So Far (album)
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| Compilation album by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | |||||
| Released | August 19, 1974 | ||||
| Recorded | 1969-1970 | ||||
| Genre | Folk-rock | ||||
| Length | 42:36 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
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So Far is the fourth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash (their third as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), and the first compilation album released by the group. Shipping as a gold record and peaking at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, it was the band's third chart-topping album in a row.
Compiled from a stand-alone single and two studio albums, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Déjà Vu, it is the only place where that single's flip "Find the Cost of Freedom" can be found on one compact disc. The A-side "Ohio" can also be found on Neil Young's 2004 Greatest Hits album. Capitalizing on the highly publicized and anticipated reunion tour of CSNY in 1974, the album consisted of eleven studio tracks from a group that had only issued twenty-two to date. Five of the songs had been Top 40 hits, and such was the demand for any sign of activity from the quartet that So Far topped the charts.
The cover art derives from a painting by the group's friend and colleague, Joni Mitchell, whose song "Woodstock" appears as well. The album was reissued for CD on October 25, 1990, and again after being remastered at Ocean View Digital using the original master tapes on September 20, 1994.
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[edit] Miscellany
So Far was released by Atlantic in lieu of new CSNY products. Graham Nash later insisted that the group was against the idea of such an album coming out, calling the concoction of a greatest-hits album from two LPs "absurd."
[edit] Track listing
- "Déjà Vu" (Crosby) – 4:10
- "Helplessly Hoping" (Stills) – 2:38
- "Wooden Ships" (Crosby, Stills, Kantner) – 5:26
- "Teach Your Children" (Nash) – 2:53
- "Ohio" (Young) – 3:00
- "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Stills) – 1:55
- "Woodstock" (Mitchell) – 3:52
- "Our House" (Nash) – 2:58
- "Helpless" (Young) – 3:34
- "Guinnevere" (Crosby) – 4:38
- "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (Stills) – 7:24
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Personnel
- David Crosby - vocals, guitar
- Stephen Stills - vocals, bass, guitar, organ, piano, percussion
- Graham Nash - vocals, guitar, organ, piano
- Neil Young - vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
[edit] Additional personnel
- Dallas Taylor - drums
- Greg Reeves - bass
- John Sebastian - harmonica
- Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
| Preceded by Can't Get Enough by Barry White |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 2 - November 8, 1974 |
Succeeded by Wrap Around Joy by Carole King |
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