History Music / Faith

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Before this river, becomes an ocean, Before you throw my heart back on the floor....'']]
''Faith'' is the first solo studio album by Music/GeorgeMichael, which was released in 1987. It features the hits "I Want Your Sex (Part I)", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", and "Kissing A Fool".

!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Faith"
# "Father Figure"
# "I Want Your Sex (Parts I & II)"
# "One More Try"

[[AC: Side Two]]
# "Hard Day"
# "Hand To Mouth"
# "Look At Your Hands"
# "Monkey"
# "Kissing A Fool"

[[AC: CD and Cassette Bonus Tracks]]
# "Hard Day" (Shep Pettibone remix)
# "A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Part III)"

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!!''I want your tropes''
* AlbumTitleDrop: "'Cause I gotta have faith."
* BreakupSong: "Faith"; "Kissing A Fool".
* DomesticAbuse: The topic of "Look At Your Hands".
* DrugsAreBad: "Monkey", according to George's website.
-->''Why can't you set your monkey free?''
-->''Always giving in to it''
-->''Do you love your monkey or do you love me?''
* EpicRocking: At just a hair under six minutes, "One More Try" was one of the longest songs to ever hit #1 on the US charts. There's also "I Want Your Sex (Parts I & II)" that appears as one single nonstop track on this album, clocking in at 9 minutes 17 seconds total.
* EthicalSlut: George in "I Want Your Sex". As per WordOfGod, "it's not about fucking, it's about fucking within a relationship". The music video prominently features the slogan '''''Explore Monogamy'''''.
* FaceOnTheCover: George Michael's face turned to the side with part of his leather jacket pulled up to it.
* GetOut: In "Faith":
-->''Well it takes a strong man baby''
-->''But I'm showing you the door!''
* IncestSubtext: "Father Figure" has shades of this as George paints a picture of his relationship to a woman as that of a father and his daughter.
* IntercourseWithYou: "I Want Your Sex", although he encourages monogamy.
* OneWordTitle: "Faith" and "Monkey".
* RecordProducer: George Michael.
* SexIsGood: From "I Want Your Sex (Part 1)":
-->''Sex is natural, sex is good.''
-->''Not everybody does it, but everybody should.''
* TitleTrack: "Faith".

* BreakupSong: "Faith".

* EpicRocking: At just a hair under six minutes, "One More Try" was one of the longest songs to ever hit #1 on the US charts. There's also "I Want Your Sex (Parts I & II)" that appears as one single nonstop track on this album.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Faith'']]

* EpicRocking: At just a hair under six minutes, "One More Try" was one of the longest songs to ever hit #1 on the US charts.

* DrugsAreBad: "Monkey".