The Dreadful Hours

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The Dreadful Hours
Dreadful Hours Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 November 2001
Recorded2001
Genre
Length70:51
Label Peaceville Records
Producer Mags, Andrew Craighan
My Dying Bride chronology
Meisterwerk 2
(2001)
The Dreadful Hours
(2001)
The Voice of the Wretched
(2002)
Professional ratings
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The Dreadful Hours is the seventh album by 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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
  • "I. The Silence"
  • "II. The Sadness"
  • "III. The Lust"
  • "IV. The Battle"
  • "V. The Return"
14:23
Total length:70:51

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References

  1. York, William. The Dreadful Hours review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.