So Far So Good: a Collection of the Best of Bryan Adams | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bryan Adams
Label: A & M
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 11122
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 540157
UPC: 731454015721
EAN: 0731454015721
ASIN: B000002G26
Release Date: November 1, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Summer Of '69 | | • | Straight From The Heart | | • | It's Only Love - Adams, Bryan & Tina Turner | | • | Can't Stop This Thing We Started | | • | Do I Have To Say The Words | | • | This Time | | • | Run To You | | • | Heaven | | • | Cuts Like A Knife | | • | Everything I Do I Do It For You | | • | Somebody | | • | Kids Wanna Rock | | • | Heat Of The Night | | • | Please Forgive Me |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
So Far So Good offers up 13 of his previous hits plus a new song, "Please Forgive Me", a gooey, Michael Bolton-like ballad. The album starts out with "Summer of 69", the appealing autobiographical song about the 10-year-old Adams learning to play his first guitar in Ontario, and includes "(Everything I Do) I Do for You", the synth-laced ballad that wound up in the Guinness Book of World Records after topping the British singles charts for 16 weeks. With its over-the-top, gravelly vocals, So Far So Good reminds one of Rod Stewart's 1980s work when he was coasting on past achievements. Unfortunately, Adams has never had a period like Stewart's glory years in the 1970s. --Geoffrey Himes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
So Many Hits!!! August 25, 2008
Alan Burridge (Poole,, Dorset. United Kingdom)
Bryan Adams was one of those fortunate guitarists with Fate and Destiny on his side when that Lucky Pixie with the 'Bag Of Incredible Rock Riffs' spilled so many of 'em over Bryan and his guitar. This man has been very fortunate, and mostly, you only have to hear the first chord and the song is instantly recognisable.
With this CD you just can't go wrong, the humble 'So Far, So Good' just doesn't cut it, and even the added 'The Best Of' is a gross understatement. Just his hits have been picked out really, because every album track is quite a corker, and I've not heard a 'duff' or 'filler' track from him yet. These days, if you're new to him, this one is a great start, then get the rest of the albums, well, you'll want to, anyway.
So Far So Good...an understatement! August 8, 2008
Mr. S. J. Griffin (Addingham, West Yorkshire, UK)
I would like to start off by pointing out Amazon's own review of this album and the lack of understanding for the song "summer of '69", it has been recently well documented what that song's really referring to.
Moving on, this album is perhaps one of the greatest albums ever! It's a shame it doesn't have a couple of live tracks since Adams is such a wonderful live performer, but nevermind that, here is the best of his in-studio tracks.
The shotgun snare drum hit at the start of Summer of '69 throws you right in with his now most recognisable song ever. That gets you bouncing and singing straight away to the feel-good hit before slowing down for the early "straight from the heart". It's great to see only 3 songs were selected from his best-selling "Waking up the Neighbours" album from 1991 and the influence was on his previous music, mostly that of 1984s "Reckless".
The original song "Please forgive me" is the perfect way to finish the album, the new song more than matches up to the gigantic hit single "(Everything I do) I Do It For You" and leaves the gateway open with Bryan sounding better than ever and this album would be followed up by the brilliant "18 'til I Die".
I recommend either this or the recently released "Anthology" as the first Bryan Adams album you buy, followed by "18 til i die" and "reckless" if you like what you hear, which I'm sure you will. 5 Stars!
Apart from having 2 ballads at the end . . . October 18, 2003
David Cranson (Hereford, UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
. . . it's still worth 5 stars. A good collection of Mr Adams stuff, before he really lost the plot, musically.Starting off with "Summer of '69" and moving on through "It's Only Love" with Tina Turner, "Run To You", "Cut's Like A Knife" & "Kids Wanna Rock", things are on a consistant high. In truth the slow stuff doesn't spoil things. The reason being that he does them so well. Despite being at number one for 3 or 4 years(!) "(Everything I Do) I Do It FOr You" is an excellant song. "Heat OF The Night" is full of enough emotion to stand on it's feet and "Please Forgive Me" brings things to a pleasing close. Much better than the next Best Of, and well worth singing along to at the top of your voice, in an open car(!)
A quality album March 15, 2002
garthy99@hotmail.com (England)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album begins with one of my all time fav songs "summer of 69". It rocks. then of course we have the song from the film Robin hood you know the one i mean (everythig i do) i do it for you. In my opinion one of if not the best movie song. All the other songs too are of a top quality, they also vary slightly, from the get up an go songs like kids wanna rock to the chilled songs like Heaven. A good quality album one that will never get dated. I suggest you buy it know go on
A MUST FOR EVERY CD COLLECTION! January 15, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What an album. One of the best EVER! All the songs are brilliant including Run to You and Summer of 69. Brings back memories of my youthful days when all me and mates played was this album. You are missing a hell of an album if you haven't got it in your collection. BUY IT.
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