A Moment Like the Longest Day

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A Moment Like the Longest Day
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Studio album by
Released2002
RecordedNovember 2001 – June 2002
StudioVitas Studio, Belgrade
Genre
Label Metropolis Records
Producer Nikola Vranjković
Orthodox Celts chronology
Green Roses
(1999)
A Moment Like the Longest Day
(2002)
One, Two... Five
(2007)
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A Moment Like the Longest Day is the fourth studio album by the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts released in 2002.

Contents

Produced by Block Out leader Nikola Vranjković and featuring only one cover of a traditional Irish song, "Humors of Scariff", [4] A Moment Like the Longest Day is more rock-oriented than the band's previous releases. [2]

In 2021, the album was polled 91st on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End). [5]

Track listing

A Moment Like the Longest Day track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Moment ... Like the Longest Day"
  • Aleksandar Petrović
  • Ana Đokić
Ana Đokić5:38
2."Captain Moonlight and Me"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić6:02
3."Against the Wind"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić3:47
4."The Real Me"
  • Aleksandar Petrović
  • Ana Đokić
Ana Đokić2:35
5."Humors of Scariff" Traditional3:28
6."Can You Get Me Out?"Colette IoannidouAna Đokić4:17
7."Sail Away"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić3:03
8."Front Row Theme" Ana Đokić1:51
9."Eimer"Colette IoannidouAna Đokić5:33
10."Hidden Corner"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić3:36
11."Dead End"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić6:01

Personnel

Additional personnel

Legacy

In 2021 the album was polled 91st on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End). [5]

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References

  1. A Moment Like the Longest Day review at Monitor.hr
  2. 1 2 "One, Two... Five review at Popboks". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  3. Ćunković, Milan. "Orthodox Celts: A Moment Like The Longest Day". Rock Express (in Serbian) (37). Belgrade: 28.
  4. Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released / Makart. p. 372.
  5. 1 2 Antonić, Duško (2021). Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji. Belgrade: Take It Or Leave It. p. 230.