On this week's BWU Hot 40, Take That became the first male act to go to #1. The chart-topping song was "The Garden", a song off of their soon-to-be #1 album The Circus.
"The Garden" topped the chart because it is a truly brilliant song that demanded my attention every time looked through iTunes. It is a grand, cinematic pop ballad that continually grows at an absorbing pace. The men from Manchester pulled out every "epic pop" trick out of their bag for this song, somehow pulling in the best elements from their previous mega ballads and improving on them. Trying to outdo musical opus "Rule The World", they throw in a string section, a marching band, and even a false ending that leads to an even more massive climatic chorus. Mark Owen and Gary Barlow share lead vocals on this song, and while Mark's voice takes awhile to get used to (I'm finally beginning to like "Shine"), it somehow perfectly contrasts the bombast of the song. Gary's voice compliments it. All together, Take That strive and reach majestic with this song. Any and every major event of your life should have this song as its soundtrack.
Take That continually to prove that they can take a musical genre often decried as tired and make it bigger than any of us can comprehend. Hence, their #1 debut on he BWU Hot 4o.
Rating: 9/10
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