Older (George Michael album)

Older
Studio album by
George Michael
Released13 May 1996
Recorded1994 – 5 January 1996[1]
StudioSarm West (London)[2]
Genre
Length58:56
Label
Producer
  • George Michael
  • Jon Douglas
George Michael chronology
Five Live (with Queen and Lisa Stansfield)
(1993) 		Older
(1996) 		Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
(1998)
Singles from Older
  1. "Jesus to a Child"
    Released: 8 January 1996
  2. "Fastlove"
    Released: 22 April 1996
  3. "Spinning the Wheel"
    Released: 19 August 1996
  4. "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me"
    Released: 20 January 1997
  5. "Star People '97"
    Released: 4 March 1997
  6. "You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97"
    Released: 8 September 1997

Older is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 13 May 1996 in Europe by Virgin Records and Aegean Records. The American release, which occurred one day later, was the first album released by DreamWorks Records. It was Michael's first studio album since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 – the five-and-a-half-year gap was due to the legal battle that Michael experienced with his former record company Sony Music. Michael dedicated two years to the recording of Older, and the album found him exploring new musical territories in a more serious fashion compared to his previous work.

At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in Europe.[3] In the UK, the album was particularly notable for producing a record six top three hit singles in a two-year span.[4] The high sales of the album prompted a re-issue of the album, titled Older & Upper, eighteen months after the original release.[5][6]

  1. ^ George Michael (30 September 2022). "Did you know the final studio day on 'Older' was 5th January 1996? By the end, George and his team had clocked up 127 days in Studio Two at SARM West". Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ Cunningham, Mark (July 1996). "Recording George Michael's 'Older' Album". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "George Michael Biography". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Making George Michael: Older". 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Griffiths, George (29 September 2022). "The chart legacy of George Michael's Older: In celebration of 26 years of the pop superstar's third album and release of deluxe, limited-edition boxset". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).