So Far from Home
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| So Far from Home | ||||
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| Released | June 20, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | with Masaki Liu @ One Way Studio | |||
| Genre | Astro rock, Christian rock | |||
| Length | 45:16 | |||
| Label | Five Minute Walk | |||
| Producer | Frank Tate | |||
| Brave Saint Saturn chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Exit Zine | not rated[1] |
| Freak Music | not rated |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | not rated link[2] |
| 7ball | not rated[3] |
| HM | not rated[4] |
So Far from Home is the first installment in a space-themed trilogy released by Christian rock band Brave Saint Saturn. This release contains fewer elements of the trilogy's plot that was developed in the two subsequent albums, opting for a more general feeling of darkness and loneliness. It was released in 2000.
Lyricist Reese Roper shows his typical awareness of social issues, albeit with an unusual melancholy.[4] "Under Bridges" samples clips from the Apollo 8 Genesis reading[1] and tackles homelessness, through a contemporary interpretation of the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats.[4] "Two-Twenty-Nine" keeps with the space theme, beginning with a clip from the countdown sequence of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and relays the personal loss of his grandmother.[4]
The album cover includes NASA image STS082-320-029.
