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?

[mfitz804]

TDTH was the beginning of Ed's overuse of the falsetto, which everyone hates. I remember downloading that album and wondering why he was doing that so much.

Also, TC went platinum in the US 8 times over. I don't know how mant copies TDTH sold.

Being popular in Europe and other overseas places and being popular in the US are on two different levels.

This post has been edited by mfitz804: Mar 25 2012, 2:45 pm

[FishOutaWater]

I don't have any problem giving Ed credit and appreciating him for all the great music he made up to and including TDTH. I darn near worship the man for it. Have you ever seen me gush about how MJ is one of the greatest masterpiece albums of all time and TSUFL makes me weep like a school girl when Live would play it in concert - even in 2009? It is his crappy free-fall decline as a person and a creative artist that have a problem with. No double standard here. I don't think I could me more clear for the OP to understand.

This post has been edited by FishOutaWater: Mar 25 2012, 8:38 pm