So Far (Sharon O'Neill album)

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So Far
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Compilation album by
Sharon O'Neill
Released1984
Recorded1978–1983
Genre Pop, rock, synthpop
Label J&B Records
Sharon O'Neill chronology
Foreign Affairs
(1983)		So Far
(1984)		 Danced in the Fire
(1987)

So Far is the first compilation album from New Zealand-born Australian pop singer Sharon O'Neill. The album was released on CBS Records' budget label J&B. The album was released during a period of legal dispute between O'Neill and CBS. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (JB 253)

Side A

  1. "Losing You" (O'Neill)
  2. "How Do You Talk to Boys" (Steve Kipner, T Seufert)
  3. "Radio Lover" (O'Neill)
  4. "Words" (O'Neill)
  5. "For All the Tea in China" (O'Neill)
  6. "Baby Don't Fight" (O'Neill)
  7. "Asian Paradise" (O'Neill)

Side B

  1. "Maxine" (O'Neill)
  2. "Street Boys" (O'Neill)
  3. "Danger" (O'Neill)
  4. "Waiting for You" (O'Neill)
  5. "Luck's on Your Table" (O'Neill)
  6. "Any Time You Want" (O'Neill)
  7. "Maybe" (O'Neill)

Charts

The album made it Kent Music Report debut in August 1986, two years after it was released.

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 89

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References

  1. ↑ "Sharon O'Neill". Sergent. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sharon O'Neill". Audio Culture. 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 223. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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