The recording sessions at PUK, however, ended in late May shortly after the recording of the title track, " Faith", owing to Michael beginning to suffer from a bout of cabin fever, according to engineer Chris Porter. George Michael: Why He Turned His Back on Fame, and the 'Faith'-like Songs He Recorded Before His Death". Please note: with the introduction of Brexit, customs duties will be charged by couriers to users residing in the EU from January 2021.

Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. It was also the first album by a white solo artist to hit number one on the Billboard Top Black Albums chart. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.The first solo album from George Michael with some iconic tracks [Father Figure} which are, to my mind timeless. It also reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, although it stayed at the top spot for only one week.

If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. Faith" was 1988's best-selling single in the United States; with " Careless Whisper" having been the best-selling single in 1985, Michael became the first musician to achieve two Billboard Year-End number one singles chart since the Beatles' "Hey Jude" topped the Year-End singles chart in 1968 after " I Want to Hold Your Hand" had done so in 1964.

It is available in several formats: Limited Edition Collectors Box Set, Two-CD and DVD Special Edition, Two-CD Edition and iTunes LP. Mark Coleman of Rolling Stone praised Michael for emerging as "one of pop music’s leading artisans, a painstaking craftsman who combines a graceful knack for vocal hooks with an uncanny ability to ransack the past for musical ideas and still sound fresh" and dubbed Michael the " Elton John of the 1980s". As such,when Faith came out in October 1987, no one expected it to be anything other than a success, but the scale of the success – especially in the US – was stunning.

It's easy to hear why Faith achieved multi-million status, although the masterful ballads ("Father Figure", "One More Try") have stood the test of time better than Michael's funk-pop. Often ranked as one of the best albums of the 1980s, Faith was ranked number 151 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020.Michael was known as a leading creative force in music production, songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. According to Nielsen SoundScan, current sales of the album stand at 11 million copies, making it the 52nd bestselling album in the United States. Faith is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1996. Drum machines were a LinnDrum (Michael's main drum machine on the album—not the Linn 9000), Roland TR-808 and a Yamaha RX-5, while drum parts were played on a Pearl drum kit ("Look at Your Hands") and Roland Octapad. Michael embarked on The Faith Tour to promote Faith in February 1988, opening at Tokyo's Budokan arena, before going on to dates in Australia, Europe and North America.