So Far Away (track)
by Dire Straits
Year: 1985
From the album Brothers In Arms (track #1)
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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)
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| ! | 08/27/2026 19:07 |  HoldenM | 9,879 | 90/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2026 18:40 | NickD89 | 7,042 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 20:33 | Bjartmar03 | 3,273 | 80/100 |
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VictorVale 02/17/2019 20:04 | #232098
Clássico da Antena 1!
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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Jasonconfused 01/31/2013 22:55 | #63528
This song transports me into another dimension. So incredibly beautiful.
Quite an estranged song. Nice and soothing. Plus, the song has a sound different from other groups, so I expect no less from the rest of the songs on this album. So Far Away is a cool song, but it gets repetitive at the end.
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