London-based singer songwriter Beth Orton, having learned the trade from William Orbit and the
Chemical Brothers, spiced her pensive folk ballads with electronic sounds on Superpinkymandy (EMI, 1993), recorded under the supervision of her mentor William Orbit and at times evoking Lida Husik's ethereal early work. As a cross between Joni Mitchell and Bjork, Orton penned several gems on Trailer Park (Dedicated, 1997): She Cries Your Name, Touch Me With Your Love and Someone's Daughter. The ten-minute Galaxy Of Emptiness attempts an ambitious fusion of folk and trip-hop.
Elizabeth Caroline Orton (born 14 December 1970) is an English musician known for her
"folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall, Red Snapper and the Chemical Brothers in the mid-1990s. Her UK/US first solo album, Trailer Park, received much critical acclaim in 1996. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the BRIT Award-winning album Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album,
Best Bit announced the folkish style of Central Reservation (Arista, 1999), whose standout ballads include
Blood Red River, Central Reservation, Devil's Song and the single Stolen Car. Except for Stars All Seem To Weep, Orton decided to focus on a more immediate and less cerebral style. As an old-fashioned folksinger, Orton prefers the waltzing tempo (Sweetest Decline, So Much More", Pass In Time) and the Joni Mitchell-esque hymn-like contralto.
Orton's consistent band from 1999's Central Reservation until around 2006 was guitarist Ted Barnes, keyboardist Sean Read, ex-Sandals drummer Will Blanchard and former Red Snapper member Ali Friend
on bass. However, this had changed by 2008, with Ali and Ted having moved on to form their own band Clayhill, and Ted having pursued his own projects, with Orton guesting on his solo debut album, Short Scenes. After that Orton's touring band consisted of Amidon, Steinberg, with Steven Nistor on drums, and her current touring band consists of Alex Thomas on sticks, vocals and electronics, and Grey McMurray on guitar, bass and electronics.
01. BETH ORTON - TRAILER PARK 1996
A folkie for the electronica age, Beth Orton brilliantly bridges the gap between acoustic songcraft and digital dance beats with her extraordinary debut album, Trailer Park. Fusing the plaintive emotional power of the singer/songwriter tradition with the distanced cool of trip-hop rhythms, Orton creates a fresh,
distinct, and surprisingly organic sound without obvious precedent; blessed with a warm, ethereal voice capable of adapting comfortably to Spartan folk ("Whenever," a touching cover of the Spector/Greenwich/Barry-penned "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine"), buoyant pop ("Live as We Dream," "How Far"), and spacy, densely layered electronica ("Tangent," "Touch Me with Your Love"), she shifts gears with remarkable ease, the depth and clarity of her unique perspective connecting even the most disparate tracks together into a unified whole. Simply put, Trailer Park is one of the most promising and innovative debuts of its era.
Beth Orton – Trailer Park
Label: Heavenly – 88697327222, Legacy – 88697327222, Arista
Series: Legacy Edition
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2009
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic
CD1.
01. She Cries Your Name 4:45
Written-By – Orton, Orbit
02. Tangent 7:27
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
03. Don't Need A Reason 5:02
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
04. Live As Your Dream 2:57
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
05. Sugar Boy 4:19
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
06. Touch Me Wth Your Love 7:25
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
07. Whenever 3:51
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
08. How Far 4:25
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
09. Someone's Daughter 4:14
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
10. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine 4:40
Written-By – Spector / Greenwich / Barry
11. Galaxy Of Emptiness 10:08
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
01. Safety 2:10
Written-By – Orton
02. It's Not The Spotlight 4:17
Written-By – Goldburg
03. Galaxy Of Emptiness (Live) 5:49
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
04. Pedestal 4:55
Written-By – Orton
05. Touch Me With Your Love (Instrumental) 6:35
Written-By – Friend, Orton, Barnes
06. It's This I Am Find 3:48
Written-By – Sands
07. Bullet 4:36
Written-By – Orton
08. Best Bit (Early Version) 3:04
Written-By – Orton
09. Best Bit 4:15
Written-By – Orton
10. Skimming Stone 5:48
Written-By – Orton, Olsen, Read, Barnes, Blanchard
11. Dolphins 4:16
Written-By – Neill
12. Lean On Me 5:06
Written-By – Callier
13. I Love How You Love Me 2:36
Written-By – Mann, Kolber
Flac Size: 363 MB
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Vocals, Guitar – Beth Orton
Double Bass – Ali Friend (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
Drums – Will Blanchard (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 8, 9)
Guitar – Ted Barnes (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9, 10)
Written-By – Friend (tracks: 2 to 9, 11), Orton (tracks: 1 to 9, 11), Greenwich (tracks: 10), Barry (tracks: 10), Spector (tracks: 10), Barnes (tracks: 2 to 9, 11)
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Cello – Oliver Kraus, Sara Wilson
Guitar – Keith Tenniswood
Organ [Harmonium] – David Boulter
Viola – Becca Ware, Rob Spriggs
Violin – Beki Doe, Howard Gott, Lucy Wilkins, Nia Bevan
Keyboards – Lee Spencer
Organ [Hammond] – Sean Read, David Boulter
Backing Vocals – Tasha Lee McCluney
Bouzouki – Ted Barnes
Dulcimer – Sean Kilbride
Mandolin – Ted Barnes
Guitar [Electric] – Andrew Hackett
Piano – Sean Read
Tambourine – Will Blanchard
Vibraphone – Dave Friedman
02. BETH ORTON - CENTRAL RESERVATION 1999
On her stunning sophomore album, Central Reservation, Beth Orton slips free of the electronic textures that colored her acclaimed 1996 debut, Trailer Park, stripping her music down to its raw essentials to produce a work of stark simplicity and rare poignancy. With the exception of a pair of Ben Watt-produced
tracks ("Stars All Seem to Weep" and a remix of the title cut), Central Reservation rejects synthetic sounds and beats altogether in favor of an organic atmosphere somewhere between folk, jazz, and the blues; the focal point is instead Orton's evocatively soulful voice, which invests songs like "Sweetest Decline" and "Feel to Believe" with remarkable warmth and honesty. the seven-minute "Pass in Time" (a spine-tingling duet with legendary folk-jazz mystic Terry Callier), grapples with the death of Orton's mother, but its underlying message of healing and perseverance is powerfully life-affirming -- her music hasn't merely discovered the light at the end of the tunnel, it's now bathing in it.
Beth Orton – Central Reservation
Label: Arista – 07822-19038-2, Deconstruction, Heavenly –
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Soft Rock
TRACKS
01. Stolen Car 5:25
Written-By – Orton, Read, Barnes, Blanchard
02. Sweetest Decline 5:39
03. Couldn't Cause Me Harm 4:48
Written-By – Orton, Read, Barnes, Blanchard
04. So Much More 5:41
05. Pass In Time 7:17
06. Central Reservation (Original Version) 4:50
07. Stars All Seem To Weep 4:39
08. Love Like Laughter 3:07
Written-By – Orton, Barnes
09. Blood Red River 4:15
10. Devil Song 5:04
11. Feel To Believe 4:04
12. Central Reservation (The Then Again Version) 4:01
BONUS TRACKS From The Album SUPERPINKYMMANDY 1993
13. Roll The Dice
14. She cries Your name
15. Where Do you Go
16. Release Me
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Beth Orton — acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
Ted Barnes — acoustic guitar, bouzouki, guitar, slide guitar
Will Blanchard — drums
Terry Callier — background vocals
Calina de la Mare — violin
Dr. Robert — guitar
Beki Doe — violin
Dr. John — piano
David Friedman — vibraphone
Ali Friend — bass
Lascelles Gordon — percussion
Howard Gott — violin
Ruth Gottlieb — violin
Ben Harper — electric guitar
Oliver Kraus — cello
Henry Olsen — bass
Sean Read — piano, keyboards
Becca Ware — viola
Andy Waterworth — double bass
Ben Watt — guitar, keyboards
Lucy Wilkins — violin
Sara Wilson — cello
Written-By – Beth Orton (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 12)
Flac Size: 491 MB
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Great voice!!!
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