Vinyl Record
Wham! - Make It Big
Wham! - Make It Big on LP vinyl. A 1984 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 1984
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1984 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Make It Big is Wham! in 1984 doing exactly what the title promises. The second album by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley turns the playful insolence of Fantastic into immaculate international pop, with Michael taking a stronger production role and sharpening his writing into something that could dominate radio without losing personality. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is the obvious burst of colour, all Motown bounce and slogan-bright joy, but the album's range is what made it enormous. Everything She Wants is sleek, bitter and adult; Freedom is pure melodic lift; Heartbeat and Credit Card Baby keep the pop machine moving; and Careless Whisper, in territories where it is part of the album story, points toward Michael's solo future with cinematic confidence. Make It Big is not just cheerful 1980s packaging. It is the sound of a young writer discovering how much sophistication can hide inside perfect pop surfaces.
It matters because Make It Big transformed Wham! into a global phenomenon and confirmed George Michael as a major pop architect. The album produced era-defining singles while revealing the emotional and studio craft that would shape his solo career.
For collectors, this is the essential Wham! studio album: the blockbuster second LP and the home of Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom and Everything She Wants. Its 1984 identity makes it central to any serious George Michael or 1980s pop shelf.
Polished 1980s pop and pop-soul with LinnDrum snap, bright brass, clean guitars, buoyant backing vocals, sleek basslines, youthful gloss and increasingly mature George Michael songwriting.
Recommended for: Collectors building a George Michael and Wham! core run; Listeners who want peak 1980s pop craftsmanship; Fans of Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom and Everything She Wants.
When was Make It Big released? Wham! released Make It Big in 1984 as their second studio album. What were the biggest songs from Make It Big? Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom and Everything She Wants are central hits from the album era. Why is Make It Big important? It turned Wham! into global pop stars and showed George Michael's growing control as a songwriter, singer and producer.