Whispering Jack

Infobox Album
Name = Whispering Jack
Type = Studio
Artist = John Farnham


Released = flagicon|Australia January 6, 1986
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Synth Pop, Rock
Length = 41:14
Label = Sony BMG
Producer = Ross Fraser
Reviews =
Last album = The Best of John Farnham 1980
This album = Whispering Jack 1986
Next album = The John Farnham Phenomenon 1987
Misc = Singles
Name = Whispering Jack
Type = Studio
single 1 = You're the Voice
single 1 date = 1986
single 2 = Pressure Down
single 2 date = 1986
single 3 = A Touch of Paradise
single 3 date = 1986
single 4 = Reasons
single 4 date = 1987 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 20th Anniversary Edition Cover
Type = Studio


Cover size = 170 × 170
Lower caption = Released in 2006. Contains the concert Whispering Jack Live on additional DVD
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"Whispering Jack" is the sixteenth album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on January 6, 1986. It has become one of the highest selling albums in Australia by an Australian artist, with over 1 million copies sold. It spent 25 weeks at the number one spot on the Kent Music Report charts. The album was awarded the 1987 Aria Award for "Album of the Year". One of Farnham's biggest hits of his career, "You're the Voice" is featured on this album.

Prior to this album's release, Farnham's career had stalled after being recruited and then dumped as lead singer of Australia's Little River Band. Farnham's manager at the time, Glenn Wheatley, reportedly mortgaged his home to raise funds for the recording of this album. The risk eventually paid off big time. After initial reluctance by major Australian radio stations to play the lead single, "You're The Voice", public demand became overwhelming and they relented. The song became one of the standout Number One songs on the Australian Charts of the 80's and still remains a staple of Australian Radio. Whispering Jack re-started John Farnham's career and kept it rolling across two more decades to date.

According to the Australian Music Report, the album was the best charting album in Australia for the decade of the 80's in Australia. It clocked up 25 weeks at No. 1 in the Australian album charts during 1986 and 1987.

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succession box
before = "Graceland" by Paul Simon
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = November 17 1986 - January 11 1987
January 26 - April 5 1987
April 20 - May 3 1987
May 11 - June 7 1987
June 15 - June 21 1987
after = "Summer '87" by Various artists