Reviews (page 8 of 8)
No
Did not enjoy 1/10
I’d rather listen to this without ears
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a George Michael album before.. and after this, I can confidently say I won’t be making that mistake again. Maybe it was my mood, or maybe it was the endless parade of beige ballads, but this felt less like an album and more like a test of endurance.
I liked Freedom. I wish more of the album was like it instead of soft ballads.
Never been a fan, some of the Wham! era stuff was ok, but that's as far as it goes. This was just mind numbingly boring. Can only give it a 1.
I think I deserve a medal for sitting through all of that torturous crooning.
Da bleibt einfach nichts hängen.
1.0 I couldn't get through anything except freedom
This was one of my least favourite listens since I stared. I presume some people like this, but there's a lot of ballads and not enough pop for a pop album. (23 known/42 new)
He references rock n roll like he is rock n roll but there's no rock and no roll anywhere here. Is he like MJ for white people if MJ wasn't black or white or MJ? Honestly never heard of this man. While listening, I kept thinking, what sort of white person in their prime during the 80s would I have to be in order to find this enjoyable. I only kinda liked Soul Free and that's it, everything else just mashed together in a plain arrangement of forgettable, half-pleasant sounds lacking any character, depth or artistic vision. Was this really on the radio? Which one of you white people made me listen to this shite before I die? 0 stars.
aburrido
shite
This is peak era for padding a record with one hit. Honestly this should just be a cassingle.
Nothing remarkable here at all.
I really had to get through this
Sadly, this was a case of Prejudice Without Listening. I don't buy into the theory that George was some kind of pop genius. Faith was fun pop record, but I find his work generally quite bland and over-polished. Especially the 'serious' stuff. So gave this a swerve.
Freedom is one of the better George Michael songs and Soul Free was alright too. What an absolute slog to get through the rest of it though. The songs are way too boring, way too long and completely uninteresting to me. More than any other album I was waiting for this to be over.
Sh*te
In one word - corny. In another - artificial. This album feels like it was made for the sole purpose of being as generic and marketable as possible, without really saying anything. It feels sappy and disingenuous as an album, and only exists to make money off catchy pop tunes. Not at all a fan
I enjoy this genre of music and this production style, these songs are just boring. There are a few standout tracks, the singles, but everything else is just wispy nonsense. "Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo" over and over. Shallow. D
Nope, not buying this.
Hard to Listen Without Prejudice when one can't the fucker.
Is NOT listening WITH prejudice the same as listening without prejudice? Like a double negative? Well that's all George is going to get. If Freedom is the best song on this album, then I'm clearly not the target audience. Really. Increasingly disillusioned with this book.
Yuck
How in the world does this have an average over 3?
Freedom is echt een topnummer, de rest is dikke bagger.
This is clearly a top-drawer pop album, the quality of the sogn writing is indisputible - the clarity and precision, the performance by GM, its solid. Just not to my taste. Even 'Freedom '90', that I was anticipating to enjoy, fell flat and I found the piano to sound so 'MIDI', the whole album - for me - suffered from a rather synthetic sound, that is, the instrumentation all sounded so processed and pristine. GM has a geat pop voice, I've heard him in so many contexts and thought "wow, this guy has got it' - just not htis album for me.
Langweilig, zu viele Balladen. Mehr "Soul Free" hätte mir besser gefallen.
Not a fan.
I have listened and this has not altered my prejudices.
I can't help but like wham and George's big hits, club Tropicana, careless whisper etc. A bit like Duran Duran, the style is ridiculous but the songs are good enough to make it work. When the songs aren't good enough, you end up with the overproduced schmaltzy dross of this album. Can't recall any redeeming qualities, the preachy theme annoyed me and stopped it from being remotely funny for being so bad. Avoid.
On the dreary and monotonous side. He does have a decent enough voice though. I prefer Freedom! '90 to Freedom, but only marginally, and only the radio edit. I think Wham! are better, but still not quite my thing. Think Ridgeley's influence helped knock the self-indulgent nonsense on the head.
Why does George Michael sound so far away in nearly every song. I wish I was far enough away so I didn't have to hear this. Highlights: Freedom
Was fully expecting not to enjoy this, to be fair it was completely different to what I was expecting. However, what it was, was still terrible Just not really my thing. He has got a decent voice though I guess, but this all felt quite serious and preachy Would never choose to listen to any of this
This ain't it.
Really not a fan
I’m sorry but this wasn’t for me
I'm sure that making this might've been cathartic for George Michael, but for me it was just dreary to listen to.
make some cuts, get this down below 35 minutes, and you'll have a solid 2/5 album
Bof
I read somewhere George sued Sony for not promoting this album enough. Blaming it’s piss poor sales on that fact. But, and I say this without prejudice, it just sucks.
Some albums age gracefully over time. Shockingly this isn’t one of them. Truly awful.
Extremely corny and melodramatic and way too smooth jazz at times but you can tell he really put a lot of heart into it 🥲 1.7/5
Not my style
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz.... 1/5
Not a fan
Freedom is a really good song but besides that the album isn't great. Lots of slow and uninteresting songs, and not much diversity.
Was not feeling this not standing out
So, I was actually somewhat looking forward to listening to this and well, yeah, that didn’t happen. I do like Freedom but that’s about it.
Not good
lets get the good bits out of the way first. george michael is a bit of a ledge and did being a rich ramous person right. freedom is a massive song that everyone knows because its decent. the bad bits are, the rest of this album is terribly turd. like as bad as it gets turd.
As a wise turnip once said, do I not like that.
Didn’t get around it- felt pretty basic
I tried to George, I really did but it sounds like music for middle aged women to gurn over and pout about how good looking you were and how they would only need a couple of minutes with you. Frankly, it feels a bit like a pub singer plying his tunes down the local. Best Tracks: Freedom! '90; Something To Save; Heal the Pain
Didn’t like this one…. Like GM’s work… this was not his best
He was a teeny bop hit guy that did better as he worked at it . This one wasn’t a great show of his talents
This was a waste of time.
These songs are too slow and not very interesting, they seem a bit pretentious in some ways. I preferred Faith when George first went solo. And there is too much echo on his voice in most of these songs
not gonna listen to this
I mean, it's pretty dreadful. And made me sad - thinking of little Kieran trying to get into this. Not music for kids!!
No, just no
The best thing I can say is that it wasn't as bad as I was bracing myself for.
I hope the choices improve soon
No. I don't think I will. Hard pass because the music sucks.
Very pop in bad mining of this word
Just not my thing. 1
So boring. Slow pianos and acoustic guitar with George just singing away isn't interesting to me.
Great Album