George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice
(Epic Records 1990 4672951)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– Hype/Title sticker top right – some light rubbing on back
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles, mainly heard in-between tracks)
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! He was best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit singles such as “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” and “Last Christmas”, and albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).
Michael sold more than 100 million records worldwide. His debut solo album, Faith, sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Michael achieved seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, including “Careless Whisper” and “Praying for Time”. He ranks among the best-selling British acts of all time, and in 2008 he was ranked 40th on Billboard‘s list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time. Michael won various music awards throughout his 30-year career, including three Brit Awards—he won Best British Male twice, four MTV Video Music Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards, three American Music Awards, and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. Michael, who came out as gay in 1998, was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser.
In 2004, the Radio Academy named Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. The documentary A Different Story (released in 2005) covered his career and personal life. Michael’s first tour in 15 years, the worldwide 25 Live tour, spanned three tours over the course of three years (2006, 2007, and 2008). In the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael, aged 53, was found dead in bed at his Oxfordshire home.
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 is the second solo album from British pop star George Michael (on this album, it is spelled as George Michæl), released in September 1990.
The album was Michael’s final album of all-new material on Columbia Records until 2004’s Patience. It was the album’s disappointing sales in the U.S. that led to Michael’s legal battles against Sony Music, in which he accused the corporation of not fully supporting him as an artist.
- Side one
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Praying for Time” | 4:41 | |
| 2. | “Freedom! ’90” | 6:29 | |
| 3. | “They Won’t Go When I Go” (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright) | 5:06 | |
| 4. | “Something to Save” | 3:18 | |
| 5. | “Cowboys and Angels” | 7:15 | |
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Total length:
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26:50 | ||
- Side two
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Waiting for That Day” (Mick Jagger, George Michael, Keith Richards) | 4:49 | |
| 2. | “Mother’s Pride” | 3:59 | |
| 3. | “Heal the Pain” | 4:41 | |
| 4. | “Soul Free” | 5:29 | |
| 5. | “Waiting (Reprise)” | 2:25 | |
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Total length:
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21:23 | ||
Personnel
- Produced by George Michael
- Mixed and engineered by Chris Porter
- Drums, percussion: George Michael, Danny Cummings, Ian Thomas
- Bass: George Michael, Deon Estus
- Guitars: George Michael, Phil Palmer
- Keyboards: Chris Cameron, George Michael, Anthony Patler
- Piano: Chris Cameron
- Saxophone: Andy Hamilton
- Horn arrangements: Chris Cameron and George Michael
- String arrangements: Chris Cameron
- Inner Photography: Bradford Branson
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