Take That's chief on his solo return... From the superlative highs of Take That , the pits of despair that Gary Barlow fell into after the collapse of his solo career in 1999 must have been a living hell. Though his debut album, 1997's 'Open Road', hit the top of the charts in the wake of the group's break-up in 1996, the following 'Twelve Months, Eleven Days' suffered against comparisons to the ...