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Track Listing
1. Jesus To A Child
2. Fastlove
3. Older
4. Spinning The Wheel
5. It Doesn't Really Matter
6. Strangest Thing
7. To Be Forgiven
8. Move On
9. Star People
10. You Have Been Loved
11. Free

Details
Number of CDs:1
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:EMI
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
OLDER is George Michael's first album of original material since 1990's LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL.1, and is the first full-length release of the DreamWorks SKG label. Personnel: George Michael (vocals, various instruments, programming); Hugh Burns (acoustic guitar); John Themis, Danny Jacobs, Alan Ross (guitar); Chris Cameron (strings, Fender Rhodes electric piano, keyboards); Phil Smith, Chris Davis, Andy Hamilton (saxophone); John Thirkell, Stuart Brooks (trumpet, flugelhorn); Steve Sidwell (trumpet); Fayyaz Virji (trombone); David Austin, Jon Douglas, Dave Clews (keyboards); Pete Gleadall, Steve McNichol (programming); Jo (background vocals).Producers: George Michael, Jon Douglas.Engineers include: Chris Porter, Paul Gomersall, Ren Swan.If George Michael sold his soul to get out of his Sony contract, he must have found a new one in the DreamWorks studios. On his first album in six years--he spent the interim in court with his old employer, Sony--Michael's voice is velvet, and the tempos of his songs are mellow cloaks in which he wraps himself as he wanders up and down the smooth strip of soul.Most of the tunes are slow-burning, jazz-infused numbers, though there are a few notable exceptions: "Fastlove" is a playful disco send-up, and the last track, "Free," is a jazz instrumental turned into an ambient-dub track with record scratches and Middle Eastern overtones. "I'm looking older/But something good has happened to me," Michael croons on the title track. He's OLDER, and sounding better than ever.

Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...hasn't lost his talent for writing pop songs as contagious as the Ebola virus....From the smooth, moody groove of 'It Doesn't Really Matter' to the bouncy disco concoction 'Fastlove'..., Michael proves his guilty feet still have rhythm.
Rolling Stone (06/13/1996)

...Michael may have had more birthdays, but in content and style, his music is similar to the rhythm-and-bluesy stuff he's done since breaking off from Wham! in 1986....Older is better.
Vibe (08/01/1996)

...as unremittingly slow, solemn and sombre as side two of Joy Division's CLOSER....snazzily produced late-night smoochathons that'll provide horny shop assistants and bank clerks with shag material for months....
Melody Maker (05/25/1996)

9 (out of 10) - ...bedtime sophisto-soul....George, for all the angst he so brazenly wears on his sleeve, remains the embodiment of suburban wish-fufilment. Times may have changed...but the music still fits the mood like a glove...
New Musical Express (05/25/1996)

Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.
Q (12/01/1999)

...[OLDER] is elegiac, heartfelt, life-affirming, and appears to be as elegant a coming-out as a public figure has ever accomplished....Hip-swaying beat-box percussion bops around background strings and other sampled orchestral colourings...
Mojo (06/01/1996)

9 (out of 10) - ...bedtime sophisto-soul....George, for all the angst he so brazenly wears on his sleeve, remains the embodiment of suburban wish-fufilment. Times may have changed...but the music still fits the mood like a glove...
NME (05/25/1996)

Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.Rolling Stone (6/13/96, p.83) - 3 Stars - Good - ...hasn't lost his talent for writing pop songs as contagious as the Ebola virus....From the smooth, moody groove of 'It Doesn't Really Matter' to the bouncy disco concoction 'Fastlove'..., Michael proves his guilty feet still have rhythm.Vibe (8/96, p.144) - ...Michael may have had more birthdays, but in content and style, his music is similar to the rhythm-and-bluesy stuff he's done since breaking off from Wham! in 1986....Older is better.Mojo (6/96, p.110) - ...[OLDER] is elegiac, heartfelt, life-affirming, and appears to be as elegant a coming-out as a public figure has ever accomplished....Hip-swaying beat-box percussion bops around background strings and other sampled orchestral colourings...Melody Maker (5/25/96) - ...as unremittingly slow, solemn and sombre as side two of Joy Division's CLOSER....snazzily produced late-night smoochathons that'll provide horny shop assistants and bank clerks with shag material for months....NME (5/25/96, p.53) - 9 (out of 10) - ...bedtime sophisto-soul....George, for all the angst he so brazenly wears on his sleeve, remains the embodiment of suburban wish-fufilment. Times may have changed...but the music still fits the mood like a glove...
Q (12/01/1999)

Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.Rolling Stone (6/13/96, p.83) - 3 Stars - Good - ...hasn't lost his talent for writing pop songs as contagious as the Ebola virus....From the smooth, moody groove of 'It Doesn't Really Matter' to the bouncy disco concoction 'Fastlove'..., Michael proves his guilty feet still have rhythm.Vibe (8/96, p.144) - ...Michael may have had more birthdays, but in content and style, his music is similar to the rhythm-and-bluesy stuff he's done since breaking off from Wham in 1986....Older is better.Mojo (6/96, p.110) - ...[OLDER] is elegiac, heartfelt, life-affirming, and appears to be as elegant a coming-out as a public figure has ever accomplished....Hip-swaying beat-box percussion bops around background strings and other sampled orchestral colourings...Melody Maker (5/25/96) - ...as unremittingly slow, solemn and sombre as side two of Joy Division's CLOSER....snazzily produced late-night smoochathons that'll provide horny shop assistants and bank clerks with shag material for months....NME (5/25/96, p.53) - 9 (out of 10) - ...bedtime sophisto-soul....George, for all the angst he so brazenly wears on his sleeve, remains the embodiment of suburban wish-fufilment. Times may have changed...but the music still fits the mood like a glove...
Q (12/01/1999)

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  george michael older
Review created: 09/08/08
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great voice and loved dancing to his songs again. i wish he was still bringing out loads of songs, there is a lot of talent being wasted.


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  A must have!
Review created: 06/05/08
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Good all round CD. Especially love 'Jesus to a child' and 'Spinning the Wheel'. Still brilliant music even though it was made over 10 years ago.


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  Need to de-stress buy this!
Review created: 07/04/08
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If you love George and are feeling the pressure of work/life in general get this banged in your cd player on the way to work and just let his vocals wrap you up like a baby in a blanket. It is so classy, so chilled you will love it. Favourite track "Spinning the Wheel".


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  george michael older cd
Review created: 09/02/08
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excellent cd as are all of george michaels albums! would highly recommend this cdand all of his others!


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  george
Review created: 08/02/08
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I love George Michael but dont have all of his CD's. I didn't have this album so was chuffed when I saw it in ebay. Got an ipod for Xmas and filling it up with loads of cheap music from ebay. This CD has some great hits on it, along with a couple I had never heard of - all tracks are great - as we would expect from George.


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