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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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Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Victor Van Vught, Engineer, Producer - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Ted Barnes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Will Blanchard, Composer, Drums, Lyricist - Sean Read, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixing Engineer - Henry Olsen, Bass Guitar - Paul "Pdub" Walton, Assistant Engineer - Jan Kybert - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Ben Harper, Guitar - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Peter Hill, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Victor Van Vught, Engineer, Producer - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Jerry Meyhan, Bass Guitar - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixing Engineer - Will Blanchard, Drums - Paul "Pdub" Walton, Assistant Engineer - Jan Kybert - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Peter Hill, Assistant Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Dr. John, Piano - Beki Doe, Arranger, Violin - Howard Gott, Violin - Ruth Gottlieb, Violin - Calina de la Mare, Violin - Lucy Wilkins, Violin - Dmitri Van Zwanenburg, Violin - Robert Spriggs, Viola - Becca Ware, Viola - Oliver Kraus, Arranger, Cello - Sarah Wilson, Cello
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Victor Van Vught, Producer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixing Engineer - Paul "Pdub" Walton, Assistant Engineer - Ted Barnes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Jan Kybert - Will Blanchard, Composer, Drums, Lyricist - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Sean Read, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Ali Friend, Bass Guitar - Giles Hall, Engineer - Peter Hill, Assistant Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Victor Van Vught, Engineer, Producer - Ted Barnes, Guitar - Trevor Smith, Engineer - David Roback, Mixing Engineer - Will Blanchard, Drums - Sean Read, Keyboards, Piano - Ali Friend, Bass Guitar - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Dr. Robert, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Dick Meaney, Engineer - Terry Callier - Will Blanchard, Drums - Dave Friedman, Vibraphone
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Paul "Pdub" Walton, Assistant Engineer - Jan Kybert - Ted Barnes, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Lyricist - Ben Watt, Associated Performer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Programmer - Andy Bradfield, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Victor Van Vught, Engineer, Producer - Ted Barnes, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Trevor Smith, Engineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixing Engineer - Will Blanchard, Drums - Paul "Pdub" Walton, Assistant Engineer - Sean Read, Keyboards - Ali Friend, Bass Guitar - Jan Kybert - Ben Harper, Electric Guitar - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Beki Doe, Arranger, Violin - David Roback, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Oliver Kraus, Arranger, Cello - Giles Hall, Engineer - Peter Hill, Assistant Engineer - John Wood, Recording Engineer - Howard Gott, Violin - Ruth Gottlieb, Violin - Calina de la Mare, Violin - Lucy Wilkins, Violin - Dmitri Van Zwanenburg, Violin - Robert Spriggs, Viola - Becca Ware, Viola - Sarah Wilson, Cello - Andrew Waterworth, Bass
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Harmonium, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Harmonium, Lyricist - David Roback, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Peter Hill, Assistant Engineer - Lascelles Gordon, Percussion - Ted Barnes, Mandolin
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Mike Benn, Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Beth Orton, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Lyricist - Ben Watt, Associated Performer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Programmer - Andy Bradfield, Mixing Engineer
(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: 00:58:50
- Main artists: Beth Orton
- Composer: Beth Orton
- Label: Deconstruction - Heavenly
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1999 Deconstruction Ltd.
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