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Patience (George Michael album)

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
Studio album by
Released15 March 2004
Recorded2000–04
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

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."[12]

Return to Sony Edit

On 17 November 2003, Michael re-signed with Sony Music, the company he had left after a legal battle in which Michael claimed that his contract was stifling him and was keeping him in "professional slavery". As a result, his contract was sold by Sony to rival record companies Virgin Records and DreamWorks Records on 14 July 1995.

Release and reception Edit

Patience went on sale in most of the world in late March 2004 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 2 in Australia on 22 March. It became one of the fastest-selling albums in the UK, selling over 275,000 copies in the first week.[13] The album went on sale in the US on 18 May 2004; however, it did not contain "Patience Pt. 2" and "Shoot the Dog". It debuted in the US at number 29 but after TV appearances, such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, the following week, it reached its chart peak of number 12. As of 2006, the album had sold 381,000 in the United States.[14] It has sold around four million copies worldwide.[13]

The first single "Freeek!" had already reached number one in Italy, Spain and Denmark in March 2002 and reached the top ten in the UK and top five in Australia. The album features a remixed version called "Freeek! '04".

The second single, "Shoot the Dog", was released in July 2002. It was not released as a single in Canada or the US over sensitivity to the 11 September 2001 attacks, and was not included on the Patience album in those countries. While it reached the top five in Spain, Italy and Denmark, it failed to reach the top ten in the UK.

The third single from Patience, "Amazing", was released in March 2004 and went to number one in Italy and Spain, also reaching number 4 in the UK and number 6 in Australia.

The fourth single, "Flawless (Go to the City)", was released in June 2004 and reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

In November 2004, Sony released a fifth single from Patience, "Round Here". The single reached number 32 on the UK charts.

"John and Elvis Are Dead", the sixth single was released in October 2005 and only sold through the Internet as a download.

Anti-war song Edit

The album contains the anti-war song "Shoot the Dog". When released in July 2002, "Shoot the Dog" had already proved to be controversial. It was highly critical of George W. Bush and Tony Blair in the leadup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The video showed a cartoon version of Michael astride a nuclear missile in the Middle East and Tony and Cherie Blair in bed with President Bush. The latter image was apparently intended as a homage to the 1986 video for "Land of Confusion" by Genesis.[15] The cartoon was produced by the makers of 2DTV, a satirical animated television show broadcast weekly on the independent television station ITV in the UK.[15][16]

In an interview with MTV, Michael said the song was primarily intended to highlight what he saw as a lack of consultation by Tony Blair about the decision of invading Iraq. "People are looking at the song in context of an attack on America, as opposed to an attack on Tony Blair. And really, my attack is that Tony Blair is not involving the British in this issue. He's perfectly happy staying up to watch the World Cup and enjoying the Jubilee, all things I'm perfectly guilty of, but there's a serious discussion about Iraq, which hasn't taken place. We don't know what Saddam Hussein is capable of, the British public has no idea."[15]

Final album Edit

Michael announced Patience would be his last album on sale to the public as a physical release.[17] He told BBC Radio 1 on 10 March 2004 that music he put out in the future would be available for download with fans encouraged to make a donation to charity.[18] He said: "I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the Internet which is a charitable download site where anyone can download my music for free.[19] I'll have my favourite charities up there and people will hopefully donate to that." He stated that the decision would put less pressure to produce a new album every so often and allow him to have more of a private life.

Patience was Michael's final studio album of original material before his death on 25 December 2016.

Track listing Edit

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Patience"George MichaelMichael2:53
2."Amazing"
  • Michael
  • Johnny Douglas
Michael4:25
3."John and Elvis Are Dead"Michael4:23
4."Cars and Trains"
  • Michael
  • Douglas
  • Michael
  • Douglas[a]
5:51
5."Round Here"MichaelMichael5:55
6."Shoot the Dog"MichaelMichael5:07
7."My Mother Had a Brother"MichaelMichael6:17
8."Flawless (Go to the City)"Michael
  • Michael
  • A Touch of Class[b]
6:51
9."American Angel"
  • Michael
  • Niall Flynn
  • James Jackman
  • Ruadhri Cushnan
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
4:07
10."Precious Box"MichaelMichael7:39
11."Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song)"Michael
  • Michael
  • Douglas[a]
5:26
12."Freeek! '04"
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
4:28
13."Through"MichaelMichael5:22
14."Patience (Pt. 2)"MichaelMichael1:30
Total length:70:15
Japanese version (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song)" (alternative version)Michael6:58
US version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Patience"George MichaelMichael2:53
2."Amazing"
  • Michael
  • Johnny Douglas
Michael4:25
3."John and Elvis Are Dead"Michael4:23
4."Cars and Trains"
  • Michael
  • Douglas
  • Michael
  • Douglas[a]
5:51
5."Round Here"MichaelMichael5:56
6."My Mother Had a Brother"MichaelMichael6:17
7."Flawless (Go to the City)"Michael
  • Michael
  • A Touch of Glass[b]
6:51
8."American Angel"
  • Michael
  • Niall Flynn
  • James Jackman
  • Ruadhri Cushnan
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
4:07
9."Precious Box"MichaelMichael7:39
10."Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song)"Michael
  • Michael
  • Douglas[a]
5:26
11."Freeek! '04"
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
  • Michael
  • Flynn
  • Jackman
  • Cushnan
4:28
12."Through"MichaelMichael5:22

Notes

  • ^a signifies an additional producer.
  • ^b signifies original music producer.
  • An alternative version of "Please Send Me Someone", the B-side to "Flawless (Go to the City)", appears only on Japanese pressings of the album.
  • Had the 30 seconds of silence on "Through" not be included, the duration of the song would be 4:52.

Sample credits

Personnel Edit

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[20]

  • Eugene Adebari – photography
  • David Arnold – orchestration
  • David Austin – keyboards, programming
  • Joanna Bailey – direction
  • Michael Brown – guitar
  • Jo Bryant – background vocals
  • Joel Bryant – background vocals
  • Chris Cameron – piano
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Ruadhri Cushnan – arranger, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Andy Davies – assistant engineer
  • James Dimmock – photography
  • Jon Douglas – programming, keyboards, producer
  • Niall Flynn – arranger, audio engineer, engineer, producer
  • Dan Gautreau – programming
  • Pete Gleadall – additional keyboards, programming
  • James Jackman – arranger, programming, keyboards, main personnel, photography, producer
  • Greg Jakobek – design
  • Abid Katib – photography
  • George Michael – arranger, audio production, bass guitar, design, programming, guitar, keyboards, piano, primary artist, producer, lead vocals
  • Adam Noble – assistant engineer
  • Phil Palmer – guitar
  • Jack Panayiotou – photography
  • Graham Silbiger – bass guitar
  • Luke Smith – piano, wurly, rhodes
  • Ben Smithard – photography
  • Ellen von Unwerth – photography

Charts Edit

Certifications and sales Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[60] Gold 20,000^
Australia (ARIA)[61] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[62] Gold 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[63] Gold 25,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[64] Gold 20,000^
France (SNEP)[66] Gold 121,000[65]
Germany (BVMI)[67] Platinum 200,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[68] Gold 10,000^
Italy (FIMI)[69] Platinum 100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[70] Gold 40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[72] Gold 20,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[73] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[74] Gold 30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[75] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States 381,000[14]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[77] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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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 PatienceStudio album by George MichaelReleased15 March 2004Recorded2000 04GenrePopdancesoulLength70 15 UK 63 09 US LabelAegeanSonyEpicProducerGeorge MichaelGeorge Michael chronologySongs from the Last Century 1999 Patience 2004 Twenty Five 2006 Singles from Patience Freeek Released 18 March 2002 Shoot the Dog Released 29 July 2002 Amazing Released 1 March 2004 Flawless Go to the City Released 28 June 2004 Round Here Released 1 November 2004 John and Elvis Are Dead Released 3 October 2005Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic 60 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 BBC Music positive 3 Blender 4 Entertainment WeeklyC 5 The Guardian 6 Houston ChronicleC 7 Slant Magazine 8 Stylus MagazineD 9 Uncut 10 Yahoo Music UK 11 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 12 Contents 1 Return to Sony 2 Release and reception 3 Anti war song 4 Final album 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Monthly charts 7 3 Year end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 References 10 External linksReturn to Sony EditOn 17 November 2003 Michael re signed with Sony Music the company he had left after a legal battle in which Michael claimed that his contract was stifling him and was keeping him in professional slavery As a result his contract was sold by Sony to rival record companies Virgin Records and DreamWorks Records on 14 July 1995 Release and reception EditPatience went on sale in most of the world in late March 2004 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and at number 2 in Australia on 22 March It became one of the fastest selling albums in the UK selling over 275 000 copies in the first week 13 The album went on sale in the US on 18 May 2004 however it did not contain Patience Pt 2 and Shoot the Dog It debuted in the US at number 29 but after TV appearances such as The Oprah Winfrey Show the following week it reached its chart peak of number 12 As of 2006 the album had sold 381 000 in the United States 14 It has sold around four million copies worldwide 13 The first single Freeek had already reached number one in Italy Spain and Denmark in March 2002 and reached the top ten in the UK and top five in Australia The album features a remixed version called Freeek 04 The second single Shoot the Dog was released in July 2002 It was not released as a single in Canada or the US over sensitivity to the 11 September 2001 attacks and was not included on the Patience album in those countries While it reached the top five in Spain Italy and Denmark it failed to reach the top ten in the UK The third single from Patience Amazing was released in March 2004 and went to number one in Italy and Spain also reaching number 4 in the UK and number 6 in Australia The fourth single Flawless Go to the City was released in June 2004 and reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart It reached number one on Billboard s Hot Dance Club Songs chart In November 2004 Sony released a fifth single from Patience Round Here The single reached number 32 on the UK charts John and Elvis Are Dead the sixth single was released in October 2005 and only sold through the Internet as a download Anti war song EditThe album contains the anti war song Shoot the Dog When released in July 2002 Shoot the Dog had already proved to be controversial It was highly critical of George W Bush and Tony Blair in the leadup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq The video showed a cartoon version of Michael astride a nuclear missile in the Middle East and Tony and Cherie Blair in bed with President Bush The latter image was apparently intended as a homage to the 1986 video for Land of Confusion by Genesis 15 The cartoon was produced by the makers of 2DTV a satirical animated television show broadcast weekly on the independent television station ITV in the UK 15 16 In an interview with MTV Michael said the song was primarily intended to highlight what he saw as a lack of consultation by Tony Blair about the decision of invading Iraq People are looking at the song in context of an attack on America as opposed to an attack on Tony Blair And really my attack is that Tony Blair is not involving the British in this issue He s perfectly happy staying up to watch the World Cup and enjoying the Jubilee all things I m perfectly guilty of but there s a serious discussion about Iraq which hasn t taken place We don t know what Saddam Hussein is capable of the British public has no idea 15 Final album EditMichael announced Patience would be his last album on sale to the public as a physical release 17 He told BBC Radio 1 on 10 March 2004 that music he put out in the future would be available for download with fans encouraged to make a donation to charity 18 He said I ve been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don t need the public s money I d like to have something on the Internet which is a charitable download site where anyone can download my music for free 19 I ll have my favourite charities up there and people will hopefully donate to that He stated that the decision would put less pressure to produce a new album every so often and allow him to have more of a private life Patience was Michael s final studio album of original material before his death on 25 December 2016 Track listing EditStandard versionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Patience George MichaelMichael2 532 Amazing MichaelJohnny DouglasMichael4 253 John and Elvis Are Dead MichaelDavid AustinMichael4 234 Cars and Trains MichaelDouglasMichaelDouglas a 5 515 Round Here MichaelMichael5 556 Shoot the Dog MichaelMichael5 077 My Mother Had a Brother MichaelMichael6 178 Flawless Go to the City MichaelMichaelA Touch of Class b 6 519 American Angel MichaelNiall FlynnJames JackmanRuadhri CushnanMichaelFlynnJackmanCushnan4 0710 Precious Box MichaelMichael7 3911 Please Send Me Someone Anselmo s Song MichaelMichaelDouglas a 5 2612 Freeek 04 MichaelFlynnJackmanCushnanMichaelFlynnJackmanCushnan4 2813 Through MichaelMichael5 2214 Patience Pt 2 MichaelMichael1 30Total length 70 15 Japanese version bonus track No TitleWriter s Length15 Please Send Me Someone Anselmo s Song alternative version Michael6 58 US versionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Patience George MichaelMichael2 532 Amazing MichaelJohnny DouglasMichael4 253 John and Elvis Are Dead MichaelDavid AustinMichael4 234 Cars and Trains MichaelDouglasMichaelDouglas a 5 515 Round Here MichaelMichael5 566 My Mother Had a Brother MichaelMichael6 177 Flawless Go to the City MichaelMichaelA Touch of Glass b 6 518 American Angel MichaelNiall FlynnJames JackmanRuadhri CushnanMichaelFlynnJackmanCushnan4 079 Precious Box MichaelMichael7 3910 Please Send Me Someone Anselmo s Song MichaelMichaelDouglas a 5 2611 Freeek 04 MichaelFlynnJackmanCushnanMichaelFlynnJackmanCushnan4 2812 Through MichaelMichael5 22 Notes a signifies an additional producer b signifies original music producer An alternative version of Please Send Me Someone the B side to Flawless Go to the City appears only on Japanese pressings of the album Had the 30 seconds of silence on Through not be included the duration of the song would be 4 52 Sample credits Shoot the Dog samples Love Action I Believe in Love by The Human League written by Philip Oakey and Ian Burden Flawless Go to the City contains elements from Flawless by The Ones written by Paul Alexander Olivier Stumm Nashom Wooden Eric Matthew and Gary Turnier Please Send Me Someone Anselmo s Song contains elements from Moonraker written and composed by John Barry and Hal David Freeek 04 contains samples from Try Again by Aaliyah written by Tim Mosley and Stephen Garrett Breathe and Stop by Q Tip written by James Yancey and Kamaal Fareed and N T by Kool amp the Gang written by Gene Redd Clarence Redd Roy Handy Cleveland Horne Ronald Bell Robert Mickens Dennis Thomas Richard Westfield George Brown and Claydes Smith Personnel EditCredits adapted from AllMusic 20 Eugene Adebari photography David Arnold orchestration David Austin keyboards programming Joanna Bailey direction Michael Brown guitar Jo Bryant background vocals Joel Bryant background vocals Chris Cameron piano Tony Cousins mastering Tom Coyne mastering Ruadhri Cushnan arranger keyboards producer programming Andy Davies assistant engineer James Dimmock photography Jon Douglas programming keyboards producer Niall Flynn arranger audio engineer engineer producer Dan Gautreau programming Pete Gleadall additional keyboards programming James Jackman arranger programming keyboards main personnel photography producer Greg Jakobek design Abid Katib photography George Michael arranger audio production bass guitar design programming guitar keyboards piano primary artist producer lead vocals Adam Noble assistant engineer Phil Palmer guitar Jack Panayiotou photography Graham Silbiger bass guitar Luke Smith piano wurly rhodes Ben Smithard photography Ellen von Unwerth photographyCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2004 Peak positionAustralian Albums ARIA 21 2Austrian Albums O3 Austria 22 3Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 23 5Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 24 4Canadian Albums Billboard 25 4Danish Albums Hitlisten 26 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 27 1European Albums Top 100 28 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 29 3French Albums SNEP 30 4German Albums Offizielle Top 100 31 1Greek Albums IFPI 32 2Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 33 2Irish Albums IRMA 34 2Italian Albums FIMI 35 1Japanese Albums Oricon 36 26New Zealand Albums RMNZ 37 2Norwegian Albums VG lista 38 11Polish Albums ZPAV 39 1Portuguese Albums AFP 40 5Scottish Albums OCC 41 1Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 28 4Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 42 1Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 43 2UK Albums OCC 44 1US Billboard 200 45 12Monthly charts Edit Chart 2004 Peak positionRussian Albums NFPF 46 8 Year end charts Edit Chart 2004 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 47 27Austrian Albums O3 Austria 48 44Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 49 34Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 50 35Danish Albums Hitlisten 51 23Dutch Albums MegaCharts 52 13French Albums SNEP 53 84German Albums Offizielle Top 100 54 27Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 55 43Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 56 76Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 57 25UK Albums OCC 58 20Worldwide Albums IFPI 59 38Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesArgentina CAPIF 60 Gold 20 000 Australia ARIA 61 Platinum 70 000 Austria IFPI Austria 62 Gold 15 000 Belgium BEA 63 Gold 25 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 64 Gold 20 000 France SNEP 66 Gold 121 000 65 Germany BVMI 67 Platinum 200 000 Hungary MAHASZ 68 Gold 10 000 Italy FIMI 69 Platinum 100 000 Netherlands NVPI 70 Gold 40 000 New Zealand RMNZ 71 Platinum 15 000 Poland ZPAV 72 Gold 20 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 73 Gold 50 000 Sweden GLF 74 Gold 30 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 75 Gold 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 76 2 Platinum 600 000 United States 381 000 14 SummariesEurope IFPI 77 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit Patience by George Michael Metacritic Allmusic review BBC NEWS Entertainment Review 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