Songs from the Last Century
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| Cover album by George Michael | |||||
| Released | December 13, 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 43:06 | ||||
| Label | Virgin Records | ||||
| Producer | George Michael Phil Ramone |
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Songs from the Last Century is an album of cover versions by singer George Michael and acclaimed producer Phil Ramone, released in December 1999). It consists mainly of old standards, plus new interpretations of more recent popular songs, such as "Roxanne" (originally by The Police) and "Miss Sarajevo" (originally by U2 with Luciano Pavarotti).
[edit] History
This album is the only in George Michael's entire solo catalogue not to have reached #1 in the UK charts, peaking at #2 instead. It was kept out of the top spot by Shania Twain's Come on Over (the best-selling album of the 1990s).
The cover album had a hit in The Police's "Roxanne", for which George realized a live video, shot in Amsterdam, in the so-called Red District, using ordinary people, not actors, who really live their lives on the street.
Another version exists of the record opener, "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?", sung by George with popular Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti at one of his famous "Pavarotti and Friends" live shows, and then included on the 2006 single for "An Easier Affair", the first song to be taken from Michael's triple edition of his Twenty-five Greatest Hits album of the same year, which also contains the live performance in bonus CD3, "For the Loyal".
[edit] Track listing
- "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
- "Roxanne"
- "You've Changed"
- "My Baby Just Cares for Me"
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
- "Miss Sarajevo"
- "I Remember You"
- "Secret Love"
- "Wild Is the Wind"
- "Where or When"
- Contains the hidden track "It's Alright with Me"
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