Wasting the Dawn

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 Jim 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.^[1] Valo also contributed back up 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.

Track listing

1. "Truck On" – 3:13
2. "Lay Down Your Arms" (ft. Ville Valo) – 3:41
3. "Wasting the Dawn" (ft. Ville Valo) – 5:21
4. "You Ain't the Reason" – 4:11
5. "Lazarus Heart" (ft. Ville Valo) – 4:25
6. "Who's Gonna Pay the Bail?" (feat. Alex Hellid & Lars Göran Petrov of Entombed) – 5:05
7. "All-American Dream" (ft. Ville Valo) – 4:22
8. "Be My Speed" – 4:38
9. "Hand of God" (feat. Lars Göran Petrov)) – 4:26
10. "Next Stop Paradise" – 4:26
11. "Starshine"* – 6:52

Bonus tracks

1. "Lay Down Your Arms" (Remix) – 3:43
2. "Wasting the Dawn" (Remix) – 5:26
3. "Next Stop Paradise" (Remix) – 4:28

Singles

Wasting the Dawn

1. "Wasting the Dawn" (Radio Edit)
2. "Wasting the Dawn"
3. "You Ain't the Reason"

Soundtracks

Orkus Presents The Best of 1999

1. "The 69 Eyes: "Wasting the Dawn"

Sonic Seducer - Like a Taste of Sin!

1. "The 69 Eyes: "Wasting the Dawn"

Trivia

• At the end of Starshine there is a sample of "Wasting the Dawn".
• "Wasting the Dawn" is the last The 69 Eyes album to be label as "glam metal".

References