Patience (George Michael album)
Patience is the fourth album by George Michael. It was released in March 2004, again after a long break from this time eight years. The album was released as the first since 1990, re- released by Sony. It was very successful and rose to number one in the UK one. Also in Germany it reached number one on the charts. More than 200,000 albums were sold in the first week, it sold a total of about 10 million times.
History
The first two of six singles, Freeek! and Shoot the Dog were already published in 2002. Shoot the Dog was a much-discussed piece on the relationship between Britain and the United States. Tony Blair was depicted in the video as a dog, the George W. Bush everywhere follows. The piece was not published in the U.S. as a single. In the studio also includes a cover version of The Grave by Don McLean is captured, a protest song against the Vietnam War. This sang George Michael in March 2003 at the British show Top of the Pops.
On 26 May 2004, Michael came for promotion of the new album at The Oprah Winfrey Show on. In the show, he also talked about his arrest and his coming out.
Criticism
On the Allmusic page could be read as showing the long break to the previous album that George Michael was a perfectionist in the studio. Every piece is polished and many details will be heard. Also Patience is the best album since Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, but it would be better if George Michael anginge it a little looser.