The Waking Hour

The Waking Hour
Studio album by Dalis Car
Released	November 1984 (1984-11)
Recorded	1984
Studio	The Manor, Air London, and Hernplace Studios
Genre	Gothic rock
Length	35:06
Label	Paradox
Producer	Dalis Car Steve Churchyard
Dalis Car chronology
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The Waking Hour is the sole album by English band Dalis Car, a project of Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Mick Karn of Japan. It was released in November 1984 by record label Paradox, which was created specifically to release the record (it was later reissued on Beggars Banquet).

Content

The album's cover is the painting Daybreak by Maxfield Parrish, which was also utilized by The Moody Blues for the cover of The Present in 1983.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Trouser Press wrote: "As a mellifluous noise, The Waking Hour is fine, if a bit heavy on the bass; dig any deeper, however, and what you get is a hollow attempt to create art without any redeeming artistry." ^[2]

Fact magazine included it in their list "20 best goth records ever made". ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Karn and Peter Murphy, except as indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dalis Car"		5:12
2.	"His Box"		4:42
3.	"Cornwall Stone"		5:19
4.	"Artemis"	Mick Karn	4:37
5.	"Create and Melt"		5:36
6.	"Moonlife"	Traditional	4:56
7.	"The Judgement Is the Mirror"		4:40

Personnel

Dalis Car

• Mick Karn – instrumentation (except percussion), production, design
• Peter Murphy – vocals, lyrics, production
• Paul Lawford – percussion, drums

Additional personnel

• Matt Butler – engineering and mixing
• Stuart Breed – mixing
• Steve Churchyard – production, mixing, engineering
• Fin Costello – album photography
• Rory Lonemore – engineering
• Maxfield Parrish – cover painting (detail from Daybreak)
• Sheila Rock – album photography

References

1. Ned Raggett. "The Waking Hour". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 February 2012.
2. Yeske, Katherine; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Peter Murphy". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
3. "20 Best: Goth Records Ever Made – Page 3 of 4 – Fact Magazine: Music News, New Music". Fact . 2 November 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

External links

• The Waking Hour at Discogs (list of releases)