Before The Dawn Heals Us

M83 | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 25, 2005
• Label: EMI France
• Copyright: (C) 2004 Gooom Disques
• Total Length: 1:01:12
• Genres:
• ASIN: B000TEVFTC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

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34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully beautiful: Best of 2005... best in a long time!, January 26, 2005

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Dawn Heals Us (Audio CD)

Take the best of Sigur Ros and Godspeed You Black Emperor, pour all your soul into it, and you have nothing less but M83's painfully beautiful masterpiece, "Before the Dawn Heals Us". Founding M83 member Anthony Gonzalez starts a solo track with this album, showing us what the human spirit is capable of conceiving. He can make you cry tears of joy or sadness equally, with a production that is going to stand the test of time.

There is no song better than the others in this production. The whole album stands firm as a rock, ready to be listened to millions of times, to be interpreted and reinterpreted without fear. Simply put, "Before the Dawn Heals Us" is by far one of the best albums in a long time, and becomes the first one in my Best of 2005 list.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Beautiful And Captivating, January 25, 2005

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S. Kaplan "Pretentious Jerk" (River Forest, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Dawn Heals Us (Audio CD)

M83 adds one simple instrument to the mix on their new album and the entire experience is tranformed. The addition of voice makes Before The Dawn Heals Us seem both more personal and more distant than their previous albums. On Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, you felt as if you were transported to some alien place; perhaps in space, perhaps another planet or universe entirely. On Before The Dawn Heals Us, you are left on the planet Earth. But it is not an Earth we know. It is an apocalyptic world of flames, fear and loss but at the same time a world of hope.

M83 is still an entirely electronic band, but on Before The Dawn Heals Us their synthesizers sound different. Rather than existing solely as electronic sounds, as they did in previous albums, synthesizers here frequently serve to emulate some real world instrument; be it guitar, piano or drum kit. These two differences from previous albums make Before The Dawn Heals Us M83's most accessable and beautiful album yet. You easily become immersed in the album's haunting wails, pounding beats and driving riffs. A few songs have a rather uplifting feel to them (Let Men Burn Stars, Can't Stop), but most have a depressing sense of urgency to them, compelling you to listen further but retaining their sadness. Especially chilling is Car Chase Terror!, which weaves in a truly frightening dialogue between a mother and child with heart racing synths. Overall, this album is completely amazing. It may help you fall asleep, it may make your heart pound or it may make you just want to lie in your backyard, staring up at the stars, but whatever the case, you will definitely enjoy listening to it. Though it's much to early to judge, Before The Dawn Heals Us definitely goes on my Best of 2005 list.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful & strange collection of songs, January 25, 2005

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Andre Martial Garmendia "Snuffmovie" (Guadalajara, México) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Dawn Heals Us (Audio CD)

Maturity has reach Anthony gonzalez, and this is not a bad thing at all. The songs are potent and moody, keeping a float its shoegazing charm. The year beggings with a CD that's one of the best albums of 2005. Play it loud and enjoy.