George Michael

Faith

Focus on Love

Review Score:

(10/10)
I give this CD five stars for the song 'Father Figure' alone. Blending Asian intonations with pop, singing from the heart and with real emotion, piquant guitar riffs and rhythms, and lyrics that focus on what lasts in time- love- this song is nothing other than masterful and moving. So we've all heard this song a million times before and thus may just brush it off as 'cheezy' or 'weak'. Well, listen to it again- with fresh ears and a fresh heart, and you might just find it to be a timeless one.

There's some other fine songs on this CD- such as the 'Fool in Love' number that has the haunting piano and jazzy vocals, and the first song 'Faith' is a pretty good jam. But admittedly, other songs have too much of that synthesizer 'bang' noise as pioneered by groups like Frankie Goes to Hollywood or Duran Duran. When George Michael sticks to the heart and does not go too far off into danceville, this CD is great! The dance stuff is just sort of corny. For bumping dance music, check out some Orbital or Opus 3.

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