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Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Studio album by M83
Released	14 April 2003
Recorded	2002
Studio	M83 Studio
Genre	Electronica ambient shoegaze
Length	56:51
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)
Singles from Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
"Run into Flowers" Released: 23 June 2003 "0078h" Released: 2 December 2003 "America" Released: 26 April 2004

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (stylised without spaces) is the second studio album by the French electronic group M83. The album was first released in Europe on 14 April 2003, then in North America on 27 July 2004. The cover art is the photograph Snow Angels by Justine Kurland. This album was 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".

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Austin Chronicle
Drowned in Sound	9/10
Pitchfork	9.2/10
PopMatters	8/10
Stylus Magazine	A
Uncut

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts has received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised 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".

In August 2009, Pitchfork placed Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts at number 188 on their list of the "Top 200 Albums of the 2000s," and, in October 2016, at number 22 on their list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time." As of 2005 close to 25,000 copies of Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts had been sold in the United States.

Track listing

Standard track listing

Notes

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

Vinyl track listing

Vinyl issues of this album came with an extra track, a nearly 18-minute long piece named "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts".

Charts

References

1. ^ Moon, Tom (28 August 2008). "M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 493–494. ISBN 9-780761-139638.
2. "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork.
3. ^ "Reviews for Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
4. Pytlik, Mark. "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts – M83". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
5. Stevens, Darcie (27 August 2004). "M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Mute)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
6. Dobson, Gareth (28 October 2003). "Album Review: M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
7. LeMay, Matt (12 May 2003). "M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
8. Sawdey, Evan (5 September 2014). "M83: M83 / Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts / Before the Dawn Heals Us". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
9. Southall, Nick (1 November 2003). "M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
10. "M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". Uncut (77). October 2003. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
11. Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
12. "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork.
13. "RFI Musique - - M83 takes on America".
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15. "Lescharts.com – M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

• 2003 albums
• M83 (band) albums
• Mute Records albums
• Shoegaze albums by French artists