So Far Away (track)
by Dire Straits
So Far Away appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Brothers In Arms (track #1) (this album) (1985)
- Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (track #8) (compilation) (1998)
- The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (track #8) (compilation) (2005)
- The Studio Albums 1978–1991 (track #31) (compilation) (2013)
Condition: Very Good
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| ! | 11/27/2025 05:21 | 655 | 81/100 | |
| ! | 11/16/2025 19:12 | Johnnyo | 42,642 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 22:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,919 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 14:03 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 18:11 | machiaj | 8,958 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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What a dull and boring opener. It's such a dreary track to start an album of with and I actually think it was the first single released from the album. Inexplicable. Poor song.
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This song transports me into another dimension. So incredibly beautiful.
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