Daylight
Studio album by
the Selecter
Released6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
Length39:44
LabelDMF Music
Producer
  • Neil Pyzer
  • Tim Bran
The Selecter chronology
Subculture
(2015)		 Daylight
(2017)		 Human Algebra
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Punknews.org[3]
Record Collector[4]

Daylight is the fifteenth studio album by English band the Selecter.[5] It was released on 6 October 2017 through DMF Music.[6]

Critical reception

SF Weekly wrote that the album "hears the group as energized as ever for an urgent and powerful record proving that the group is still open to creative evolution."[7] LA Weekly called the album "engagingly soulful."[8] Uncut wrote that "much of this is rather pedestrian ska with blandly topical lyrics."[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pauline Black, Arthur Hendrickson and Neil Pyzer; except where noted

Daylight track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Frontline" 3:40
2."Remember Me"
  • Black
  • Hendrickson
  • Pyzer
  • Bruneau
4:32
3."Daylight" 3:46
4."The Big Badoof" 4:09
5."Paved with Cold" 4:22
6."Taking Back Control"
  • Black
  • Hendrickson
  • Pyzer
  • Beverley Skeete
3:17
7."Things Fall Apart" 4:09
8."Mayhem" 3:43
9."3 Reasons" 3:47
10."Pass the Power"
  • Black
  • Hendrickson
  • Pyzer
  • Beverley Skeete
4:19

Personnel

The Selecter

  • Pauline Black – vocals
  • Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson – vocals
  • Neil Pyzer – saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals, string arrangements
  • Will Crewdson – guitar
  • Luke Palmer – bass guitar
  • Lee Horsley – organ
  • Orlando La Rose – saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
  • Winston Marche – drums

with:

  • Tim Bran – piano (on tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10), keyboards on "Daylight", string arrangements
  • John Robertson – guitar on "Remember Me" and "Things Fall Apart"
  • Adrian Large – guitar on "Paved With Cold", "Things Fall Apart" and "Pass the Power"
  • Jools Holland – piano on "Daylight"
  • Graham Cuttill – percussion
  • James Lawrence – trombone (on tracks 1. 3, 5–7, 10)
  • Audrey Riley, Chris Tombling – strings on "Daylight", "Mayhem" and "Pass the Power"
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
  • Marizia Pyzer-Skeete – backing vocals on "Taking Back Control"

Chart

Chart performance for Daylight
Chart (2017) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 66

References

  1. ↑ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Daylight - The Selecter". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Selecter - Daylight". www.punknews.org.
  4. ↑ "Daylight - Record Collector Magazine".
  5. ↑ "The Selecter | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "On my radar: Pauline Black's cultural highlights". the Guardian. 17 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Three Must-See Acts This Week". SF Weekly. 11 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Music Pick: The Selecter". LA Weekly. 18 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Daylight". Uncut: 36. November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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