Article from The Sun today...


I’M the first journalist to get my hands on an early copy of GEORGE MICHAEL’s new album — and I reckon it is a dead cert for No1 in the charts.


Patience promises to be one of the biggest and best albums of 2004.

And there’s no doubt his first track Amazing is truly that.

It sounds a bit like Fast Love, a classic George tune, and it has the potential to be turned into a stomping dance track with the right DJs behind the decks.

George has a lot to prove. His last single Shoot The Dog charted at a disappointing No12.

Patience is also his first album of new material since he released Older eight years ago.

But you’ve gotta have faith in George and Patience will leave the critics and fans in no doubt that he is back — and at his best.

The album has a similar sound to the classic Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1 — my personal favourite — and has already gone down a storm with retailers who have heard sneak previews.

Other tracks on the album include a tribute to JOHN LENNON and ELVIS PRESLEY and a sensational ballad called Through, which finishes off the album perfectly.

George recorded Patience at London’s Air Studios and it goes out under Sony, with whom he famously fought, and lost, a costly legal battle.

But George re-signed with them late last year. Sony executives were so impressed by his new material they struck a deal after only hearing THREE new tracks.

Company bosses are still deciding on a release date for the album but it looks like the single Amazing could be out within the next few weeks.

So here’s an exclusive sneak peak at the chorus of Amazing, which I reckon George wrote for his boyfriend KENNY GOSS.

So now I walk in the midday sun
I never thought that my saviour would come
I think it’s amazing
I think it’s amazing
I think you’re amazing.

hmmm...and here I thought the album's name would be "Glory Hole"...

TheMadMonkey said:

a topic YOU know alot about,right?

DavidEye said:

not yet...but maybe someday...y'never know what The Fates have in store...

thanks SquirrelMeat for posting this info.Can't wait to hear the album.

this is very exciting!

I like George's voice!

Cloudbuster said:

I am ing too!




Hey cloudy.

I hope this is true. I can't wait for a new GM cd.

"patience" is fitting, since us George fans have had to wait fucking forever for a new album. Sounds like it will be worth it!!! :woOt:
[This message was edited Wed Jan 14 8:01:37 PST 2004 by JediMaster]

gooeythehamster said:

Hello Mister.

Hmm, I hope it'll be out soon !

I'm really looking forward to this. Great voice, great songwriter.

LMAO This guy is so full of shit it makes me laugh. So where are reviews of the other tracks?! Simple truth he hasn't got it. He's just heard snippets of the single. Worst journalists on the planet.

I certainly hope that it's as good as Faith or his brilliant work with Wham!

NWF said:

Me, too.

NWF said:

Me, I'm hoping its more in line with his brilliant work on Older. He's so far beyond his Wham! pop days.

great news!!!

JediMaster said:

Agreed! I was not a big fan of Wham, but once George went solo, I was hooked.

Can't wait. Who here things "Older" is underrated? And now it's out-of-print. One of the few major artists to have a heavily-promoted album go out of print in the past decade. And yet "Glitter" is still available...

Older was great. All three of his solo albums were fantastic.

jtgillia said:

You mean all 4 of his solo albums! Don't forget Songs from the last century. Even though this cd was not for everyone, he did a great job on most of the songs, especially "first time ever I saw your face". Beautiful!

Yeah, I forgot about Song from the Last Century. But then again, I think of that more as a side project than a solo album. All of those songs were covers.

fans are expecing nothing short of perfect from him, and if its not.. it will be a total let down. There was ample enough time involved for the making of "patience"

and PLEASE lets hope there is no "dancy techno" crap that will sink in a pool of other cliches in the years to come.

jtgillia said:

One of my all time favorites from him. Vocally its stunning.

I make no apologies whatsoever 4 this, but 'Freeek' & 'Shoot The Dog' were fantastic - Freeek being one of the most inventive things he has ever done, and (personally) his best dance song.

'Shoot The Dog' got lost in hyper-bole and media spin which sucked. It really pissed me off the way the papers turned on him. It was fucking ironical 4 God's sake!

Talking of irony, about 6 months later, Iraq is invaded by America and GB, and hey - whaddya know? Everything he poked fun at and pointed out in the song was happening. None of these 'writers' in the press thought of readdressing the balance tho did they?

Oh, and the video 4 Freeek was the bloody best thing He's ever done!

Here's some screen caps I did 4 all y'all...enjoy!


















[This message was edited Wed Jan 14 17:27:42 PST 2004 by bananacologne]

I agree Banana!

Freeek Rules!

A very, very clever song, and funky as hell!

SquirrelMeat said:

U heard all the samples He's hidden away in there like Fast Love etc? SUCH underrated tunes.