The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden

The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden
Live album by
LCD Soundsystem
ReleasedApril 19, 2014 (2014-04-19)
RecordedApril 2, 2011
VenueMadison Square Garden (Manhattan, New York)
Genre
Length188:00
Label
ProducerJames Murphy
LCD Soundsystem chronology
London Sessions
(2010) 		The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden
(2014) 		American Dream
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4058/10[2]
AllMusic[3]
The Line of Best Fit[4]
Mojo(6/10)[5]
Pitchfork8.1/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
Record Collector[8]
Rolling Stone[9]

The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden is a live album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem released in 2014. It is a near-unedited live recording of their final show held at Madison Square Garden in 2011. At the time, this was billed as the band's final show ever.

Release

The album was released on Record Store Day 2014 as a limited edition 5-LP box set.[10] This release has a dedicated mix overseen by James Murphy and mastered by Bob Weston that is advertised as "an entirely different mix to the movie".[11] In 2021, it was re-issued as a 3CD box set.[12]

Track listing

All songs written by James Murphy unless otherwise notated.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance Yrself Clean" 9:48
2."Drunk Girls"
3:40
3."I Can Change"
  • Murphy
  • Mahoney
6:23
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Time to Get Away"
4:08
2."Get Innocuous!"
  • Murphy
  • Pope
6:53
3."Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" 5:15
4."Too Much Love" 4:42
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All My Friends"
  • Murphy
  • Mahoney
  • Pope
7:20
2."Tired/Heart of the Sunrise"
2:58
3."45:33" ("Intro") 1:50
4."45:33" ("You Can't Hide") 4:58
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Sound of Silver"4:58
2."45:33" ("Out in Space")10:25
3."45:33" ("Ships Talking")9:22
Side E
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freak Out/Starry Eyes" 10:25
2."Us V Them"
  • Murphy
  • Mahoney
  • Pope
9:21
Side F
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."North American Scum" 5:20
2."Bye Bye Bayou"Alan Vega4:42
Side G
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Wanted a Hit"
7:47
2."Tribulations" 4:51
3."Movement" 4:16
Side H
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Yeah (Crass Version)"
12:35
2."Someone Great" 6:32
Side I
No.TitleLength
1."Losing My Edge" (interpolates "Ghost Rider" by Suicide and "Da Funk" by Daft Punk)8:48
2."Home"7:07
3."All I Want"5:54
Side J
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jump into the Fire"Harry Nilsson7:16
2."New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" (interpolates music from Twin Peaks written by Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch)
  • Murphy
  • Mahoney
  • Pope
9:55

Personnel

LCD Soundsystem

  • James Murphy – vocals, percussion, synthesizer, organ, keyboards, piano, kalimba
  • Tyler Pope – bass, samples, synthesizer, percussion, organ
  • Pat Mahoney – drums, synth pads, vocals
  • Nancy Whang – synthesizer, vocals, piano, organ, samples, Wurlitzer
  • Rayna Russom – synthesizer, percussion, piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, vocals, vocoder
  • Matthew Thornley – guitar, percussion, percussion [electronic percussion], bass, synthesizer, electric piano, samples
  • Al Doyle – guitar, vocals, percussion, synthesizer, bass, clavinet, trumpet, organ, glockenspiel
  • Gunnar Bjerk – synthesizer, programming

Additional musicians

Production

  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • James Murphy – producer, mixing
  • Matthew Thornley – mix engineer
  • Gunnar Bjerk – mix engineer
  • Colt Steele – mix assistant
  • Josh Harris – mix assistant
  • Matthew Shaw – mix assistant
  • Nelson Nuñez – mix assistant
  • Christina Moon – recording
  • Steve Revitte – recording
  • Michael Vadino – art direction, design, photography
  • Ruvan Wijesooriya – photography
  • Vivan Thi Tang – photography

Charts

Chart (2021) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] 29

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden by LCD Soundsystem – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye". The 405. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Album Review: LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Critic Reviews for The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  6. ^ "LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "LCD Soundsystem". PopMatters. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "The Long Goodbye – Record Collector Magazine". Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "LCD Soundsystem The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden Album Review". Rolling Stone. May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  10. ^ "LCD Soundsystem's farewell show at MSG being released as a 5-LP box set on Record Store Day". BrooklynVegan. February 27, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  11. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden (2014, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  12. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden". Discogs. August 6, 2021. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 32. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved August 19, 2021.


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