FAITH (GEORGE MICHAEL ALBUM)

'''Faith''' is George Michael's first solo album, released in October 1987. After the split of Wham!, Michael spent the most part of 1987 writing and recording the songs for his breakthrough project. In addition to playing a large number of instruments on the album, he wrote and produced every track on the recording, except for one, which he co-wrote.
the album won several awards including the Grammy Award album of the year.

Contents

Massive Success

Track listing

Charts

Singles

Awards

Personnel

Massive Success

The album became a massive success. Between 1987 and 1988, ''Faith'' produced an amazing string of hit singles, including six Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hits, four of which ("Faith", "Father Figure" "One More Try" and "Monkey") reached #1. The album had also an impressive staying power, with 51 non-consecutive weeks inside the Billboard 200 Top 10, including 12 weeks at #1. It was also the first album by a white solo artist to hit number 1 on the US R&B charts. It also reached #1 in the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top spot for only one week. In all, it was the best-selling album of 1988 in the United States and eventually reached Diamond certification by the RIAA.
In 1989, ''Faith'' was ranked #84 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. ''Faith'' was ranked 79th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

#"Faith" – 3:16
#"Father Figure" – 5:36
#"I Want Your Sex (Parts I & II)"† – 9:17
#"One More Try" – 5:50
#"Hard Day" – 4:48
#"Hand to Mouth" – 4:36
#"Look At Your Hands" – 4:37
#"Monkey" – 5:06
#"Kissing A Fool" – 4:35
#"Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix)" – 6:29 ''(bonus track)''
#"A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Part III)" – 3:48
† In the liner notes, "I Want Your Sex" is listed as "I Want Your Sex (Monogamy Mix)", with the parts titled "Rhythm 1 Lust" and "Rhythm 2 Brass In Love", respectively.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1987	UK	1
1987	Billboard 200	1
1987	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

Singles

★ ''I Want Your Sex'' (June 1987) UWC #1 (1 week) (platinum), US #2, UK #3

★ ''Faith'' (October 1987) US #1 (4 weeks) (Gold) , UK #2

★ ''Father Figure'' (January 1 1988) US #1 (2 weeks), UK #11

★ ''One More Try'' (April 1988) US #1 (3 weeks) (Gold), US R&B #1 (1 week) ,UK #8

★ ''Monkey'' (July 1988) US #1 (2 weeks), US DANCE #1 (2 weeks), UK #13

★ ''Kissing a Fool'' (September 1988) US #5, US(AC) #1(1 week), UK #18

Awards

Year	Award	Category
1989	American Music Awards	Favourite Album (Soul/R&B)
1989	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year
1989	Ivor Novello Awards	International Hit of the Year "Faith"
1988	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Direction of a Video "Father Figure"

Personnel

★ George Michael - vocals, various instruments,guitar, keyboards

★ Steve Sidwell

★ Jamie Talbot

★ Ian Thomas - drums

★ Andy Duncan - percussion

★ Shirley Lewis - background vocals

★ Chris Cameron - organ, piano, keyboards

★ Robert Ahwai - guitar

★ Deon Estus - bass

★ J.J. Belle

★ Rick Taylor - horns

★ Hugh Burns

★ Paul Spong

★ Malcolm Griffiths

★ Betsy Cook

★ Mark Chandler

★ Danny Schogger - keyboards

★ Steve Waterman