Faust So Far

Faust So Far, also simply called So Far, is a 1972 album by German krautrock group Faust.^[3][4] 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.

Faust So Far
Studio album by Faust
Released	1972
Recorded	March 1972 Wümme, Bremen, Germany
Genre	Experimental rock, krautrock
Length	40:35
Label	Polydor 2310196
Producer	Uwe Nettelbeck
Faust chronology
Faust (1971) Faust So Far (1972) The Faust Tapes (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.6/10)[2]

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.^[5]

Critical reception

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."^[6]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl"	Rudolf Sosna	7:31
2.	"On the Way to Abamäe"		2:46
3.	"No Harm"	Jean-Hervé Péron	10:22
Total length:			20:39

All tracks are written by Faust, unless noted.

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"So Far"		6:20
5.	"Mamie Is Blue"	Sosna	6:05
6.	"I've Got My Car and My TV"	Sosna	3:51
7.	"Picnic on a Frozen River"		0:43
8.	"Me Lack Space..."		0:41
9.	"...In the Spirit"		2:16
Total length:			19:56

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.