Daybreaker (Beth Orton album)

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Daybreaker

| type = Album

| artist = Beth Orton

| cover = Daybreaker (2002 Beth Orton album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 16 July 2002

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Ridge Farm Studio{{.w}}Surrey{{.w}}Eastcote Studios

| genre =

• Folktronica
• downtempo
• trip hop

| length = 51:28

| label = Heavenly (UK) - HVNLP 37
Astralwerks (U.S.)

| producer = Beth Orton, Victor Van Vugt, Ben Watt

| prev_title = Central Reservation

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = The Other Side of Daybreak

| next_year = 2003

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ortonbeth/daybreaker?q=beth%20orton|title=Daybreaker by Beth Orton|website=Metacritic|access-date=1 October 2016}}

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r587275}}

| rev2 = E! Online

| rev2Score = B+

| rev3 = Mojo

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal | title = Daybreaker | journal = Mojo | date = 2002-09-01 | pages = 102}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4Score = (8/10){{cite journal | title = Daybreaker | journal = NME | date = 2002-07-27 | pages = 33}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork Media

| rev5Score = (4.8/10){{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20631-daybreaker |title=Pitchfork Media review |access-date=2 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704205216/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20631-daybreaker |archive-date=4 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine | title = Daybreaker | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = 2002-07-25 | pages = 72}}

| rev7 = Slant Magazine

| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=152|title=Slant Magazine|website=Slant Magazine|access-date=1 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807060645/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=152|archive-date=7 August 2007|df=dmy-all}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal | title = Daybreaker | journal = Spin | date = 2002-09-01 | pages = 128}}

| rev9 = Stylus Magazine

| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal | title = Daybreaker | journal = Uncut | date = 2002-09-01 | pages = 108}}

| rev11 = Village Voice

| rev11Score = (mixed){{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-09-03/music/a-bit-of-a-dag/1|title=A Bit of a Dag|first=Emma|last=Pearse|date=3 September 2002|access-date=1 October 2016}}

}}

Daybreaker is the fourth studio 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...".Mojo Magazine, 8/02, p.102 Q Magazine was not excited about the album: "Tortoise-pace strumming and a crippling shortage of choruses produce only torpor".Q Magazine, Aug 2002, p.131[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=4851093&style=music&cart=314431205&BAB=M Album reviews] at cduniverse.com 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:

{{quotation|"We recorded 25 songs in two weeks with the whole band. Then there's the stuff I did with Johnny. There's stuff all over the place. And these are the ten songs that ended up being on the record because for me they encapsulate the mood best of the time we are recording the album. It took about six months altogether. That's not too bad. It was probably actually a year because I was looking for someone to do the mixing and things weren't working out."{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}}}

As of 2003 it has sold 169,000 copies in the United States.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60812/orton-seeking-comfort-with-new-album|title = Orton Seeking 'Comfort' with New Album|magazine = Billboard|date = 3 November 2005}}