Daybreaker (Beth Orton album)

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...". 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" (Ted Barnes, Orton)
 * 2) "Concrete Sky" (Johnny Marr, Orton)
 * 3) "Mount Washington" (Orton)
 * 4) "Anywhere" (Orton)
 * 5) "Daybreaker" (Orton)
 * 6) "Carmella" (Orton)
 * 7) "God Song" (Orton)
 * 8) "This One's Gonna Bruise" (Ryan Adams, Orton)
 * 9) "Ted's Waltz" (Barnes, Orton)
 * 10) "Thinking About Tomorrow" (Ted Barnes, Orton, Sean Read, Sebastian Steinberg)

The Japanese version features two bonus tracks: "Ali's Waltz" and "Bobby Gentry", both also on the Concrete Sky EP.

Personnel

 * Producer - Victor Van Vugt
 * Additional production - Ben Watt
 * Acoustic Guitar - Ted Barnes
 * Drums - Will Blanchard
 * Engineer - Richard "Dread" Mann
 * Assistant Engineer - John McCormack
 * Bass Guitar - Ali Friend
 * Keyboards - Sean Read
 * Mastered By - Miles Showell
 * Mixer - Andy Bradfield, Ben Watt
 * Ryan Adams - acoustic guitar on 'This One's Gonna Bruise', bass and slide guitar on 'God Song', piano, bass, guitars and backing vocals on 'Carmella' and 'Concrete Sky'