''So Far So Good'' is a
compilation album
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by Canadian
rock musician
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...
, released by
A&M Records
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in November 1993. The album reached number six on the
''Billboard'' 200 in 1994 and was a number one hit in the United Kingdom and many other countries.
The album contains songs from ''
Cuts Like a Knife'' (1983) to ''
Waking Up the Neighbours'' (1991), 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
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''.
The only song on the album that has never been released as a single is "Kids Wanna Rock" from ''
Reckless'' (1984), 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, the United States 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 "
Hearts on Fire" and "Victim of Love" from 1987, 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 jewel case, 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 include the single "
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from 1995.
''So Far So Good'' is his best selling record in many countries, with sales exceeding 13 million copies worldwide.
Track listing
''So Far So Good (And More)''
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VHS
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Ma ...
video compilation titled ''So Far So Good (And More)'' was released on March 22, 1994, and contains eighteen videos, including some musical videos of songs that were not included in the CD album.
Track listing
# "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
# "Cuts Like a Knife"
# "Please Forgive Me"
# "It's Only Love"
# "Into the Fire"
# "Heat of the Night"
# "Heaven"
# "Somebody"
# "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
# "Diana"
# "When the Night Comes"
# "I Fought the Law"
# "Straight from the Heart"
# "Run to You"
# "C'mon Everybody"
# "Summer of '69"
# "Do I Have to Say the Words?"
# "All for Love"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
See also
*
List of best-selling albums in Australia
References
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1993 greatest hits albums
Bryan Adams compilation albums
Albums produced by Bob Clearmountain
A&M Records compilation albums