The Distance to Here

Infobox Album
Name = The Distance to Here
Type = studio
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wmr9kextaq7q link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/live/albums/album/233061/review/5946775/the_distance_to_here link]
Last album = "Secret Samadhi"
(1997)
This album = "The Distance to Here"
(1999)
Next album = "V"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Distance to Here
Type = studio
single 1 = The Dolphin's Cry
single 1 date =
single 2 = Run to the Water
single 2 date =
single 3 = They Stood Up for Love
single 3 date =
single 4 =
single 4 date =

"The Distance to Here" is an album by Live, released in 1999. "The Dolphin's Cry" was its most popular single, followed closely by "Run to the Water".

"The Distance to Here" reached #4 in the US and went platinum.

Track listing

All songs written by Ed Kowalczyk, except where noted:

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

Outtakes and B-sides

*"Change"
*"Deeper"
*"Don't Wait"
*"New City"
*"Overcome"
*"Still Aroused"
*"Vine Street" (B-side to "The Dolphin's Cry")
*"Walk Into This Room"

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.

#"Sun" (features an extended ending)
#"The Dolphin's Cry"
#"Run to the Water"
#"Sparkle"
#"Feel the Quiet River Rage" (features additional lyrics)
#"Happy Hour" (aka "Voodoo Lady")
#"Amphibious" (aka "Where Fishes Go", features an extended ending)
#"They Stood Up for Love" (features an extended first verse)
#"The Distance"
#"Fijian Seas" (aka "Dance With You")
#"Face and Ghost" (aka "Face and Ghost (The Children's Song)")
#"We Walk in the Dream"
#"Don't Wait" (unreleased outtake)
#"Meltdown" (features an additional third verse)

1998 demo session

Recently in 2006, it came to light that a demo session that was recorded in 1998 housed various outtakes and alternate cuts of tracks that eventually made the album. Early workings of "The Distance," "Face and Ghost", "Overcome" and "Vine Street" featuring alternate lyrics and instrumentation have been released on the Internet and a sample of an alternate version of "Walk into This Room" (of which a duet version with Neneh Cherry was released on the "Playing by Heart" soundtrack) has surfaced. It is speculated that this recorded session also contains other sought-after tracks as well.

Chart positions

Album

ingles

succession box
before = "Synkronized" by Jamiroquai
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = October 11 - October 17 1999
after = "Imaginate" by Taxiride