The Dreadful Hours | ||||
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Released | 13 November 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
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Length | 70:51 | |||
Label | Peaceville | |||
Producer | Mags, Andrew Craighan | |||
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The Dreadful Hours is the seventh studio album by English doom metal band My Dying Bride, released on 13 November 2001. It contains a remake of "The Return of the Beautiful" (renamed "The Return to the Beautiful") from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers . The Dreadful Hours was issued in a digipak with a full colour booklet.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Dreadful Hours" | 9:23 |
2. | "The Raven and the Rose" | 8:12 |
3. | "Le Figlie della Tempesta" (Italian for "The Daughters of the Storm") | 10:08 |
4. | "Black Heart Romance" | 5:23 |
5. | "A Cruel Taste of Winter" | 7:36 |
6. | "My Hope, the Destroyer" | 6:44 |
7. | "The Deepest of All Hearts" | 8:56 |
8. | "The Return to the Beautiful
| 14:23 |
Total length: | 70:51 |
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