George Michael enters the big time.

Review Score: (10/10)
Not popularly known as a serious musician let alone a talented lyricist, George Michael puts all doubts to rest with this magnificent 1990 release, his follow-up to the more upbeat and danceable "Faith". What's more astonishing is that he was still in his mid-20's when he sat down to write, arrange, produce and perform these insightful, romantic, wistful, and sobering commentaries on the state of modern love and living, the best of which are "Praying for Time," "Freedom," "Waiting for That Day," and -- for sheer boldness -- "Cowboys and Angels." All four songs surely reflect flashes of genius and are among the best of Michael's career. The fact is, few musicians are better than Michael in turning a phrase. From the opening note of "Praying for Time," you know you're in for something serious, and you get it: "So you dream from behind your door/Say what's mine and mine is not yours/I may have too much, but I'll take my chances/cause God stopped keeping score/I guess somewhere along the way/He must have let us all out to play/turned his back/and all God's children crept out the backdoor." But the pessimism is tempered. Depite the dark imagery, the song is actually hopeful. Musically, Michael scales new heights here, especially with "Waiting for that Day," which has one of the best hooks you are ever likely to hear while evoking in the listener deep feelings of nostalgia. "Listen Without Prejudice" remains one of the most unfairly noticed albums of the 1990's. Buy it. Some redemption is in order.

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• Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
  ~ George Michael
• Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
• Depressing, but excellent.
• Just a little bit to high on knowledge
• Best pop album of 1990, and one of the best of all time
• Where's Vol. 2?
• GMs best in many peoples opinion
• Utterly gifted musician, perhaps too outstanding for most
• Come Back George!
• Listen With Pleasure
• Compelling. So much more than just "nice music"...
• Mothers Pride.
• One of the best all-time pop records ever!!
• LISTEN, INDEED!
• Wow!
• His Defining Album
• Listen.....Without Prejudice, Of coz!
• One of the best pop albums around
• After 10 years, still one of my favorites
• The one you hate to say you love!
• Surprised Twice
• My Favorite Geroge Michael CD
• Incredibly underated album
• A Classic -- It Will Move You, to Dance...and to Tears
• The best of George Michael
• Great album
• A real music talent
• An incredible piece of music
• Beautiful, emotional, and real
• Hand to Mouth.
• pretty good
• Have A Nice Day of Listening without Prejudice
• George Michæl has great musical skill after all
• EXPERT POP-MEISTER -- AND THOUGHTFUL...
• UNDERRATED GENIUS
• I can't believe it's the best of the 90's, but...
• A superb album
• The title says it all
• A Better CD Than any Ohter I've heard from other artists!!
• I Can't Wait For Volume 2!
• One of the Best CD's ever.
• My Favorite Album of His
• he is astupid gay singer
• This MAN is a genius.
• Nine years later, I still love it
• GM's Masterpiece
• THE BEST BY FAR!
• "Cowboys and Angels" is a masterpiece
• The Best, Five Stars time 2
• It's the best thing by far that G. Michael has come up with.
• An underrated masterpeice.
• LWOP is a masterpiece, George's best album by far
• Not as good as Faith, but great anyway.
• Great Underrated CD
• Make this CD part of your collection