1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart in August and remained on top for eight weeks.

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.

Farnham released Whispering Jack in October 1986, becoming the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia and peaked at No.

[2][3] Ahead of his follow-up album, in July 1988, he released the title single, "Age of Reason", which peaked at No.

[8] Renewed interest in Whispering Jack returned that album to the Top Ten in August, nearly two years after its initial release.