United Kingdom, Sept. 28 -- Gary Barlow "felt like a failure" in the years after Take That split while Robbie Williams's solo success soared.

The singer, 54, has opened up about the collapse of his solo career in the 1990s after Take That disbanded in 1996 following the departure of Robbie, now 51, whose hits including Let Me Entertain You and Angels propelled him to international fame. G

Gary, who had been expected to be the breakout star, struggled to match that success and has admitted he could not see a way back for himself or the band at the time.

He told the Sunday Times: "I felt like a failure. I had all this shame of the position I was in and it would have been different if it happened today, because you could reach out for hel...