''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' is the final studio album from

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pop duo

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. It was released on July 1, 1986 by

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. ''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' was only released in North America and Japan. In other territories, an album called ''

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'' was released. Both albums share some of the same songs. ''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' generally acted as a studio album from Wham! for the North American and Japanese markets. It consisted of some songs not available on ''The Final'' as well. ''The Final'' was a greatest hits album as it included a few of the same songs, but also included many of their previous hits from their two prior albums. Decades later, ''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' was not included in the CD remastering series by the duo's record company because of the album's limited release; however, ''The Final'' was included. "The Edge of Heaven", "Battlestations", "Wham Rap! '86" and "Where Did Your Heart Go?", according to the liner notes, are newly recorded for the album, with "The Edge of Heaven", "Battlestations" and "Where Did Your Heart Go?" also appearing on ''The Final''; the other half was slightly changed for the collection, with the exception of the Pudding Mix of "Last Christmas": *The version of "A Different Corner" featured has an intro that does not appear elsewhere, aside from the song's music video. *The version of "I'm Your Man" is slightly edited down from the Stimulation Mix and features a newly-recorded spoken bridge. *This marks the only appearance of "Blue" (live in China) on CD. A box set of the three studio albums by the band entitled ''Original Album Classics'' was released on March 20, 2015, which included ''Music from the Edge of Heaven''. Although it did not have a physical release in forms such as vinyl or CD in Europe, ''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' was released in Europe on

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- Music from the edge of heaven

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals, keyboards, piano, drum machine, arranger, producer *

Andrew Ridgeley Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham!. Early life Ridgeley was born in Windlesham, Surrey, England, to parents ...

- backing vocals, guitar *Danny Cummings – drums, percussion *Andy Duncan – drums, percussion * Charlie Morgan – drums, percussion *Trevor Murrell – drums, percussion *

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– bass * John McKenzie – bass *Bob Carter – keyboards, piano *Richard Cottle – keyboards, piano *

Tommy Eyre Tommy Eyre (5 June 1949 – 23 May 2001) was an English session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Greg Lake, B.B. King, ...

– keyboards, piano *

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– keyboards, piano *Danny Schogger – keyboards, piano *Robert Ahwai – guitar * David Austin – guitar *David Baptiste – saxophone *

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...

– saxophone *

Guy Barker Guy Jeffrey Barker, (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Early life Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year ...

– horns *Simon Gardner – horns *Chris Hunter – horns *Paul Spong – horns *Rick Taylor – horns *

Shirlie Holliman Shirlie Kemp (née Holliman; born 18 April 1962) is an English singer, who found fame in the 1980s with Wham! and as part of the duo Pepsi & Shirlie. Early years Shirlie Holliman was child four of five born to Arthur and Margaret Holliman and ...

– backing vocals * Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque – backing vocals *Janet Mooney – backing vocals *Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals *Jenny Hallet - backing vocals *

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– backing vocals ;Technical *Chris Porter – engineer, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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