Wasting The Dawn is the fifth studio album by The 69 Eyes

The 69 Eyes

The 69 Eyes are a multi-platinum selling Finnish gothic rock band. They are currently signed to EMI Finland. The band's albums are now distributed worldwide. The End Records acts as the band's official North American distributor, as Nuclear Blast Records provides distribution in Mainland Europe,...

, released in 1999, produced by Gaga Goodies / Poko Rekords.

It was released internationally on Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

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.

The album's hit single, "Wasting The Dawn", paid tribute to the Doors' Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...

. The video featured HIM member Ville Valo

Ville Valo

Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...

 posing at a snowy cemetery as the ghost of Jim Morrison. Valo also contributed back up singing. The album continues the 69 Eyes' development from glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 to gothic rock

Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

, 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
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   Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
   
   ) – 3:41
3. "Wasting the Dawn" (ft. Ville Valo
   Ville Valo
   Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
   
   ) – 5:21
4. "You Ain't the Reason" – 4:11
5. "Lazarus Heart" (ft. Ville Valo
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   Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
   
   ) – 4:25
6. "Who's Gonna Pay the Bail?" – 5:05
7. "All-American Dream" (ft. Ville Valo
   Ville Valo
   Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
   
   ) – 4:22
8. "Be My Speed" – 4:38
9. "Hand of God" (ft. Ville Valo
   Ville Valo
   Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
   
   ) – 4:26
10. "Next Stop Paradise" (ft. Ville Valo
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    Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
    
    ) – 4:26
11. "Starshine"* – 6:52

Bonus tracks

1. "Lay Down Your Arms" (Remix) – 4:39
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 - LikeAa Taste Of Sin!

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

Trivia

• At the end of Starshine there is a sample of "Wasting The Dawn".