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
"Sun" "The Dolphin's Cry" "Run to the Water" "Meltdown" "They Stood Up for Love" "Dance With You"

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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.

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

• "Change"
• "Deeper"
• "Don't Wait"
• "New City"
• "Overcome"
• "Still Aroused"
• "Transmission"
• "Vine Street" (aka "Pop Vortex"; b-side to "The Dolphin's Cry")
• "Walk Into This Room"
• "Wash The Blood Away"

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
US Billboard 200	4
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Swiss Albums Chart	47
Austrian Albums Chart	11
Dutch Albums Chart	2
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart	1
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart	47
Swedish Albums Chart	6
Finnish Albums Chart	24
Norwegian Albums Chart	2
Australian Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	2
German Albums Chart	13

Singles

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

External links

• Friends of Live (official website)