Track Listing DISC 1: TWENTY FIVE: FOR LIVING:: 1. Everything She Wants - (with Wham!) 2. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go - (with Wham!) 3. Freedom - (with Wham!) 4. Faith 5. Too Funky 6. Fastlove 7. Freedom '90 8. Spinning the Wheel 9. Outside 10. As - (featuring Mary J. Blige) 11. Freeek! - (Not 04) 12. Shoot the Dog 13. Amazing 14. Flawless - (radio edit) 15. An Easier Affair - (previously unreleased)
DISC 2: TWENTY FIVE: FOR LOVING:: 1. Careless Whisper 2. Last Christmas - (with Wham!) 3. Different Corner, A 4. Father Figure 5. One More Try 6. Praying For Time 7. Heal the Pain - (previously unreleased, featuring Paul McCartney) 8. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - (featuring Elton John) 9. Jesus to a Child 10. Older 11. Round Here 12. You Have Been Loved 13. John and Elvis Are Dead 14. This Is Not Real Love - (previously unreleased, featuring Mutya)
DISC 3: TWENTY FIVE: FOR THE LOYAL:: 1. Understand - (previously unreleased) 2. Precious Box 3. Roxanne 4. Fantasy 5. Cars and Trains 6. Patience 7. You Know That I Want To 8. My Mother Had a Brother 9. If You Were There - (with Wham!) 10. Safe 11. American Angel 12. My Baby Just Cares For Me 13. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? - (featuring Luciano Pavarotti & Friends) 14. Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song) 15. Through
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti & Friends, Mary J. Blige, Mutya, Paul McCartney, Whitney Houston | | Producer: | George Michael | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The first George Michael collection to feature Wham! songs, TWENTY FIVE celebrates the smooth-voiced British singer's initial quarter-century as a pop performer. Along with presenting a handful of cherry-picked Wham! tunes, including the giddy "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and the 1980s holiday classic "Last Christmas," this two-disc set surveys Michael's solo material, covering some of the same ground as the earlier LADIES & GENTLEMEN compilation, with hits such as the jangly "Faith," the soulful "Father Figure," and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," a dramatic duet with Elton John. Where TWENTY FIVE differs from LADIES is in its omission of a few key singles, particularly the sensual "I Want Your Sex" and the rambunctious "Monkey," and addition of previously unreleased songs (see the funky, techno-tinged number "An Easier Affair"). Although it isn't comprehensive enough to be considered the definitive George Michael anthology, this 29-track offering succeeds as an intriguing overview of the flamboyant vocalist's '81 to 2006 output.
Editorial Reviews Ranked #7 in Q Magazine's 10 Essential Reissues Of 2006. Q
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