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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 195
Category: Music
Artist: George Michael
Publisher: Epic
Studio: Epic
Manufacturer: Epic
Label: Epic
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 702462
UPC: 886970246224
EAN: 0886970246224
ASIN: B0014BECF8
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Everything She Wants - Wham! | | • | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! | | • | Feeling Good - Wham! | | • | Faith | | • | Too Funky | | • | Fastlove | | • | Freedom! '90 | | • | Spinning the Wheel | | • | Outside | | • | As | | • | Freek! | | • | Shoot the Dog | | • | Amazing | | • | Flawless (Go To the City) | | • | An Easier Affair |
Disc 2
| • | Careless Whisper | | • | Last Christmas - Wham! | | • | A Different Corner | | • | Father Figure | | • | One More Try | | • | Praying For Time | | • | Heal the Pain | | • | Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me | | • | Jesus To a Child | | • | Older | | • | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | | • | You Have Been Loved | | • | John and Elvis Are Dead | | • | This is Not Real Love |
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Album Description
In 25 years, George Michael can already look back on more than 80 million in record sales worldwide. He has notched up six No. 1 singles from his debut album, eleven British No. 1 singles, and six No. 1 albums to date.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Fabulous Album July 3, 2008
I bought this prior to seeing George in concert for the first time in 17 years. The album is great and if you want to have the time of your life, see him in concert. He is amazing. And the great thing is, after the concert you have this wonderful album to help keep the memory alive.
A blast from the past June 29, 2008
CD 1: If you grew up in the 80's this need-to-bebop-along-cd is a must have. CD2: Perfect for those relaxing hours by the fireplace or at the beach.
Love it! June 23, 2008
I adore this album. I was young enough in the 80s to miss a lot of what makes George Michael great, but I'm catching up. I don't have his other greatest hits (Ladies and Gentlemen), and although there is some definite overlap between the two albums, I was really happy when this one came out because it had more songs that I was familiar with and that I really enjoy. I didn't really expect to like much more than the songs I knew, but I was very wrong- this is probably my favorite music purchase of the year. Get it!
George Michael - Twenty Five June 22, 2008
If you love George Michael this is the CD for you. It has all of his wonderful songs and some duets. A great 2-CD set. A love-fest.
 A reminder of the gobsmacking range of his work. June 7, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The title marks George's 25 years in the music business. But it is worth noting that, for the last 20 of those years he has, quite ingeniously, remained at the top of the tree while maintaining the workrate of an arthritic tortoise - just five new studio albums, and one of those was a covers collection.
OK, his disenchantment with the music industry is well known, but even diehard fans must be a bit miffed that the record release which coincides with his world tour is not a new collection of songs, but another retrospective.
It is only eight years since the "Ladies And Gentlemen : best of" with which Twenty Five's track listing overlaps considerably.
No amount of cunning packaging - such as dividing the collection into themed sections with the twee titles "For Living", "For Loving" and, on the triple CD version, "For The Loyal" - can disguise the fact that fans will be buying some songs for the second, maybe third time.
OK, that's the "buyer beware" message.
"Twenty Five" offers a handful of inessential new cuts (the likes of "Heal The Pain" with Paul McCartney, "This Is Not Real Love" with Mutya . . . yawn) but it is also a reminder of the gobsmacking range of Michael's work.
That means everything from the gorgeous, saccharine-tinged glory of "Careless Whisper" to the most cack-handed protest song ever in "Shoot The Dog".
It's a journey from the shuttlecock-down-the-shorts frippery of Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" to the big band crooning of "My Baby just Cares For Me", from brilliant throwaway pop like "Faith" to songs of disarming autobiographical honesty like "My Mother Had A Brother".
George is a pop everyman capable of the sublime (the cover of Stevie Wonder's "As" with Mary J Blige) and the ridiculous (the afore-mentioned "Shoot The Dog").
Pity he's not capable of upping the work rate.
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