
It's just a fraction of time, Until we move in reverse, Can feel the pressure and all the minds, And the whole Universe. It is a question of force, And of a physical law, We've had this battle a thousand times, Never been here before, Never been here before. Haven't got the strength to fight anymore, Got no desire to die anymore, I need an affirmation I want to see you again, again, again... Haven't got the strength to fight anymore, Don't even know what I'm fighting you for I need an affirmation I need an affirmation We're at the end of the line At the start of the race I want to swim where the water falls Off the edge of your face I'm reaching out for the light Past the silhouette of you In the cold reflection of time Is a point of view, is a point of view Can you see me like I see you? Can you see me like I see you? Haven't got the strength to fight anymore, Got no desire to die anymore, I need an affirmation I want to see you again, again, again... Haven't got the strength to fight anymore, Don't even know what I'm fighting you for I need an affirmation I need an affirmation I wanna fill you with love I wanna see you survive Just take a second to know yourself For the rest of your life We're just a minute away From the place where we wanna be We're not really falling apart We're just incomplete We're not really falling apart We're just incomplete We're just incomplete We're just incomplete I need an affirmation [7x] I want to see you again, again, again... - Eight Letters8:47
Letra
We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned, Expendable soldiers smiling at anything Raised on a feeling our lives will have meaning eventually We were once the answer and then you discover Your actually just one thing after another and What was the question and why was the lesson so deafening. This all that matters now And that was all that happened anyhow You can look back but don't stare Maybe I can love you out of there And when I went away what I forgot to say was All I have to say eight letters three words one meaning The outside forces didn't make it easy so I thought I'd go before you leave me Self preservation was no explanation for anything Oh but the truth is more than we'll ever comprehend I've just started to understand my friend all of that distance cause I fell in love with the enemy This all that matters now And that was all that happened anyhow You can look back but don't stare Maybe I can love you out of there And when I went away what I forgot to say was all I had to say eight letters three words one meaning x2 At last we meet on no man's land just footprints in the sand We meet on no man's land at last And when I went away what I forgot to say was all I had to say eight letters three words one meaning x2 One meaning, just one meaning, one meaning - Flowerbed
