Album · Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Distance by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Distance is an album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, released in 1982. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 22 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Roll Me Away”, on 22 lists with a best position of #5.
The Distance, Bob Seger's twelfth studio album, hit the shops on Capitol in December 1982 with Jimmy Iovine in the producer's chair, and it's the Silver Bullet Band at their most polished and grown-up. Seger had set out, after watching Annie Hall, to make a whole record about relationships, then dropped the idea when he decided sticking to it would turn the thing maudlin. The theme still runs through "Even Now", "Love's the Last to Know", "House Behind a House" and the closer "Little Victories".
"Roll Me Away" is the other side of the coin, a big, open-throated rocker with the band thundering behind him. The lead single, "Shame on the Moon", became one of the biggest hits of his career, and the album moved nearly two million copies across America. A nice touch: Seger talked Capitol into pressing it on 8-track, which the label had already dropped, because plenty of his fans still played them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Distance on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roll Me Away | 22 | #5 | – | 2010–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.