The Distance (Bob Seger album)


The Distance is the twelfth studio album by US-American rock singer Bob Seger. It was released in the final week of 1982. It peaked at #5 on Billboards album chart and sold close to two million copies in the United States.
Seger, influenced by the Woody Allen film Annie Hall originally intended the album to be built around the theme of relationships but eventually that fell apart when Seger decided that sticking to the theme too strictly would make the album "maudlin." Several songs based on the original theme made it on the album: the hit single "Even Now," "Love’s the Last to Know," "House Behind a House" and the album closer "Little Victories."
The album's lead single, "Shame on the Moon", was one of Seger's biggest hits, holding at #2 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It also hit #1 Adult Contemporary and crossed over to #15 Country.
Capitol Records had stopped manufacturing albums in the 8 track tape cartridge format by the time this album was released. However, Seger asked the label to include that format for this album, knowing that many of his fans still used 8 track players.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Silver Bullet Band
;The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
;Additional Musicians
;Additional vocals
Production
Album
YearChartPosition
1983US Billboard 2005

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1982"House Behind a House"Mainstream Rock29
1983"Boomtown Blues"Mainstream Rock11
1983"Even Now"Mainstream Rock2
1983"Even Now"Pop Singles12
1983"Roll Me Away"Mainstream Rock13
1983"Roll Me Away"Pop Singles27
1983"Shame on the Moon"Adult Contemporary1
1983"Shame on the Moon"Country Singles15
1983"Shame on the Moon"Pop Singles2