Before the Dawn Heals Us

Infobox Album | Name = Before the Dawn Heals Us
Type = Album
Artist = M83


Released = 25 January 2005
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Electronic
Length = 59:06
Label = Gooom, 2005; Mute, 2005
Producer = Antoine Gaillet, Jean-Philippe Talaga
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j4rn282q05oa link]
*Pitchfork (8.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19618/M83_Before_the_Dawn_Heals_Us 1/26/2005]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6708286/before_the_dawn_heals_us 1/27/2005]
Last album = "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts"
(2003)
This album = "Before the Dawn Heals Us"
(2005)
Next album = "Digital Shades Vol. 1"
(2007) |

"Before the Dawn Heals Us" is an album by the French electronica group, M83. It is their third major album. It was released in the United States on 25 January 2005 to positive reviews. The album features 15 cuts of earthy electronica interspersed with guitars, acoustic drums and some vocals. The album was released on the Gooom label in Europe and on the Mute label in the U.S.

The track "Teen Angst" featured in trailers to the 2006 film "A Scanner Darkly". In addition, this album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

The first track in the album, Moonchild, was used in an episode of the hit British motoring show Top Gear. It was played as Jeremy Clarkson was crossing the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden as he was driving from London to Oslo in a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.

The track "Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun" was used in the Lakai skateboarding video "Fully Flared" during the intro. The music plays over various skateboarding sequences while props used by the skaters explode, in time to the music.

The track "In the Cold I'm Standing" has been used throughout the Globe Shoes videos "United By Fate", during the interludes

In May 2007, the track "Fields, Shorelines and Hunters" was performed live by Greek band Kore. Ydro. in their shows with the translated title: "Χωράφια, Ακτογραμμές και Κυνηγοί".

The track "*" was used in "MASH", a fixed gear bicycle documentary set in San Francisco.

Track listing

# "Moonchild" – 4:40
# "Don't Save Us from the Flames" – 4:17
# "In the Cold I'm Standing" – 4:10
# "Farewell / Goodbye" – 5:34
# "Fields, Shorelines and Hunters" – 2:32
# "*" – 2:44
# "I Guess I'm Floating" – 2:01
# "Teen Angst" – 5:04
# "Can't Stop" – 2:22
# "Safe" – 4:55
# "Let Men Burn Stars" – 1:59
# "Car Chase Terror!" – 3:47
# "Slight Night Shiver" – 2:12
# "A Guitar and a Heart" – 4:48
# "Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun" – 10:41

ingles and EPs

*"Safe/ A Guitar and a Heart" (November 2004)
*"Don't Save Us From the Flames" (February 7, 2005)
*"Teen Angst" (May 6, 2005)

External links

* [http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/m83_dawn2005.html Cokemachineglow review of Before the Dawn Heals Us]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19618/M83_Before_the_Dawn_Heals_Us Pitchfork review of Before the Dawn Heals Us]