Progressed (EP)
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| Studio album (reissue) / EP by Take That | ||||
| Released | 13 June 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–10, Sarm West Studios, and Abbey Road Studios, (London, United Kingdom); Electric Lady Studios, (New York City, United States) |
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| Length | 34:50 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Stuart Price | |||
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| BBC Music | (positive) |
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| Heat | (Positive) |
| Orange | (Positive) |
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Progressed is the first extended play by British band Take That. The collection was released on 10 June 2011 and features eight previously unreleased tracks packaged alongside Take That's sixth studio album, Progress. It was preceded by the lead single "Love Love" on 11 May. One more single, "When We Were Young", was released from the EP.
Initially it was believed that Robbie Williams would rejoin Take That in a short term capacity for the album Progress which debuted at number 1 in the UK and achieved similar success across Europe, and the subsequent record breaking Progress Live tour. However, on 29 March 2011, Gary Barlow revealed that Take That had been looking into the possibility of creating new material as a five-piece by stating that "at the beginning we all said it was going to last for one album, but we're starting to write again" which Barlow suggested may result in a new release in the future. On 19 May 2011 Take That officially confirmed the upcoming release of Progressed, due for release on 13 June 2011 in the United Kingdom, following the release of its first single, "Love Love".
Progressed received positive reviews from music critics upon its release.
Simon Gage of The Express praised the new material and awarded it 5 stars stating that it is "essential listening" whilst commenting that "there has been a full-bodied love affair between Take That and the British public for so long it’s difficult to imagine them ever putting a foot wrong."
Nick Levine of BBC Music similarly reviewed the album positively, concluding that the collection is "a fine Progress-complementing EP from the 10-legged national treasure."
The Independent awarded Progressed 3 stars, calling the collection a "galumphing disco electropop whose swaggering synth riffs on 'Love Love' and occasional dubstep/electro moves, as on the intro to 'Man', are swept up by standard stomp-beats" whilst Q believed it was "a bold step to add to the biggest selling album of the year but one that ultimately pays off".
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