Progressed (EP)

Progressed is the first extended play by English 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.

Progressed
Studio album (reissue) / EP by Take That
Released	13 June 2011
Recorded	2009–2010
Studio	Abbey Road Studios (London, United Kingdom) Sarm West Studios, (London) Electric Lady Studios (New York City, United States)
Genre	Pop electropop rock alternative rock
Length	34:58
Label	Polydor
Producer	Stuart Price
Take That chronology
Progress (2010) Progressed (2011) Progress Live (2011)
Singles from Progressed
"Love Love" Released: 11 May 2011 "When We Were Young" Released: 11 July 2011

Background

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. 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".^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Mirror	[2]
Digital Spy	[3]
Daily Express	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Q	[6]

Progressed received positive reviews from music critics upon its release.

Simon Gage of the Daily 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."^[7]

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."^[8]

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"^[9] whilst Q believed it was "a bold step to add to the biggest selling album of the year but one that ultimately pays off".^[10]

Gavin Martin of the Daily Mirror reviewed the new material positively, opining that "from the trad Barlow ballad setting of 'When We Were Young' through the evolutionary electro of 'Man', the new songs successfully extend the original album's balancing act between dignified nostalgia and commercially crafted experimentation."^[11]

Heat reviewed the album positively, summarising: "all in all, we have to say this album is utterly weird and wonderful and the perfect extension to Take That's defiant Progress album of 2010. Progressed is a winner in our book."^[12]

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy praised the new material and felt that "the self-penned collection proves once again why Take That's comeback was better than everyone else's – by out-growing the stereotypical boyband branding to become a group of credible and genuinely artistic group of musicians."^[13]

Track listing

Progressed – CD1

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"When We Were Young"	Williams Barlow	4:34
2.	"Man"	Barlow Owen	4:39
3.	"Love Love"	Barlow Owen	3:43
4.	"The Day the Work Is Done"	Owen Barlow	4:04
5.	"Beautiful"	Barlow	4:14
6.	"Don't Say Goodbye"	Barlow	3:54
7.	"Aliens"	Donald Williams	4:48
8.	"Wonderful World"	Owen	4:58

All tracks are written by Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams and produced by Stuart Price, with additional songwriting on "Eight Letters" by Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann and Billy Currie.

Progress – CD2^[14]

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
9.	"The Flood"	Williams Barlow	4:49
10.	"SOS"	Owen Williams	3:44
11.	"Wait"	Williams Barlow Donald	4:15
12.	"Kidz"	Owen Barlow	4:42
13.	"Pretty Things"	Williams Barlow	4:03
14.	"Happy Now"	Williams Barlow	4:03
15.	"Underground Machine"	Williams	4:15
16.	"What Do You Want from Me?"	Owen	4:37
17.	"Affirmation"	Donald	3:54
18.	"Eight Letters"	Barlow Williams	4:41
19.	"Flowerbed" (hidden track)	Orange	3:48

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[15]

Musicians

• Gary Barlow – keyboards, programming
• Karl Brazil – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4)
• Stephen Lipson – mandolin (track 1)
• Ben Mark – guitar (track 1, 3, 5, 7)
• Stuart Price – bass guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7), guitar (1, 7, 8), keyboards, programming
• London Studio Orchestra – strings (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8)
• Perry Montague-Mason (tracks 1, 4, 8), Everton Nelson (6) – leaders

Production

• Stuart Price – producer, mixing engineer
• Dave Emery – assistant mixing engineer (track 6)
• Ryan Carline – engineer
• Noah Goldstein, Mike Houge, Andrew Kitchen, Ghian Wright – assistant engineers
• Will Malone – strings arranger and conductor
• Perry Montague-Mason – orchestra contractor and supervisor
• Richard Lancaster – string engineer
• Tim Young – mastering engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Danish Albums (Tracklisten)[16]	1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[17]	21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19][A]	2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20][A]	1
South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart)[21]	81
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22]	46
UK Albums (OCC)[23][A]	1

• A^ In certain territories, Progressed charted in conjunction with Progress under the same title.

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24]	57

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Ireland[25]	10 June 2011	CD, digital download
United Kingdom[1]	13 June 2011
Italy[26]	14 June 2011
Denmark[27]	15 June 2011
Australia[28]	17 June 2011
Germany[29]
Brazil[30]	28 June 2011