A Moment Like the Longest Day | ||||
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Released | 2002 | |||
Recorded | November 2001 – June 2002 | |||
Studio | Vitas Studio, Belgrade | |||
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Label | Metropolis Records | |||
Producer | Nikola Vranjković | |||
Orthodox Celts chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Monitor | [1] |
Popboks | [2] |
Rock Express | [3] |
A Moment Like the Longest Day is the fourth studio album by the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts released in 2002.
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]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Moment ... Like the Longest Day" |
| Ana Đokić | 5:38 |
2. | "Captain Moonlight and Me" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 6:02 |
3. | "Against the Wind" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 3:47 |
4. | "The Real Me" |
| Ana Đokić | 2:35 |
5. | "Humors of Scariff" | Traditional | 3:28 | |
6. | "Can You Get Me Out?" | Colette Ioannidou | Ana Đokić | 4:17 |
7. | "Sail Away" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 3:03 |
8. | "Front Row Theme" | Ana Đokić | 1:51 | |
9. | "Eimer" | Colette Ioannidou | Ana Đokić | 5:33 |
10. | "Hidden Corner" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 3:36 |
11. | "Dead End" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 6:01 |
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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