Nights Are So Long Explained

Nights Are So Long
Type:	studio
Artist:	Michael Monroe
Cover:	Nights Are So Long Cover.jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	North Lake Sound Studios, White Plains, New York
Genre:	Hard rock
Label:	Yahoo!
Producer:	Michael Monroe, Craig Goetsch
Next Title:	Not Fakin' It
Next Year:	1989

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.

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/nights-are-so-long-mw0001196188 "Nights Are So Long - Michael Monroe"
2. http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Monroe-Nights-Are-So-Long/release/2144800 "Michael Monroe – Nights Are So Long"