Before the Dawn Heals Us

Before the Dawn Heals Us
Studio album by M83
Released 24 January 2005
(See release history)
Recorded 2004
Genre
Length 61:01
Label Gooom
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)
Singles from Before the Dawn Heals Us
  1. "A Guitar and a Heart" / "Safe"
    Released: 22 November 2004
  2. "Don't Save Us from the Flames"
    Released: 7 February 2005
  3. "Teen Angst"
    Released: 6 May 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Before the Dawn Heals Us is the third studio album by the French electronic 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.[6] Before the Dawn Heals Us was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

The track "Moon Child" was featured in the television show Top Gear in episode 6 of series 6 in 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 "I Guess I'm Floating" was featured in and on the soundtrack of the movie Like Crazy. The track "Asterisk" was used in a 2011 Red Bull advertisement featuring snowboarder Travis Rice. It was also used in Gabe Morford and Mike Martin's 2006 urban track bike riding manifesto MASH SF.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Moon Child"  
  • 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 #
Europe 24 January 2005
CD
  • Gooom 035CD
  • 7243 5 63862 2 8
United States 25 January 2005 Mute CD 9281-2
13 January 2009 2xLP + CD 9281-1 + 9281-2
Japan 14 September 2005 Toshiba EMI CD (one bonus track) TOCP-66462

Singles

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/before-the-dawn-heals-us/m83
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r726280/review
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "M83". Robert Christgau.
  4. ↑ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/5009-before-the-dawn-heals-us/
  5. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6708286/before_the_dawn_heals_us
  6. ↑ Roullier, Ian (12 February 2005). "M83 Before The Dawn Heals Us". SoundXP.com.


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