''Dies Irae'' (''Day of Wrath'') is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

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rock band Noir Désir, recorded during the tour in support of the album '' Tostaky'' and released in

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. Aside from the band's own originals, the album features two covers: * " I Want You (She's So Heavy)" ( The Beatles) * "Long Time Man" ( Tim Rose) The name of the album was selected by the band's guitarist

Serge Teyssot-Gay Serge Teyssot-Gay (; born 16 May 1963, in Saint-Étienne, Loire) is a French musician, he has been the guitarist of rock group Noir Désir until 29 November 2010. He met the other members of the band at their school in Bordeaux (Lycée Saint-Genès) ...

who, while using a dictionary, found ''Dies Irae'', and because of its similarity to a Noir Désir anagram and the translation, ''Day of Wrath'', he felt the expression suited the band well. An alternate version of ''I Want You (She's So Heavy)'' is featured as a

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Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dies Irae (Noir Desir album) Noir Désir albums 1994 live albums Barclay (record label) live albums