Older (Box Set)

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The final single predictably hit no.1 in the UK charts. It managed to keep the effervescence of earlier Wham! releases and was actually a really strong single to end on, even if it did feature a somewhat unnecessary guitar solo, that may or may not have been played by Andrew Ridgely. The album George Michael called his "greatest moment" will get the deluxe treatment this summer: his third album, 1996's Older. A double A-side with Everything She Wants, Last Christmas topped a ludicrously successful 1984 for Wham!, and George Michael in particular. Only kept off the UK no.1 spot by the Band Aid, Do They Know It’s Christmas? charity single, it sold over a million copies and is apparently the highest selling single in UK history not to get to the number one spot. The 12″“Pudding Mix” was for years the de facto standard version of the song, appearing on The Best of Wham! in 1997 as well as The Final. In fact it wasn’t until 2006 that the standard 7″ mix appeared on a Wham! /George Michael CD (his Twenty Five greatest hits album).

Older’ was George’s third album as a solo artist and would see him experimenting with new musical styles and expanding his artistic horizons. Hailed by critics as a triumph, it told the story of an extraordinary period in the life of the man who wrote, recorded and produced it, as he journeyed through one of the most turbulent periods of his professional and personal life. George channeled all his painful life experiences into one of the most personal, heart-felt albums he had ever written.This album is dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim, who changed the way I listen to music, and to Anselmo Feleppa, who changed the way I look at my life. May they rest in peace. Thank you for waiting. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Of course, Michael’s sexuality, he would later deadpan, was the worst-kept secret in show business—it was rumored that Michael broke off his Sony contract after he heard Tommy Mottola mutter a gay slur under his breath when he thought the pop star was out of earshot. And yet in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” climate of the ’90s, it was expected that Michael would work to keep the secret and preserve the delicate fiction of his heterosexuality. Gay pop stars did not come out—unless circumstances conspired to out them, as they eventually did for Michael.

Original release date September 16th was last-minute postponed to September 30, because of Queen Elizabeth passing in UK. Even if the box does include a DVD or blu-ray element, I’d be very surprised if a surround sound edition of the album is offered in the big box. George had showed zero interest in ‘spatial audio’ with both Faith and LIsten Without Prejudice. The other point to make is that because the limited super deluxe edition has appeared on Rough Trade, we can conclude that it is not going to be exclusive to any George Michael online shop. The band’s first number one and the first single from the second album, the appropriately titled Make It Big. There was no 12″ remix and the b-side was an instrumental. A classic pop song of the era. Another remix which replaced the standard 7″ mix on all the compilations. It’s easy to see why, since it’s far superior to the standard version which a whole extra verse at the end. George Michael has been quoted as saying that this was his favourite song from the Wham! era.

CD 1/LP 1-2: Original album (released as Aegean/Virgin V 2802 (U.K.)/Aegean/DreamWorks DRMD-50000 (U.S.), 1996) The third studio solo album by George Michael was also released in the US on 14 May 1996 through DreamWorks Records. The second single but the first hit. It reached no.3 in late 1982. Again, it’s the 12″ version on The Final