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Beth Orton - Trailer Park (Legacy Edition) Audio CD

A fair review of the Beth Orton "Trailer Park (Legacy Edition)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Beth Orton reviews here, or go back to the Beth Orton tabs.

Beth Orton Band: Beth Orton
Title: Trailer Park (Legacy Edition)
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Release Date: 2009-03-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: She Cries Your Name 2: Tangent 3: Don't Need A Reason 4: Live As You Dream 5: Sugar Boy 6: Touch Me With Your Love 7: Whenever 8: How Far 9: Someone's Daughter 10: I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine 11: Galaxy of Emptiness 12: Safety 13: It's Not The Spotlight 14: Galaxy of Emptiness (live) 15: Pedestal 16: Touch Me With Your Love (Inst) 17: It's This I Am Find 18: Bullet 19: Best Bit (early version) 20: Best Bit 21: Skimming Stone 22: Dolphins (feat. Terry Callier) 23: Lean On Me (feat. Terry Callier) 24: I Love How You Love Me

Outstanding 'legacy' treatment
I'm not going to review the original album (11 tracks; 60 min. Beth Orton blew onto the music scene with her incredible 1996 debut album "Trailer Park", and this legacy edition does one better with a remastered and expanded version of it. ) as there are plenty of reviews out there of it, although after 13 years it is remarkable to hear those songs, and how well they've aged with time, check out the opener "She Cries Out Your Name", or "Touch Me With Your Love" and of course the 10+ min. closer "Galaxy of Emptiness".

The newly added second CD (13 tracks; 58 min. ) brings a fantastic mix of demos, unreleased songs, live songs, and other assorted stuff. The CD starts off with Beth just with guitar on "Safety" and "It's Not the Spotlight", then followed by a great live version of "Galaxy of Emptiness", sounding quite different (and much shorter) than the studio version. The instrumental version of "Touch Me With Your Love" sounds like a movie-made mood piece, just beautiful. Then there is the unreleased "Best Bit" (both in an early version and a fully fleshed-out one), just great. There are also 2 great songs featuring Terry Callier on "Dolphins" and "Lean On Me". The last track "I Love How You Love Me" is a delicious throw-back to the 60s sound.

In all, this is a reissue/legacy edition well done, even though the credit notes are somewhat skimpy. "Trailer Park" was/is a monumental album, deserving the legacy issue. I've been a Beth Orton fan from the early days, and would also recommend her 2002 album "Daybreaker" in a heartbeat. She has only released 4 albums in her career so far, and I can only hope we are in for more music from her soon. Meanwhile, the legacy edition of "Trailer Park" is worth very penny, even if you have the original album.


Where it all begins...
I do remember seeing "She Cries Your Name" on 120 Minutes back in 1997 and being struck by the bleakness and originality of the song and video. I don't think this is the best Beth Orton album like other people do, probably because I didn't hear it all at the time it came out. The rest of the album is good, but a bit dated, and the songs don't gel as easily as they might have in 1996. That being said, she easily deserved all the critical acclaim for her lyrics and vocal abilities, and only just hinted at what was to come.


Fans can never be objective...
From the OBJECTIVE reviewer. . Beth has a unique voice. . . kudos. . . and this album highlights perfectly her folk sensibility with the touch of electronic influence she probably picked up from William Orbit.


Better in Person
I was so excited to buy this cd based on what I had heard, but was dissapointed when I received it. After seeing Beth Orton live at Field Day I was impressed by her accoustic solo music, as well as her lively personality. Very little of the folkish guitar work that I had fell in love with was audible on the CD, and Orton over-layers her work with poppy base and drums. At some points on this CD she reminds me of radiohead (faintly) or Beck (especially on "tangent"), and at times delivers the folk feel that I found so appealing, but for the most part comes off as poppy and frankly, boring. Though this CD is certainly worth buying for tracks 1-3 and 10 and 11, it lacks replay value.

Perhaps I am being overly critical because I had such high expectations for Beth. I would reccomend buying this CD, however, see her live. She is a great musician and a charming personality.


Things must get mighty dull in that chill-out room
The truth of it is, however, that the "hop" never comes, and all you're left with is a long, slow trip into tired folk. This album always gets hyped as folk meets trip hop, which superficially sounds like an interesting meld. Beth's vocals, during the very few seconds she manages to perk up, have a similarity to Carol King. Some might view that as a recommendation. The unobtrusive atmospherics make this pleasant-enough as background noise for when you're doing something like reading, but if you're doing something more active (like, say, washing the dishes) you might want a less somnambulant soundtrack.


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