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So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 25, 2007
Genre
Length72:31
LabelColumbia
Jeff Buckley chronology
The Grace EPs
(2002)
So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
(2007)
Grace Around the World
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME[2]
Pitchfork5.0/10[3]

So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley is a 'best of' compilation album of Jeff Buckley material, released on May 25, 2007.[4]

It reached number one on the Irish Albums Chart and number 26 in Australia. The album also peaked at number 16 in the UK, becoming Buckley's third consecutive top 20 album; its sales increased there in early 2009 after "Hallelujah" reached the top three on the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Last Goodbye" (Grace) – 4:36
  2. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" (Grace) – 6:42
  3. "Forget Her" (Grace Legacy Edition) – 5:10
  4. "Eternal Life" (Road Version) (Grace Legacy Edition) – 4:47
  5. "Dream Brother" (Alternate Take) (Grace Legacy Edition) – 4:54
  6. "The Sky Is a Landfill" (Sketches) – 5:05
  7. "Everybody Here Wants You" (Sketches) – 4:45
  8. "So Real" (acoustic in Japan)1 – 4:22
  9. "Mojo Pin" (Live at Sin-é) – 5:19
  10. "Vancouver" (Sketches) – 3:10
  11. "Je n'en connais pas la fin" (Live at Sin-é) – 4:57
  12. "Grace" (Grace) – 5:22
  13. "Hallelujah" (Grace) – 6:55
  14. "I Know It's Over" (live)2 – 6:28
  15. "Lilac Wine" (live)3 – 5:31 (iTunes exclusive bonus track)
  16. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" (live)4 – 6:53 (AmazonMP3 exclusive bonus track)
1 Non-album version and previously available only as promotional single
2 Previously unavailable. A live rendition of "I Know It's Over" from The Smiths' 1986 album The Queen Is Dead, recorded at Sony Studios in New York City, April, 1995.
3 Available with full album download only.
4 AmazonMP3 lists this track as "previously unreleased".

Charts

Chart performance for So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 29
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] 17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 52
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 14
Irish Albums (IRMA)[11] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 78
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 16

Certifications

Certifications for So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley at AllMusic
  2. ^ Elan, Priya (May 31, 2007). "Jeff Buckley So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley". NME. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Jeff Buckley: So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on 2007-06-03. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  4. ^ "Jeff Buckley albums".
  5. ^ Jeff Buckley's, SO REAL, Grows Internationally Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  12. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  13. ^ "Charts.nz – Jeff Buckley – So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 28, 2021.