Before The Dawn Heals Us
by M83

Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-01-24
Overall rank: 3,185th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 126 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (62nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (543rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,185th)

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M83 bestography

Before The Dawn Heals Us is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by M83 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by M83 is Hurry Up, We're Dreaming which is ranked number 512 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,393.

M83 album bestography « Higher ranked (2,450th)
Saturdays = Youth
This album (3,185th)
Before The Dawn Heals Us
Lower ranked (9,638th) »
Junk

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Before The Dawn Heals Us track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,185th | 2000s rank: 543rd | 2005 rank: 62nd
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2026Cheboygan74Top 20 Music Albums of 20056/204
2026 HaydenTop 75 Music Albums of 200539/752
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200564/1002
2026shanelovesyou1111Top 91 Music Albums of 200584/910
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200512/1004
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s52/10010
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 200572/1001
2025 BroknsocialShawnTop 77 Greatest Music Albums59/7724
2025 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 200539/1003
2025jonny5244Top 52 Music Albums of 200549/520
2025cicadelicTop 92 Music Albums of 200533/923
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200571/1002
2025 MadhattanJackTop 66 Music Albums of 200555/661
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200522/1004
2025skrapoelTop 58 Music Albums of 20055/585
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 101 - 200 Greatest Music Albums57/100 -
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s20/10016
2025JaymanthemanTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s59/1008
2025skrapoelTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s37/10013
2025VanillaBeanTop 26 Music Albums of 200523/261
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 102
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 472
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 126 votes)
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10/17/2025 03:35 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,35665/100
 
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10/11/2025 17:44 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,96574/100
 
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08/10/2025 19:11 BroknsocialShawn  Ratings distribution  29185/100
 
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05/09/2025 00:01 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10833/100
 
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01/04/2025 13:46 doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,24275/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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95/100
From 08/09/2018 03:48 | #219436
It's sublime and intense in the most perfect way. Top five of 2005! Should be rated higher in that year.
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From 05/15/2015 18:58 | #141533
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
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From 12/13/2014 19:50 | #129319
Truly masterpiece.
I mean, truly.
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90/100
From 02/18/2013 20:17 | #65430
Goodbye/ Farewell is one gut-wrenching song.
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90/100
From 08/14/2012 21:21 | #48560
Before the Dawn Heals Us is one big epic journey that blasts through your own mind. Although some tracks on the album don't fully match to the others, the album flows through a pattern of increasing and decreasing intensity. It truly is masterpiece that contains some M83's best work.
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