Long Gone Day

Infobox Single
Name = Long Gone Day


Artist = Mad Season
from Album = Above
B-side =
Released = 1995
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1994 at Bad Animals Studio, Seattle, Washington
Genre = Grunge
Length = 4:52
Label = Columbia
Producer = Mad Season, Brett Eliason
Writer = Barrett Martin, Mike McCready, Layne Staley, Mark Lanegan
Chart position =
Last single = "I Don't Know Anything" (1995)
This single = "Long Gone Day" (1995)
Next single =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Above
Type = studio
prev_track = "I Don't Know Anything"
prev_no = Track 7
this_track = "Long Gone Day"
track_no = Track 8
next_track = "November Hotel"
next_no = Track 9"Long Gone Day" is a song by the American rock band Mad Season, released in 1995 as the third single from the band's sole studio album, "Above" (1995).

Origin and recording

Singer Mark Lanegan contributed his vocals to the song. Saxophonist Skerik contributes saxophone to the song as well.

Composition

"Long Gone Day" is possibly the band's most experimental song, as it takes influence from genres as diverse as jazz, progressive rock, classic rock, and blues.

Release and reception

"Long Gone Day" was released as a promotional CD single in the US. Barbara Davies of "Rolling Stone" called it a "lustrous duet in which Staley trades verses with Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan, whose honeyed growl is in its element among the cool percussion, sensitive sax and pliant bass." She added, "That Mad Season are capable of tremendous power and also succeed with such a subtle song proves that the band is – at times – more than the mere sum of its parts." [Davies, Barbara. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madseason/albums/album/302265/review/5941176/above "Mad Season: "Above"] . "Rolling Stone". February 2, 1998.]

Live performances

A performance of the song is included on the "Live at the Moore" home video release.

References

External links

*YouTube | id = X68HkTuF6Z4 | title = Music video for "Long Gone Day"