Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

For The Future Sound of London album, see Dead Cities (album).

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Studio album by M83
Released	April 14, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Shoegaze Ambient pop
Length	56:50 97:32 (U.S.)
Label	Gooom/Labels France/EMI (Europe) Mute/Caroline/Virgin/EMI (U.S.) 7245 9 69251 2 6 MUT 69251
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–dream pop 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.

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.^{[citation needed]} "Unrecorded" was used in the theatrical trailer of Night Watch.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.2/10)[2]
Stylus Magazine	(A)[3]

In August 2009, Pitchfork Media placed Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts at #188 on their list of the edit] 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

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)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ Stylus Magazine review
4. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/2/. Retrieved October 1, 2009.