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?

[thefunkyredcaboose]

CT has written a lot about TDTH, given the b-sides that we've all heard it really could have been an entirely different album (Don't Wait, Change, Vine Street, Deeper, etc.). Sounded like that was out of the hands of the band.

I always liked the album a great deal but not including those songs made it the turning point for Live from darker rock to silly pop/rock.