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. The latter image was apparently intended as a homage to the 1986 video for " Land of Confusion" by Genesis. The fourth single, " Flawless (Go to the City)", was released in June 2004 and reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Patience was Michael's final studio album of original material before his death on 25 December 2016.

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". Great artist sadly missed, have collected all his works since his death, every song is a lasting reminder to a hugely talented man.I do like some of the songs on this album, Patience, Amazing, My Mother Had A Brother (addressing the suicide of Georges' uncle), Through. 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. 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.

I bought this album on day of release ( back in 2004 ) and it is without doubt George Michael's finest release to date. Flitting between fraught ballads and up-tempo adult pop (the misguided sample-laden singles "Freeek!While it reached the top five in Spain, Italy and Denmark, it failed to reach the top ten in the UK.

Cet album contient des pétites, comme les géniaux : Amazing, Précious Box, Shoot the dog et Flawless. 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. It just means that you will appreciate the music only, when you spent a lot of time with yourself and it also means that the album is best listened to alone on your own. Some of the songs seem to be a bit personal, inspired work and also centered around everyday life, including politics, which is a good thing. To balance this, hearts will be raised by "Amazing", with its echoes of the Bee Gees, "Round Here", in which George remembers his early days scampering around Bushey with Andrew Ridgley, and "Cars and Trains", which celebrates the kind of lifestyle that so riled the LAPD back in 1998.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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

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 a result, his contract was sold by Sony to rival record companies Virgin Records and DreamWorks Records on 14 July 1995. John and Elvis Are Dead", the sixth single was released in October 2005 and only sold through the Internet as a download. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Patience is at its most delicate and moving with its title track, the intense, tabloid-attacking "Through" and the painful family memories of "My Mother Had a Brother". I know this is not to every George Michael fans taste but I think the faster paced tunes are amongst his best. 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.