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Daylight is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Atlantic Records in 2002.

Daylight
Studio album by Duncan Sheik
Released	27 August 2002
Length	48:32
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Patrick Leonard, Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik chronology
Phantom Moon (2001) Daylight (2002) White Limousine (2006)
Singles from Daylight
"On a High" Released: September 7, 2002 "Half-Life" Released: October 3, 2002

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".^{[citation needed]}

"Half-Life" was also featured in the 2003 film What a Girl Wants.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	(favorable)[3]
Blender	[1]
E! Online	B[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
The Music Box	[5]
Paste	(unfavorable)[6]
People	(positive)[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]

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.[1] 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".[4]

Track listing

1. "Genius" – 3:43
2. "Half-Life" – 3:59
3. "Start Again" – 3:55
4. "On Her Mind" – 4:11
5. "Such Reveries" – 5:00
6. "On a High" – 3:36
7. "Magazines" – 3:47
8. "For You" – 2:11
9. "Good Morning!" – 4:04
10. "Memento" – 3:47
11. "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).

References

External links

• Daylight at Metacritic

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