Wham! - The Singles - Echoes from the Edge of Heaven (Expanded) (2023)

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Wham! - The Singles - Echoes from the Edge of Heaven (Expanded) (2023) 44.1-24
Country: UK
Genre: Pop
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [44,1kHz/24 bit]
Time: 02:45:03
Full Size: 1.92 GB

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their first album, Sony Music CG has brought together all the WHAM! singles on one disc, with a host of bonus tracks. It could only begin with Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do); the George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley duo's brassy, bouncy calling card. The original track is followed by 5 re-jigged versions sure to delight fans. Of particular note is the Special US Remix, with its handclaps raising the slider on an already effective original rhythm, which is followed by Young Guns (Go For It), on the back of which WHAM! became a veritable social phenomenon. Relaxed, elegant and gently anti-conformist, the two young men went on to score a string of hits: Bad Boys, with its unforgettable opening synth gimmick, the summery Club Tropicana, and the unmissable Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, a 1984 single that sounds like it came straight out of the Motown catalogue. The number of hits on this compilation is all the more impressive given that WHAM! had a relatively short lifespan, sacrificed in favour of George Michael's phenomenal solo success. Songs like Last Christmas reflect the evolution of George Michael: it is signed by both of WHAM!'s members, but it is Michael alone who carries it on his shoulders. The christmas jingle is presented here in its original version, accompanied by a "Pudding Mix" which features a synthesised bell. As the album is structured chronologically, it ends with the band's least emblematic singles: The Edge of Heaven, Battlestations, and Where Did Your Heart Go?- a cover of the American band Was (Not Was) sung by Michael, on which Ridgeley is simply absent. © Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz

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01. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (03:31)

02. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Club Mix) (04:19)
03. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Social Mix) (06:44)
04. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Unsocial Mix) (06:37)
05. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Special U.S. Remix) (06:40)
06. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Special Club Remix) (03:04)
07. Young Guns (Go for It!) (03:42)
08. Go for It! (04:49)
09. Young Guns (Go for It!) (12" Mix) (06:56)
10. Bad Boys (03:21)
11. Bad Boys (Instrumental) (03:23)
12. Club Tropicana (04:30)
13. Blue (Armed with Love) (03:55)
14. Club Tropicana (Instrumental) (03:31)
15. Club Fantastic Megamix (03:57)
16. A Ray of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix) (05:39)
17. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (03:53)
18. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Instrumental) (04:02)
19. Freedom (05:04)
20. Freedom (Instrumental) (05:10)
21. Freedom (Long Mix) (07:09)
22. Last Christmas (Single Version) (04:25)
23. Everything She Wants (05:30)
24. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) (06:46)
25. Everything She Wants (Remix) (06:30)
26. Im Your Man (04:06)
27. Do It Right (Instrumental) (04:04)
28. Im Your Man (Extended Stimulation) (06:58)
29. Im Your Man (Acappella) (04:17)
30. The Edge of Heaven (04:36)
31. Wham! Rap 86 (06:35)
32. Battlestations (05:31)
33. Where Did Your Heart Go? (05:49)