| Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts | ||||
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| Studio album by M83 | ||||
| Released | April 14, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze, electronic, ambient | |||
| Length | 56:50 97:32 (U.S.) |
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| Label | Gooom/Labels France/EMI (Europe) Mute/Caroline/Virgin/EMI (U.S.) 7245 9 69251 2 6 MUT 69251 |
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| Producer | Anthony Gonzalez, Nicolas Fromageau, Nicolas Barlet, Morgan Daguenet | |||
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Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts is the second studio album by the French electronic–dream pop group M83. The album was first released in Europe on April 14, 2003, then in North America on July 27, 2004 to positive reviews. The cover art is by Justine Kurland and is called Snow Angels.
The North American pressing of the album comes with a bonus disc, containing five additional tracks, including the title track of the album and a live version of "Gone," as well as the enhanced videos of the singles "Run into Flowers" and "America."
One of the bonus tracks, Cyann & Ben's cover of "In Church," was featured in the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction. "Unrecorded" was used in the theatrical trailer of Night Watch.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.2/10)[2] |
| Stylus Magazine | (A)[3] |
In August 2009, Pitchfork Media placed Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts at #188 on their list of the Top 200 albums of the 2000s.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Birds" | Anthony Gonzalez, Nicolas Fromageau | 0:53 |
| 2. | "Unrecorded" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Run into Flowers" | Gonzalez, Fromageau, Benoît de Villeneuve | 4:09 |
| 4. | "In Church" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 3:58 |
| 5. | "America" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 3:06 |
| 6. | "On a White Lake, Near a Green Mountain" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Noise" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Be Wild" | Gonzalez | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Cyborg" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 3:48 |
| 10. | "0078h" | Gonzalez, Fromageau, Morgan Daguenet | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Gone" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 6:07 |
| 12. | "Beauties Can Die" (contains a hidden track at 11:17, after a period of silence) | Gonzalez | 14:38 |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Tsubasa" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 4:09 | ||||||
| 2. | "God of Thunder" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 5:55 | ||||||
| 3. | "In Church (Cyann & Ben Version)" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 7:05 | ||||||
| 4. | "Gone" (Live) | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 5:50 | ||||||
| 5. | "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts" | Gonzalez, Fromageau | 17:42 | ||||||
| 6. | "Run into Flowers" (enhanced video) | ||||||||
| 7. | "America" (enhanced video) | ||||||||
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