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Faith
Studio album by George Michael
Released	October 30, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Pop/R&B/Pop rock
Length	53:16
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	George Michael
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
George Michael chronology
Faith (1987) Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)

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 1 Massive Success 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Certifications & Sales 5 Singles 6 Awards 7 Personnel 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

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 making him the only British male singer to have four #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. 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 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 480 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Faith was ranked 79th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.

1. "Faith" – 3:16
2. "Father Figure" – 5:36
3. "I Want Your Sex (Parts I & II)"† – 9:17
4. "One More Try" – 5:50
5. "Hard Day" – 4:48
6. "Hand to Mouth" – 4:36
7. "Look At Your Hands" – 4:37
8. "Monkey" – 5:06
9. "Kissing A Fool" – 4:35
10. "Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix)" – 6:29 (Bonus Track on CD Format)
11. "A Last Request (I Want Your Sex 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.

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

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina	Gold	30,000+
Australia	5x Platinum	350,000+
Austria	Gold	15,000+
Canada	Diamond	1,000,000+
Finland	Gold	20,000+
Germany	Platinum	500,000+
Oman	3x platinum	75,000+
Netherlands	Platinum	80,000+
New Zealand	5x Platinum	75,000+
Norway	Gold	20,000+
Sweden	Gold	30,000+
Switzerland	Gold	25,000+
United Kingdom	5x Platinum	1,500,000+
United States	Diamond	10,000,000+

• 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

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"

• 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

• George Michael - Official Website
• - RIAA
• All Music.com
• Rolling Stone.com

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1988
• Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• List of Diamonds Albums
• Year-End Top album

• Album lyrics and samples

Preceded by Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Billboard 200 Year-End Top album 1988

Succeeded by Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown

v • d • e Grammy Award for Album of the Year:

1950s:  The Music from Peter Gunn  •  1960s:  Come Dance with Me!  •  The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart  •  Judy at Carnegie Hall  •  The First Family  •  The Barbra Streisand Album  •  Getz/Gilberto  •  September of My Years  •  Sinatra: A Man and His Music  •  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  •  By the Time I Get to Phoenix 1970s:  Blood, Sweat & Tears  •  Bridge Over Troubled Water  •  Tapestry  •  The Concert For Bangla Desh  •  Innervisions  •  Fulfillingness' First Finale  •  Still Crazy After All These Years  •  Songs in the Key of Life  •  Rumours  •  Saturday Night Fever 1980s:  52nd Street  •  Christopher Cross  •  Double Fantasy  •  Toto IV  •  Thriller  •  Can't Slow Down  •  No Jacket Required  •  Graceland  •  The Joshua Tree  •  Faith 1990s:  Nick of Time  •  Back on the Block  •  Unforgettable... with Love  •  Unplugged  •  The Bodyguard  •  MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett  •  Jagged Little Pill  •  Falling into You  •  Time Out of Mind  •  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 2000s:  Supernatural  •  Two Against Nature  •  O Brother, Where Art Thou?  •  Come Away With Me  •  Speakerboxxx/The Love Below  •  Genius Loves Company  •  How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb  •  Taking the Long Way