Wham! Album: “Best of Wham!: If You Were There...”

From '82 to '86, these two young handsome Brits were a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, with Dance-Pop hits like "I'm Your Man" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". The other good songs I still like to this day, with me being way too young to be a fan of this duo in the '80's, are "If You Were There", the original version of "Everything She Wants", the original, really poppy sound of "Freedom", "The Edge Of Heaven", "Wham Rap!", "Young Guns (Go For It!)", and the two remixes at the end, however, "I'm Your Man '96" doesn't quite sound nearly as appealing as it's original version. All in all, this was certainly the standard stepping stone for a legend in the making in pop music, George Michael. This collection truly compiles the best of Wham!, that's for sure. It's worth a listen, pick it up sometime soon!

This CD is a very good item for all WHAM! fans or even for people, who are not real fans, but are sentimental about 80's. The sound quality here is better than on the original releases and all songs are really good. Also, two extra remixes (especially, "Everything She Wants") are very cool. Pitty that it was not released in USA, but this CD is worth the money spent.

Most of Wham's hits are included in this collection. "Wake me Up before You Go-Go" is a popular hit included in this. One not included is "Careless Whisper" which is rather surprising and a little angering. All of the other ones you remember are here though. If you liked Wham in the 80's or George Michael in general, this is a good collection to have. Nuff' said!

You need to be British and to have lived through the 80s in the UK to really appreciate Wham's Best Of. Hearing the music will take you back to the carefree days of the 80s and the clever videos that accompanied the music. Remember Club Tropicana with Ridgeley and Michael frollicking by the pool, to emerge at the end as airline pilots?

The digital remixing gives a depth and clarity that was lost in the 80s compact cassettes and vinyl records.

A great compilation and you really can't expect it to contain George Michael's Careless Whisper, no matter how good it is! Would you expect Yellow Submarine on a Best of Wings compilation? I think not.

Gee,the CD seemed fine. My favorites are here. "Everything She Wants" (original),"Freedom","Young Guns (Go For It)","Where Did Your Heart Go?","Careless Whisper"...hey,wait a second..."Careless Whisper" ain't on here. The ultimate George Michael/Wham! ballad and this is supposed to be a greatest hits album and that song missed? "A Different Corner" also? Because of stupid remixes of "I'm Your Man" & "Everything She Wants"? Huh,I rather listen to ANDREW RIDGELEY's solo album than those remixes. Really! Psyche!