''What to Do with Daylight'' is the debut album by New Zealand singer/songwriter,

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released in 2004. ''What to Do with Daylight'' was the top New Zealand album for 2004 (according to

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), and went seven times Platinum. The album title comes from the album's first track " Arithmetic", as heard in the line "Wondering what to do with daylight/Until I can make you mine". The song was released as the album's fourth single in New Zealand. All five singles from the album reached the top 20 NZ singles chart and achieved No. 1 airplay status.

Track listing

Special edition

''What To Do With Daylight'' was also re-released as a two disc CD+DVD "Special Edition" in 2004, following the album's success. The first disc was the album with the second disc being a live DVD of four songs from the album. This set also came with a slipcase cover with a different photo of Fraser. The DVD was filmed and recorded live at The Pumphouse, Takapuna,

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on 2 April 2004. Live DVD track list: # "Saving the World" # "Lifeline" # "Arithmetic" # "Better"

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. *

– lead vocals (all tracks), piano (1, 3-6, 8, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 4-6, 8, 9), backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9), crowd noise (3), handclaps (3), Rhodes piano (3),

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(all tracks), percussion (1-3, 5-7), drums (2, 3, 5-7, 9, 11), crowd noise (3), handclaps (3), loops (3), guitar (9) *Paul Mabury – production (4), drums (4), percussion (4) *Don Bartley – mastering (4) *Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper – violin (1, 11) *Julia Broom – violin (1, 11) *Andy van Dette – mastering (all tracks) *Julia Dibley – violin (1, 11) *Alistair Greenwood – flute (8) *Godfrey de Grut –

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(1, 5), string arrangements (1, 11), piano (2), crowd noise (3), handclaps (3), Rhodes piano (5, 9), Hammond organ (7, 9) *Anton Hagot – recording (4) *Peau Halapua – violin (1, 11) *Elroy Hall –

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(1, 11) *Jerome Hendrix – backing vocals (3, 7) *Nigel Hendroff – guitar (4) *Hikanui – bass guitar (4) *Daniel Irvine – bass guitar (1-3, 9-11), handclaps (3) * Ben King – acoustic guitar (2), guitar (2), backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (2) * Bruce Lynch –

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(6) * Geoff Maddock – guitar (2) *Nic Manders – guitar (2, 3, 5, 8, 11), crowd noise (3), mixing (all tracks), recording (all tracks) *Justin Maudsley – crowd noise (3) *Ben Nation –

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(1, 11) * Scotty Pearson – percussion (3) *Nathan Porter – Hammond organ (3, 5, 7), Rhodes piano (3) *Steve Roberts – dubs (7), technical assistance *Matt Ruys – handclaps (3), backing vocals (9), vocal arrangements (9) * Sean Sturm – guitar (1, 2, 5, 9, 11), handclaps (3) *Marcus Vanilau – Mellotron (10) *Roy Venkataraman – guitar (3, 6, 7) *Rick Will – mixing (4) *Carl Young – bass guitar (5, 7)

Charts and certifications

''What To Do With Daylight'' debuted at number one on the New Zealand

Album Chart. It was also certified Gold in the first week with sales of over 7,500. Within three weeks the album was certified Platinum with sales of over 15,000. The album had a 66-week run on the New Zealand chart dating from 16 November 2003 – 28 February 2005, and would go on to reach number one a further two times and be certified 7× Platinum.

Track listing

Special edition

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

References