Before the Day Breaks


Before the Day Breaks is a 2007 collaborative album from Robin Guthrie, formerly of the Cocteau Twins, and ambient artist Harold Budd. It was released, as a matched CD, on the same day as After the Night Falls, also by Guthrie and Budd.
In December 2007, American webzine Somewhere Cold ranked Before the Day Breaks No. 6 on their 2007 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame.

Track listing

  1. "How Close Your Soul" – 7:46
  2. "Formless Path" – 4:23
  3. "Minute a Day No More" – 5:21
  4. "She Is My Weakness" – 3:41
  5. "Outside Silence" – 4:25
  6. "Hidden Message" – 4:48
  7. "I Returned Her Glance" – 3:43
  8. "My Monochrome Vision" – 4:44
  9. "Turn On the Moon" – 4:21