Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)
| Daylight | ||||
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| Released | 27 August 2002 | |||
| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Patrick Leonard, Duncan Sheik | |||
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Daylight is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Atlantic Records in 2002.
Details[edit]
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[edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (71/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[3] |
| Blender | [1] |
| E! Online | B[1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| The Music Box | [5] |
| Paste | (unfavorable)[6] |
| People | (positive)[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [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[edit]
- "Genius" – 3:43
- "Half-Life" – 3:59
- "Start Again" – 3:55
- "On Her Mind" – 4:11
- "Such Reveries" – 5:00
- "On a High" – 3:36
- "Magazines" – 3:47
- "For You" – 2:11
- "Good Morning!" – 4:04
- "Memento" – 3:47
- "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[edit]
- ^ a b c d Critic reviews from Metacritic
- ^ Daylight at AllMusic
- ^ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on September 12, 2002. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ The Music Box review
- ^ Paste review
- ^ People review
- ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
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