Everything Changes (Take That album) explained

Everything Changes is the second studio album by English boy band Take That. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart, and was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Prize.^[1] It was also the third best-selling album of 1993 in the UK. The album was also the band's breakthrough across Europe going top 10 in many countries and top 30 in Australia and Japan.

The album has been certified as 4× Platinum in the UK^[2] and stayed in the top 75 of the UK Albums Chart for 78 weeks (a year and six months).^[3] The album also holds the UK record for the number of top 10 singles for a group from one album.^[4]

The album sold 3 million copies worldwide according to Billboard.^[5]

Track listings

Notes^[6]

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• signifies an additional vocal producer
• signifies a co-producer

Personnel

• Gary Barlow – vocals, songwriting
• Howard Donald – vocals, songwriting
• Jason Orange – vocals
• Mark Owen – vocals
• Robbie Williams – vocals
• Alan Fisch – engineer
• Pete Craigie – engineer
• Pete Stewart – engineer
• Eliot Kennedy – mixer
• Dean Freeman – photographer
• Eliot Kennedy – producer
• Jonathan Wales – producer
• Mike Ward – producer
• Paul Jervier – producer
• Steve Jervier – producer
• Mark Beswick – additional vocals
• Cary Baylis – guitar
• David Russell Lee - producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993–1994)! scope="col"

Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	7
Danish Albums (Tracklisten)[8]	6
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[9]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[12]	5
Irish Albums (IRMA)[13]	4
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14]	13
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15]	25
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)[16]	5

Year-end charts

1993 year-end chart performance for Everything Changes!Chart (1993)!Rank

Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[17]	90
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	4

1994 year-end chart performance for Everything Changes!Chart (1994)!Rank

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19]	26
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[20]	15
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[21]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22]	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	22

1995 year-end chart performance for Everything Changes!Chart (1995)!Rank

Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[25]	91

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for Everything Changes!Chart (1990–1999)!Position

UK Albums (OCC)[26]	62

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mercury/Nationwide Music Prize . Rocklistmusic.co.uk . 30 May 2011 . 18 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918202245/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/murcurytechnics.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Certified Awards Search . 25 October 2002 . . 19 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx . 24 September 2009 .
3. Web site: Take That . Official Charts . 17 April 2016.
4. Web site: Calvin Harris breaks UK chart record. . 22 April 2013.
5. U.K's RCA Hits with Take That, Lennox. Steve. McClure. Billboard. 9 August 1995. 43.
6. Take That. Everything Changes. 1993. booklet. RCA Records. 74321 169262.
7. Hits of the World – Belgium. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 30 April 1994. 21 July 2012. 65.
8. Hits of the World – Denmark. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 14 May 1994. 21 July 2012. 57.
9. Hits of the World – Eurochart. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 28 May 1994. 25 July 2012. 43.
10. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 . 2021 . Take That. 254. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki. 19 June 2022.
11. http://musicline.de/de/hartverfolgung_suist/Take+That/24880/?tylay German Charts.
12. Web site: Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége . Mahasz.hu . 30 May 2011.
13. Billboard – Issue October 30th 1993 Hits of The World . Billboard.
14. Web site: Italian Single Chart . Fimi . 30 May 2011.
15. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/106788/ranking/cd_album/ Oricon Archive. Everything Changes. 3 November 1993
16. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1993&month=11&week=3&submit5.x=4&submit5.y=12 Oricon Archive. Everything Changes. 3 November 1993
17. 18 December 1993 . 1993 Year-End Sales Charts - Eurochart Hot 100 Albums 1993 . . 15 . 23 May 2022 .
18. Top 100 Albums 1993. Music Week. 15 January 1994. 25. 21 May 2022. World Radio History.
19. Web site: Jahreshitparade 1994. de. Austrian Charts Portal. 23 May 2022.
20. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 13 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920112251/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1994&cat=a . 20 September 2015 .
21. 1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Albums. Music & Media. 11. 52. 24 December 1994. 24. 26 November 2024.
22. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts. www.offiziellecharts.de.
23. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994: Alben. de. Hitparade.ch. 23 May 2022.
24. Top 100 Albums 1994. Music Week. 11. 14 January 1995. 27 May 2022. World Radio History.
25. Web site: Dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal . 1 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312045404/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a . 12 March 2014 .
26. Web site: Official Charts – Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts. www.officialcharts.com.