George Michael's Faith

Matthew Horton (Music Journalist, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic USA
28 July 2022

Music reviews & criticism; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: 33 1/3

On Saturday, June 28, 1986, George Michael picked up his tasselled leather jacket, walked out of London’s Wembley Stadium and cheerfully tore up five years of glittering pop history. He’d just disposed of Wham!, the band he’d formed with school friend Andrew Ridgeley when they were teenagers, and now, at 23, he knew he was all grown up. He just needed to convince everyone else.

Faith is what happens when you’ve outstripped your dreams, your peers, your friends and your fans, and no one’s caught up yet. It’s about pouring all of that confusion, insecurity and sizzling ambition into music that comes out confused, insecure and ambitious – and then selling 25 million copies of it. George Michael was always preparing for this and, in the process, he set a template for all disaffected singers making that move. This book examines that model and the themes that went into Faith – from engaging in politics to crossing over to a Black audience and writing classic pop songs to endure – and speaks to the surviving key players to tell the story of how it was made.

By: Matthew Horton (Music Journalist UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 121mm,
ISBN: 9781501377976
ISBN 10: 1501377973
Series: 33 1/3
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Track listing Acknowledgements 1. Wham! wrapped 2. The public image 3. Freedom 87 4. Sex and the serious man 5. Politics (the pop remix) 6. I will be your adult contemporary 7. Bearing the crossover 8. Signing off Notes Selected bibliography

Matthew Horton sacrificed a promising future as a Classics scholar to become a music journalist and editor. His writing has been published extensively in NME and The Guardian, as well as on websites including The Quietus and BBC Music, and he has contributed to several books, principally recommending songs and albums to hear before you die. He lives in Kent, UK, and spends most of his time in a small brick office at the bottom of his garden.

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George Michael's Faith

Matthew Horton (Music Journalist, UK)

$19.99

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