Jack (album)
| Jack | |
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| The main image is the artist in an upper body shot. He has his head turned to his left to look in that direction. His hair is short and brown with wisps of grey at his temple. He wears a dark coat over a dark shirt. Behind him is wall paper with a geometric design of tilted over-lapping white squares on a dirty, brown background. At the bottom right is the album name in large, white block capitals with the artist's name in smaller but similar style above it. | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 15 October 2010 |
| Recorded | July–September 2010 |
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| Length | 43:14 |
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| John Farnham chronology | |
| Singles from Jack | |
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Jack is the twentieth studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 15 October 2010, and supported by a series of performances, John Farnham Live!. The album has seven new tracks and four cover versions of tracks by Eddy Arnold, Percy Sledge, Jerry Vale, Curtis Mayfield and Ray Charles. It peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and, at the end of the year, it was certified gold by ARIA for shipment of 35000 copies.
The first single from the album, which made its digital and analogue radio debut on 24 September 2010, is "Hit the Road Jack"/"Fever" medley. Farnham performed it live on TV programme, The Footy Show (AFL). A teaser trailer for the album was posted to his official web site, and YouTube Channel on 23 September 2010.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
Jon O'Brien from AllMusic rated Jack at two-and-a-half stars out-of five and observed, "Rejuvenated by his show-stopping duet with Coldplay at 2009's Sound Relief, Australia's most successful solo artist John Farnham, returns for his first new studio album in five years... [and] sees the former teen pop idol and Little River Band frontman embrace a previously hidden swing-blues side for the first time in his 40-year career."[1] adding "overall, Farnham ... just isn't the right one to sing these types of songs, while its hodgepodge of busily arranged covers and limp original efforts ensures that Jack is a lackluster comeback that fails to build on his recent credible endorsements."[1]
Track listing
[edit ]Charts
[edit ]Weekly charts
[edit ]| Chart (2010–11) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 2 |
Year-end charts
[edit ]| Chart (2009) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 60 |
Certifications
[edit ]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[4] | Gold | 35,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c O'Brien, Jon. "Jack – John Farnham". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – John Farnham – Jack". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 15 November 2021.