Age of Reason (album)

Age of Reason
Studio album by John Farnham
Released	25 July 1988
Recorded	December 1987–April 1988
Genre	Synthpop rock
Length	52:50
Label	Sony BMG RCA Wheatley
Producer	Ross Fraser
John Farnham chronology
Whispering Jack (1986) Age of Reason (1988) Chain Reaction (1990)
Singles from Age of Reason
"Age of Reason" Released: 4 July 1988 "Two Strong Hearts" Released: 26 September 1988 "Beyond the Call" Released: 14 November 1988 "We're No Angels" Released: February 1989

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Age of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by Australian pop singer John Farnham. It was released through BMG in Australia on 25 July 1988 and debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart in August and remained on top for eight weeks. It was the follow-up to his previous No. 1 album, Whispering Jack, and was the highest-selling album in Australia in 1988. As of 1997, it was eight times platinum, indicating sales of over 560,000 units. It is also critically considered one of Farnham's best albums, with the title track "Age of Reason" and "Beyond the Call" being about the urgency for the world to wake up and solve its problems.

The first two singles from the album were "Age of Reason", which peaked at No. 1, and "Two Strong Hearts", at No. 6. Two further singles were released: "Beyond the Call", which reached the top 50, and "We're No Angels".

The album was re-released on vinyl on 18 August 2017 by Sony Music.