So Far (Dragon album)

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So Far
So Far Their Classic Collection by Dragon.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 1988
Recorded1976–1986
Genre Rock, pop rock
Label J&B Records
Dragon chronology
Dreams of Ordinary Men
(1986)
So Far
(1988)
Bondi Road
(1989)

So Far (subtitled Their Classic Collection') is a compilation album by New Zealand group Dragon, released in January 1988 through J&B Records (JB 325), under licence from CBS Records and PolyGram Records. [1] The album was released as the band's cover version of Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" was in the top 20 in Australia, on the RCA Records label.

Contents

So Far peaked at number 26 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Track listing

Side A

  1. "April Sun in Cuba" (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) – 3:27
  2. "Still in Love With You" (Paul Hewson) – 3:26
  3. "Get that Jive" (Paul Hewson) – 2:45
  4. "Are You Old Enough?" (Paul Hewson) – 4:08
  5. "O Zambezi" (Robert Taylor) – 4:30
  6. "Rain" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 3:40
  7. "Speak No Evil" (Alan Mansfield, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 4:00
  8. "Fool" (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 3:31

Side B

  1. "Dreams of Ordinary Men" (Alan Mansfield, Doane Perry, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter, Todd Rundgren) – 4:02
  2. "Western Girls" (Alan Mansfield, Marc Hunter, Sharon O'Neill, Todd Rundgren) – 4:07
  3. "Body and the Beat" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) – 4:26
  4. "Magic" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) – 3:57
  5. "Burn Down the Bridges" (Marc Hunter) – 3:23
  6. "Promises" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:11
  7. "Company" (Jenny Hunter-Brown, Todd Hunter) – 3:55
  8. "Konkaroo" (Paul Hewson) – 3:26

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report [2] 26

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References

  1. "Dragon: So Far: Their Classic Collection". Discogs. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.