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{{Album Infobox
| Title = The Distance to Here
| image = Live-The_Distance_To_Here-Frontal.jpg
| Artist = [[Live (Band)|Live]]
| Year = [[:Category:1999|1999]]
| Genre = [[:Category:Alternative Rock|Alternative Rock]], [[:Category:Hard Rock|Hard Rock]], [[Category:Post-grunge|Post-grunge]]
| Cover Artist = [[Stefan Sagmeister]] (Art Director), [[Motoko Hada]] (Designer/Illustrator)
| Label = [[:Category:Radioactive|Radioactive]]
| Format = [[:Category:Compact Disc|Compact Disc]]
}}
'''The Distance to Here''' is the fourth studio album by the band [[Live (Band)|Live]], released in [[:Category:1999|1999]]. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 138,000 copies in its first week and was certified Platinum on November 19, 1999.

==Packaging==
The packaging for the album was created by [[Stefan Sagmeister]] and his design team at Sagmeister, Inc. The cover features a contemporary version of a Hindu mandala, reflecting the eastern influences of the lyrics.

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===Credits===
*Art direction: [[Stefan Sagmeister]]
*Design: Motoko Hada
*Illustration: Motoko Hada
*Photography: Dan Winters, Danny Clinch
*Retouching: Radioactive Records

==Examples of Hindu mandalas that Inspired the Cover==
Maṇḍala (मण्डल) is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". The sacred art of Hinduism and Buddhism often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the shape of a T. Although these designs have many names for different religions, origins, and regions, mandala has become a generic term for any geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the Universe from the human perspective.
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