''Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection'' is the third

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by English boy band

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. It was released on 14 November 2005, nearly ten years after their initial split. It has sold over 2.36 million copies in the UK since release.

Background and release

''Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection'' was released to coincide with the

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documentary '' Take That: For the Record'', in which band members

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, having writ ...

Howard Donald Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and record producer. He is a member of the pop group Take That. He was also judge on the German reality talent show ''Got to Dance'' from 20 ...

, Jason Orange,

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and

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...

aired their views over their fame, success, the split and what the post-Williams line-up had done since. The launch of the album took place at the Coronet Cinema in

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, London on 14 November 2005, the same day as the album's release. Williams did not make an appearance at the launch as he had chosen not to take part in the band's reunion. Owen said: "It would have been great to have had Robbie here tonight, but we were really glad he was involved in the documentary. I know Rob left early, but our memory is of us as a five, and I wouldn't have liked it if it was just us four." The album contains 16 of the band's 18 singles, excluding their debut single, " Do What U Like", and the internationally released "Sunday to Saturday", as well as three bonus recordings. One of the bonus recordings, "Today I've Lost You", was recorded especially for the album after it was originally scrapped in 1995. "Relight My Fire" was remixed, and was due to be issued as a single to promote the release of the album, but it was withdrawn just two days before its initial release date. All editions of the album feature the same track listing. A DVD was released at the same time.

Critical reception

In a highly positive review, ''

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''s Marc Burrows called the album "18 tracks of brilliance".

Commercial performance

The album sold 90,000 copies in its first week, peaking at number 2 on the

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behind ''

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'' by

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. It has been certified as 8× Platinum in the UK and has sold 2.36 million copies. Since its release, the album spent 218 weeks in the UK Top 100.

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References

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