The Waking Hour

The Waking Hour is the sole album by English band Dali's Car, a project of Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Mick Karn of Japan. It was released in November 1984 by record label Paradox, which was created specifically to release the record (it was later reissued on Beggars Banquet).

Content
The album's cover is the painting Daybreak by Maxfield Parrish, which was also utilized by The Moody Blues for the cover of The Present in 1983.

Reception
Trouser Press wrote: "As a mellifluous noise, The Waking Hour is fine, if a bit heavy on the bass; dig any deeper, however, and what you get is a hollow attempt to create art without any redeeming artistry."

Fact magazine included it in their list "20 best goth records ever made".

Personnel

 * Dalis Car


 * Mick Karn – instrumentation (except percussion), production, design
 * Peter Murphy – vocals, lyrics, production
 * Paul Lawford – percussion, drums


 * Additional personnel
 * Matt Butler – engineering and mixing
 * Stuart Breed – mixing
 * Steve Churchyard – production, mixing, engineering
 * Fin Costello – album photography
 * Rory Lonemore – engineering
 * Maxfield Parrish – cover painting (detail from Daybreak)
 * Sheila Rock – album photography