Patience (George Michael album)

Patience
Studio album by
George Michael
Released15 March 2004
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 70:15 (UK)
  • 63:09 (US)
Label
ProducerGeorge Michael
George Michael chronology
Songs from the Last Century
(1999) 		Patience
(2004) 		Twenty Five
(2006)
Singles from Patience
  1. "Freeek!"
    Released: 18 March 2002
  2. "Shoot the Dog"
    Released: 29 July 2002
  3. "Amazing"
    Released: 1 March 2004
  4. "Flawless (Go to the City)"
    Released: 28 June 2004
  5. "Round Here"
    Released: 1 November 2004
  6. "John and Elvis Are Dead"
    Released: 3 October 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(60/100)[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
BBC Music(positive)[5]
Blender[6]
Entertainment WeeklyC[7]
The Guardian[8]
Houston ChronicleC[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
Stylus MagazineD+[11]
Uncut[12]
Yahoo! Music UK[13]

Patience is the fifth and final studio album by the English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 15 March 2004. The much delayed follow-up to Older, at the time of its release it was considered Michael's comeback album since it was his first album composed of original material since 1996, and his first for Sony Music since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Patience spawned six singles. The first two, "Freeek!" and "Shoot the Dog", were already released in 2002 by Polydor, when the album was originally due.

In a 2004 interview with Adam Mattera for UK magazine Attitude, Michael explained how he felt reenergised and excited about the project: "There's something about the vocals on this album that's a lot more confident, more certain. There are proclamations of love that I've never made before – certainly since Wham! – and then there's going further into the truth at the same time, like on "My Mother Had a Brother" or "Through" – they're trying to get closer to the truth."[14]

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  3. ^ "Patience by George Michael". Metacritic.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Patience – George Michael". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ Osborn, Michael (17 March 2004). "Review: George Michael's Patience". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. ^ Blender review[dead link]
  7. ^ Fonseca, Nicholas (4 June 2004). "Patience Review". Entertainment Weekly: 80. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  8. ^ Petridis, Alexis (11 March 2004). "George Michael, Patience". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ Cohen, Howard (6 June 2004). "'Patience' by George Michael". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (15 March 2004). "Review: George Michael, Patience". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ McKeating, Scott (18 March 2004). "George Michael – Patience Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  12. ^ "George Michael – Patience". Uncut. 1 April 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  13. ^ Mulvey, John (16 March 2004). "George Michael – 'Patience'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 16 August 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  14. ^ "George Michael's candid 2004 interview with Attitude". Attitude. Retrieved 26 June 2012.