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.
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ISBN
9781501382086
Publisert
2022
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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