Nights Are So Long
1987 studio album by Michael Monroe
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Nights Are So Long is the first studio album by singer Michael Monroe, released in 1987 through Yahoo! Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004 through Warner Music.[2] It is Monroe's first post-Hanoi Rocks release, with Yahoo! being the record label of Hanoi Rocks' then-manager Seppo Vesterinen. Save for three tracks written by Monroe, the rest are mainly covers; his subsequent 1989 album, Not Fakin' It, would be the first to feature primarily original compositions. Monroe dedicated the album to Razzle, Hanoi Rocks' drummer, who was killed in a road accident in 1984.
Released5 September 1987 (Japan)
RecordedNorth Lake Sound Studios, White Plains, New York
GenreHard rock
Length33:55
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| Released | 5 September 1987 (Japan) | |||
| Recorded | North Lake Sound Studios, White Plains, New York | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 33:55 | |||
| Label | Yahoo! | |||
| Producers | Michael Monroe, Craig Goetsch | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "She's No Angel" | Gary Holton | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Million Miles Away" | Frank Secich | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Shake Some Action" | Cyril Jordan, Chris Wilson | 3:51 |
| 4. | "It's a Lie" | Jimmy Zero | 4:06 |
| 5. | "High School" | Dennis Thompson, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Michael Davis, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Nights Are So Long" | Zero | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Can't Go Home Again" | Michael Monroe, T.V. Lee | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Too Rich to Be Good" | Monroe | 3:29 |
| 9. | "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" | Johnny Thunders | 1:34 |
| 10. | "Keep it Up" | Monroe | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 33:55 | ||
Personnel
- Michael Monroe – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, arrangements, production
- Phil "Wildman" Grande – lead, acoustic, rhythm and 12-string guitar
- T.V. Lee – rhythm guitar
- Klyph Black – slide guitar, bass, backing vocals
- Ian Hunter – piano
- Peter Clemente – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Yul Vaz – additional guitar on "She's No Angel" and "Too Rich To Be Good"
- Tony Mercadante – fretless bass and backing vocals on "It's a Lie"
- Rob Sabino – keyboards on "It's a Lie"
Technical
- Eddie Solan – engineering
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Craig Goetsch – production