''Daylight'' is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter
Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has com ...
. It was released on
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
in 2002.
Details
The
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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
"Barely Breathing" is a song by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik from his eponymous debut studio album (1996). It was released as the lead single from the album on May 3, 1996, by Atlantic Records. Sheik is the sole writer of the song, w ...
" 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
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Half-life, half life or halflife may also refer to:
Film
* Half-Life (film), ''Half-Life'' (film), a 2008 independent film by Jennifer Phang
* ''Half Life: ...
" – 3:59
#"Start Again" – 3:55
#"On Her Mind" – 4:11
#"Such Reveries" – 5:00
#"On a High
"On a High" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and released as the first single from his album ''Daylight''.
A female cover of "On a High" can be heard in the commercials for the TV movie '' Queen Sized'', sung by Ni ...
" – 3:36
#"Magazines" – 3:47
#"For You" – 2:11
#"Good Morning!" – 4:04
#"Memento" – 3:47
#"Shine Inside" – 10:19
Note: The American
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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
External links
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2003 albums
Duncan Sheik albums
Albums produced by Patrick Leonard
Atlantic Records albums