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Album Review: Trailer Park

  • Artist: Beth Orton
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1996
  • Genre: Rock

Review

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. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
She Cries Your Name (Lyrics) William Orbit, Beth Orton Beth Orton (4:46)
Tangent (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (7:28)
Don't Need a Reason (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes Beth Orton (5:04)
Live as You Dream (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (2:59)
Sugar Boy (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (4:21)
Touch Me with Your Love (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (7:27)
Whenever (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (3:53)
How Far Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (4:27)
Someone's Daughter (Lyrics) Beth Orton, Ted Barnes, Ali Fried Beth Orton (4:16)
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine (Lyrics) Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector, Jeff Barry Beth Orton (4:42)
Galaxy of Emptiness (Lyrics) Ali Friend, Beth Orton, Ted Barnes Beth Orton (10:11)

Credits

Victor Van Vugt (Producer), Victor Van Vugt (Mixing), Andrew Weatherall (Producer), Andrew Weatherall (Mixing), Lucy Wilkins (Violin), Ali Friend (Double Bass), Beth Orton (Guitar), Beth Orton (Vocals), Beth Orton (Main Performer), Sara Wilson (Cello), Sean Kilbride (Dulcimer), Oliver Kraus (Cello), Oliver Kraus (String Arrangements), Nia Bevan (Violin), Dave Boulter (Harmonium), Dave Boulter (Organ (Hammond)), Beki Doe (Violin), Beki Doe (String Arrangements), Howard Gott (Violin), Tasha Lee McCluney (Vocals (Background)), Rob Spriggs (Viola), Keith Tenniswood (Guitar), Keith Tenniswood (Keyboards), Keith Tenniswood (Engineer), Sean Read (Piano), Sean Read (Organ (Hammond)), Lee Spencer (Keyboards), Ted Barnes (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ted Barnes (Bouzouki), Ted Barnes (Guitar), Ted Barnes (Mandolin), Toby Bush (Engineer), Will Blanchard (Drums), Andrew Hackett (Guitar (Electric)), Becca Ware (Viola), Ellen Nolan (Photography), Gideon Schaltman (Engineer)
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Trailer Park
Studio album by Beth Orton
Released October 1996
March 10 2009 (Legacy Edition)
Recorded at Wessex, Maison Rouge and Matrix
Genre Pop
Length 59:33
Label Heavenly United Kingdom - HVNLP 17
, Dedicated United States
Producer Victor Van Vugt and Andrew Weatherall
Professional reviews

Original Release

Legacy Edition

Beth Orton chronology
Superpinkymandy
(1993)
Trailer Park
(1996)
Best Bit
(1997)
Central Reservation
(1999)

Trailer Park is the solo debut of British singer Beth Orton. Combining folk, electronica, and trip-hop elements, it earned Orton two BRIT Award nominations. The only single from the album was the opening track, "She Cries Your Name", which previously appeared in a different form on William Orbit's album Strange Cargo Hinterland. All songs were co-written by Orton except for a haunting, sparse take on the Phil Spector composition, "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine." The album was among the first to fuse elements of 60s and 70s folk with modern electronica and trip-hop.

An expanded two-disc Legacy Edition was released internationally on March 10, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Ted Barnes, Ali Friend, and Orton except where otherwise noted.

  1. "She Cries Your Name" (William Orbit, Orton) – 4:47
  2. "Tangent" – 7:29
  3. "Don't Need a Reason" (Ted Barnes, Orton) – 5:04
  4. "Live as You Dream" – 2:59
  5. "Sugar Boy" – 4:21
  6. "Touch Me With Your Love" – 7:27
  7. "Whenever" – 3:53
  8. "How Far" – 4:27
  9. "Someone's Daughter" – 4:16
  10. "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 4:43
  11. "Galaxy of Emptiness" – 10:07

2009 Legacy Edition

CD One as above

CD Two

  1. "Safety"
  2. "It's Not The Spotlight"
  3. "Galaxy Of Emptiness (live at Shepherds Bush Empire, 26/11/1996)
  4. "Pedestal"
  5. "Touch Me With Your Love (instrumental)"
  6. "It's This I Am Find"
  7. "Bullet"
  8. "Best Bit (early version)"
  9. "Best Bit"
  10. "Skimming Stone"
  11. "Dolphins (feat. Terry Callier)"
  12. "Lean On Me (feat. Terry Callier)"
  13. "I Love How You Love Me"

See also

In Live As You Dream the line "we live as we dream alone" is from Heart of Darkness the 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad. See wikiquotes of Joseph Conrad.


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