Gary’s back four good... BARLOW’S QUARTET OF SOLO ALBUMS

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The pressure of becoming a huge star after hindered his 1997 debut Open Road, while the 1999 follow-up Twelve Months Eleven Days was a huge flop.

Fortunately, 2013’s double platinum Since I Saw You Last boosted his confidence and now he’s having a blast with

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Gary said:

“I really think this is the first solo album

I’ve made that’s not been under duress, actually.

“When I think back to the first one, I was leaving the band and everyone was like, ‘You’ve got to be the next

so I was like, ‘Oh, s**t’ and that was a panic.

“Then the second album was a complete disaster because I partnered with (music mogul) Clive

who loved everything about me except my songwriting, so that was quite a big problem. The third one was great, but I was doing it to almost exorcise the other two from my system because it was such a damaging experience, especially that second one. “It took me years to get my confidence back after that.” Gary’s new recording celebrates his love of different music and orchestras, but he knows it won’t be a huge success in the US. And he is not perturbed by that because Take That gave up on US dreams a long time ago.

The Back For Good singer added: “There was a little moment when we released Patience that we had label interest [in the US] and we were really honest with ourselves that we had small kids and didn’t want to go and do a radio tour for nine months. “However, there is an upside because I spend a third of the year in LA. I’m not bothered by anyone when I’m there and it’s absolutely beautiful, it really is. I don’t mind it here, it’s just a real break when I go there.”