Chain Reaction (John Farnham album)


Chain Reaction is the 14th studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 24 September 1990 on CD, cassette tape and LP. It was the highest selling album in Australia that year, debuting at No. 1 on the ARIA charts.
The album had four singles released under it, the first three of them yielding top 10 status, with the title track reaching No. 3 in August, "That's Freedom" at No. 5 in September and "Burn For You" reaching No. 5 in December. A fourth single, "In Days to Come", was released early the following year, peaking at No. 41.
The album was re-released on vinyl on 18 August 2017 by Sony Music.

Background

Keen to change his sound from previous two albums Whispering Jack and Age of Reason, John enlisted the songwriting help of Southern Sons guitarist Phil Buckle. 9 of the 12 songs on the album were co-written by John.
Doug Brady was brought in to engineer the record. His baby daughter Caitlin was born during the recording sessions and a photograph of her was placed in the centre of the album's front cover.

Chain Reaction tour and DVD

The album was promoted by a nationwide tour titled, "The Chain Reaction Tour," which concluded with a televised performance at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, when it was then called the Flinders Park National Tennis Centre, on approximately 14 or 15 December 1990. This performance aired on Australia's Channel Seven and was released shortly after as a VHS video cassette. This cassette was reissued as a DVD entitled Chain Reaction Live in Concert on 13 November 2005.

Track listing

  1. "That's Freedom" – – 4:19
  2. "In Days To Come" – – 4:06
  3. "Burn for You" – – 3:33
  4. "See The Banners Fall" – – 4:35
  5. "I Can Do Anything" – – 4:27
  6. "All Our Sons And Daughters" – – 4:09
  7. "Chain Reaction" – – 3:12
  8. "In Your Hands" – – 4:21
  9. "New Day" – – 4:16
  10. "The Time Has Come" – – 4:58
  11. "The First Step" – – 4:54
  12. "Time And Money" – – 5:13

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