Progress

The aptly titled <i>Progress</i> is notable not just for being Take That's first album to feature Robbie Williams since 1995, but also for its daring sonic palette, which takes the group light-years away from their boy-band beginnings. It overflows with electro-tinged paranoia, flitting between fist-pumping, arena-sized pop (“The Flood”, “Kidz”) and heavily filtered curios (“Underground Machine”). Constantly teasing out strands of experimentation while still maintaining the band's expert ear for a skyscraping hook, it's one of the boldest pop albums of its time.