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Studio album by George Michael
Released May 14 1996
Recorded 1993-1996
Genre Pop-Soul/dance-pop
Length 58:43
Label DreamWorks (U.S.)/
Virgin (Rest Of World)
Producer George Michael and Jon Douglas
Professional reviews
George Michael chronology
Five Live (EP) (with Queen and Lisa Stansfield) (1993)
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
(1990)		Older
(1996)
(1998)
Older is the third studio album from George Michael, released May 14 1996 (see 1996 in music). The album's U.S. and Canada release was particularly notable as it was the first album released by the now-defunct DreamWorks Records (the first DreamWorks album released internationally, however, was Beautiful Freak by Eels). The album produced an amazing string of hit singles, making Michael become the first artist in UK chart history to have six top 3 singles from one album.

History

Following the release of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, Michael accused his record company, Epic Records, of failing to promote the album as well as lacklustre support for his charity recordings (particularly contributions to the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series) and requested to be released from his contract. A bitter legal battle ensued through the courts, ultimately resulting in a loss to Michael. During the court battle, Michael stated that he would refuse to release any new material through Epic under his name should he lose the lawsuit.

Whilst essentially holding true to his word, Michael wasn't completely absent from the recording world during the six years between Listen Without Prejudice and Older, contributing several tracks to the charity album Red Hot + Dance in 1992 (see 1992 in music), as well as performing at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium (an EP of Michael's performances with Queen and Lisa Stansfield was released in 1993 on Parlophone and Hollywood Records for the U.S. and Canada markets).

Despite this, the six year gap between official releases hurt Michael's commercial momentum considerably. Whilst Older initially sold well (Containing two US Top Ten hits in Jesus to a child and Fast Love), debuting at number one in the UK and number 6 on the Billboard 200, sales were down on previous releases. Critical reaction to the album was decidedly lukewarm, with All Music Guide's Stephen Thomas Erlewine declaring that it "lack[ed] the carefree spark of his earlier work." To date, Older has reached worldwide sales of approximately 12 million.

Track listing

All songs written by George Michael except where indicated.
  1. "Jesus to a Child" – 6:51
  2. "FastLove" (George Michael, Jon Douglas) – 5:24
  3. "Older" – 5:33
  4. "Spinning the Wheel" (George Michael, Jon Douglas) – 6:21
  5. "It Doesn't Really Matter" – 4:50
  6. "The Strangest Thing" – 6:01
  7. "To Be Forgiven" – 5:21
  8. "Move On" – 4:45
  9. "Star People"* – 5:16
  10. "You Have Been Loved" (George Michael, David Austin) – 5:30
  11. "Free" – 3:00

Charts

Year Chart Position
1996UK1 (92 weeks in charts)
1996Billboard 2006 (17 weeks in charts)
1996Netherland1 (105 weeks on charts)
1996Australia1 (41 weeks in charts)
1996CZECH REP.2 (26 weeks in charts)
1996Austaria1 (33 weeks in charts)
1996France1 (27 weeks in charts)
1996Sewden1 (39 weeks in charts)
1996Finland3 (12 weeks in charts)
1996Norway1 (32 weeks in charts)
1996New Zealand3 (35 weeks in charts)

Singles

  • Jesus To A Child (January 8 1996) UK #1 (1 week) (silver), US #7
  • Fastlove (April 22 1996) UK #1 (3 weeks) (gold), US #6
  • Spinning the Wheel (August 19 1996) UK #2 (1 week) (silver) (the single was knocked-off the top spot by Spice Girls's Wannabe)
  • Older / I Can't Make You Love Me (January 20 1997) UK #3
  • Star People '97 (April 28 1997) UK #2 (1 week) (a re-recorded and remixed version of the album version of Star People, the single was knocked-off the top spot by Gary Barlow's Love Won't Wait)
  • You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97 (September 8 1997) UK #2 (1 week) (The Strangest Thing '97 is a remixed version of The Strangest Thing; it was knocked-off the top spot by Elton John's Candle in the Wind '97 charity single)
George Michael
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Studio albums: Faith • Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1 • Older • Songs from the Last Century • Patience Compilations: • Twenty Five Other albums: Five Live EP Discography • George Michael awards and nominations • 25 Live • Wham!
Released January 20, 1997
Format CD
Recorded 1993-1997
Genre Dance-pop
Length 5:33
Label DreamWorks Records (U.S.)
Virgin Records (rest of the world)
Writer(s) George Michael
Producer(s) George Michael
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Royseven are a six-piece alternative rock band from County Dublin, Ireland. Their debut album The Art of Insincerity was released in October 2006. The band have received the Hope for 2007 award at the Meteors.
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Released 2006-09-? (IRE)
Format 7", CD
Recorded 2006
Genre Rock
Length ?
Label Universal and IRE
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Peak chart positions
  • #6 - (Irish Singles Chart)

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A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist.

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Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa the early 1980s, that combines dance beats with a pop song structure. Because there is such an emphasis on fully-formed songs in dance-pop, it is often viewed as a separate classification unto itself apart from
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Jon A. "Jack" Douglas (b. September 10 1936 in Indiana) is a former professional American tennis player and college football quarterback.

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Five Live (EP)
(1993) Older
(1996)

Queen chronology

Live at Wembley '86
(1992) Five Live (EP)
(1993) Made in Heaven
(1995)
Lisa Stansfield chronology

Real Love
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Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year.
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Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966), better known as Lisa Stansfield, is an English R&B and soul singer from the United Kingdom.

Early career and top ten success


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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
(1990) Five Live (EP)
(with Queen and Lisa Stansfield
(1992)
Older
(1996)

Listen Without Prejudice Vol.
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May 14 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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