The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden is a live album by the American rock band LCD Soundsystem released in 2014. It was recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York, in 2011. It was LCD Soundsystem's final show before their reunion in 2015.
Show On February 8, 2011, LCD Soundsystem announced that they were disbanding. Their show at Madison Square Garden, New York, April 2, was billed as their final show and sold out in minutes. The band played for more than three hours, with guest appearances from the musicians Reggie Watts, the Juan MacLean, Shit Robot, Planningtorock, and Shannon Funchess, and the Arcade Fire members Win Butler, Will Butler and Régine Chassagne. The concert was also covered in the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012). LCD Soundsystem reunited in 2015.
Release The Long Goodbye was released on Record Store Day 2014 as a limited five-LP box set. It was released digitally on May 20th. In 2021, it was re-issued on vinyl and as a three-CD box set.
Track listing All songs written by James Murphy, unless otherwise notated.
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 Gavilán 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 on "You Can't Hide"https://undertheradarmag.com/news/watch_lcd_soundsystems_last_performance_in_its_entirety Juan Maclean, Shit Robot – vocoders Jeremy Gara, Régine Chassagne, Will Butler, Win Butler – backing vocals on "North American Scum"https://www.nme.com/news/music/lcd-soundsystem-2-62-1287247
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
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