The Distance to Here, Interesting note Options

[SJN1279]

Ed gets all the crap for the lack of commercial success(at least in the US) for LIVE's later albums. However, Ed wrote 9 of 12 songs for The Distance to Here(including the albums biggest hit, The Dolphin's Cry), yet he doesn't get the majority of credit for its success. In many countries it was actually a bigger album than Throwing Copper, and to many it contains LIVE's best work.

So why the double standard?

[themaestro]

TDTH certainly featured Ed taking on more of the songwriting but they still collaborated as a band on the songs that Ed brought to the recording sessions. They also worked with Jerry Harrison who is a key component in creating the Live sound. I don't think this album was as collaborative as CCP would have liked but I think they would have taken this process of creating Live songs going forward. However, Ed did not want to work with JH again and he continued to isolate himself further from CCP after TDTH. Everything after that is really a disjointed effort.