Make It Big
by Wham!
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Make It Big is ranked as the best album by Wham!.
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Make It Big track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Make It Big rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1984 | 10/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 12 Europe British Isles | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1101-1200* | 47/78 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1984 | 30/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles 2 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 98/99 | 0 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 65 Music Albums of 1984 | 29/65 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1984 | 47/57 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 102 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 294 | |||
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Make It Big ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/12/2026 07:48 | cicadelic | 14,111 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 15:18 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2026 16:57 | mostlymor | 7,050 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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Make It Big forum mentions
neilgee 03/24/2023 21:02 in What music video are you watching right now?Make It Big comments
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Very fun pop record and George has an amazing voice. Has a couple timeless classics (Wake Me Up, Careless Whisper) and some fun pop tracks (Heartbeat, Freedom.) I could listen to this for hours.
Contains 3 No.1 hits from 1984. Careless Whisper(5), Freedom(10) & Wake Me Up Before You Go Go(11) all ended up being in the top 20 biggest selling singles of '84. The moody "Everything She Wants" is another hit which was on a double A side with "Last Christmas" and was only prevented from reaching No.1 by Band Aid.
Great eighties album. Pure sunshine music. The lesser known 'Like a Baby' is among my favourite Wham tracks. George Michael had an amazing voice and was at his pinnacle on this album.
timtooky 04/10/2014 19:30 | #108969 | TOP COMMENT
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it's just ridiculous to see, what kind of celebrity george once was - and what a fantastic personality he became. nevertheless he always had a fantastic voice (careless whispers!). the songs are professionaly produced - most of them have a cleverly built-in recognition value. but they are "just" radio-pop-jingles. the supremes-like freedom is nice and of course the crush slow dance sax-song.
PAPPITUFO 06/15/2025 04:49 | #309538 | TOP COMMENT
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Careless Whisper and Everything She Wants my favorite tracks. Freedom and Wake Me Up are also remarkable tracks butin my view in a different level. Good Pop album. (Edited)
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