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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.'
- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Teen Angst | |
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How fast we burn? How fast we cry? Simple we live Simple we die Somehow we learn Somehow we cry How fast we burn? How fast we die? I hear the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 5 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Entertainment Weekly[A] sublime soundtrack to dancing in the moonlight. [21 Jan 2005, p.88]
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Under The RadarThe inclusion of organic instruments really takes M83's keyboard-based material to the next level. [#8, p.107]
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This is a mammoth collusion of synth gasps and distorted swirls, darker and more urban than its meadow-bound predecessor.
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Like 2003’s Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, Before the Dawn is commendable for its almost obsessive attention to detail that has produced a collection of gorgeously layered and dense songs without ever sounding laboured.
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There are several songs on the release that are easily among the best that the group has ever done, but by the time the 15 tracks and well over an hour run length are over, the release feels a bit on the long side and many of the shorter tracks simply feel like sketches that weren't fully fleshed-out.
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Admittedly, there are some notable missteps, but nothing as to suggest irrevocable damage to the album's sheen.
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Alternative PressAlthough M83's ambitions are often great, there is a problem here: Before The Dawn often drags its feet. [Mar 2005, p.138]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Oct 16, 2013best album everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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melbourneJan 27, 2005great album with great sound. im impressed. the added vocals to anthony's already dreamy sound makes it enjoyable. get it, you wont regret
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androidOct 7, 2006awesome stuff.
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ShabarOJan 20, 2005
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MarkJan 29, 2005A little Pink Floyd with some Air and some Dead cities in between and you have a nice follow up.
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teds.Jan 23, 2005An awesome mix of shoegaze and space rock. Best electronic music ever since Air's 10.000 Hz Legend.
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tomJan 28, 2005
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