Faith
by George Michael

Album
Faith by George Michael
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-10-30
Overall rank: 1,189th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 345 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (21st)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (185th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,189th)

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Faith is ranked as the best album by George Michael.

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Faith rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,189th | 1980s rank: 185th | 1987 rank: 21st  Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 345 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.


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Faith forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5471): By beatlematt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by beatlematt () 1. by (1966) 3. by (1984) 4. by (2019) 5. by (1968) 6. by (2004) 8. by (1977) 9. by (1982) 10. by (1969) 12. by (1975) 13. by (1999) 14. (1971) 15. by (1985) 16. by by (1965) 18. (1977) 19. by (1980) 20. by (1976) 21. by (1971)…”
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From Johnnyo 09/14/2025 09:05 in The same album title but a different artist
“A bit of a cheat code, but this is a list of albums with duplicate titles on BEA where both albums are in top 2,000: 141 1,514 815 1,143 1,238 1405 140 1,395 607 1,336 1,097 1,658 317 1,068 Another interesting factoid. Some great albums here. I might well use a few of these to do some comparative…”
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Faith comments

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From 01/16/2012 17:14 | #35316 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is an easy album to not take seriously, partially thanks to the videos. But george michael was a very good singer-songwriter, who shows it not just on "father figure" and "one more try", but also lesser known songs like the desperate urgency of "hand to mouth" and the beautifully-plaintive piano ballad "kissing a fool"
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From 06/23/2012 20:36 | #45207 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Surprised this wasn't ranked higher because Faith was an iconic pop album in its day. I suppose it is a reaction to the artist rather than the music, which is actually quite catchy. Father figure and the title track stand out.
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90/100
From 07/12/2017 14:40 | #194144 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A personal favorite of mine. Faith is a classic, Father Figure is a masterpiece, Monkey is a banger, and Kissing a Fool is a heartbreaker.
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80/100
From 05/19/2014 15:59 | #112274 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Smart, funky pop. There is a reason this was a big album in the 80's. Not sure why it is ranked so low here.
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From 08/31/2013 03:05 | #84876 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This was massive... and for good reason. Intelligent, danceable, funky pop. The best kind of top-40.
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