Before the Dawn Heals Us

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Before the Dawn Heals Us
M83-Before the Dawn Heals Us.jpg
Studio album by
M83
Released24 January 2005
Recorded2004
Genre
Length61:01
Label
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
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

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. [9] Before the Dawn Heals Us was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

Contents

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 also featured as the backing track for the intro sequence to Lakai’s 2007 full-length skateboarding film Fully Flared . The track "I Guess I'm Floating" was featured in the movie Broken English . It was also 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.

The city skyline featured on the album cover is Bangkok, Thailand.

As of 2005, the album has shipped over 30,000 copies to record stores in the United States. [10]

Track listing

Before the Dawn Heals Us track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moonchild"
4:40
2."Don't Save Us from the Flames"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Y. Gonzalez
4:17
3."In the Cold I'm Standing"A. Gonzalez4:10
4."Farewell / Goodbye"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Y. Gonzalez
5:34
5."Fields, Shorelines and Hunters"A. Gonzalez2:32
6."*"A. Gonzalez2:44
7."I Guess I'm Floating"A. Gonzalez2:01
8."Teen Angst"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Y. Gonzalez
5:04
9."Can't Stop"A. Gonzalez2:22
10."Safe"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Y. Gonzalez
4:55
11."Let Men Burn Stars"A. Gonzalez1:59
12."Car Chase Terror!"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Y. Gonzalez
3:47
13."Slight Night Shiver"A. Gonzalez2:12
14."A Guitar and a Heart"
  • A. Gonzalez
  • Antoine Gaillet
4:48
15."Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun"A. Gonzalez10:41

Singles

Charts

Chart performance for Before the Dawn Heals Us
Chart (2005)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 103
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 166

Release history

Release history and formats for Before the Dawn Heals Us
CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
Europe24 January 2005CD
  • Gooom 035CD
  • 7243 5 63862 2 8
United States25 January 2005 Mute CD9281-2
13 January 20092xLP + CD9281-1 + 9281-2
Japan14 September 2005 Toshiba EMI CD (one bonus track)TOCP-66462

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