The Final
by Wham!

The Final by Wham!
(Compilation album)
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 14,360th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 30 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (203rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,968th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,360th)

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Wham! bestography

The Final is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Wham! on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wham! is Make It Big which is ranked number 4699 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 297.

Wham! album bestography « Higher ranked (13,166th)
Fantastic
This album (14,360th)
The Final
Lower ranked (48,726th) »
Music From The Edge Of Heaven

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Final track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Final rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,360th | 1980s rank: 1,968th | 1986 rank: 203rd

The Final collection

The Final ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 30 votes)
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02/10/2025 18:26 BorderFreeAndrew   14,64374/100
 
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07/12/2024 07:35 TonySayers61   23,48164/100
 
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04/27/2024 10:30 Tuur   94767/100
 
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03/29/2024 22:13 Johnnyo   9,66577/100
 
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12/27/2023 19:45 M4thSoad3r   31285/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.

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From 01/23/2023 09:12 | #293193
Features all six of their No.1's "Wake me up before you go go", "Careless Whisper", "Freedom", "Last Christmas", "I'm your man" and "Edge of heaven". Also another five top 10 hits making this a classic dance/party album of the 80's.
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From 06/08/2018 19:59 | #216362
If I had to name the album which most encapsulates the worderful feeling of lying on a sunbed with a swimming pool within throwing distance and waves washing onto sparkling sand within earshot, a cold beer sat at my side and the smell of Piz Buin sun cream on the warm breeze, then it is this album. Ok, not including Last Christmas in the above statement as that is one of my favourite Christmas songs, this album is pure summer, with tracks like Club Tropicana, Battlestations and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, it is a very happy, upbeat album. I could play this in the car all through the summer!
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Best Albums of 1986
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Skylarking by XTC
6. The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
7. Reign In Blood by Slayer
8. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
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16. Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
17. Invisible Touch by Genesis
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19. True Blue by Madonna
20. Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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