Faust So Far

{{Infobox album |  | name = Faust So Far | type = Album | artist = Faust | cover = Faust-Faust So Far (album cover).jpg | released = 1972 | recorded = March 1972<br>Wümme, Bremen, Germany | genre = Experimental rock, krautrock | length = 40:35 | label = Polydor 2310196 | producer = Uwe Nettelbeck | prev_title = Faust | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = The Faust Tapes | next_year = 1973 }} '''''Faust So Far''''', also called '''''So Far''''', is a 1972 album by German krautrock group Faust.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phsIDgAAQBAJ&q=Faust+So+Far+1972&pg=PA124|title=Encyclopedia of Classic Rock|first1=David|last1=Luhrssen|first2=Michael|last2=Larson|date=February 24, 2017|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781440835148|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/so-far|title=So Far - Record Collector Magazine|website=recordcollectormag.com}}</ref> This, the band's second studio album, has a more commercially typical structure than its predecessor; it comprises nine separate tracks, each consisting of an individual and distinct musical style or theme.

The album was issued in a black sleeve with black inner sleeve, black labels and a set of inserts with one print for each song on the album.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Faust+So+Far+1972&pg=PP375|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=August 2, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37368|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> |rev2 = ''Pitchfork Media'' |rev2score = 9.6/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11738-faustso-far/|title=Faust: Faust/So Far|website=Pitchfork|date=25 September 2001 }}</ref> }} ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "Bizarre little experiments pop up between songs: overlays of effects-treated guitars and the like, sort of a German analogue to the Mothers of Invention’s early sound adventures."<ref>{{cite web |title=Faust |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/faust/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing |headline = Side one | all_writing = Faust, unless noted | total_length = 20:39 | title1 = It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl | writer1 = Rudolf Sosna | length1 = 7:31 | title2 = On the Way to Abamäe | length2 = 2:46 | title3 = No Harm | writer3 = Jean-Hervé Péron | length3=10:22 }} {{ Track listing |headline=Side Two | total_length = 19:56 | title4 = So Far | length4 = 6:20 | title5 = Mamie Is Blue | writer5 = Sosna | length5 = 6:05 | title6 = I've Got My Car and My TV | writer6 = Sosna | length6 = 3:51 | title7 = Picnic on a Frozen River | length7 = 0:43 | title8 = Me Lack Space... | length8 = 0:41 | title9 = ...In the Spirit | length9 = 2:16 }}

==Personnel== *Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – drums, percussion *Hans Joachim Irmler – organ *Jean-Hervé Péron – vocals, bass guitar *Rudolf Sosna – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards *Gunther Wüsthoff – synthesizer, saxophone

===Sound and art work=== *Kurt Graupner – engineer *Uwe Nettelbeck – producer, album design *Edda Kochl – printing

==Release history== *''Faust So Far'' was re-issued by Recommended Records in 1979.

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==External links== *[http://www.faust-pages.com/records/sofar.html faust-pages.com]. ''So Far''. {{Faust (band)}}

Category:1972 albums Category:Faust (band) albums Category:Polydor Records albums Category:Albums produced by Uwe Nettelbeck Category:Recommended Records albums