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

Before the Dawn Heals Us
Studio album by M83
Released	24 January 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Electronic shoegaze dream pop ambient
Length	61:01
Label	Gooom, Naïve Records, Mute Records
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]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	8/10[5]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Uncut	[8]

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 also featured as the backing track for the intro sequence to Lakai’s 2007 full-length skateboarding film Fully Flared. The track "I Guess I'm Floating" was featured in the movie Broken English. It was also 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.

The city skyline featured on the album cover is Bangkok, Thailand.

As of 2005 the album has shipped over 30,000 copies to record stores in the United States.[10]

Track listing

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

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