''Daylight'' is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter
Duncan Sheik. It was released on
Atlantic Records
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in 2002.
Details
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ese 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
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" and "Half-Life", alternate versions of "Bite Your Tongue" and "On a High", and a remix of "
Reasons For Living".
"Half-Life" was also featured in the 2003 film ''
What a Girl Wants''.
Reception
The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. Review aggregating website
Metacritic
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reports a normalized score of 71% based on 7 reviews.
[ '']Entertainment Weekly
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'' wrote that "the silky-voiced folk-popster successfully rocks up his sound on his fourth album, adding a polite but firm electric edge".
Track listing
#"Genius" – 3:43
#"Half-Life
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" – 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
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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
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2003 albums
Duncan Sheik albums
Albums produced by Patrick Leonard
Atlantic Records albums