Looking Through a Tear

Looking Through A Tear
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1970
RecordedDecember 1969–April 1970
GenrePop
LabelEMI, Columbia
ProducerHoward Gable
Arrangements: Johnny Hawker
Johnny Farnham chronology
Everybody Oughta Sing a Song
(1968)
Looking Through A Tear
(1970)
Christmas Is... Johnny Farnham
(1970)
Singles from Looking Through A Tear
  1. "One"
    Released: July 1969
  2. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
    Released: November 1969

Looking Through A Tear is the third studio album by Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham, the title of which relates to a song on the album, which is a cover of an Aretha Franklin number. it was released in Australia by EMI Records in July 1970. Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's penned "One" which became a hit for Three Dog Night and a cover B. J. Thomas' single "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" were released as singles, and helped to propel the album to No. 11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Album Charts. "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. Farnham wrote two songs for the album.