![]() ![]() The main differences are that Twenty Five includes tracks from Patience (2004), the controversial “Shoot the Dog” single, a few Wham! hits, and the requisite new songs. The For Living disc covers upbeat material like “Faith” and “Fastlove” while For Loving groups together ballads and love songs, such as “Careless Whisper” and “One More Try”. Though a couple of major hits - “Monkey” and “I Want Your Sex”, specifically - didn’t make the cut this time around, the format is basically the same: two discs of Michael’s hits and key album cuts divided by tempo. Twenty Five is the first George Michael compilation to appear on the market since 1998’s Ladies & Gentlemen. Both cuts appear back to back on Twenty Five, the new career retrospective by George Michael, but it’s the very danceable 12″ of “Everything She Wants” that rightfully opens the set. Of the era when George Michael recorded with Andrew Ridgeley as Wham!, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (which I didn’t particularly care for) stole the thunder of “Everything She Wants”. While grooving along to its sumptuous rhythm, I wondered why I never gave “Everything She Wants” much notice before. In between a strong mix of classic funk and disco cuts, the DJ slipped on the 12″ of “Everything She Wants” by Wham! It’d been more than 10 years since I last heard an anguished George Michael scream “Somebody tell me/ Why I work so hard for you.” Against a background of shadows and strobe lights, the song sounded even better in 2006 than in 1984. Blige 1.11 Freeek 1.12 Shoot the Dog 1.13 Amazing 1.14 Flawless Radio Version 1.15 Easier Affair Previously Unreleased 1.16 Careless Whisper 1.17 Last Christmas Wham 1.18 Different Corner 1.19 Father Figure 1.20 One More Try 1.21 Praying for Time 1.22 Heal the Pain Previously Unreleased Michael, George Paul McCartney 1.23 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Michael, George Elton John 1.24 Jesus to a Child 1.25 Older 1.26 Round Here 1.27 You Have Been Loved 1.28 John and Elvis Are Dead 1.29 This Is Not Real Love Previously Unreleased Michael, George Mutya 1.30 Understand Previously Unreleased 1.31 Precious Box 1.32 Roxanne 1.33 Fantasy 1.34 Cars and Trains 1.35 Patience 1.36 You Know That I Want to 1.37 My Mother Had a Brother 1.38 If You Were There Wham 1.39 Safe 1.40 American Angel 1.41 My Baby Just Cares for Me 1.42 Brother Can You Spare a Dime Live at Pavarotti Friends 1.43 Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song) 1.Seven months ago, on a rainy night in New York City, I attended a benefit at a club somewhere south of 23rd St. ![]() 1.1 Everything She Wants Wham 1.2 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham 1.3 Freedom Wham 1.4 Faith 1.5 Too Funky 1.6 Fastlove 1.7 Freedom 1990 1.8 Spinning the Wheel 1.9 Outside 1.10 As Michael, George Mary J. ![]()
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