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Beth Orton - Daybreaker Audio CD

A fair review of the Beth Orton "Daybreaker" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Beth Orton reviews here, or go back to the Beth Orton tabs.

Beth Orton Band: Beth Orton
Title: Daybreaker
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Release Date: 2002-07-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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

truly remarkable
Totally bought it on a whim, and had never heard of Beth Orton. I loved this cd. I tend to prefer dance and electronic music to this folky stuff, but this was something different and really interesting. . . within a few listens I was HOOKED. I'd highly recommend it!.


Definitely NOT her best
Beth stated that this album was a bit of a challenge for her and it's more than a little evident. What a shame to think that the four-year wait ended with this.

To call it half-baked would be a bit harsh, but it definitely is a cop-out in the way it dresses up the production to hide the lack of good material. It also features guests (another disguise) like Ryan Adams, who's fine but unnecessary on "Concrete Sky" and Emmylou Harris who's whining makes "God Song" even more annoying than it is already. "Mount Washington" and "Ted's Waltz" don't seem to shake up anything much and the title cut may very well be the worst thing she has recorded so far. "Carmella" starts off promising, but also gets overblown in the instrumentation and vocal quirkiness. "Paris Train", "Anywhere", "This One's Gonna Bruise" and "Thinking About Tomorrow" are all okay songs, but none of them are up to par with her previous capabilities.

The bottom line is Beth was obviously lacking some creativity with this release, which means she may be miles ahead of other artists, but still just middle-of-the-road for herself.


Ima Fan
This CD did not grab me at first, but the more I listened to it the more I liked it. I love to spread the gospel according to Beth. I think it's great - just like Beth.


Yawn
3 tracks were good but none of them incredible: "This One's Gonna Bruise," "Concrete Sky," & "Daybreaker. Her whiny voice, dreary music style, and jaded lyrics are enough to put me to sleep. " .


Thinking about tommorrow
Following Beth Orton is an eternal game of "catch up". She'd been waiting for us, she'd been creating for us. The one thing you'll see time and time again through the customer reviews of this album is that you've got to give it time. I'll weigh in on that thought with an observation. Usually we associate a plethora of producers and mixers with an attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. There are many creative hands, all much-respected in music circles, contributing to this project. Beth herself seems aware of the impact this may have on a prejudicial audience, judging from the layout of the liner notes. It's virtually impossible at first blush to dissect the project by looking throught the liner. One has to study it time and time again (ideally while listening to the album) before one can get a grip on all the various collaborators and their exact contributions, or even the words to the songs themselves. As a result any opinions formed stand a greater chance of emanating from exposure to the music itself.

An album of music and a liner of notes that had so frustrated me proved, over time, to be just right after all. All those hands weren't trying to tart-up the less-than-worthy. They were actually trying to reign-in one of the most rich pieces of work to come forth in this decade. I suspect that much like the listener they didn't quite know where to start. Nonetheless, I'd say they succeeded. .


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