Distant Light (Hollies album)

Distant Light is a 1971 album by the Hollies. It is their 11th UK album, their last to be released before the brief departure of lead vocalist and founding member Allan Clarke (who was absent on the following album and returned for their 1974 self-titled album), and reputedly is the first album to have come out of AIR Studios. The album produced two hit singles: "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (co-written by Allan Clarke), which peaked at number two in the US and number 32 in the UK; and "Long Dark Road" (co-written by Tony Hicks), which reached number 26 in the US. The US version of the album peaked at number 21 on the album chart. The summer scene portrayed on the cover would be rendered as a winter scene on the sleeve of the next Hollies album, Romany.