So Far: The Best of Sinead O'Connor

by Sinead O'Connor

Overview

So Far...The Best of Sinead O'Connor is a missed opportunity, failing to deliver a comprehensive overview of the first part of O'Connor's career, or an adequate hits collection. Part of the problem is the fact that O'Connor is an album artist that happens to deliver great singles as well, which means there will be essential tracks missing from a collection, even if it relies solely on the singles. So Far decides to circumvent this problem by combining album tracks with singles, but that doesn't work, since it gives the patchy Universal Mother preference over the excellent The Lion and the Cobra and omits such singles as "Three Babies." Things are further muddled by the inclusion of the non-LP rarities "Heroine," "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart," and "Empire." All three songs are worthy, but they would make more sense on a rarities collection, which could also feature B-sides and non-LP singles like "Silent Night" and "My Special Child," which have never appeared on an album. Their inclusion was designed to convince hardcore fans into buying this album, but they make the collection less appealing to casual fans. In a way, that's not a bad thing, since So Far doesn't provide a good introduction to O'Connor, even if it does contain such essential songs as "Mandinka," "Troy," "Nothing Compares 2 U," "I Want Your (Hands on Me)," "I Am Stretched on Your Grave," and "The Emperor's New Clothes." However, those moments of brilliance sound awkward when put in a collection as poorly conceived as this. Only extremely casual fans, those that just want the hits on one disc, need this, since most listeners with a passing interest in O'Connor are much better served by the original albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/25/2022
Label:	CHRYSALIS
UPC:	5060516097234

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sinead O'Connor   Primary Artist
Benjamin Zephanian   Primary Artist
Benjamin Zephaniah   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Bomb the Bass   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
The Edge   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Miles Davis   Sampling
Gavyn Wright   Director
Ian Stanley   Keyboards
Doug Katsaros   Conductor
Clare Kennedy   Bass
Justin Adams   Guitar
Torrie Zito   Conductor
John Reynolds   Drums

Technical Credits

Tim Rice   Composer
Michael Brook   Composer,Producer
Gavyn Wright   Direction
Tim Simenon   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Sinead O'Connor   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Chris Birkett   Engineer,Mixing
Phil Coulter   Mixing,Producer
Nellee Hooper   Producer
Maurice Seezer   Composer
TeerRoy Morris   Mixing
Fachtna O'Ceallaigh   Mixing
Jill Furmanovsky   Cover Photo
Paul Conboy   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Kerry Hopwood   Engineer
Doug Katsaros   Arranger
Lloyd Phillips   Mixing
Rob Deean   Composer
Johnny Mullins   Composer
Mike Clowes   Arranger,Composer,String Arrangements
Gary Chester   Engineer
Gavin Wright   Direction
Nelle Hooper   Producer
Droits Reserves   Composer
Tim Simeon   Composer
T. Roy   Mixing
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Paul Barrett   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Wickham   Composer
Steve Lillywhite   Remixing
Kevin Moloney   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Associate Producer
Benjamin Zephaniah   Composer
Gavin Friday   Composer,Producer
The Edge   Composer,Producer,Performer
Torrie Zito   Arranger
Phil Ramone   Producer
Prince   Composer
Bono   Composer
Don Hozz   Engineer,Programming
John Reynolds   Mixing,Composer,Producer
John Waters   Liner Notes
Q   Engineer