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	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" Released: 1999 "The Dolphin's Cry" Released: 1999 "Run to the Water" Released: March 28, 2000 "Meltdown" Released: 2000 "They Stood Up for Love" Released: July 11, 2000 "Dance with You" Released: 2000

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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.^[4][5]

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" (Kowalczyk, Taylor) – 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

Chart positions

Album

Chart	Peak
Australian Albums Chart[6]	1
Austrian Albums Chart[6]	11
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[6]	1
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[6]	47
Canadian Albums Chart[7]	1
Dutch Albums Chart[6]	2
Finnish Albums Chart[6]	24
German Albums Chart[8]	13
New Zealand Albums Chart[6]	2
Norwegian Albums Chart[6]	2
Swedish Albums Chart[6]	6
Swiss Albums Chart[6]	47
UK Albums Chart[9]	56
US Billboard 200[7]	4

Singles

Song	Peak chart positions
	US	US (M.R.)	AUS	BEL (FL)	FIN	NED	NZ	UK
"The Dolphin's Cry"[10][11][12]	78	3	25	7	—	10	48	62
"Run to the Water"[11][13]	—	14	34	—^[A]	15	49	44	—
"They Stood Up for Love"[11][14]	—	31	—	1	—	44	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

• A^ : "Run to the Water" did not chart on the Flemish Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 17 on the Ultratip chart.

Personnel

Live

• Pat Dalheimer – bass guitar
• Chad Gracey – drums
• Ed Kowalczyk – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jerry Harrison – keyboards
• Adam Kowalczyk – additional guitar
• Michael "Railo" Railton – keyboards
• Christopher Thorn – additional guitar, slide guitar on "Face and Ghost" and "Dance with You"

References

1. Boldman, Gina "Allmusic Review". AllMusic.
2. Weingarten, Marc (1999-10-08). "The Distance to Here Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
3. Powers, Ann (1999-10-28). "Live: The Distance To Here : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
4. Mancini, Robert. "Creed Remains on Top as Live Makes Big Chart Debut". MTV News - October 13, 1999.
5. "RIAA entry for The Distance to Here" RIAA
6. "Ultratop entry for The Distance to Here" Ultratop
7. "The Distance To Here > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
8. "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay" Musicline.de
9. "Chart Log UK entry for Live" Chart Log UK
10. "Chart Stats entry for Live". ChartStats.
11. "The Distance To Here > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic.
12. "Ultratop Entry for The Dolphin's Cry". Ultratop.
13. "Ultratop entry for Run to the Water". Ultratop.
14. "Ultratop entry for They Stood Up for Love". Ultratop.