George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)

By Dennis Cook

After "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", maybe this record's title asked too much. Still, this song cycle has the ambition of Stevie Wonder's 1970s work and Michael nearly had the talent to pull it off. [9 February 2006]

George Michael

By Jon Langmead

It feels good to know, 25 years on, that George Michael has stuck around and found vindication, just like he always hoped he would. [11 August 2008]

George Michael: Twenty Five

By Christian John Wikane

George Michael has come full circle in making peace with his sexuality. If album charts are any indication, he hasn't lost many listeners in the process. [20 December 2006]

Sound Affects: Janet, Madonna & George’s Unpopular Coming Out

Blues, jazz, funk and hip-hop have always masked white transgression, aiding generation upon generation to distinguish themselves from the conservative norms of whiteness bequeathed them; here was our generation’s Elvis, mocking and masking anything authentically black, trading love of the craft for sheer fame. And here on the black and white pages of Sex, she was showing us her beautifully dark skin friends, bragging about how much of a bad girl she was. [20 March 2009]

George Michael, we still have Faith [4 August 2008]