Vinyl Record

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 on LP vinyl. A 1990 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 1990

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1990 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 is George Michael deliberately walking away from the gleaming certainty of Faith. Released in 1990, it was not a retreat from ambition; it was a refusal to be trapped by the image that had made him enormous. The title asks for a fair hearing, but the music does more than ask. It slows the room down, lowers the lights and makes the listener meet Michael as a songwriter rather than as a pop object. Praying For Time opens with social grief on a scale that feels closer to hymn than chart single, placing moral exhaustion at the centre of the record. Freedom! '90 is the obvious liberation anthem, but its brightness carries anger: the sound of a star dismantling his own mythology in public. They Won't Go When I Go gives the album its starkest vocal drama, while Something To Save and Cowboys And Angels reveal how acoustic textures, jazz shading and patience could replace the fast shine of the previous era. Heal The Pain is tender without being naive, and Waiting For That Day turns longing into one of the album's most open-hearted choruses. The power of Listen Without Prejudice lies in its discipline. It does not try to out-sparkle Faith. It chooses depth, restraint, political ache and adult pop craft, proving that George Michael's greatest instrument was not only his voice, but his ability to change the terms of how that voice should be heard.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 matters because it is one of the clearest examples of a superstar rejecting the machinery that had amplified him. The album shifted Michael from pop dominance toward authorship, vulnerability and control. Its importance is not just the songs themselves, but the stance: a major artist insisting that seriousness, soul and self-definition could matter more than visibility.

This is a core George Michael record and a necessary companion to Faith. Where Faith captures the immaculate pop breakthrough, Listen Without Prejudice captures the argument afterward. Collectors of sophisticated adult pop, 1990s singer-songwriter turns and albums about escaping an image should treat it as essential.

Restrained adult pop and soul with acoustic guitars, gospel gravity, jazz undertones, political melancholy and a voice used for intimacy rather than spectacle.

Recommended for: Collectors building an essential George Michael section; Listeners who like pop stars making serious songwriter albums; Fans of Praying For Time, Freedom! '90 and emotionally mature 1990s pop.

What year was Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 released? Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 was released in 1990. How is it different from Faith? It is quieter, more reflective and more songwriter-led, replacing much of Faith's bright pop confidence with restraint, social concern and emotional depth. Which tracks are essential? Praying For Time, Freedom! '90, Waiting For That Day, Heal The Pain and Cowboys And Angels are key to the album's range.