Mark Owen has told how Gary Barlow hated shooting the cover for their album.

The sleeve of Take That's chart-topping album The Circus shows all four members suspended on tightropes against a blue sky.

But Owen, 37, said frontman Barlow, 38, did not like it one bit.

Speaking to the Daily Star, he said: "We were on fish-hooks holding us on to the wire. It was my idea and we weren't that high up but Gary struggled. He absolutely hated it."

The Circus, the fastest selling album of 2008 and one of the fastest selling in UK history, missed out on a nomination for the upcoming Brit Awards, though the band are in the running for Best British Group.