So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album)

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So Far So Good
Bryan Adams So Far So Good.jpg
Greatest hits album by Bryan Adams
Released November 2, 1993
Recorded 1982–1993
Genre Rock
Length 62:28
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams chronology
Waking Up the Neighbours
(1991)Waking Up the Neighbours1991		 So Far So Good
(1993)		 Live! Live! Live!
(1994)Live! Live! Live!1994
Singles from So Far So Good
  1. "Please Forgive Me"
    Released: November 2, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Entertainment Weekly B[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars[3]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars (excellent)[4]

So Far So Good is a greatest hits album by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams, released by A&M Records in November 1993. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 in 1994 and was number one hit in UK and many other countries.

The album contains songs from 1983's Cuts Like a Knife to 1991's Waking Up the Neighbours, and a new single, "Please Forgive Me". Originally the song "So Far So Good" was going to be included on the album so the album started and finished with a new song but it was dropped. The song was included on disc two of Anthology.

The only song on the album that has never been released as a single is "Kids Wanna Rock" from 1984's Reckless, which replaced "One Night Love Affair", taken from the same album. Although the latter had been released as a single in 1985, charting in Canada and Japan, 'Kids Wanna Rock" proved to be a popular live staple during Adams' world tours. In fact, various live recordings of "Kids Wanna Rock" were issued as B-sides between 1984 and 1992. Other notable singles that were left off include 1987's "Hearts on Fire" and "Victim of Love", the moderately successful "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" from 1991, and the 1992 US single "Touch the Hand". Early versions of the album had a circular black sticker on the jewelcase, covering the wheel, featuring the text "The Best of Bryan Adams" in red letters. Also, the album cover was available in different colour schemes, varying from dark green, to light brown and bright orange. The album has been repackaged several times; some versions included the singles "All for Love" from 1994 or "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from 1995.

Despite releasing two other compilation albums in the past decade, So Far So Good is his best selling record in many countries, and continues to sell well. Sales exceed 13 million copies worldwide.[5]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
1. "Summer of '69"   Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance Reckless (1984) 3:35
2. "Straight from the Heart"   Adams, Eric Kagna Cuts Like a Knife (1983) 3:30
3. "It's Only Love"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 3:15
4. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"   Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange Waking Up the Neighbours (1991) 4:29
5. "Do I Have to Say the Words?"   Adams, Vallance, Lange  Waking Up the Neighbours 6:11
6. "This Time"   Adams, Vallance Cuts Like a Knife 3:18
7. "Run to You"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 3:54
8. "Heaven"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 4:03
9. "Cuts Like a Knife"   Adams, Vallance Cuts Like a Knife 5:12
10. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"   Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen Waking Up the Neighbours 6:34
11. "Somebody"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 4:44
12. "Kids Wanna Rock"   Adams, Vallance Reckless 2:36
13. "Heat of the Night"   Adams, Vallance Into the Fire (1987) 5:06
14. "Please Forgive Me"   Adams, Lange Previously unreleased 5:55

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[7] 1
French Albums Chart[8] 5
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 1
New Zealand Albums Chart[10] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[11] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 1
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 1
German Albums Chart[15] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[16] 9
UK Albums Chart[17] 1
US Billboard 200[18] 6
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart[19] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[20] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[21] 15
German Albums Chart[22] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[23] 2
US Billboard 200[24] 17
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[25] 50

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[26] 2× Platinum 100,000
Belgium (BEA)[27] 3× Platinum 150,000
Brazil (ABPD)[28] Gold 100,000
Canada (Music Canada)[29] 6× Platinum 600,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[30] Platinum 77,318[30]
France (SNEP)[31] Platinum 300,000
Germany (BVMI)[32] 2× Platinum 1,000,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[33] 3× Platinum 150,000
Sweden (GLF)[34] Platinum 100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35] 4× Platinum 200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] 3× Platinum 900,000
United States (RIAA)[37] 5× Platinum 5,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

So Far So Good (And More)

A VHS video called So Far So Good (And More) was also released in 1994 and contains eighteen videos including some musical videos of songs that were not included in the CD album.

Track list

  1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
  2. "Cuts Like A Knife"
  3. "Please Forgive Me"
  4. "It's Only Love"
  5. "Into The Fire"
  6. "Heat Of The Night"
  7. "Heaven"
  8. "Somebody"
  9. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
  10. "Diana"
  11. "When The Night Comes"
  12. "I Fought The Law"
  13. "Straight From The Heart"
  14. "Run To You"
  15. "C'mon Everybody"
  16. "Summer Of '69"
  17. "Do I Have To Say The Words?"
  18. "All For Love"

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
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Preceded by UK number one album
January 15, 1994 – January 21, 1994		 Succeeded by
One Woman: The Ultimate Collection by Diana Ross
Preceded by
Then Again... by John Farnham
 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
November 21 - December 4, 1993
December 12, 1993 - March 5, 1994		 Succeeded by
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
by Guns N' Roses
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