So Far
is a
1974
compilation album
by
Shipping as a
gold record
and peaking
at No. 1
on the
Billboard
Top Pop
Albums chart,
it was the band's
third
chart-topping album
in a row.
It has been
certified six times
platinum
by the RIAA,
and is the
second
best-selling album
by any
configuration
of the quartet
in tandem
after their
1970
studio album,
Déjà Vu.
Content
The album contains
five of the band's
six singles
to date,
omitting
"Marrakesh Express",
all of which had
reached the Top 40.
It is the
first release on
long-playing album
of the single
"Ohio"
as well as
its b-side
"Find the Cost of Freedom",
and the only place
both can be found
on one
compact disc.
The other
five tracks
were taken from
the band's
two studio albums,
Crosby, Stills & Nash
and
Déjà Vu,
although the
other singles
appear here
in their
album-length
versions
and mixes.
The album's
11 studio tracks
derived from
a group that
had only issued
22 to date.
Graham Nash
later insisted
that the group
was against
the album's release,
calling the concoction
of a greatest-hits album
from two LPs
and one
non-LP single
"absurd".
Atlantic Records
wished to capitalize
on the highly publicized
and anticipated
reunion tour
of
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
in 1974,
however,
and such was
the demand
for any new product
by the quartet
that
So Far
topped
the charts anyway
and went
gold immediately.
Neil Young
appears on
only four
of the album's
11 songs:
"Ohio";
"Find the Cost of Freedom";
"Woodstock";
and
"Helpless".
He had only appeared
on half the tracks
of
Déjà Vu;
three of the five
remaining songs
also appear on
Crosby, Stills & Nash's
Greatest Hits
compact disc
of 2005.
* Notes
When Recording This
Two Tracks
Ran Together as One Track
Our House/ Helpless
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