The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reviews for The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden by LCD Soundsystem – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye". The 405. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ "The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Album Review: LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Critic Reviews for The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. ^ "LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ^ "LCD Soundsystem". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  8. ^ "The Long Goodbye – Record Collector Magazine". Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  9. ^ "LCD Soundsystem The Long Goodbye: Live at Madison Square Garden Album Review". Rolling Stone. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  10. ^ "LCD Soundsystem's farewell show at MSG being released as a 5-LP box set on Record Store Day". BrooklynVegan. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  11. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden (2014, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ^ "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden". Discogs. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 32. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved August 19, 2021.


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