GEORGE MICHAEL Faith 1987 UK EPIC *PROMO* w/INNER + LYRIC SHEET NEAR MINT
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GEORGE MICHAEL Faith 1987 UK EPIC *PROMO* w/INNER + LYRIC SHEET NEAR MINT

GEORGE MICHAEL
Faith

UK EPIC (EPC 460000 1) FIRST PRESS (October 1987)
NICE ORIGINAL COPY DELIVERING BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN SOUND

MATRIX: EPC 460000-1 A5 / EPC 460000-1 B
THE RECORD HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY SLEEVE WITH GOLD *PROMO* STAMP
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE
AND PHOTO/LYRIC SHEET

A superbly crafted mainstream pop/rock masterpiece, Faith made George Michael an international solo star.
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

Side 1:
Faith (3:15)
Father Figure (5:36)
I Want Your Sex (9:13)
One More Try (5:49)
Side 2:
Hard Day (4:47)
Hand To Mouth (4:36)
Look At Your Hands (4:36)
Monkey (5:05)
Kissing A Fool (4:34)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a handful of spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces are clean with just some superficial brush marks which have effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and very clean on the quieter sections
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Crisp and clean with just a label mark on the top front corner.
All edges are sharp and all spine text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Like-new
INSERT: MINT
Again, as-new

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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