Patience
by George Michael
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George Michael bestography
Patience is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by George Michael on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by George Michael is Faith which is ranked number 1189 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,472.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Patience track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Patience rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 82 Music Albums of 2004 | 28/82 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2004 | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2004 | 68/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 34 Music Albums of 2004 | 23/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | marco17 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 42/100 | 59 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2004 | 31/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 90/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 158 | |||
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Patience ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 00:42 | Helios | 6,273 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 11:58 | TonySayers61 | 26,077 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2024 18:17 | RemainInLight | 3,853 | 36/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Patience comments
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Massively underrated. This would turn out to be George’s swan song. Amazing production matched to confessional autobiographical lyrics, this may be a couple of tracks too long (a problem affecting many albums toward the end of the CD era) this remains rich and satisfying. Less overtly pop than his early material, but the singer-songwriter material is deeply affecting, the dancey stuff is sonically exciting, and both strands are melodic and interesting. It now stands as something of a lost gem, waiting to be rediscovered by listeners willing to dive deeper into George’s catalogue.
(Edited)
Instrumentally, Patience is probably the most head tilting album George has ever released. I still think Older is a better record but Patience had stuttering grooves, an imaginative atmosphere that was vast and represents the cover of the album and was varied in how the vocals were arranged. Probably the best pop album of the 2000's. (Edited)
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