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George Michael - Faith (1987) [2013, Japan] {Blu-spec CD2}
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George Michael - Faith (1987) [2013, Japan] {Blu-spec CD2}
Pop/Rock, R&B, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 51:34 | 349,08 Mb
Label: Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# SICP-30190 | Released: 2013-07-24 (1987-10-30)
Pop/Rock, R&B, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 51:34 | 349,08 Mb
Label: Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# SICP-30190 | Released: 2013-07-24 (1987-10-30)
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George Michael - Faith (1987) [2013, Japan] {Blu-spec CD2}
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"Faith" is the debut solo studio album by the English singer George Michael, released on 30 October 1987 by Columbia Records and Epic Records. The album has won several awards including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. To date, the album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and received diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "Faith" spawned six top five singles that substantially helped it dominate the charts in 1987 and 1988. In 2003, the album was ranked #480 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2012, the album ranked at #472 on an updated list by the magazine. The album was also notable for entering the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number one, making it the first album by a Caucasian artist to hit the top spot on that chart, mainly due to the R&B and funk-leaning singles that were released from the album, most notably "One More Try", "I Want Your Sex", and "Father Figure".
~Wikipedia
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George Michael - Faith (1987) [2013, Japan] {Blu-spec CD2}
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A superbly crafted mainstream pop/rock masterpiece, Faith made George Michael an international solo star, selling over ten million copies in the U.S. alone as of 2000. Perhaps even more impressively, it also made him the first white solo artist to hit number one on the R&B album charts. Michael had already proven the soulful power of his pipes by singing a duet with Aretha Franklin on the 1987 smash "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," but he went even farther when it came to crafting his own material, using sophisticated '70s soul as an indispensable part of his foundation. Of course, it's only a part. Faith's ingenuity lies in the way it straddles pop, adult contemporary, R&B, and dance music as though there were no distinctions between them. In addition to his basic repertoire of funky dance-pop and airy, shimmering ballads, Michael appropriates the Bo Diddley beat for the rockabilly-tinged title track, and proves himself a better-than-decent torch singer on the cocktail jazz of "Kissing a Fool." Michael arranged and produced the album himself, and the familiarity of many of these songs can obscure his skills in those departments - close listening reveals his knack for shifting elements in and out of the mix and adding subtle embellishments when a little emphasis or variety is needed. Though Faith couldn't completely shake Michael's bubblegum image in some quarters, the album's themes were decidedly adult. "I Want Your Sex" was the most notorious example, of course, but even the love songs were strikingly personal and mature, grappling with complex adult desires and scarred by past heartbreak. All of it adds up to one of the finest pop albums of the '80s, setting a high-water mark that Michael was only able to reach in isolated moments afterward.
~Review by Steve Huey
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George Michael - Faith (1987) [2013, Japan] {Blu-spec CD2}
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Release of the album: 1987, October, 30 [LP Epic, Cat.# 460000 1, UK]
Release of this CD: 2013, July, 24 [CD Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Japan), Cat.# SICP-30190 / EAN: 4547366197693]
℗&© 1987 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Manufactured by Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Made in Japan
Notes: Remastered Reissue, CD Blu-spec CD2.
Audiophile BSCD2 uses phase transition mastering, the technology developed for mastering of Blu-ray discs. Playable on standard CD player.
Credits:
Design – George Michael, Stylorouge
Engineer – Chris Porter
Engineer [Assisted By] – Paul Gomershall, Paul Wright
Photography By – Russell Young
Producer, Arranged By – George Michael
Written-By – George Michael (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 11); David Austin, George Michael (tracks: 7)
Tracklist:
01. Faith (03:13)
(George Michael)
02. Father Figure (05:37)
(George Michael)
03. I Want Your Sex (Parts 1 & 2) (09:17)
(George Michael)
04. One More Try (05:51)
(George Michael)
05. Hard Day (04:48)
(George Michael)
06. Hand To Mouth (04:36)
(George Michael)
07. Look At Your Hands (04:38)
(David Austin, George Michael)
08. Monkey (05:06)
(George Michael)
09. Kissing A Fool (04:41)
(George Michael)
10. A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Part 3) (03:47)
(George Michael)
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George Michael / Faith [2013 Blu Spec CD2]
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Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: George Michael / Faith [2013 Blu Spec CD2]
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Thanks to bigsimonwilde
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Wham! - Make It Big (1984) [Japan, 1st Press]
Various Artists - Red Hot + Dance (1992) [Japan]
Wham! - The Best Of Wham! (If You Were There…) (1997)
George Michael - Flawless (Go To The City): The Mixes [CDS] (2004)