Upon release, the album only managed to reach number 152 on the "Billboard" Top LPs chart and failed to break into the UK Albums Chart altogether. A single taken from the album, "America's Great National Pastime", was released on November 29, 1971, but failed to chart in the United States or in the United Kingdom. "Farther Along" has the dubious honor of tying with "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde" as the Byrds' album to have spent the least amount of time on the "Billboard" album chart. In addition, it was almost the lowest charting album of The Byrds' career in America, being beaten only by "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde", which charted at number 153.