Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)

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Daylight
DuncanSheik-Daylight.jpg
Studio album by
Duncan Sheik
Released27 August 2002
Length48:32
Label Atlantic
Producer Patrick Leonard, Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik chronology
Phantom Moon
(2001)		Daylight
(2002)		 White Limousine
(2006)
Singles from Daylight
  1. "On a High"
    Released: September 7, 2002
  2. "Half-Life"
    Released: October 3, 2002

Daylight is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Atlantic Records in 2002.

Contents

Details

The Japanese version included the song "Lost On The Moon" as a bonus track, while a special tour version was released in 2004 with a bonus disc, which included live versions of "Barely Breathing" and "Half-Life", alternate versions of "Bite Your Tongue" and "On a High", and a remix of "Reasons For Living".[ citation needed ]

"Half-Life" was also featured in the 2003 film What a Girl Wants .

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (71/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard (favorable) [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
E! Online B [1]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
The Music BoxStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Paste (unfavorable) [6]
People (positive) [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 71% based on 7 reviews. [1] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the silky-voiced folk-popster successfully rocks up his sound on his fourth album, adding a polite but firm electric edge". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Genius" – 3:43
  2. "Half-Life" – 3:59
  3. "Start Again" – 3:55
  4. "On Her Mind" – 4:11
  5. "Such Reveries" – 5:00
  6. "On a High" – 3:36
  7. "Magazines" – 3:47
  8. "For You" – 2:11
  9. "Good Morning!" – 4:04
  10. "Memento" – 3:47
  11. "Shine Inside" – 10:19

Note: The American version of the album features the song "Chimera" after "Shine Inside" as part of the final track (6 minutes and 28 seconds into the track).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Critic reviews from Metacritic
  2. ↑ Daylight at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on September 12, 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. 1 2 "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ The Music Box review
  6. ↑ "Paste review". Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  7. ↑ People review
  8. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  9. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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