Whilst Take That were hitting the top of the charts in the early '90s, I was still in primary school, drawing TT logos on my arms with biro and hoping one day to see them in concert. They were in their mid twenties, sexy as anything, and I was about to hit puberty. A combination that seems to have been repeated throughout much of the female population, and certainly part of the reason their return to pop has been greeted with a sold-out arena tour (all those fans who didn't get to go the first time round) and a likely top five chart placing for new single 'Patience'.

'Patience' is a typical Barlow ballad with a kick in the chorus, and originally sounds very similar to something you might have heard alongside 'A Million Love Songs' back in the day. You'd be wrong to think that this is all Take That can produce, though, and once we get into the song proper, this balladic sound sits back and lets the group crescendo it up.

The band have put together a great pop song with 'Patience', although Barlow's lilting, strong vocals do take rather too much precedence, batting the others aside into soft, sweet harmonising, rather than getting the opportunity to show what they can do. The kick in the chorus really works, too, and gets you tapping your feet and wondering where they've been all these years.

Take That are like no other pop group. They were the first real boy band (screw the Jackson Five). Their demographic is impossible to pin down, being as it is full of grannies, new fans and twenty-somethings who loved them the first time around, but never got the chance to really appreciate them. They're older and wiser, and their music certainly sounds more mature for it. Please God they don't go away again any time soon.