 John Farnham released "Whispering Jack" in October 1986, it became the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia and peaked at number one on the Australian Kent Music Report Album Charts for a, then record, total of 25 weeks.Ahead of his follow-up album, in July 1988, he released the title single, "Age of Reason", which peaked at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, It was written by Johanna Pigott and Dragon member Todd Hunter.