The Last Time (album) explained

The Last Time
Type:	Studio
Artist:	John Farnham
Cover:	The Last Time.jpg
Released:	7 October 2002 (Australia)
Recorded:	March–July 2002
Genre:	Pop, rock
Length:	38:38
Label:	Sony BMG, RCA, Gotham
Producer:	Ross Fraser, John Farnham
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The Last Time is a studio album by Australian singer John Farnham.^[1] The album was released in Australia on 7 October 2002 and reached No. 1 in the ARIA charts with triple platinum status. The album featured one single "Keep Talking" and two promotional singles

Track listing

"The Last Time" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:31
"No Ordinary World" (Lars Anderson, Stephen Allen Davis) – 3:50
"Lonely Man" (Simon Ellis, Wayne Hector) – 4:48
"When I Can't Have You" (Winston Sela) – 4:15
"Undeniably Real" (Keith Beauvais, Shaun Escoffery, Keith Murrell) – 3:30
"Keep Talking" (David Munday, Phil Thornalley) – 3:14
"Sometimes" (Steve Romig) – 4:09
"One More Try" (Andrew Gibbs) – 3:34
"Even After All This Time" (Andrew Gibbs) – 4:07
"Eternally" (James Roche, Melinda Schneider) – 3:44

Personnel

Musicians

John Farnham – vocals
Chong Lim – keyboards, arrangements
Angus Burchall – drums
Craig Newman – bass
Stuart Fraser – guitars
Lindsay Field – vocals
Lisa Edwards – vocals
The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra – strings

Technical staff

Michael Costa – mastering

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	10
Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	16

DVD

On 21 July 2003, a DVD, also titled The Last Time, was released featuring live footage of Farnham's concert tour The Last Time Live. The DVD featured tracks from The Last Time album along with other hits and well known songs from his previous ARIA award-winning albums Whispering Jack, Age of Reason, Chain Reaction and Romeo's Heart.

The Last Time, DVD track listing

Part 1: Acoustic

"A Simple Life [Live]" (J. Lind, R. Page) – 4:28
"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head [Live]" (B. Bacharach, H. David) – 8:01
"A Touch Of Paradise [Live]" (R. Wilson, G. Smith) – 7:44
"Burn For You [Live]" (P. Buckle, J. Farnham, R. Faser) – 9:09
"Talk of the Town [Live]" (S. Howard) – 4:07
"Two Strong Hearts [Live]" (B. Woolley, A. Hill) – 3:21
"Chain Reaction [Live]" (D. Stewart, S. Stewart) – 3:47

Part 2: Electric

"Reasons [Live]" (S. See) – 5:17
"No Ordinary World [Live]" (L. Andersson, S. Davis) – 4:02
"Hearts On Fire [Live]" (T. Kimmel, S. Lynch) – 7:53
"When The War Is Over [Live]" (S. Prestwich) – 5:24
"Age Of Reason [Live]" (T. Hunter, J. Pigott) – 10:34
"Keep Talking [Live]" (P. Thornalley, D. Munday) – 3:16
"Man of the Hour [Live]" (S. Hostin, D. Deviller, S. Kipner) – 5:09
"One [Live]" (H. Nilsson) – 3:47
"Everytime You Cry [Live]" (S. Peiken, G. Sutton) – 6:13
"Please Don't Ask Me [Live]" (G. Goble) – 6:35
"Help! [Live]" (J. Lennon, P. McCartney) – 7:46
"That's Freedom [Live]" (T. Kimmel, J. Chapman) – 4:53
"Pressure Down [Live]" (H. Bogdanovs) – 3:35
"Playing to Win [Live]" (G. Goble, J. Farnham, D. Hirschfelder, S. Housden, S. Proffer, W. Nelson, S. Prestwich) – 3:07
"You're the Voice [Live]" (M. Ryder, C. Thompson, A. Qunta, K. Reid) – 8:10
"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) [Live]" (Gilmore, Madara) – 2:15
"The Last Time [Live]" (M. Jagger, K. Richards) – 6:57

Part 3

"Credits" – 3:14

Part 4

"Under The Big Top" – 27:21

Notes and References

Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131127164627/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html . John Farnham . Holmgren . Magnus . Scott . Reboulet . Lyn . Albury . Beeb . Birtles . Beeb Birtles . Stefan . Warnqvist . Peter . Medlin . Passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . 27 November 2013 . 15 May 2014.
Web site: 2002 ARIA ALBUMS CHART. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2017.
Web site: 2003 ARIA ALBUMS CHART. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2017.