Long Distance (Ivy album)

Long Distance
Studio album by Ivy
Released	10 July 2001
Genre	Pop
Length	56:08
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger
Ivy chronology
Apartment Life (1997) Long Distance (2001) Guestroom (2002)

Long Distance is the third album of the band Ivy. It was released on 10 July 2001 on Nettwerk, but had been released on 8 November 2000 in Japan (and included one bonus track "It's All in Your Mind"). The US version included bonus track "Digging Your Scene", a cover of the Blow Monkeys original. The song "Worry About You" was also used as the theme for the TV series Kingdom Hospital.

The songs "Edge of the Ocean" along with "Lucy Doesn't Love You" got both videos and single releases.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Soundtracks and commercial use 5 References

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(68/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
PopMatters	(favorable)[3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[4]

"Durand's vocals are beguiling as ever" – Billboard ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ivy except "Digging Your Scene", written by Dr. Robert.

1. "Undertow" – 4:20
2. "Disappointed" – 4:24
3. "Edge of the Ocean" – 4:25
4. "Blame It on Yourself" – 4:05
5. "While We're in Love" – 4:36
6. "Lucy Doesn't Love You" – 3:57
7. "Worry About You" – 3:59
8. "Let's Stay Inside" – 4:20
9. "Midnight Sun" – 5:27
10. "I Think of You" – 4:00
11. "Hideaway" – 4:09
12. "One More Last Kiss" – 4:51
13. "Digging Your Scene" – 3:40 cover of Blow Monkeys' original from Animal Magic (1986)

Personnel

Ivy

Dominique Durand, Adam Schlesinger, and Andy Chase

Additional musicians

• Eric Matthews – trumpet on tracks 1,6,8,10
• Jon Skibic – guitar on 9
• James Iha – guitar on 9
• Brian Young – drums on 4,5
• Valerie Vigoda – violin on 9
• Michael Hampton – additional loops and sounds
• Jeremy Freeman – additional loops and sounds

Technical personnel

• Andy Chase – producer, engineer, mixing
• Adam Schlesinger – producer, mixing
• Geoff Sanoff – assistant engineer
• Pete Nashel – additional production on 2,9
• John Holbrook – additional mixing 5,6,7
• Vlado Meller – mastering

Graphics

• Frank Olinsky – art direction and design
• Phillippe Garcia – photographer

Soundtracks and commercial use

• "Edge of the Ocean" was played in the movie Shallow Hal during the scene where Hal and Katrina are in a cab.^[6][7]
• "Edge of the Ocean" used in September 2003 for Holland America cruises TV commercial.^[7]
• "Edge of the Ocean" was used in the TV series Roswell and appeared in its soundtrack album, in a remix version by Duotone.^[8]
• "Edge of the Ocean" was used in the movie Angel Eyes (2001).^[9]
• "Edge of the Ocean" was used in season 1, episode 5, of the ABC television hospital drama Grey's Anatomy.^[10]
• "Edge of the Ocean" is played during the end credits of the 2007 movie Music and Lyrics.^[11]
• "Edge of the Ocean" was used in the UPN television series Veronica Mars.^[12][13]
• "I Think of You" was played during the closing credits of the movie Shallow Hal.^[6]
• "Lucy Doesn't Love You" was used in the movie I'm With Lucy.^[14][15]
• "One More Last Kiss" was used in the film Insomnia (2002).^[16]
• "One More Last Kiss" was used in the movie I'm With Lucy.^[15][17]
• "Undertow" is heard in season 1, episode 5 of Witchblade.^[18][19]
• "Undertow" is featured at the end of the "Heart of Mine" episode of Roswell.^[20]
• "Worry About You" is also used in the season 2 "Heart of Mine" episode of Roswell.^[20]
• "Worry About You" was used in the CBS science fiction TV series The 4400 and included in its soundtrack album.^[21]
• "Worry About You" was used in the movie In the Mix (2005).^[22]
• "Worry About You" was the theme song for the ABC miniseries Kingdom Hospital.^[23]

References