ALBUM REVIEWS

*** Take That, “Nobody Else,” Arista. Take that! say the British superstars, clobbering you with a fistful of richly produced pop ballads, including the glorious international hit “Back for Good.” And then Wham!, the quartet peppers you with some early-George Michael-like bubble-gum dance pop, leaving you wondering why it took so long for the band, on its third album worldwide, to deliver its knockout punch to America.

Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).