Nights Are So Long
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Nights Are So Long is Michael Monroe
's first post-Hanoi Rocks
solo album released in 1987. The album was released on Hanoi Rocks' manager's own record label "Yahoo!". The musicians include Joe Cocker
's guitarist Phil Grande and Ian Hunter
on piano.
Michael Monroe
Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm , best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician, and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23...
's first post-Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
solo album released in 1987. The album was released on Hanoi Rocks' manager's own record label "Yahoo!". The musicians include Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
's guitarist Phil Grande and Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter (singer)
Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
on piano.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Michael Monroe, except where noted- "She's No Angel" (Heavy Metal KidsHeavy Metal KidsThe Heavy Metal Kids are a British hard rock band, formed in 1972 in London. The band's former frontman Gary Holton and their core founding member Dave Dee are both deceased.-Early years:...
) - 3:34 - "Million Miles Away" (Frank SecichFrank SecichFrank Secich is an American rock musician, songwriter and producer.He was the bass player and founding member of the group Blue Ash, and guitarist and bassist for the Stiv Bators band from 1979 until 1981. He played in the Cleveland based group Club Wow with Jimmy Zero of the Dead Boys from...
) - 3:49 - "Shake Some Action" (Flamin' Groovies) - 3:51
- "It's a Lie" (Jimmy Zero) - 4:06
- "High School" (MC5MC5The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...
) - 3:09 - "Nights Are So Long" (Jimmy Zero) - 3:29
- "Can't Go Home Again" - 3:23
- "Too Rich to be Good" - 3:29
- "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a MemoryYou Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory" is a song released in 1978 by ex-New York Dolls member Johnny Thunders. The title was taken from a line in the "Better Living Through TV" episode of the sitcom The Honeymooners, and was written for his close friend Fabienne Shine.Considered by many his...
" (Johnny ThundersJohnny ThundersJohnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an American protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls...
) - 1:34 - "Keep it Up" - 3:30