A Long Day's Night is a live album by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in Chicago, Illinois, on 21 June 2002. The title is a reference to the album being recorded during the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

A Long Day's Night
Video by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002 (U.S.)
RecordedJune 21, 2002
Navy Pier/Skyline Stage
Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length120 minutes
LabelSanctuary
DirectorMichael Drumm
ProducerSteve Schenck
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Live 1976
(1991)
A Long Day's Night
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
A Long Day's Night
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002 (U.S.)
RecordedJune 21, 2002
Navy Pier/Skyline Stage
Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length78:02
LabelSanctuary
ProducerSteve Schenck
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Curse of the Hidden Mirror
(2001)
A Long Day's Night
(2002)
The Essential Blue Öyster Cult
(2003)

The concert was released as a DVD and a CD; the CD does not include seven of the songs included on the DVD-release ("E.T.I.," "Harvester of Eyes," "Flaming Telepaths," "Then Came the Last Days of May," "ME 262" and the encore songs "Dominance and Submission" and "The Red and the Black"), while the CD-release featured "Astronomy", not available on the DVD.

In 2004, 10 tracks from this concert were released again as Extended Versions: The Encore Collection.

CD track listing

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  1. "Stairway to the Stars" (Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer) – 3:53
  2. "Burnin' for You" (Roeser, Meltzer) – 4:39
  3. "O.D.'d on Life Itself" (Eric Bloom, A. Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman) – 4:41
  4. "Dance on Stilts" (Roeser, John Shirley) – 5:49
  5. "Buck's Boogie" (Roeser) – 6:26
  6. "Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)" (A. Bouchard, Pearlman) – 4:58
  7. "Harvest Moon" (Roeser) – 4:42
  8. "Astronomy" (J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard, Pearlman) – 10:19
  9. "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" (Roeser, A. Bouchard, Pearlman) – 5:53
  10. "Perfect Water" (Roeser, Jim Carroll) – 5:22
  11. "Lips in the Hills" (Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer) – 4:22
  12. "Godzilla" (Roeser) – 8:44
  13. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (Roeser) – 8:14

DVD track listing

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  1. "Stairway to the Stars"
  2. "Burning for You"
  3. "O.D.'d on Life Itself"
  4. "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)"
  5. "Dance on Stilts"
  6. "Harvester of Eyes"
  7. "Buck's Boogie"
  8. "Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)"
  9. "Flaming Telepaths"
  10. "Harvest Moon"
  11. "Then Came the Last Days of May"
  12. "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"
  13. "ME 262"
  14. "Perfect Water"
  15. "Lips in the Hills"
  16. "Godzilla"
  17. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
  18. "Dominance and Submission"
  19. "The Red and the Black"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Horowitz, Hal. "Blue Öyster Cult A Long Day's Night (Video/DVD) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (March 2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 9781926592206.