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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
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.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #7 in Q Magazine's 10 Essential Reissues Of 2006.
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