{"product_id":"wham-fantastic","title":"Wham! – Fantastic","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP02166\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUPC:19658815021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFantastic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the debut studio album by English pop duo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Wham!\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wham!\"\u003eWham!\u003c\/a\u003e, released on 1 July 1983.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic_(Wham!_album)#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt reached number one on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"UK Albums Chart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_Albums_Chart\"\u003eUK Albums Chart\u003c\/a\u003e. It included the previously released singles \"\u003ca title=\"Young Guns (Go for It)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Young_Guns_(Go_for_It)\"\u003eYoung Guns\u003c\/a\u003e\", \"\u003ca title=\"Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wham_Rap!_(Enjoy_What_You_Do)\"\u003eWham Rap!\u003c\/a\u003e\" and \"\u003ca title=\"Bad Boys (Wham! song)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Boys_(Wham!_song)\"\u003eBad Boys\u003c\/a\u003e\". \"\u003ca title=\"Club Tropicana\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Club_Tropicana\"\u003eClub Tropicana\u003c\/a\u003e\" was released as a single to coincide with the album's release. Although not on the album, \"\u003ca title=\"Club Fantastic Megamix\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Club_Fantastic_Megamix\"\u003eClub Fantastic Megamix\u003c\/a\u003e\" (a medley of songs from the album) was released against the band's wishes by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Innervision Records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Innervision_Records\"\u003eInnervision\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoon after\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantastic\u003c\/i\u003e, and whilst they were in proceedings to leave the label.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-Davis_2012_p._264_5-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic_(Wham!_album)#cite_note-Davis_2012_p._264-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Andrew Ridgeley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Ridgeley\"\u003eAndrew Ridgeley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein his 2019 book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWham! George and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, it was during the early stages of writing and recording of this album that the pair agreed that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"George Michael\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Michael\"\u003eGeorge Michael\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould take sole responsibility for writing the group's material. Before securing their first record deal, they had written songs together, and made their first demos with these songs. When work started in the studio, Michael—according to Ridgeley—started working \"at lightning speed\", and it quickly became clear that he was by far the better songwriter. Ridgeley would later say that it was not something that he particularly wanted, but there was no doubt it was the way to go to achieve the success they both wanted.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic_(Wham!_album)#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTwo new songs, \"Golden Soul\" and \"Soul Boy\", were written by Michael and Ridgeley for the album but both were shelved as \"neither of them were any good\".\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic_(Wham!_album)#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey were replaced by tracks written and arranged by Michael.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album features a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Hidden track\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hidden_track\"\u003ehidden track\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(played on a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Honky-tonk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honky-tonk\"\u003ehonky-tonk\u003c\/a\u003e-style piano) after the final 20 seconds of \"Young Guns (Go for It!)\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the US, the album was originally released as the group \"WHAM! U.K.\", due to a conflict with a US group with the same name (Columbia BFC-38911).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43776327450776,"sku":"","price":58.0,"currency_code":"BND","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/6879\/7592\/files\/R-30163541-1711040726-3045.jpg?v=1711946247","url":"https:\/\/siaandtangmusic.com\/products\/wham-fantastic","provider":"siaandtangmusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}