The Distance to Here

The Distance to Here
Studio album by Live
Released October 5, 1999
Recorded At the Site, Village Recorder, A&M Studios and the Plant
Genre Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Hard rock
Length 56:04
Label Radioactive
Producer Jerry Harrison, Live
Live chronology
Secret Samadhi
(1997)		 The Distance to Here
(1999)		 V
(2001)
Singles from The Distance to Here
  1. "The Dolphin's Cry"
  2. "Run to the Water"
  3. "They Stood Up for Love"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The Distance to Here is the fourth studio album by the band Live, released in 1999. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 138,000 copies in its first week and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 19, 1999.[2][3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Ed Kowalczyk, except where noted.

  1. "The Dolphin's Cry" – 4:24
  2. "The Distance" – 3:51
  3. "Sparkle" – 4:33
  4. "Run to the Water" (Kowalczyk, Patrick Dahlheimer) – 4:28
  5. "Sun" – 3:32
  6. "Voodoo Lady" (Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor) – 4:19
  7. "Where Fishes Go" – 4:22
  8. "Face and Ghost (The Children's Song)" – 4:30
  9. "Feel the Quiet River Rage" – 4:36
  10. "Meltdown" – 3:55
  11. "They Stood Up for Love" (Kowalczyk, Dahlheimer, Taylor) – 4:35
  12. "We Walk in the Dream" – 4:22
  13. "Dance With You" – 4:37

Outtakes and B-sides

Pilgrimage to the Southern Stars

A fan-named pre-release, Pilgrimage to the Southern Stars, included "Don't Wait," a track that did not make the final album.

  1. "Sun"
  2. "The Dolphin's Cry"
  3. "Run to the Water"
  4. "Sparkle"
  5. "Feel the Quiet River Rage"
  6. "Happy Hour" (aka "Voodoo Lady")
  7. "Amphibious" (aka "Where Fishes Go")
  8. "They Stood Up for Love"
  9. "The Distance"
  10. "Fijian Seas" (aka "Dance With You")
  11. "Face and Ghost" (aka "Face and Ghost (The Children's Song)")
  12. "We Walk in the Dream"
  13. "Don't Wait"
  14. "Meltdown"

1998 demo session

An even earlier demo than the Pilgrimage release contains several outtakes, along with alternate versions of every other song featured.

  1. "Sparkle"
  2. "Sun"
  3. "Deeper"
  4. "The Distance"
  5. "Where Fishes Go"
  6. "Walk Into This Room"
  7. "Meltdown"
  8. "Voodoo Lady"
  9. "Overcome"
  10. "Dance With You"
  11. "Feel the Quiet River Rage"
  12. "Still Aroused"
  13. "Don't Wait"
  14. "They Stood Up for Love"
  15. "Face and Ghost"
  16. "Vine Street"

Chart positions

Album

Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 56 [4]
US Billboard 200 4 [5]
Canadian Albums Chart 1 [5]
Swiss Albums Chart 47 [6]
Austrian Albums Chart 11 [6]
Dutch Albums Chart 2 [6]
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart 1 [6]
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart 47 [6]
Swedish Albums Chart 6 [6]
Finnish Albums Chart 24 [6]
Norwegian Albums Chart 2 [6]
Australian Albums Chart 1 [6]
New Zealand Albums Chart 2 [6]
German Albums Chart 13 [7]

Singles

Song Refs Peak chart positions
US US (M.R.) Aus Ned UK NZ Bel (Fl) Fin
"The Dolphins Cry" [8][9][10] 78 3 25 10 62 48 7 —
"Run to the Water" [9][11] — 14 34 49 — 44 — 15
"They Stood up for Love" [9][12] — 31 — 44 — — 1 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

External links

References

  1. ^ Boldman, Gina "Allmusic Review" Allmusic
  2. ^ Mancini, Robert. "Creed Remains on Top as Live Makes Big Chart Debut". MTV News - October 13, 1999.
  3. ^ "RIAA entry for The Distance to Here" RIAA
  4. ^ "Chart Log UK entry for Live" Chart Log UK
  5. ^ a b "The Distance To Here > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" Allmusic
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ultratop entry for The Distance to Here" Ultratop
  7. ^ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay" Musicline.de
  8. ^ "Chart Stats entry for Live" Chart Stats
  9. ^ a b c "The Distance To Here > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" Allmusic
  10. ^ "Ultratop Entry for The Dolphins Cry" Ultratop
  11. ^ "Ultratop entry for Run to the Water" Ultratop
  12. ^ "Ultratop entry for They Stood Up For Love" Ultratop
Live
Patrick Dahlheimer · Chad Gracey · Chad Taylor
Ed Kowalczyk
Touring musicians: Adam Kowalczyk · Michael Railton · Christopher Thorn
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