Best of Wham [Import]

Product Description
Japanese repressing of this collection, originally released in 1997. 14 tracks in all including, 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Freedom', 'Wham Rap!', 'Young Guns (GoFor It!)', 'Last Christmas' and both the original and updated mixes of the hits 'Everything She Wants' & 'I'm Your Man'. All tracks were digitally remastered in 1997. Sony. 2004.

Best of Wham,Wham,Sony,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Like It. ...ALMOST Everything I Want ! Good, but not the "Best" Fairly The Edge Of Heaven Why waste CD time on remixes and omit "Careless Whisper" is beyond me

The Best of Wham!: If You Were There... Wham! Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael Music from the Edge of Heaven The Final: Best of the Best Gold Fantastic! Make It Big ASIN: B00000ILGX Release Date: 1999-05-21

Tracks:

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
6. Like A Baby
7. Freedom
8. The Edge Of Heaven
9. Wham Rap!
10. Young Guns (Go For It!)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man '96

Album Description

14 of the best by George Michael & Andrew Ridgely's smash '80s pop duo, all digitally remastered. Includes 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Freedom', 'Wham Rap!', 'Young Guns (Go For It!)', 'Last Christmas' and both the original & updated mixes of the hits 'Everything She Wants' & 'I'm Your Man'. 1997 Epic release. The full title is 'If You Were There...: The Best Of Wham!'.

Album Description

14 tracks in all including, 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Freedom', 'Wham Rap!', 'Young Guns (GoFor It!)', 'Last Christmas' and both the original and updated mixes of the hits 'Everything She Wants' & 'I'm Your Man'. All tracks were digitally remastered in 1997. Sony.

Album Details

A Definitive Hit Collection, Tracks Include: Wham Rap, Young Guns, Everything She Wants, I'm Your Man, Edge of Heaven, Freedom and More.

Customer Reviews:

Like It........2007-07-11

Certain songs should have been on this CD, I was a little disppointed they weren't on it. I ended up tracking down an "Out Of Print" copy for Wham! The Final on ebay instead. That Album was hard to come by, yet one song out of 2-3 were actually on this one. I'm happy about that. This CD isn't bad, just wished it had more of the songs I remembered listening while growing up.

...ALMOST Everything I Want !.......2007-02-16

Like their other greatest hits compilation, "Wham!-The Final, this compilation of Wham!'s best of contains album versions as well as 45 and 12" remixes of their greatest hits.
Now I realise that a great deal of people thought of this music as "bubblegum pop". If you look at the credits (of their past albums), however, you will see that George Michael wrote, arranged and produced EVERY track on the recording. George Michael was also very in touch with the youth of his day. You will find this on tracks like "Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)", "Bad Boys" and "Young Guns (Go For It)". All 3 of these tunes, taken from Wham!'s debut "Fantastic", clearly expressed the frustration of British and American kids of the early 80's A more uplifting track, also from their debut, is the song "Club Tropicana". This tune sings of a place where "drinks are free. Fun and sunshine; there's enough for everyone". With this tune George illustrated the fun and carefree spirit that was alive at this time as well.
We now go to the hits from Wham!'s sophmore release, "Make It Big". "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go","Everything She Wants" and "Freedom" are all very catchy tunes in which George sings about how his love has been taken advantage of. "Like A Baby" is a ballad that just touches your heart in the right place and their Isly Brothers cover, "If You Were There" assures the listener "that I care".
Now, the four hits from Wham!'s third release "Music From The Edge Of Heaven". On "Last Christmas" George sings about the heartbreak he feels when his former lover gives away a gift that he gave her; "Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the the very next day, you gave it away". The track "I'm Your Man" is another very catchy single that has George saying to us "If you're gonna do it, do it right; do it with me." (I think we all know what he's hinting there...). "The Edge Of Heaven" is a rather edgy Wham! tune where Andrew Ridgley can actually use his guitar (see the very unWham!like guitar solo in the middle of this track). What I find rather amusing about this track is the last line of the last verse: "...believe me baby, one day you'll wake up on your own!" Andrew Ridgley sure woke up on his own. :) The track "Where Did Your Heart Go?", a cover tune from the Was Brothers, shows that George is definitely in touch with Soul music. This tune is also one of the reasons why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. I have been looking for the 45 version of this song on CD for quite some time. I was sad when it wasn't included on "The Final" and, when I first found this CD, I was hoping it might show up on here... alas, I was wrong.
This brings me to the last 2 tunes on this disc; the 90's remakes of "I'm Your Man" and "Everything She Wants" I was rather surprised that I really enjoyed "I'm Your Man '96". The reason being, that he gave the song a rather 90's dance beat and had hip-hop background supporting vocals; I myself am NOT a big fan of either genre. "Everything She Wants '97" is the other reason why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. Listen to this track and you will see that he did not actually remake it but just took the original 1985 track (including his original vocals) and put a club beat in the background. Needless to say, I was NOT amused. So, as you can see, with the exception of 2 tracks, I find that, indeed, this is the best of Wham!.
I am now adding something to my review that I forgot to put in here; alot of folks are saying that "Careless Whisper" and "A Different Corner" should have been added even though they were George Michael's, not Wham! songs. If you look back to the 45/7" single picture sleeve of "Careless Whisper" it is credited as "Wham! featuring George Michael" so, technically, it was a Wham! song; "A Different Corner" on the other hand WAS a George Michael single. I do agree that both songs should have been included on this "Best Of..." compilation.
Anyhoo, even though I wrote this review more than 5 years ago, I still say that this is pretty much "ALMOST Everything I Want in the best of Wham!"

Good, but not the "Best".......2006-03-31

I'll be honest. I didn't need this. I have all Wham! albums, but I had to have this becuase I had to have all Wham! albums.

This curiously titled "The Best of Wham!" contains many singles and non-single tracks from "Make It Big." Plus, the remix of "I'm Your Man" and "Everything She Wants."

The remix is not as good as original though I enjoyed the different twists to the tracks.

"Careless Whisper" is not included in this collection because it was released as George Michael's solo single in the UK.

Including two non-single tracks from "Make It Big," "If You Were There" and "Like A Baby" was a good choice.

A single "Bad Boys" were not included in this collection and I was ok with it.

But, "The Final" which was never released in the US, but available as imports, is absolutely the BEST. If you don't have to have Wham!'s all albums, skip this, and buy "The Final."

Fairly The Edge Of Heaven.......2005-12-18

I always seem to not realize why good and adequate acts, have albums that have tracks that are overshadowed, especially greatest hits albums. That has been the case with so many acts, no matter what the case is. For one of those artists of the 80's, Wham! with George Michael and Andrew Ridgely is no acception. Although they've had very gracious pop songs, they just have hit the nail on the head when it absolutely comes to a definitive hits package. Not only that, all of the greatest hits packages are released overseas, and not even one that is inexpensive for U.S. buyers. This package is almost the edge of heaven, but could've used more.

The Best Of Wham!: If You Were There... Is a detailed reflection of one of the best teen acts of the 80's. The songs here have all been remastered and restored very well, for a much better sound quality. The album includes some great songs like The Edge Of Heaven, Young Guns (Go For It), Club Tropicana, and their catchy #1 smash Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. Nevertheless, while there are so many good songs here, there is always the feeling that something is completely overshadowed here. The collection does overlook a couple of great Wham! gems, surprisingly the mellow and beautifully conjured Careless Whisper, and Bad Boys from their very first album, instead of featuring remixed versions of some of their songs.

This really isn't really a must buy for die hard George Michael fans, but considering there aren't any hits packages of Wham!! that'll ever be issued in the U.S. only right now, this might have to do. The Best Of Wham!: If You Were There... is a fair record, but not quite the edge of heaven.

Album Cover: B

Songs: C+

Price: C

Remastering: B-

Overall: C

Why waste CD time on remixes and omit "Careless Whisper" is beyond me.......2005-12-17

Gee,the CD seemed fine. My favorites are here. "Everything She Wants" (original),"Freedom","Young Guns (Go For It)","Where Did Your Heart Go?","Careless Whisper"...hey,wait a second..."Careless Whisper" ain't on here. The ultimate George Michael/Wham! ballad and this is supposed to be a greatest hits album and that song missed? "A Different Corner" also? Because of stupid remixes of "I'm Your Man" & "Everything She Wants"? Huh,I rather listen to ANDREW RIDGELEY's solo album than those remixes. Really! Psyche!

Average customer rating: WHAM! Truly Heaven best Review for the best the best Gold, Wham the final: best of the best gold

The Final: Best of the Best Gold Wham! Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 Faith Patience Music from the Edge of Heaven ASIN: B000031WI8 Release Date: 2005-02-07

Tracks:

1. Wham Rap!
2. Young Guns (Go For It)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go
6. Careless Whisper
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas
9. Everything She Wants
10. I'm Your Man
11. A Different Corner
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge Of Heaven

Album Description

Gold disc pressing of 1986 release, a 14 track 'best of' featuring George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley's holidayhit 'Last Christmas' (Pudding Mix), plus 'Young Guns (Go ForIt!)' and all seven of their U.S. top 40 hits, 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Careless Whisper', 'Everything SheWants' (Remix), 'Freedom', 'I'm Your Man', 'A DifferentCorner' and 'The Edge Of Heaven'. Comes in a standard jewel case housed inside of a full color die-cut slipcase cover (similar to the packaging of DCC releases). 1999 release.

Album Details

Special Gold Edition of the Album that Tied Up all the Loose Ends of Wham, Gathering their Final Singles Together and also Served to Launch George Michael's Solo Career.

Customer Reviews:

WHAM!.......2007-05-12

Thats right! I bought a WHAM! cd - who wants to fight me about it. I listen to it and i love it - club tropicana - drinks are free - fun and sunshine - there's enough for everyone.

Truly Heaven.......2006-07-09

There are often times where there are so many great acts, but there aren't that many reliable, and definitive greatest hits record for those artists. That has been the case with so many great performers within the past couple of years from acts like Britney Spears, and Madonna. Nevertheless, there are those that have delivered. That arguably has been the case with Wham! Since the duo of George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley enetered from Britain back in the 1980's, they still are a guilty pleasure for anybody to get up and dance to. Although the group hasn't reunited, the songs are still good enough to sing with. This collection of their songs says so.

Wham's The Final is a real well-definitive reflection of George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley, and what this great group shine back in the 1980's. The songs here have all been restored, and remastered very well here. Unlike other hits packages from Wham, this record has delivered without anything overlooked. All the great classics are highlighted here like Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, the soulful Careless Whisper, The Edge Of Heaven, Bad Boys, Young Guns (Go For It), I'm Your Man, and Everything She Wants, Club Tropicana, and Freedom. Unlike the 1997 WHam hits package, this one is the one that still remains definitive.

Nevertheless, it is quite sad that the Wham's The Final hasn't been released here in America, unless it is a import. This is a great collection, and well worth buying for anyone who loved the group, or if you are just a fan of 80's music, I absolutely love this record a whole lot.

Album Cover: B+

Songs: A

Price: B+

Remastering: A-

Overall: A-

best.......2005-09-06

Wham!was one of the most energetic groups of the 80s i used to be waiting for their videos to show up on Mtv because their videos were fun about this compilation barring a few songs like If You Were There mostof their hits are there and a worth buy for any fan of 80s music

Review for the best the best Gold, Wham.......2005-08-10

Excellent collection of Wham hits. Great quality and I couldn't find a collection with all of my favorite songs in one place. A must for any Wham/ George Michael fan.

the final: best of the best gold.......2005-08-02

thank god for imports - great cd! really brings together all the great wham! songs from the '80s. i highly recommend this to all!

Average customer rating: 50's L.A. R & B

Wham Bam! The Best of the Googie Rene Combo Googie Rene Combo Manufacturer: Ace Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found ASIN: B0000TCPOA Release Date: 2003-12-01

Tracks:

1. Wham Bam
2. Midnight
3. Big Time
4. Side-Track
5. Break It Up
6. Rock-A-Boogie
7. Beautiful Weekend
8. Twilight Walk [Extended Take][#]
9. Wonderful Night
10. Wiggle Tail, Pt. 1
11. Wiggle Tail, Pt. 2
12. Sunrise
13. Rock-A-Bye Baby
14. Skumbo
15. Ez-Zee [Alternate Take 2][#]
16. Forever
17. Slide, Pt. 1
18. Slide, Pt. 2
19. Flapjacks, Pt. 1
20. Flapjacks, Pt. 2
21. Bossa Baby
22. Soul Zone
23. Smokey Joe's La La
24. Needing You
25. Chica Boo
26. Mercy Mercy (Too Much for the Soul)

Album Description

Subtitled - The Best Of The Googie Rene Combo. The son of noted songwriter Leon Rene, Googie cut a slew of piano/organ instrumentals between 1956 & 1966 for his father's respected Class Records. With the accent on rinky dink R&B, the material also includes out-&-out rockers, tender ballads, & groovy soul workouts (including 'Smokey Joe's La La'). First ever reissue album on LP or CD. 26 tracks. Ace. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

50's L.A. R & B .......2004-08-05

if you saw the list of great L.A. studio guys on this CD from L.A. in the 50's, you would run out and buy it right now. I'm not gonna let the cat out of the bag, though.....

Average customer rating: ...ALMOST Everything I Want !

The Best of Wham!: If You Were There... Wham! Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000666W2S Release Date: 2004-11-23

Tracks:

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go
6. Like a Baby
7. Freedom
8. Edge of Heaven
9. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
10. Young Guns (Go for It)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man

Album Description

Japanese repressing of this collection, originally released in 1997. 14 tracks in all including, 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Freedom', 'Wham Rap!', 'Young Guns (GoFor It!)', 'Last Christmas' and both the original and updated mixes of the hits 'Everything She Wants' & 'I'm Your Man'. All tracks were digitally remastered in 1997. Sony. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

...ALMOST Everything I Want !.......2007-02-16

Like their other greatest hits compilation, "Wham!-The Final, this compilation of Wham!'s best of contains album versions as well as 45 and 12" remixes of their greatest hits.
Now I realise that a great deal of people thought of this music as "bubblegum pop". If you look at the credits (of their past albums), however, you will see that George Michael wrote, arranged and produced EVERY track on the recording.
George Michael was also very in touch with the youth of his day. You will find this on tracks like "Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)", "Bad Boys" and "Young Guns (Go For It)". All 3 of these tunes, taken from Wham!'s debut "Fantastic", clearly expressed the frustration of British and American kids of the early 80's A more uplifting track, also from their debut, is the song "Club Tropicana". This tune sings of a place where "drinks are free. Fun and sunshine; there's enough for everyone". With this tune George illustrated the fun and carefree spirit that was alive at this time as well.
We now go to the hits from Wham!'s sophmore release, "Make It Big". "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go","Everything She Wants" and "Freedom" are all very catchy tunes in which George sings about how his love has been taken advantage of. "Like A Baby" is a ballad that just touches your heart in the right place and their Isly Brothers cover, "If You Were There" assures the listener "that I care".
Now, the four hits from Wham!'s third release "Music From The Edge Of Heaven". On "Last Christmas" George sings about the heartbreak he feels when his former lover gives away a gift that he gave her; "Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the the very next day, you gave it away". The track "I'm Your Man" is another very catchy single that has George saying to us "If you're gonna do it, do it right; do it with me." (I think we all know what he's hinting there...). "The Edge Of Heaven" is a rather edgy Wham! tune where Andrew Ridgley can actually use his guitar (see the very unWham!like guitar solo in the middle of this track). What I find rather amusing about this track is the last line of the last verse: "...believe me baby, one day you'll wake up on your own!" Andrew Ridgley sure woke up on his own. :) The track "Where Did Your Heart Go?", a cover tune from the Was Brothers, shows that George is definitely in touch with Soul music. This tune is also one of the reasons why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. I have been looking for the 45 version of this song on CD for quite some time. I was sad when it wasn't included on "The Final" and, when I first found this CD, I was hoping it might show up on here... alas, I was wrong.
This brings me to the last 2 tunes on this disc; the 90's remakes of "I'm Your Man" and "Everything She Wants" I was rather surprised that I really enjoyed "I'm Your Man '96". The reason being, that he gave the song a rather 90's dance beat and had hip-hop background supporting vocals; I myself am NOT a big fan of either genre. "Everything She Wants '97" is the other reason why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. Listen to this track and you will see that he did not actually remake it but just took the original 1985 track (including his original vocals) and put a club beat in the background. Needless to say, I was NOT amused.
So, as you can see, with the exception of 2 tracks, I find that, indeed, this is the best of Wham!.
I am now adding something to my review that I forgot to put in here; alot of folks are saying that "Careless Whisper" and "A Different Corner" should have been added even though they were George Michael's, not Wham! songs. If you look back to the 45/7" single picture sleeve of "Careless Whisper" it is credited as "Wham! featuring George Michael" so, technically, it was a Wham! song; "A Different Corner" on the other hand WAS a George Michael single. I do agree that both songs should have been included on this "Best Of..." compilation.
Anyhoo, even though I wrote this review more than 5 years ago, I still say that this is pretty much "ALMOST Everything I Want in the best of Wham!"

Average customer rating:

Best Remixes Wham! Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Final: Best of the Best Gold Twenty Five The Best of Wham!: If You Were There... Freeek! 80's 12 Inch Special ASIN: B0001FAFM2 Release Date: 2004-04-19

Tracks:

1. Young Guns (Go for It)
2. Bady Boys
3. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Social Mix] - Wham!
4. Everything She Wants [Remix]
5. Careless Whisper [Extended Mix] - George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Wham!
6. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix]

Album Description

Japanese exclusive reissue of 1990 compilation featuring rare tracks, 'Young Guns (Go For It)', 'Bad Boys', 'Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)' (Social Mix), 'Everything She Wants' (Remix), 'Careless Whisper' (Extended Mix), & 'Last Christmas' (Pudding Mix). Sony. 2004.

Album Details

Re-issue of the Classic EP Originally Released in 1989.

Average customer rating: ...ALMOST Everything I Want !

The Best of Wham!: If You Were There... Wham! Manufacturer: Sony/Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00015TYWE Release Date: 1998-01-13

Tracks:

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
6. Like A Baby
7. Freedom
8. The Edge Of Heaven
9. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
10. Young Guns (Go For It!)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man '96

Album Description

14 tracks in all including, 'Wake Me UpBefore You Go-Go', 'Freedom', 'Wham Rap!', 'Young Guns (GoFor It!)', 'Last Christmas' and both the original and updated mixes of the hits 'Everything She Wants' & 'I'm Your Man'. All tracks were digitally remastered in 1997. Sony.

Customer Reviews:

...ALMOST Everything I Want !.......2007-02-17

Like their other greatest hits compilation, "Wham!-The Final, this compilation of Wham!'s best of contains album versions as well as 45 and 12" remixes of their greatest hits.
Now I realise that a great deal of people thought of this music as "bubblegum pop". If you look at the credits (of their past albums), however, you will see that George Michael wrote, arranged and produced EVERY track on the recording. George Michael was also very in touch with the youth of his day.
You will find this on tracks like "Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)", "Bad Boys" and "Young Guns (Go For It)". All 3 of these tunes, taken from Wham!'s debut "Fantastic", clearly expressed the frustration of British and American kids of the early 80's A more uplifting track, also from their debut, is the song "Club Tropicana". This tune sings of a place where "drinks are free. Fun and sunshine; there's enough for everyone". With this tune George illustrated the fun and carefree spirit that was alive at this time as well.
We now go to the hits from Wham!'s sophmore release, "Make It Big". "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go","Everything She Wants" and "Freedom" are all very catchy tunes in which George sings about how his love has been taken advantage of. "Like A Baby" is a ballad that just touches your heart in the right place and their Isly Brothers cover, "If You Were There" assures the listener "that I care".
Now, the four hits from Wham!'s third release "Music From The Edge Of Heaven". On "Last Christmas" George sings about the heartbreak he feels when his former lover gives away a gift that he gave her; "Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the the very next day, you gave it away". The track "I'm Your Man" is another very catchy single that has George saying to us "If you're gonna do it, do it right; do it with me." (I think we all know what he's hinting there...). "The Edge Of Heaven" is a rather edgy Wham! tune where Andrew Ridgley can actually use his guitar (see the very unWham!like guitar solo in the middle of this track). What I find rather amusing about this track is the last line of the last verse: "...believe me baby, one day you'll wake up on your own!" Andrew Ridgley sure woke up on his own. :) The track "Where Did Your Heart Go?", a cover tune from the Was Brothers, shows that George is definitely in touch with Soul music. This tune is also one of the reasons why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. I have been looking for the 45 version of this song on CD for quite some time. I was sad when it wasn't included on "The Final" and, when I first found this CD, I was hoping it might show up on here... alas, I was wrong.
This brings me to the last 2 tunes on this disc; the 90's remakes of "I'm Your Man" and "Everything She Wants" I was rather surprised that I really enjoyed "I'm Your Man '96". The reason being, that he gave the song a rather 90's dance beat and had hip-hop background supporting vocals; I myself am NOT a big fan of either genre. "Everything She Wants '97" is the other reason why I gave this CD 4 stars instead of 5. Listen to this track and you will see that he did not actually remake it but just took the original 1985 track (including his original vocals) and put a club beat in the background. Needless to say, I was NOT amused. So, as you can see, with the exception of 2 tracks, I find that, indeed, this is the best of Wham!.
I am now adding something to my review that I forgot to put in here. Alot of folks are saying that "Careless Whisper" and "A Different Corner" should have been added even though they were George Michael's, not Wham! songs. If you look back to the 45/7" single picture sleeve of "Careless Whisper" it is credited as "Wham! featuring George Michael" so, technically, it was a Wham! song; "A Different Corner" on the other hand WAS a George Michael single. I do agree that both songs should have been included on this "Best Of..." compilation.
Anyhoo, even though I originally wrote this review more than 5 years ago, I still say that this is pretty much "ALMOST Everything I Want in the best of Wham!"

Average customer rating:

The Best Christmas... Ever! { Various Artists } {Import } Band Aid , Wham , Elton John , Jackson 5 , Slade , Mike Oldfield , Jona Lewie , Mel and Kim , Gary Glitter , and Shakin' Stevens Manufacturer: VIRGIN RECORDS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal ASIN: B000MG5BII

Product Description

TRACKS DISC ONE: 1. Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 2. Last Christmas - Wham 3. Step Into Christmas - John, Elton 4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson Five 5. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 6. In Dulci Jubilo - Oldfield, Mike 7. Stop The Cavalry - Lewie, Jona 8. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Wilde, Kim 9. Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas - Glitter, Gary 10. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens 11. Mary Had A Little Boy - Snap 12. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 13. Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull 14. Saviour's Day - Richard, Cliff 15. Mull Of Kintyre - Wings 16. Spaceman Came Travelling - De Burgh, Chris 17. Winter's Tale - Essex, David 18. Keeping The Dream Alive - Freiheit 19. Sadeness - Enigma 20. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Crosby, Bing & David Bowie DISC TWO: 1. White Christmas - Crosby, Bing 2. Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Martin, Dean 3. . Christmas Song -Fitzgerald, Ella 4. Winter Wonderland - Day, Doris 5. Warm December - London, Julie 6. Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters 7. Santa Baby - Kitt, Eartha 8. Happy Holiday - Williams, Andy 9. Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) - Faith, Adam 10. Blue Christmas - Miles Davis 11. Blue Christmas - Nelson, Willie 12. Silver Bells - Reeves, Jim 13. Mary's Boy Child - Belafonte, Harry 14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Como, Perry 15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Weavers 16. The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Spinners 17. Gaudete - Steeleye Span 18. In the Bleak Midwinter - Jansch, Bert 19. Silent Night Holy Night - Temptations 20. Only You - Flying Pickets 21. Walking In The Air - Jones, Aled 22. What Are You doing New Year's Eve?- O'Hara, Mary Margaret

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Tidewaters Manufacturer: Tori Sparks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAD9DI Release Date: 2003-05-13

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Panpipes Play George Michael Panpipes Play George Michael Manufacturer: MCPS Musicbank Limited ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000LVJSIS

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Features 17 George Michael songs played on panpipes! Songs are... 1. Outside, 2. Everything She Wants, 3. Careless Whisper, 4. Faith, 5. Father Figure, 6. Edge of Heaven, 7. I'm Your Man, 8. Too Funky, 9. Praying For Time, 10. One More Try, 11. Freedom, 12. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, 13. Fast Love, 14. Jesus to a Child, 15. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, 16. Where Did Your Heart Go, and 17. Last Christmas.

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Best Remixes Wham! Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000778EDG Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

1. Young Guns (Go for It)
2. Bady Boys
3. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Social Mix] - Wham!
4. Everything She Wants [Remix]
5. Careless Whisper [Extended Mix] - George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Wham!
6. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix]

Rock Music:

1. Biggest & Best Ballads [Import]
2. Black Heart Affair [Enhanced] [Import]
3. Born Without [CD-single] [Import]
4. Bridge [Import] [Original recording remastered]
5. Chasing the Dragon
6. Chronicles of Life & Death [Import]
7. Cliches/Loose Shoes & Tight Pussy [Import]
8. Crime [Import]
9. Dfa Compilation 2 [Box set] [Import]
10. Dm Blues [Import]

Rock Music