The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden

The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden
Live album by LCD Soundsystem
Released	April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19)
Recorded	April 2, 2011
Venue	Madison Square Garden (Manhattan, New York)
Genre	Dance-punk electronic rock electronica alternative dance post-punk revival indie rock progressive rock disco funk
Length	188:00
Label	DFA Warner Bros. Parlophone
Producer	James 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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	8/10 [2]
AllMusic	[3]
The Line of Best Fit	[4]
Mojo	(6/10) [5]
Pitchfork	8.1/10 [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

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

All songs written by James Murphy unless otherwise notated.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Yrself Clean"		9:48
2.	"Drunk Girls"	Murphy Pat Mahoney Rayna Russom	3:40
3.	"I Can Change"	Murphy Mahoney	6:23

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Time to Get Away"	Murphy Mahoney Tyler Pope	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All My Friends"	Murphy Mahoney Pope	7:20
2.	"Tired/Heart of the Sunrise"	Murphy Mahoney Bill Bruford Chris Squire Jon Anderson	2:58
3.	"45:33" ("Intro")		1:50
4.	"45:33" ("You Can't Hide")		4:58

Side D

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sound of Silver"	4:58
2.	"45:33" ("Out in Space")	10:25
3.	"45:33" ("Ships Talking")	9:22

Side E

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Freak Out/Starry Eyes"		10:25
2.	"Us V Them"	Murphy Mahoney Pope	9:21

Side F

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"North American Scum"		5:20
2.	"Bye Bye Bayou"	Alan Vega	4:42

Side G

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Wanted a Hit"	Murphy Al Doyle	7:47
2.	"Tribulations"		4:51
3.	"Movement"		4:16

Side H

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Yeah (Crass Version)"	Murphy Tim Goldsworthy	12:35
2.	"Someone Great"		6:32

Side I

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jump into the Fire"	Harry Nilsson	7:16
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

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

• Jam Rostron (credited as Janine Rostron), Lizzy Yoder, Shannon Funchess, Tiffany Roth – backing vocals
• Mr. Dream and the State Street Singers – choir
• Phil Mossman – guitar, vocals
• David Scott Stone – guitar
• Trevor Sellers – piano
• Colin Stetson – saxophone
• Carter Yasutake – trumpet
• Kelly Pratt – trumpet
• Nick Roseboro – trumpet
• Alberto López – percussion
• Reggie Watts – vocals
• Juan Maclean, Shit Robot – vocoders
• Jeremy Gara, Régine Chassagne, Will Butler, Win Butler – backing vocals

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

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

References

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2. "LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye". The 405. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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7. "LCD Soundsystem". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
8. "The Long Goodbye – Record Collector Magazine" . Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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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.
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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.