Nights Are So Long is the first studio album by singer Michael Monroe, released in 1987 through Yahoo! Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004 through Warner Music.[2] It is Monroe's first post-Hanoi Rocks release, with Yahoo! being the record label of Hanoi Rocks' then-manager Seppo Vesterinen. Save for three tracks written by Monroe, the rest are mainly covers; his subsequent 1989 album, Not Fakin' It, would be the first to feature primarily original compositions. Monroe dedicated the album to Razzle, Hanoi Rocks' drummer, who was killed in a road accident in 1984.

Nights Are So Long
Studio album by
Released1987 (1987)[1]
RecordedNorth Lake Sound Studios, White Plains, New York
GenreHard rock
Length33:55
LabelYahoo!
ProducerMichael Monroe, Craig Goetsch
Michael Monroe chronology
Nights Are So Long
(1987)
Not Fakin' It
(1989)
Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's No Angel"Gary Holton3:34
2."Million Miles Away"Frank Secich3:49
3."Shake Some Action"Cyril Jordan, Chris Wilson3:51
4."It's a Lie"Jimmy Zero4:06
5."Highschool"Dennis Thompson, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Michael Davis, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer3:09
6."Nights Are So Long"Zero3:29
7."Can't Go Home Again"Michael Monroe, T.V. Lee3:23
8."Too Rich to Be Good"Monroe3:29
9."You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"Johnny Thunders1:34
10."Keep it Up"Monroe3:31
Total length:33:55

Personnel

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  • Michael Monroe – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, arrangements, production
  • Phil "Wildman" Grande – lead, acoustic, rhythm and 12-string guitar
  • T.V. Lee – rhythm guitar
  • Klyph Black – slide guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • Ian Hunterpiano
  • Peter Clemente – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Yul Vaz - additional guitar on "She's No Angel" and "Too Rich To Be Good"
  • Tony Mercadante - fretless bass and backing vocals on "It's a Lie"
  • Rob Sabino - keyboards on "It's a Lie"

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