Alone - George Garzone

Advantages: Fantastic to sing along to, great commentary and WOW!!!!
Disadvantages: It misses out a few brilliant parts of the show.

...or not, the DVD is worth it for the music alone, (the George Bush thing helps though)!!!... Read review

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Advantages: Great value for money
Disadvantages: Some better material has been missed out

...I bought this album on double cassette the week it was released in 1998 on the Sony label; George needed to finish his contract off somehow. It cost me £9.99. However the CD is now £9.99 in HMV. The cover mainly consists of album sleeves but there is a beautiful shot of George and his dog. She's looking suitably bored! I love the album title as it also hints at his past bi-sexuality. It's very cheeky, which is typical of George. One cassette is sub-titled "For The Heart" and the other is called "For The Feet". Sides One and Two are a collection of love songs and ballads and Sides Three and Four have the more uptempo tracks. I'll go through each track. The thing that strikes you on the first listen is that many of George's songs don't make sense next to each other. The structures are so different and there are few standard... Read review

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Advantages: A catchy melody and lyrics, song sells itself
Disadvantages: Been played on the radio too much now!

...I have been meaning to write this review for a while now but haven't got round to it until today, so sorry for the lateness folks. But I'm sure most of you will have heard it by now so at least you'll know what I'm talking about. George Michael was one of the definitive stars of the 1980s and early 1990s. He began in Wham! with Andrew Ridgely and had several hits, including I'm Your Man, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Club Tropicana and Freedom. There was never any doubt that he was talented and had the ability to go it alone, and so it was no surprise when he did. He had hits such as Faith and Too Funky before disappearing from the music scene for a while. His reemergence, following a change of image, in the late 1990s spawned hits such as Star People and Fast Love. However, his music since then has been politically motivated and less... Read review

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