Daybreaker (Beth Orton album)


Daybreaker is the third 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...". Q Magazine was not excited about the album: "Tortoise-pace strumming and a crippling shortage of choruses produce only torpor". 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:
As of 2003 it has sold 169,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

  1. "Paris Train"
  2. "Concrete Sky"
  3. "Mount Washington"
  4. "Anywhere"
  5. "Daybreaker"
  6. "Carmella"
  7. "God Song"
  8. "This One's Gonna Bruise"
  9. "Ted's Waltz"
  10. "Thinking About Tomorrow"
The Japanese version features two bonus tracks: "Ali's Waltz" and "Bobby Gentry", both also on the Concrete Sky EP.

Personnel