The Circus
by Take That
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Take That bestography
The Circus is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Take That on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Take That is Progress which is ranked number 13190 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 89.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Circus track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Circus rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | SD100852 | Top 15 Music Albums of 2008 | 11/15 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2008 | 26/47 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 27/95 | - |
| 2025 | Squonk007 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2008 | 8/18 | 3 |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 38 Music Albums of 2008 | 17/38 | 3 |
| 2023 | SD100852 | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2000s | 50/85 | 8 |
| 2018 |  NowhereMan | Albums I Own: #5 | 28/100 | - |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2014 |  CalumWC | Top 10 Greatest Music Albums | 5/10 | - |
| 2010 | fernlikesyou | Top 10 Greatest Music Albums | 6/10 | - |
| 2008 | The Sun | Best Albums 2008 | 48/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
The Circus collection
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The Circus ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/08/2025 23:07 | alexandermause | 1,587 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2023 15:39 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 14:57 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,803 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2022 14:05 | Squonk007 | 758 | 24/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2020 10:12 | tim0505 | 4,410 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 61.2/100, a mean average of 55.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 55.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 25.9.
The Circus comments
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Take That does best when they take risks. Here, the highs are when the circus theme is fully embraced and the lows are when they fall victim to producing predictable saccharin adult contemporary pop. 9/10! (Edited)
My favorite band since the early 90s. I've been so happy when they decided to regroup. Great album!
Outside of the Greatest Day it seems like a step down from Beautiful World. Nothing wrong with at all, all very enjoyable with a few fun songs thrown around 'Back For Good' type candle waving sing alongs.
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