Daybreaker - Beth Orton
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70 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: The English singer-songwriter's third LP features quite an array of guests, including Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, and the Chemical Brothers (who have utilized Orton's vocals on several of their own albums). Another longtime collaborator, William Orbit, appears for one track, with the remainder of the mixing duties falling to Everything But The Girl's Ben Watt.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Neumu.net
    90
    Daybreaker bears all the strengths and beauty of the earlier Orton CDs, but it also shows some growth.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The immaculately chiselled 'Daybreaker' is so beautiful and distant that it almost isn't there at all.
  3. Mixer
    80
    Daybreaker is Orton's ultimate heartstring-pulling concoction. [Jul 2002, p.80]
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  4. Uncut
    60
    At their best, Orton's songs do achieve what Daybreaker sets out to achieve--a sense of watching the dawn rise, all hyper and half awake from having been up all night arguing, making love or simply conversing intensely. [Sep 2002, p.108]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
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  1. KeithY.
    10
    Fantastic! Must buy!
  2. JonB
    8
    this CD is a departure from her previous two. I probably would have rated it around a 3 or 4 when I first heard it. But I dusted it off recently and have come to enjoy it very much. I think the sound and mood of this CD is an acquired taste and may take repeated spins to fully appreciate it's moody quality.… Expand

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