Before the Dawn Heals Us

Studio album by M83

Released

January 24, 2005
(See release history)

Recorded

2004

Genre

Electronic, shoegaze, dream pop, ambient

Length

59:06

Label

Gooom, Mute

Producer

Anthony Gonzalez, Antoine Gaillet, Jean-Philippe Talaga

M83 chronology

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
(2003)

Before the Dawn Heals Us
(2005)

Digital Shades Vol. 1
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.6/10) 1/26/2005
Rolling Stone	1/27/2005
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Before the Dawn Heals Us is the third studio album by the French electronic/dream pop group M83, released in January 2005 to positive reviews. The album was released on the Gooom label in Europe and on the Mute label in the United States. It was the first album from M83 following the departure of founding member Nicolas Fromageau. Before the Dawn Heals Us was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

The track "Teen Angst" was featured in trailers to the 2006 film A Scanner Darkly.

The track "Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun" was featured in the 2008 documentary Britney: For the Record, and was also featured in the Fully Flared introduction (the 2007 street skateboarding video by Lakai Footwear Limited.)

The track "Asterisk" was used in a 2011 Red Bull advertisement featuring snowboarder Travis Rice.

1 Track listing
2 Release history
3 Singles
4 References
5 External links

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Moonchild"	Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez	4:40
2.	"Don't Save Us from the Flames"	A. Gonzalez, Y. Gonzalez	4:17
3.	"In the Cold I'm Standing"	A. Gonzalez	4:10
4.	"Farewell / Goodbye"	A. Gonzalez, Y. Gonzalez	5:34
5.	"Fields, Shorelines and Hunters"	A. Gonzalez	2:32
6.	"*"	A. Gonzalez	2:44
7.	"I Guess I'm Floating"	A. Gonzalez	2:01
8.	"Teen Angst"	A. Gonzalez, Y. Gonzalez	5:04
9.	"Can't Stop"	A. Gonzalez	2:22
10.	"Safe"	A. Gonzalez, Y. Gonzalez	4:55
11.	"Let Men Burn Stars"	A. Gonzalez	1:59
12.	"Car Chase Terror!"	A. Gonzalez, Y. Gonzalez	3:47
13.	"Slight Night Shiver"	A. Gonzalez	2:12
14.	"A Guitar and a Heart"	A. Gonzalez, Antoine Gaillet	4:48
15.	"Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun"	A. Gonzalez	10:41

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
France/Europe	January 24, 2005	Gooom; Labels	CD	Gooom 035CD; 7243 5 63862 2 8
United States	January 25, 2005	Mute	CD	9281-2
United States	January 13, 2009	Mute	2xLP + CD	9281-1 + 9281-2
Japan	September 14, 2005	Toshiba EMI	CD (one bonus track)	TOCP-66462

Singles

"A Guitar and a Heart"/"Safe" (November 22, 2004)
1. "A Guitar and a Heart"
2. "Safe"
"Don't Save Us from the Flames" (February 7, 2005)
1. "Don't Save Us from the Flames"
2. "Until the Night Is Over"
3. "Don't Save Us from the Flames" (Superpitcher Remix)
4. "Don't Save Us from the Flames" (Boom Bip Remix)
"Teen Angst" (May 6, 2005)
1. "Teen Angst"
2. "Addicted to Self Mutilation"
3. "Teen Angst" (Montag Remix)

References

^ Christgau, Robert. "M83". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5490.

External links

Cokemachineglow review of Before the Dawn Heals Us

M83

Anthony Gonzalez · Yann Gonzalez · Loïc Maurin · Pierre-Marie Maulini Nicolas Fromageau

Albums	M83 · Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts · Before the Dawn Heals Us · Digital Shades Vol. 1 · Saturdays = Youth · Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Singles	"Slowly"/"Sitting" · "Run into Flowers" · "0078h" · "America" · "A Guitar and a Heart"/"Safe" · "Don't Save Us from the Flames" · "Teen Angst" · "Couleurs" · "Graveyard Girl" · "Kim & Jessie" · "We Own the Sky" · "Midnight City"

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