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Released 20/01/1989 this is "Voice Of Reason" by Australian rock act "Noiseworks". Written & composed by band members Jon Stevens and Stuart Fraser it was the 2nd single released off their second album "Touch" and reached #43 on the Australian Aria charts. A chart position that hardly matches the strength of the tune, personally I feel it should have been a top ten hit.

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Noiseworks are an Australian rock band that formed in Sydney in 1985. The original line up of Noiseworks was Jon Stevens (lead vocals), Stuart Fraser (guitar), Steve Balbi(bass), Justin Stanley (keyboards) and Kevin Nicol (drums).

Considered to be one of Australia's more successful rock bands of the late 1980s, their self-titled debut in 1987 had a series of successful singles, such as "No Lies," "Take Me Back," and "Welcome to the World." The album went on to sell more than 200,000 copies in Australia.

The band's second album, 1988's Touch, proved to be another big hit going Top 10 on debut. The hit singles included "Touch," "Voice Of Reason" and "In My Youth".

Noiseworks disbanded in 1992, shortly after the release of the group's third album, Love Versus Money (1991) which included such singles as "Hot Chilli Woman" and "Freedom".

Stevens has forged a somewhat unsuccessful solo career since Noiseworks with the albums "Are U Satisfied" , "Circle" , "Ain't No Life For The Faint Hearted" and "The Works." Jon had a brief stint as lead singer of INXS, but left after becoming frustrated with the band's lack of progress in generating new material. Steve Balbi and Justin Stanley formed The Electric Hippies in 1994 and had moderate success with the song "Greedy People".

Jon Stevens and Noiseworks reformed in September 2007 for a national tour with the Choirboys and Steve Balbi's project Move Trees. In December 2007, Jon announced that Noiseworks plan to return to the studio in 2008 to record their first album together in sixteen years.

For more information about this artist visit:

http://www.noiseworks.com.au/

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