- Songs from the Last Century
Infobox Album | Name = Songs from the Last Century
Type = Cover album
Artist =George Michael
Released =December 13 ,1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Jazz
Length = 43:06
Label =Virgin Records
Producer =George Michael Phil Ramone
Reviews = *BBC (mixed) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/new_music_releases/548614.stm link]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axftxq8kldhe link]
Last album = ""
(1998)
This album = "Songs from the Last Century"
(1999)
Next album = "Patience"
(2004) |"Songs from the Last Century" is an
album ofcover version s bysinger George Michael and acclaimed producerPhil Ramone , released in December 1999). It consists mainly of old standards, plus new interpretations of more recent popular songs, such as "Roxanne" (originally byThe Police ) and "Miss Sarajevo" (originally byU2 withLuciano Pavarotti ).History
This album is the only in George Michael's entire solo catalogue not to have reached #1 in the
UK Albums Chart , peaking at #2 instead. It was kept off of the top spot byShania 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 inAmsterdam , 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 on the limited edition third CD, "For the Loyal".Track listing
#"
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? " - 4:22
#"Roxanne" - 4:11
#"You've Changed " - 4:25
#"My Baby Just Cares for Me " - 1:45
#"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " - 5:19
#"Miss Sarajevo " - 5:11
#"I Remember You" - 4:12
#"Secret Love" - 2:39
#"Wild Is the Wind" - 4:02
#"Where or When " / "It's Alright with Me" [Instrumental] (Hidden track) - 7:00
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