Other Side of Daybreak [Enhanced]

Beth Orton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 2, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B0000AQS6W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ooh Child (Alternate Version)

2. Thinking About Tomorrow (IPG Dub)

3. Ali's Waltz

4. Daybreaker (Four Tet Remix)

5. Bobby Gentry

6. Carmella (Four Tet Remix)

7. Beautiful World

8. Concrete Sky (Live Acoustic)

9. Daybreaker (Roots Manuva Remix)

10. Anywhere (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix Vocal)

11. Video: Anywhere (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes up for the subpar "Daybreaker", October 9, 2003

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Sean B. Mccarthy "soulnova14" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Side of Daybreak (Audio CD)

For a while I was worried that I was the only one disappointed by 2002's "daybreaker", thinking that maybe I just didn't understand the record, that something was going over my head. In actuality, I think it's the record itself that was over the top. Only a handful of tracks seemed like real Beth Orton songs and the rest were lost in orchestration or aimless lyricism. "The other side of daybreak" is a much more steadfast collection, starting with a solid rendition of "ooh child" and ending with the excellent two lone swordsmen remix of "anywhere". So far, anything that Ryan Adam's has contributed to has ended up compromising the artist's work, save for Lucinda Williams' stunning song "Essence" and Beth's single "Concrete Sky". The acoustic version here, however, is just as strong without Adams' backing vocals. While "Carmella" seemed a bit too smug on "daybreaker", the four tet remix changes it into eleven minutes of bliss rivalling the electronic compositions from Beth's "Trailer Park". I think what really makes "The Other Side..." such a triumph is that it manages to please consistantly throughout without compromising Beth Orton's style and songwriting. All of the remixes make improvements on the originals and make them fit in with Beth's pre-daybreaker catalogue. "Ali's Waltz", "Bobby Gentry" and "Beautiful World" are at least twice as satisfying as "Ted's Waltz", "Paris Train" and the maudlin "This One's Gonna Bruise".

I don't think "Daybreaker" itself was total rubbish, I just find much more to sing about and sing along to on "the other side..."

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wait awhile and buy it used., September 10, 2003

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George Howard (Carpinteria, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Side of Daybreak (Audio CD)

If Beth Orton put out a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" on CD, I would buy it. Fans like me will want to buy "Other Side Of Daybreak" because, hey, it's something else by Beth Orton. But this is nothing other than what should have been packaged with the "Daybreak" CD as a "free" bonus disk. At the very least, it is nothing more than a CD Single with bonus tracks and should be priced as such. Either way, I would recommend not paying full retail... wait awhile and buy it used.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing, September 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Side of Daybreak (Audio CD)

Simply put, I don't think the alt takes and remixes offer anything particularly new or interesting. The sound is flat. I don't think the tracks work well together in an album format, and all around it seems a bit lost. For some reason, Orton's singing doesn't seem to fit with the instrumentals. Her voice on that first track sounds as though she's dying, and I don't mean that in a good way.

There are a few promising tracks, esp "Bobby Gentry" and the Roots Manuva remix, but I think that's the case in spite of, rather than due to, Beth Orton's efforts.

Anyway, those of you who really like Orton (as I do) will probably go buy this disc despite this review. I suppose I'm writing this for those of you who are newly discovering her. For those of you who are interested in checking Orton's music out, I have to strongly recommend "Central Reservation" and "Trailer Park" as better places to start. She has a lot of great material out there that's worth hearing.