John Farnhams Whispering Jack

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The album examined in this book transformed the singer John Farnham from a faded teen pop star into the most popular solo rock performer in Australia, in a career that has lasted for more than 30 years. Whispering Jack remains the top-selling album by an Australian artist in Australia, and constitutes the turning point in Farnham's bid to achieve credibility as an adult contemporary musician. The first single from the album, 'You're the Voice,' has achieved such iconic status that it is routinely referred to as Australia's unofficial national anthem. The book examines the album, its context and that history in order to recover a crucial conjuncture in the development of Australian rock and popular music, one that has previously been ignored in Australian popular music studies.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781501382062
Published: April 2022

Number of pages: 128
Width: 127 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc