The album was received well, with positive reviews by The Sun, BBC News and The Daily Mail. The Sun called the album "exciting, different, with the distinct style of live music". BBC News said "The album was a fresh burst of energy, keeping fans of Take That happy while a new album is being written." The Daily Mail quoted that "The album has a brilliant selection of new and old Take That hits - just what a fan would want." Digital Spy also reviewed it as 'almost perfect'.

Promotion

A DVD, featuring footage of the concert itself, was released on 23 November 2009. This was followed by the audio recording a week later. The DVD topped the music DVD chart, with the audio recording placing #3 in the UK Albums Chart. The band also performed "Hold Up a Light" on The One Show, on November 12, 2009.

Commercial reception

The Greatest Day – The Circus Live sold 98,000 copies on its first day of release. This was roughly 35,000 copies below the first-day sales of their previous album, The Circus. The album peaked at #3 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Platinum in Ireland in December 2009.

Track listing

Disc one: The Circus – Live at Wembley

1. "Greatest Day
   Greatest Day (Take That song)
   "Greatest Day" is the lead single taken from British pop group Take That's fifth studio album, The Circus.-Song information:"Greatest Day" was written by Take That themselves and was produced by John Shanks. The song was written and recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill and was mixed in Los...
   
   " – 4:18
2. "Hello" – 3:49
3. "Pray
   Pray (Take That song)
   "Pray" is song by boyband Take That. Written by Gary Barlow and released on July 5, 1993, it was the second single from their second album Everything Changes. It is the first of 11 singles by the band to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart, staying at number one for four weeks and starting a...
   
   " – 4:00
4. "Back for Good
   Back for Good
   "Back for Good" is a song by the British pop group Take That. It was released in 1995 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Nobody Else and achieved great success in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Spain and the UK where it topped...
   
   " – 4:01
5. "The Garden
   The Garden (Take That song)
   "The Garden" is the third single from British group Take That's fifth studio album, The Circus.-Song information:Released on 20 March 2009, it is the third single from the album The Circus. It's B-Side is 84, the same B-Side of their preceding single Up All Night, and is sung by Jason Orange...
   
   " – 5:18
6. "Shine
   Shine (Take That song)
   "Shine" is the second single taken from Take That's comeback album Beautiful World.-Song information:"Shine" was released on 26 February 2007 and features lead vocals by Mark Owen....
   
   " – 3:46
7. "Up All Night
   Up All Night (Take That song)
   "Up All Night" is the second single from British group Take That's fifth studio album, The Circus.-Song information:Released on 2 March 2009, it was the second single from the album The Circus. The single was only released in the UK and Ireland. The band performed "Up All Night" on Ant and Dec's...
   
   " – 3:58
8. "How Did It Come to This" – 4:07
9. "The Circus" – 3:36
10. "What Is Love" – 5:55
11. "Said It All
    Said It All
    "Said It All" is the fourth single from British group Take That to be taken from their fifth studio album, The Circus. The single was released in the UK on 15 June 2009, where it peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.-Song information:...
    
    " – 4:07
12. "Never Forget" – 5:28
13. "Patience
    Patience (Take That song)
    "Patience" is a song by British boy band Take That. It was released on 13 November 2006 as the first single from their comeback album Beautiful World...
    
    " – 3:20
14. "Relight My Fire
    Relight My Fire
    "Relight My Fire" is a popular song which was written and released by Dan Hartman in 1979, when it topped the U.S. dance-music charts for six weeks...
    
    " – 4:34
15. "Hold Up a Light" – 4:29
16. "Rule the World
    Rule the World
    "Rule the World" is the fifth single from Take That's fourth studio album Beautiful World. It was released in the UK on 21 October 2007 and as a CD single the following day.-Song information:...
    
    " – 5:42

Disc two: In Session – At Abbey Road

1. "The Garden" – 4:54
2. "How Did It Come to This" – 2:42
3. "Greatest Day" – 3:24
4. "Up All Night" – 3:22
5. "Patience" – 3:20
6. "What Is Love" – 3:42
7. "The Circus" – 3:47
8. "Shine" – 3:42
9. "Rule the World" – 3:54
10. "Julie" – 3:54
11. "Said It All" – 4:17

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Position
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	13
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	3
UK Download Chart	4

Certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	27

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom	30 November 2009	Polydor Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...