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[CRAZY-HORSE]

WHAM! "make it big" 1984, vinyl. #1 UK,AU,US.

this is the one that made George Michael a household name worldwide as opposed to being a household name for several other reasons nowadays??
this is pure pop in its finest form, mixing danceable beats with catchy tunes and boy can George sing, absolutely fantastic vocal ability, nonemoreso than his brilliant version of Queen's "somebody to love" from the 1990's.
however, back to this one...the boys(Andrew & George) were as close to black 'soul' music as any 'white boys' ever got, some of this stuff rates as highly as the best tracks from early Motown IMO. track three sounds so much like The Ronnettes its unbelieveable.
three of the finest '80s songs are on this album in "wake me up...", "freedom" and the sublime lornful ballad "careless whispers".absolutely love the sax work on this on which is why its my favourite track here.
after this album they recorded several tracks which accompanied their 'best of' set, then George went off to record the brilliant "faith" album as and became a solo star,Andrew, on the other hand went into production.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: like a baby
best track: careless whisper

tracks:

1. wake me up before you go-go*** #1 UK,AU,US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A video
2. everything she wants** #2 UK, #7 AU, #1 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_Lwe6p-Cg video
3. heartbeat**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_yd8oF72ZM audio
4. like a baby*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON7wa7GExmU audio
5. freedom*** #1 UK, #3 AU, #3 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFwOs-jy53A video
6. if you were here**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8f2ndBXOU audio
7. credit card baby**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpjs6QSDqN0 audio
8. careless whisper*** #1 UK,AU,US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t84phSJ5hJY video

3s=3
2s=4
1s=1

rating: 2.3