Daylight is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Atlantic Records in 2002.
Contents
Details
The Japanese 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" 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 reports a normalized score of 71% based on 7 reviews. Entertainment Weekly 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
All songs written by Duncan Sheik, except where noted.
"Genius" – 3:43
"Half-Life" – 3:59
"Start Again" (Gerry Leonard) – 3:55
"On Her Mind" (Duncan Sheik, Mick Jones) – 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
Note: The American 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).
Personnel
Duncan Sheik – vocals, backing vocals, electric piano, harmonium, synthesizers, acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Patrick Leonard – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, organs, Moog bass
Gerry Leonard – electric guitars, mandolin, loops, ambiences, backing vocals (3)
Jeff Allen – bass
Doug Yowell – drums (1, 2, 4–11), percussion
Additional musicians
Mick Jones – high-strung guitar (4)
Pete Min – siren guitar (6)
Jay Bellerose – drums (3)
Duane LaVold – backing vocals (1)
Neal Casal – backing vocals (9)
The London Session Orchestra (Tracks 2, 5, 10 & 11)
Simon Hale – arrangements and conductor
Gavyn Wright – string leader
Marc Scully – double bass
David Daniels and Mick Stirling – cello
Rachel Bolt, Gustav Clarkson and Bruce White – viola
Rebecca Hirsch, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Julian Leaper, Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave and David Woodcock – violin
Production
Ron Shapiro – executive producer, A&R
James Hunter – A&R
Patrick Leonard – producer arrangements
Duncan Sheik – co-producer arrangements
Michele Arifty – personal assistant to Patrick Leonard
Lisa Marie – representative
Suzanne Ybarra – representative
Moir/Marie Entertainment – representation company
Jim Goodkind – legal affairs
Loeb & Loeb – legal affairs
Katrina Leigh – project coordinator
Lynn Kowalewski – art direction
Allen Hori – design
Philippe McClelland – photography
Technical credits
Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Kevin Killen – mixing at Cello Studios (Hollywood, California)
Michael Tudor – engineer
Steve Genewick – assistant engineer
Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineer
Katrina Leigh – assistant engineer