Conceived during a longer hiatus during which Orrico returned to Seattle and took a waitressing job at a seafood restaurant after bouts with exhaustion following her international breakthrough with her self-titled second album (2003) and subsequent touring, the singer consulted a variety of musicians to work with her on new material.

The songs, crafted along with frequent collaborators such as Dallas Austin and Anthony Dent as well as Dwayne Bastiany, KayGee, Novel, She'kspere, and Track & Field, took Orrico's work further away from the teen pop and more into R&B-Pop genre.

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from critics who complimented Orrico's vocal talent and pop charisma displayed on Beautiful Awakening.

[1] Overwhelmed by the global success, the singer soon found herself on the hectic music business treadmill and, instead of continue recording, opted to return to her family in Seattle and took a waitressing job at a neighborhood seafood restaurant.

He felt that it "percolates with confidence and plentiful momentum" and noted that the album "has a definable signature throughout as if Orrico is performing the set live before your eyes.

"[9] Mike Rimmer, writing for Cross Rhythms, found that the album was "packed with the R&B pop that is so familiar of her style, all topped by her excellent voice [..] As always Orrico is superb vocally [...] Whilst not as immediate and poppy as her last release, this new slightly more mature approach suits her just fine.

He found that he album finds "Orrico not only delivering more of the R&B soaked pop she perfected on her 2003 self-titled sophomore effort, but also maturing as an artist and a woman.

"[6] Andree Farias form Christianity Today found that he album lacked "musical growth" and called it "a mild disappointment considering the potential Orrico showed" before.