Music from the Edge of Heaven

Background

Music from the Edge of Heaven was only released in North America and Japan. In other territories, an album called The Final was released. Both albums share some of the same songs. Music from the Edge of Heaven generally acted as a studio album from Wham! for the North American and Japanese markets. It consisted of some songs not available on The Final as well. The Final was a greatest hits album as it included a few of the same songs, but also included many of their previous hits from their two prior albums. Decades later, Music from the Edge of Heaven was not included in the CD remastering series by the duo's record company because of the album's limited release; however, The Final was included.

"The Edge of Heaven", "Battlestations", "Wham Rap! '86" and "Where Did Your Heart Go?", according to the liner notes, are newly recorded for the album, with "The Edge of Heaven", "Battlestations" and "Where Did Your Heart Go?" also appearing on The Final; the other half was slightly changed for the collection, with the exception of the Pudding mix of "Last Christmas":

• The version of "A Different Corner" featured has an intro that does not appear elsewhere, aside from the song's music video.
• The version of "I'm Your Man" is slightly edited down from the Extended Stimulation mix and features a newly recorded spoken bridge.
• This marks the only appearance of "Blue (live in China)" on CD.

A box set of the three studio albums by the band titled Original Album Classics was released on 20 March 2015, which included Music from the Edge of Heaven.

Although it did not have a physical release in forms such as vinyl or CD in Europe, Music from the Edge of Heaven was released in Europe on the iTunes Store for the first time to download in late 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

• George Michael – vocals, keyboards, piano, drum machine, arranger, producer
• Andrew Ridgeley – backing vocals, guitar
• Danny Cummings – drums, percussion
• Andy Duncan – drums, percussion
• Charlie Morgan – drums, percussion
• Trevor Murrell – drums, percussion
• Deon Estus – bass
• John McKenzie – bass
• Bob Carter – keyboards, piano
• Richard Cottle – keyboards, piano
• Tommy Eyre – keyboards, piano
• Elton John – keyboards, piano
• Danny Schogger – keyboards, piano
• Robert Ahwai – guitar
• David Austin – guitar
• Hugh Burns – guitar
• David Baptiste – alto saxophone
• Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone (2, 7)
• Guy Barker – horns
• Simon Gardner – horns
• Chris Hunter – horns
• Paul Spong – horns
• Rick Taylor – horns
• Shirlie Holliman – backing vocals
• Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque – backing vocals
• Janet Mooney – backing vocals
• Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals
• Jenny Hallet – backing vocals
• Dee C. Lee – backing vocals ;Technical
• Chris Porter – engineer, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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