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MojoThis is her best to date, but she'll be better yet. [Sep 2002, p.102]
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The immaculately chiselled 'Daybreaker' is so beautiful and distant that it almost isn't there at all.
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Orton delivers some gooey pop complete with sticky tunes and honey-dipped ear candy - yet it's heavy, disturbing, recondite.
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This time, the arrangements that envelop Orton's ruminations on various ill-suited partners are too hazy and languid.
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MagnetDaybreaker, though neither as arresting as her debut nor as cohesive as its follow-up, almost corrects the inconsistency issue. [#55, p.86]
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Orton has a flair for penning languid, spacious songs whose forlorn characters seem as adrift as the music's fleeting acoustic guitar chords and absentminded piano tinkles.
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Yeah, shes sticking with the formula that got her going six years ago, but when it actually works, why bother messing with it?
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It's a downer, sure, but if you've got the patience, this disc's subtle meditations have a way of working themselves into your heart.
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Like Trailer Park, her first full-length, the new Daybreaker is less about melody and being lovely than about instrumentation and experimentation with the elements--electronic, acoustic, and lyrical.
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Daybreaker bears all the strengths and beauty of the earlier Orton CDs, but it also shows some growth.
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Daybreaker's more conventional nature puts a greater and more intriguing challenge on Orton's vocal cords to be the album's main instrument; that voice, a breathless cry that falls somewhere between Natalie Merchant and Bjork, is more than equal to the task.
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Listen beyond the surface and you'll hear an old school folkie who could just as easily curl up with her acoustic guitar and sing you to heavenly sleep.
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VibeDaybreaker is no less gripping for its optimism. [Sep 2002, p.250]
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MixerDaybreaker is Orton's ultimate heartstring-pulling concoction. [Jul 2002, p.80]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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JonBSep 12, 2007
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KeithY.Aug 11, 2002Fantastic! Must buy!