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, which was released on

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for EMI Records in September 1971. It peaked at No. 20 on the Australian ''

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s Albums Chart. Farnham had earlier No. 1 singles with " Sadie" in 1968 and his cover of "

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" in 1970; he was the reigning '

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' on ''Go-Sets popularity polls during 1969–1971. New Zealand-born, Durbin had a hit with "I Have Loved Me a Man" in 1968 and was 'Best Female Artist' for the same ''Go-Set'' polls.''Melbourne Age'' "Fall of a pop royal" 5 February 2006
/ref> A Farnham and Durbin duet single, "Baby, Without You", was released in November and reached No. 16 on the ''Go-Set'' Singles Chart.

Background

As Johnny Farnham he had his first No. 1 single on the ''Go-Set'' National Singles Charts with the

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". Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. His second No. 1 was a cover of B. J. Thomas' "

", which peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. A non-album single, "Comic Conversation" was released in October 1970 and peaked at No. 10 on the ''Go-Set'' National Top 60 Singles Chart and was still charting in March 1971. NOTE: Farnham's single is listed as "Cosmic Conversations" at No. 52 on 6 March 1971, during its 18-week run on ''Go-Set'' National Top 60 it had a peak position of No. 10. His fifth album, ''

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'' was released in August, which peaked at No. 24 on the Kent Music Report Albums Charts. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. Another non-album single, "Acapulco Sun" had been released in May and peaked at No. 21 on the ''Go-Set'' Top 60, but there were no charting singles from ''Johnny''. Aside from ''Johnny'', Farnham also released a

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, '' The Best of Johnny Farnham'', and a duet album with

, ''Together'', all in 1971. ''Together'' released in September peaked at No. 20 on the ''Go-Set'' Albums Chart. A Farnham and Durbin duet single, "Baby, Without You", was released in November and reached No. 16 on ''Go-Set'' Singles Chart.

Track listing

# "Baby Without You" – 2:27 # "The Green Green Grass Is Dying" – 2:44 # "You're Alright with Me" – 2:26 # "Stay Awhile" – 3:29 # "I Don't Mind the Rain" - 2;28 # "Singing Our Song" – 2:54 # "That's Old Fashioned" – 3:13 # "Come on Round to My Place" – 2:16 # "Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing" – 2:17 # "Nobody Knows" – 2:26 # "Better Put Your Love Away" – 2:32 # "Get Together" – 3:22

Chart positions

References

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