Everything Changes

Why it matters

This is where a boy band earned its arena stripes, converting Robbie Williams's cocky lead vocal on the title track and a Lulu duet on "Relight My Fire" into proof they could actually sing over the machine.

"Pray" is the giveaway: five-part harmony, gospel lift, and Gary Barlow's melody built to fill a stadium rather than a bedroom poster. Barlow's writing hand shows up hardest on "Babe" and "Why Can't I Wake Up With You?", where the ballads slow down enough to expose whether the voices hold — they do. The disco reach of "Relight My Fire" borrows Lulu's belt to sell a nightclub the band hadn't yet grown into, and it works because they treat her as an equal, not a guest. What sticks is the ambition: teen idols insisting they were a pop group with a songbook, and here starting to be right.

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Tracklist

1. 01Everything Changes3:35
2. 02Pray3:44
3. 03Wasting My Time3:46
4. 04Relight My Fire4:13
5. 05Love Ain’t Here Anymore3:58
6. 06If This Is Love3:57
7. 07Whatever You Do to Me3:45
8. 08Meaning of Love3:47
9. 09Why Can’t I Wake Up With You?3:38
10. 10You Are the One3:48
11. 11Another Crack in My Heart4:14
12. 12Broken Your Heart3:48
13. 13Babe4:52