Before the Dawn Heals Us

Before the Dawn Heals Us
Studio album by M83
Released	24 January 2005 (See release history)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Electronic shoegaze dream pop ambient
Length	61:01
Label	Gooom
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
"A Guitar and a Heart" / "Safe" Released: 22 November 2004 "Don't Save Us from the Flames" Released: 7 February 2005 "Teen Angst" Released: 6 May 2005

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Pitchfork Media	8.6/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

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.^[6] Before the Dawn Heals Us was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

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 was also featured in the Fully Flared introduction (the 2007 street skateboarding video by Lakai Footwear Limited). The track "I Guess I'm Floating" was 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.

Track listing

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

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
Europe	24 January 2005	Gooom Labels	CD	Gooom 035CD 7243 5 63862 2 8
United States	25 January 2005	Mute	CD	9281-2
	13 January 2009		2xLP + CD	9281-1 + 9281-2
Japan	14 September 2005	Toshiba EMI	CD (one bonus track)	TOCP-66462

Singles

• "A Guitar and a Heart"/"Safe" (November 22, 2004)
  1. "A Guitar and a Heart"
  2. "Safe"
• "Don't Save Us from the Flames" (February 7, 2005)
  1. "Don't Save Us from the Flames"
  2. "Until the Night Is Over"
  3. "Don't Save Us from the Flames" (Superpitcher Remix)
  4. "Don't Save Us from the Flames" (Boom Bip Remix)
• "Teen Angst" (May 6, 2005)
  1. "Teen Angst"
  2. "Teen Angst" (Montag Remix)

References

1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/before-the-dawn-heals-us/m83
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r726280/review
3. Christgau, Robert. "M83". Robert Christgau.
4. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/5009-before-the-dawn-heals-us/
5. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6708286/before_the_dawn_heals_us
6. Roullier, Ian (12 February 2005). "M83 Before The Dawn Heals Us". SoundXP.com.