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Before The Dawn Heals Us - M83
  • Band Name: M83
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jan 25, 2005
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76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 30 Ratings

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  • Summary: The French electronica outfit (now down to a single member, Anthony Gonzalez) return with a follow-up to their much-loved 2003 breakthrough, 'Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Filter
    91
    Part romantic, starry-eyed shoegaze pop and part paranoid explosions of sound. [#14, p.96]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    [A] sublime soundtrack to dancing in the moonlight. [21 Jan 2005, p.88]
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  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Doesn't have enough finesse to hold your interest all the way. [27 Jan 2005, p.61]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. TylerD
    10
    M83's Before the Dawn Heals Us is, in a nutshell, brilliant. I haven't heard Dead Cities and I already love the band. I'm really looking forward to hearing more. But for now, Before the Dawn Heals Us is filling my M83-hearing need just fine. One of the greatest albums I've ever heard.… Expand
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  2. android
    10
    awesome stuff.
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  3. tom
    5
    I personally can't seem to give the credit to them. They are so heavily influenced by My Bloody Valentine that it would be quite unfair to praise them for just taking other's ideas to electronics and releasing it. Sorry, it's either hook or crook and I must say this is the latter of the two.… Expand
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