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Studio album by Wham!
Released 1 July 1983
Recorded 1982–1983
Studio Maison Rouge (London)[1]
Genre
Popdance-poppost-disco
Length 36:42
Label
Innervision 25328Columbia CK-38911
Producer
Steve BrownGeorge MichaelBob Carter
Wham! chronology
Fantastic
(1983) Make It Big
(1984)

Fantastic is the debut studio album by the English pop duo Wham!, released on 1 July 1983.[6] It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. It included the previously released singles `Young Guns`, `Wham Rap!` and `Bad Boys`. `Club Tropicana` was released as a single to coincide with the album`s release. Although not on the album, `Club Fantastic Megamix` (a medley of songs from the album) was released against the band`s wishes by Innervision soon after Fantastic, and whilst they were in proceedings to leave the label.[7]

According to Andrew Ridgeley in his 2019 book Wham! George and Me, it was during the early stages of writing and recording of this album that the pair agreed that George Michael should take sole responsibility for writing the group`s material. Before securing their first record deal, they had written songs together, and made their first demos with these songs. When work started in the studio, Michael—according to Ridgeley—started working `at lightning speed`, and it quickly became clear that he was by far the better songwriter. Ridgeley would later say that it was not something that he particularly wanted, but there was no doubt it was the way to go to achieve the success they both wanted.[8] Two new songs, `Golden Soul` and `Soul Boy`, were written for the album but both were shelved as `neither of them were any good`.[9]

The album features a hidden track (played on a honky-tonk-style piano) after the final 20 seconds of `Young Guns (Go for It!)`.

In the US, the album was originally released as the group `WHAM! U.K.`, due to a conflict with a US group with the same name (Columbia BFC-38911).

The track listing of the first edition of the CD and the original cassette tape feature three bonus tracks interspersed within the original track listing, consisting of instrumental remixes. This track listing was again used for the 1998 reissue of the CD.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Bad Boys` George Michael 3:19
2. `A Ray of Sunshine` Michael 4:43
3. `Love Machine`
Pete MooreBilly Griffin
3:19
4. `Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)`
MichaelAndrew Ridgeley
6:41
5. `A Ray of Sunshine` (instrumental remix) 5:40
6. `Love Machine` (instrumental remix) 3:28
7. `Club Tropicana`
MichaelRidgeley
4:28
8. `Nothing Looks the Same in the Light` Michael 5:53
9. `Come On` Michael 4:24
10. `Young Guns (Go for It!)` Michael 3:55
11. `Nothing Looks the Same in the Light` (instrumental remix) 6:40
Total length: 52:30
Personnel
Wham!

George Michael – lead vocals (1–4, 7, 8), backing vocals (1–3), arrangements (4–7), all vocals (5, 6), horn arrangements (5), instruments (6)
Andrew Ridgeley – guitars (1–5, 7, 8), arrangements (4)
Additional musicians

Jess Bailey – keyboards (1)
Anne Dudley – keyboards (1, 8)
Tommy Eyre – keyboards (2, 3, 5, 7)
Bob Carter – keyboards (4)
Robert Ahwai – guitars (1–3, 7, 8)
Deon Estus – bass (1–3, 5, 7), backing vocals (1)
John McKenzie – bass (4)
Brad Lang – bass (8)
Trevor Murrell – drums (1–3, 5, 6)
Andy Duncan – drums (4), percussion (4, 5)
Graham Broad – drums (7, 8)
Luís Jardim – percussion (1, 3)
Tony Moroni – percussion (2)
Jeff Daly – saxophones (1)
David Baptiste – saxophones (2, 3, 7)
Chris Hunter – saxophones (4)
Ian Ritchie – saxophones (5), horn arrangements (5)
Andy Mackintosh – saxophones (8)
Paul Cox – trumpet (1)
Martin Drover – trumpet (1)
Colin Graham – trumpet (2, 3, 7)
Raul D`Oliveria – trumpet (2, 3, 7)
Guy Barker – trumpet (4)
Roddy Lorimer – trumpet (5)
Bert Ezard – trumpet (8)
J. Healey – trumpet (8)
Linton Ace – string arrangements (3)
Dee C. Lee – backing vocals (1, 8)
Ruby Mason – backing vocals (1)
Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals (3)
George Chandler – backing vocals (3)
Tony Jackson – backing vocals (3)
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (7)
Stevie Lange – backing vocals (7)
Sylvia Mason-James – backing vocals (7)
Lynda Hayes – backing vocals (8)
Shirlie Holliman – backing vocals (8)
Josie James – backing vocals (8)
Shouting on `Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)`

Bob Carter, George Michael, David Mortimer, Andrew Ridgeley and Paul Ridgeley
Handclaps on `Club Tropicana`

Deon Estus, Steve Evans, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley and Phil Wilcox
Production
George Michael – producer (1–3, 5–8)
Steve Brown – producer (1–3, 5–8)
Bob Carter – producer (4)
Tony Taverner – engineer
Wham! – cover design
Shoot That Tiger! – cover design
Chris Craymer – front cover photography, inner sleeve photography
Janusz Guttner – inner sleeve photography