- Audio CD (17 Nov 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Heavenly
- ASIN: B00006K07P
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 551,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love this album, not as much as Central Reservation - which I still think is Beth's best CD, but the highlights for me are:
Daybreaker - an upbeat song, but it's sad, whilst uplifting!
This One's Gunna Bruise - brilliantly written by Ryan Adams, this is just amazing, check out that minor broken chord! Oh YES!
It's a sad song, but...wow - blows me away every time!
Overall, it's definitely worth buying. But also by Central Reservation and Trailer Park! Buy the whole lot!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I must say that on first listening to Daybreaker, I felt that there was nothing there that grabbed my attention - nothing that made me sit up and take note. Nothing to shove whatever I was doing onto the back burner in order to listen to it. However, that could be because i'd just listened to Gemma Hayes' stunning Night on your side for the first time immediately prior to this one, and I was slightly hungover... therefore slightly behind events.
Now I've had the chance to re-listen and reconsider, I find myself in possesion of another great album from one of the best singer/songwriters around. While I still prefer Trailer Park for its rawness and the simply beautiful (semi)acoustic melodies, Daybreaker probably beats Central Reservation into third by a hair's bredth - afterall, all three are so brilliant that it is hard to put any of them down. In time this'll be crowned a masterpiece, and if it didn't just slip inside this years Mecury deadline, then i'd definately back it to make the awards shortlist next year... who knows, maybe if it did she'd win it this time!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Heralded as being her most withdrawn album yet, Daybreaker proves that is all to the good as Beth Orton sweeps you into introspective bliss. She's also brought some friends along, with the Chemical Brothers, William Orbit and Ben Watt taking turns at production duty, but despite such heavy duty names, the indisputed star of the show is Orton herself.
It is impossible to listen to tracks like Concrete Sky or Mount Washington without lying back with an enormous smile of contentment, while darker songs like Daybreaker and country influenced Carmella (Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris contribute frequently) make good the fact that Beth Orton is untouchable. Corrosive strings, trip hop and brass intertwine with joyous guitar and pure vocals that combine to make the something very special that is now to be expected with an Orton release.
Starting with a swell of strings on Paris Train and ending on a similiarly euphoric note with the magical Thinking about Tomorrow, this is an album that is at once delicate and strong but always compelling. Lay your hands on it any way you can.
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Another fine album
Like any artist, Beth Orton has her characteristic trademarks that run through her musical output. She has a distinctive voice (which is sometimes hard to understand); a great... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jl Adcock
a classic album in the true sense of the word
one of the most listenable and emotive albums i've heard in a long while discovered this very late but glad i found it . Read more
Published on 25 April 2008 by Jane Sez
heavenly girl
I bought this album after hearing some of Beth Orton's work with the Chemical Brothers, and its a classic!!! Read more
Published on 16 May 2005 by T. Hattersley
disappointed
Disappointed by this album. I thought it was sure to be a winner having some fine musicians and songwriting talent (Chemical Brothers, Johnny Marr). Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2002 by r k oliver
daybreaker by beth orton.
Sublime is orton's music. Daybreaker is a must have, you can't say it's her best yet as all of orton's albums contain nothing but her best,it's just another piece of work put out... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2002 by Joanne Mitchelle
Comedown Queen?
It's a well-worn view that Beth Orton's music is always at its most potent when Weatherall or Ed n' Tom couch her bleary-eyed melancholy in shimmering electronica. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2002
Her Best Yet.
Thought Trailer Park was great, Cental Reservation better but Daybreaker is the best album Beth Orton has recorded. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2002 by juxtoposition363
Some new classics on this record!
A review from a fan is obviously biased but there is no denying Beth Orton has a great voice. There is definitely a new sound to this record, The addition of an orchestra on 'Paris... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2002 by Will Wong
A few classics on this record!
A review from a fan is probably biased but you can't deny Beth Orton's voice has some great qualities. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2002 by Will Wong
Mellow and Dreamy
This album continues in the same vain as the previous two albums, but is in some ways deeper- the violins are more sweeping the vocals more tender. Read more
Published on 29 July 2002
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