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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. It's a risky move creatively as well as commercially -- after all, the club culture was the first to champion Orton's talents -- but it pays off handsomely; for all its brilliance, elements of Trailer Park already feel dated, but the new material possesses a timelessness that recalls the best of Nick Drake or Sandy Denny, with a haunting beauty to match. And while much has been made of the melancholy that pervades her music, ultimately Central Reservation is first and foremost a record about hope and survival; its emotional centerpiece, 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.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Henry Olsen, Acoustic Bass - Mark Stent, Mixing Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Jan Kybert, Misc. Prod. - Paul Walton, 2nd Engineer - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Guitar - Ted Barnes, Composer - Ted Barnes, Lyricist - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Ben Harper, Guitar - Peter Hill, 2nd Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Will Blanchard, Composer - Will Blanchard, Lyricist - Will Blanchard, Drums - Sean Read, Composer - Sean Read, Lyricist - Sean Read, Keyboards - Sean Read, Piano - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Victor Van Vught, Producer - Victor Van Vught, Engineer - John Wood, Recording Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Paul Walton, 2nd Engineer - Mark Stent, Mixing Engineer - Peter Hill, 2nd Engineer - Ruth Gottlieb, Violin - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Howard Gott, Violin - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Will Blanchard, Drums - Becca Ware, Viola - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Lucy Wilkins, Violin - Oliver Kraus, Acoustic Cello - Oliver Kraus, Arranger - Giles Hall, Engineer - Dr. John, Piano - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Sarah Wilson, Acoustic Cello - Victor Van Vught, Producer - Victor Van Vught, Engineer - Jan Kybert, Misc. Prod. - Dmitri Van Zwanenburg, Violin - Beki Doe, Violin - Beki Doe, Arranger - Rob Spriggs, Viola - Calina De La Mare, Violin - Jerry Meehan, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Mark Stent, Mixing Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Jan Kybert, Misc. Prod. - Paul Walton, 2nd Engineer - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Ted Barnes, Composer - Ted Barnes, Lyricist - Ali Friend, Acoustic Bass - Peter Hill, 2nd Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Will Blanchard, Drums - Will Blanchard, Composer - Will Blanchard, Lyricist - Sean Read, Composer - Sean Read, Lyricist - Sean Read, Keyboards - Victor Van Vught, Producer - John Wood, Recording Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
David Roback, Mixing Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Ali Friend, Acoustic Bass - Will Blanchard, Drums - Sean Read, Keyboards - Sean Read, Piano - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Victor Van Vught, Producer - Victor Van Vught, Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Terry Callier, Background Vocal - Dave Friedman, Vibraphone - Will Blanchard, Drums - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Dr. Robert, Mixing Engineer - Dr. Robert, Producer - Dr. Robert, Guitar - Dick Meaney, Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Paul Walton, 2nd Engineer - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Producer - Beth Orton, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Ted Barnes, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Ted Barnes, Electric Guitar - Mark Stent, Mixing Engineer - Mark Stent, Producer - Jan Kybert, Misc. Prod.
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Andy Bradfield, Mixing Engineer - Ben Watt, Mixing Engineer - Ben Watt, Engineer - Ben Watt, Producer - Ben Watt, Guitar - Ben Watt, Keyboards - Ben Watt, Programmer - Ben Watt, Performer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Mark Stent, Mixing Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Jan Kybert, Misc. Prod. - Paul Walton, 2nd Engineer - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Ted Barnes, Composer - Ted Barnes, Lyricist - Ali Friend, Acoustic Bass - Ben Harper, Electric Guitar - Will Blanchard, Drums - Sean Read, Keyboards - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Victor Van Vught, Producer - Victor Van Vught, Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Becca Ware, Viola - David Roback, Producer - David Roback, Mixing Engineer - Calina De La Mare, Violin - Andrew Waterworth, Bass - Oliver Kraus, Arranger - Oliver Kraus, Acoustic Cello - Ruth Gottlieb, Violin - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Producer - Beth Orton, Guitar - Beth Orton, Vocal - Rob Spriggs, Viola - Sarah Wilson, Acoustic Cello - Peter Hill, 2nd Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Lucy Wilkins, Violin - Howard Gott, Violin - Dmitri Van Zwanenburg, Violin - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Beki Doe, Arranger - Beki Doe, Violin
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Giles Hall, Engineer - David Roback, Producer - David Roback, Mixing Engineer - David Roback, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Beth Orton, Harmonium - Ted Barnes, Mandolin - Peter Hill, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Beth Orton, Guitar - Beth Orton, Producer - Mike Benn, Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer - Beth Orton, Lyricist - Beth Orton, Vocal - Andy Bradfield, Mixing Engineer - Ben Watt, Producer - Ben Watt, Engineer - Ben Watt, Mixing Engineer - Ben Watt, Programmer - Ben Watt, Guitar - Ben Watt, Keyboards - Ben Watt, Performer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
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. It's a risky move creatively as well as commercially -- after all, the club culture was the first to champion Orton's talents -- but it pays off handsomely; for all its brilliance, elements of Trailer Park already feel dated, but the new material possesses a timelessness that recalls the best of Nick Drake or Sandy Denny, with a haunting beauty to match. And while much has been made of the melancholy that pervades her music, ultimately Central Reservation is first and foremost a record about hope and survival; its emotional centerpiece, 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.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:44
- Main artists: Beth Orton
- Composer: Beth Orton
- Label: Sony BMG Music UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(P) 1999 Deconstruction Limited
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