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George Michael’s ‘Older’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

May 9, 2026 Matthew Hocter
George Michael Older Turns 30

With his third solo album, Michael allowed himself to deep dive into an emotional whirlpool of experimentation, where new sounds were implemented and his artistry was challenged.

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George Michael’s ‘Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

August 30, 2025 Matthew Hocter
George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 Turns 35

Michael’s second studio affair remains an honest appraisal of the tradeoffs inherent within fame, and the sadness and isolation it can spawn.

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Wham!’s ‘Make It Big’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

October 19, 2024 Matthew Hocter
Wham! Make It Big

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley achieved meteoric success with their infectious pop anthems and youthful appeal, something that their second album ‘Make It Big’ truly cemented.

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George Michael’s Fifth & Final Studio Album ‘Patience’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

March 12, 2024 Quentin Harrison

Taken in its complex entirety, ‘Patience’ is a study in emotional extremes that grants fascinating access to Michael’s peripatetic moods: romantic, disconsolate, celebratory, fatigued.

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George Michael’s Debut Solo Album ‘Faith’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

October 28, 2022 Quentin Harrison
George Michael Debut Solo Album Faith 1987

By striking an authentic balance between pop and R&B, ‘Faith’ eschewed the vanity of affectation and was driven by humble admiration instead.

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You Have Been Loved: Remembering George Michael, the Icon

December 27, 2016 Quentin Harrison

George Michael's joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, all of it is heard in his music. It was a life lived in love and out loud for all to see.

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Debut Album ‘Read My Lips’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Debut Album ‘Read My Lips’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

With her debut solo affair, Ellis-Bextor made the dancefloor feel elegant and faintly surreal, a place where heartbreak could wear lipstick and emotional catastrophe could arrive with a four-on-the-floor beat.

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Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

Four decades later, ‘Graceland’ remains true to what it was from the start—a beautiful, tangled, genuinely collaborative album that changed what pop music could sound like.

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The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

When listening to ‘Tattoo You,’ you would never know that it is this Frankenstein's monster of an album that was pieced together with songs that came from their most creatively fertile period.

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