“So Far Away” is a song written by Carole King, which appeared on her 1971 album Tapestry. The recording features James Taylor on acoustic guitar.<br /><br />The lyrics express longing for a lover who is far away.[2] But Allmusic critic Bill Janovitz notes that while the lyrics start by focusing on the physical distance between the lovers, the lyrics use that as a jumping-off point to explore emotional distance between lovers as well.[3] Rolling Stone stated King's "warm, earnest singing" on the song brought out the song's sadness.[4] Cash Box said of it that "Carole weaves a magnificent ballad spun of soft, melodic phrasing and soothing piano accompaniment topped off with the superb Lou Adler production touch."[5] In 2017, Paste ranked the song number four on their list of the 12 greatest Carole King songs,[6] and in 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song number two on their list of the 10 greatest Carole King songs.[7]<br /><br />In addition to Taylor, and King on piano, instruments include Russ Kunkel on drums, Charles Larkey on bass guitar and Curtis Amy on flute<br />In 1995, Rod Stewart's cover of the song was included on the tribute album Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King. In the US, it was released as a single and peaked at #2 on the AC chart.[8] It reached #4 on the Canadian AC chart.[9] "So Far Away" was later included on his 1996 ballad compilation album If We Fall in Love Tonight.<br />In 2015, the song was covered in musical TV series Glee in episode "Jagged Little Tapestry" and the EP Glee: The Music, Jagged Little Tapestry performed by Dianna Agron and Jenna Ushkowitz as their characters Quinn Fabray and Tina Cohen-Chang.
