Daybreaker

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Daybreaker
Studio album by Beth Orton
Released	16 July 2002
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock, Pop, Downtempo
Length	51:28
Label	Heavenly (UK) - HVNLP 37 Astralwerks (U.S.)
Producer	Beth Orton, Victor Van Vugt, Ben Watt
Professional reviews
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space. Allmusic link E! Online (B+) link Mojo (Sep 2002, p.102) NME (8/10) (7/27/02, p.33) Pitchfork Media (4.8/10) link Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.72) Slant Magazine link Spin (Sep 2002, p.128) Stylus Magazine link Uncut (Sep 2002, p.108) Village Voice (mixed) link
Beth Orton chronology
Central Reservation (1999) Daybreaker (2002) The Other Side of Daybreak (2003)

Daybreaker is an album by singer-songwriter Beth Orton released in 2002 on Heavenly Records and the Astralwerks Records label. The album reached #40 in US and #8 in UK. Mojo Magazine called the album "her best to date...".^[1] Q Magazine was not excited about the album: "Tortoise-pace strumming and a crippling shortage of choruses produce only torpor".^[2][3] The album earned Orton a nomination at the BRIT Awards for Best British Female Singer as well as Best Album at the Q Awards.

In an interview to Insound.com on 28 July 2002 she said about making the record: "We recorded 25 songs in two weeks with the whole band. Then there's the stuff I did with Johnny. There's stuff all over the place. And these are the ten songs that ended up being on the record because for me they encapsulate the mood best of the time we are recording the album. It took about six months altogether. That's not too bad. It was probably actually a year because I was looking for someone to do the mixing and things weren't working out."^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "Paris Train" (Ted Barnes, Orton)
2. "Concrete Sky" (Johnny Marr, Orton)
3. "Mount Washington" (Orton)
4. "Anywhere" (Orton)
5. "Daybreaker" (Orton)
6. "Carmella" (Orton)
7. "God Song" (Orton)
8. "This One's Gonna Bruise" (Ryan Adams, Orton)
9. "Ted's Waltz" (Adams, Orton)
10. "Thinking About Tomorrow" (Ted Barnes, Orton, Sean Read, Sebastian Steinberg)

The Japanese version features two bonus tracks: "Ali's Waltz" and "Bobby Gentry", both also on the Concrete Sky EP.^[4]

Personnel

• Producer - Victor Van Vugt
• Addition production - Ben Watt
• Acoustic Guitar - Ted Barnes
• Drums - Will Blanchard
• Engineer - Richard "Dread" Mann
• Assistant Engineer - John McCormack
• Bass Guitar - Ali Friend
• Keyboards - Sean Read
• Mastered By - Miles Showell
• Mixer - Andy Bradfield, Ben Watt

References

1. ^ Mojo Magazine, 8/02, p.102
2. ^ Q Magazine, Aug 2002, p.131
3. ^ Album reviews at cduniverse.com
4. ^ Beth Orton: Beth-lehem > Discography