Whispering Jack [Import]

John Farnham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B000WW27RU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,448 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pressure Down

2. You're the Voice

3. One Step Away

4. Reasons

5. Going, Going, Gone

6. No One Comes Close

7. Love to Shine

8. Trouble

9. A Touch of Paradise

10. Let Me Out

11. Pressure Down [Extended Version][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whispering Jack is something to shout about!, October 15, 2000

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Regan Pearce (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whispering Jack (Audio CD)

John Farnham is by far one of the best Australian voices of the decade. This Australian teen idol of the sixties has had his career ressurected in mamoth proportions with the release of this phenominal cd. "A touch of paradise" is by far the best track on the album. Farnham's jazzy voice singing the romantic lyrics is the crowning jewel on this release. " Take the pressure down" was a hit in Australia and it's not hard to see why. This upbeat song makes you want to dance. This album is soft classic rock with romantic and passionate lyrics sung by an Australian sensation. This is Farnham at his best.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's The Voice!, June 17, 2000

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whispering Jack (Audio CD)

Capped off with the anthemic "You're the Voice," John Farnham's WHISPERING JACK is one monster of an album! I've had it in both cassette and CD format, and it is really a great performance. John was with the Little River Band, and gave them what I feel, their best albums - "The Net", "No Reins," And "Playing to Win." His signature tune, "Please Don't Ask Me" is one of the best romantic ballad performances of the 20th century! He has a wonderful voice--it can be rich and bombastic; smooth and seductive; mellow and evocative. He's been a smash in Australia; it's a shame he never caught on in America. He's one of the best pop/rock vocalists we've had!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Standing the test of time, January 9, 2008

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Linda Bulger (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whispering Jack (Audio CD)

John Farnham has been a huge force in the Australian music scene for decades, though he's little known in the United States. After going the garage band and cabaret route in the 1960s, he joined the Little River Band as lead vocalist in the early '80s.

"Whispering Jack," first released in 1986, was his spectacular return to solo performing. There was a wonderful VHS from his "Jack's Back Tour" that everyone in New Zealand and Australia wore out at least once; the one heartbreak is that the most fabulous performance on the VHS was "Amazing Grace," which was NOT one of the tracks on the audio version. I'd give anything to see that performance again -- and if I were in Australia I COULD since "Whispering Jack (20th Anniversary CD / DVD Edition)" was released there in late 2006 -- but right now I can't play PAL format and that's all I've been able to find.

Still, the CD delights me, even without "Amazing Grace." Yes, I replaced the audio tape with the CD and still listen to it almost every week. The haunting and challenging "You're the Voice" is the showpiece, but "No One Comes Close" always rocks me ("Of all the lovers I've ever known, you stand alone / No one comes close to you"), as does "Touch of Paradise."

Farnham's vocals stand the test of time. As for the production, there's a hint of mid-'80s garage band flamboyance about it -- and why not? That's the reality of it. But every note, every chord of this CD is special to me still.

Linda Bulger, 2008