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| Wasting the Dawn | ||||
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| Released | 1999 2 March 2007 (US)[1] | |||
| Recorded | November–December 1998[1] | |||
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| Length | 50:40 | |||
| Label | Gaga Goodies, Poko Rekords | |||
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| Kerrang! |   [2] |
Wasting the Dawn is the fourth studio album by The 69 Eyes, released in 1999, produced by Gaga Goodies / Poko Rekords.
It was released internationally on Roadrunner Records.
The album's hit single, "Wasting the Dawn", paid tribute to The Doors' Jim Morrison. The video featured HIM member Ville Valo posing at a snowy cemetery as the ghost of Morrison. The title song is based on a line from "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)", a song from The Doors' 1971 album L.A. Woman.[3] Valo also contributed backup singing. The album continues the 69 Eyes' development from glam metal to gothic rock, at first notable on their previous album, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams.
- ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Wasting the Dawn Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Mörat (15 January 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 784. EMAP. p. 45.
- ^ SongMeanings. "The Doors - The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) Lyrics". SongMeanings. Retrieved 5 July 2020.