Looking Through a Tear
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| Studio album by Johnny Farnham | ||||
| Released | July 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | EMI, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Howard Gable Arrangements: Johnny Hawker |
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Looking Through A Tear is the third studio album by Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham, it was released in Australia by EMI Records in July 1970.[1][2][3] Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's "One", and B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" were released as singles, and helped to propel the album to #11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Album Charts.[4] "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at #4 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts.[5] "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at #1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.[6][7] Farnham wrote two songs for the album.
Background
Johnny Farnham's first solo single was the novelty song entitled "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", which was released in November 1967, it made #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks.[8] Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade.[2][3] Farnham's first album, Sadie, produced by David Mackay was released in April.[9] Almost immediately, Farnham was recording his second album, Everybody Oughta Sing A Song released in November.[1][9] This was followed by a non-album single, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", in November 1968.[4] In July 1969, Farnham released a cover of Harry Nilsson's "One" with another novelty song, "Mr. Whippy", as a double A-side single, Produced by Howard Gable which peaked at #4 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts.[5] Farnham then released a cover of B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" also produced by Howard Gable, in November, which peaked at #1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.[6] Both of these singles were contained on his third album, Looking Through A Tear released in July 1970, which peaked at #11 on the Kent Music Report Albums Charts.[4]
Track listing
- "One" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:49
- "I've Been Rained On" (Dallas Frazier) - 2:22
- "Mirror of My Mind" (Flynn (Mick Fynn) Douglas (pseudonym, used by Buddy England) - 2:15
- "The World Goes Round and Round" (Michael Kunze, Ralph Siegel) - 3:55
- "All Night Girl" (Peter Lee Stirling, John Barry Mason, Sylvan Whittingham) - 2:06
- "You're Breaking Me Up" (Roy Wood) - 2:28
- "Two" (John Farnham) - 4:42
- "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) - 2:29
- "Looking Through A Tear" (Bobby Scott, Arthur Resnick) - 3:40
- "Visions of Sugarplums" (Jerry Fuller, Glen Campbell) - 2:12
- "What Can I Do" (John Farnham) - 2:43
- "In a Moment of Madness" (Ralph Freed, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:48
- "Ain't Society Great" (Bobby Russell) - 2:34
- "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" (Bobby Russell) - 3:58
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1970 | Kent Music Report Albums Chart[4] | 11 |
| Go-Set Albums Chart[10] | 9 |
References
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