Whispering Jack is John's twelfth studio album. It was produced by Ross Fraser, and released on 20 October 1986.
It became the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian artist with sales of over 1.70 million copies and spent 25 weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Album Charts during 1986–1987
Whispring Jack was awarded the 1987 ARIA Award for "Album of the Year" and was the best charting album in Australia for the 1980's in Australia.
The album was released internationally on RCA/BMG
It was the first Australian-made album to be released on compact disc in Australia.
Whispering Jack was re-released on vinyl on 31 Aug 2018
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HIGHEST CHART POSITION / SALES |
DATES N0.1 |
Australia |
No.1 (25 weeks)
92 weeks in top 100 |
24 x Platinum |
16/11/86 - 8 weeks
25/1/87 - 10 weeks
19/4/87 - 2 weeks
10/5/87 - 4 weeks
14/6/87 - 1 week
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Back in the charts Aug 1988 & April 2009 |
Germany |
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1 x Gold - 250,000 |
New Zealand |
No. 2 |
1 x Platinum - 15,000 |
Canada |
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1 x Gold - 50,000 |
Sweden |
No. 1 |
1 x Platinum - 100,000 |
Norway |
No. 12 |
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Switzerland |
No. 3 |
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Austria |
No. 3 |
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