Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Studio album by M83
Released	April 14, 2003
Recorded	2002 at M83 studio
Genre	Shoegazing dream pop electronica post-rock ambient
Length	56:45 (standard edition) 97:26 (with bonus disc)
Label	Gooom
Producer	Anthony Gonzalez Nicolas Fromageau Nicolas Barlet Morgan Daguenet
M83 chronology
M83 (2001) Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003) Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts is the second studio album by the French electronic group M83. The album was first released in Europe on April 14, 2003, then in North America on July 27, 2004 to positive reviews. The cover art is by Justine Kurland, and is called Snow Angels. This album is also known for being founding member Nicolas Fromageau’s last album with the band.

The North American pressing of the album comes with a bonus disc, containing five additional tracks, including the title track of the album and a live version of "Gone", as well as the enhanced videos of the singles "Run into Flowers" and "America".

One of the bonus tracks, Cyann & Ben’s cover of "In Church", was featured in the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction.^[1] "Unrecorded" was used in the theatrical trailer of Night Watch and featured in the 2006 film, Camping Sauvage.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Kludge	8/10[4]
Pitchfork Media	9.2/10[5]
Stylus Magazine	A[6]

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts has received widespread critical acclaim since its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".^[7]

In August 2009, Pitchfork Media placed Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts at number 188 on their list of the "Top 200 Albums of the 2000s".^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Birds"	Anthony Gonzalez Nicolas Fromageau	0:53
2.	"Unrecorded"	Gonzalez Fromageau	4:11
3.	"Run into Flowers"	Gonzalez Fromageau Benoît de Villeneuve	4:09
4.	"In Church"	Gonzalez Fromageau	3:58
5.	"America"	Gonzalez Fromageau	3:06
6.	"On a White Lake, Near a Green Mountain"	Gonzalez Fromageau	4:43
7.	"Noise"	Gonzalez Fromageau	3:54
8.	"Be Wild"	Gonzalez	3:19
9.	"Cyborg"	Gonzalez Fromageau	3:48
10.	"0078h"	Gonzalez Fromageau Morgan Daguenet	4:01
11.	"Gone"	Gonzalez Fromageau	6:07
12.	"Beauties Can Die" (contains a hidden track at 11:17, after a period of silence)	Gonzalez	14:38
Total length:			56:45

Bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tsubasa"	Gonzalez Fromageau	4:09
2.	"God of Thunder"	Gonzalez Fromageau	5:55
3.	"In Church" (Cyann & Ben Version)	Gonzalez Fromageau	7:05
4.	"Gone" (Live)	Gonzalez Fromageau	5:50
5.	"Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts"	Gonzalez Fromageau	17:42
6.	"Run into Flowers" (enhanced video)
7.	"America" (enhanced video)
Total length:			97:26

Notes

• The sampled dialogue in "America" comes from the film Don't Look Now.

References

1. Internet Movie Database staff. "Soundtracks for Stranger Than Fiction (2006)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
2. http://www.metacritic.com/music/dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts/m83
3. AllMusic review
4. Kludge review
5. Pitchfork Media review
6. Stylus Magazine review
7. "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts – M83". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
8. Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.