Trailer Park

Beth Orton

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000003RSF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,805 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Beth Orton is the rare vocalist who exists between disparate worlds; she is a singer with a folkie soul who is as comfortable accompanied by an acoustic guitar as by electronic rhythms. Indeed, most people first heard her on William Orbit's Hinterland album and on the Chemical Brothers' Exit Planet Dust. Likewise, her slightly askance vocal style seems to betray naiveté, while lyrically there is a world-weary depth that the latest spate of tough-talking Lolitas cannot muster. Each song's closely observed details create small ripples that grow to substantial emotional waves by album's end; this very promising debut should be the harbinger of great things to come from Orton, with or without the help of a Lilith Fair or anything beyond the integrity of her songs and the wise lilt of her voice. --Alan E. Rapp

Product Description

Debut album from singer/ songwriter whose vocal talents have previously graced tracks for both Chemical Brothers and Red Snapper. Andrew Weatherall remixed many of the 12 tracks on the album, which includes the singles 'She Cries Your Name', 'Touch Me With Your Love' & 'Someone's Daughter'. This Japanese pressing also includes the bonus track, 'It's Not The Spotlight' as well as including a lyric booklet which is exclusive to this pressing. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A unique voice and some great songs, April 4, 2002

By	"howdydudes" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

I got Trailer Park when it was first released in the late 90's and waited for it to take off. It never really did. Then her next album, Central Reservation was released and again I waited...and again not much response. While Beth has a large loyal following, it is nowhere near the following she deserves. She is a talented songwriter with a wonderfully distinct voice. I really like a number of the songs on the album, but I especially like "She Cries Your Name" and "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine". If you are deciding between this and Central Reservation as your introduction to Beth Orton, I actually like this album better. On the other album, the song "Central Reservation" is a great song and got some air play and some dance remixes got some play, but I think overall this album has stronger songs. (Don't let the Dance Remix comment throw you...Beth's music is mellow ballads and funky songs. She is not Madonna, she is much more Indigo Girls and The Story.)

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insert Superlative Here, October 31, 2002

By	Justarasta (Coral Gables, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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Started with Daybreaker and worked my way backward through Central Reservation and just received Trailer Park. All three are excellent.

All three are different and unique in their own way. I think that Beth's voice is clearer and less edgy on Trailer Park than her later work which is a very pleasant surprise as the lyrics - which are excellent - can be understood. In some ways this CD reminds me more of Daybreaker than CR as both span alot of musical territory from straight acoustic guitar to orchestral movements.

There are few artists that I can honestly say that I take great pleasure in all of their CD's, Beth is one. Yeah I know I haven't mentioned "Best Bits" which I have also received but have not really listened to - but this is a remarkable string of CD's.

There are those who simply do not like Beth's voice and those who don't want to spend the energy to listen to music that is better with active brain activity. That means that you really have to listen to the music to really get what Beth is doing - it really is not suited to backround music. If you don't fall into either category you will more than likely fall in love with Beth like I have.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What they say about you, it's true...you know it, too, December 2, 2002

By	David Blosser "Dave" (Carmen Sandiego) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A lot of bizarre labels have been attached to the music of Beth Orton: Folk and rock, to be sure, but also trip hop, beat hop, treat beat, beat bop, seat crop, and lounge. It doesn't matter that i made up half of those words just now, and it doesn't matter that you even try to put Beth Orton into some tidy little pigeon hole, because her music is impossible to nail down. What is Beth Orton's music? It's beautiful, soulful, witty, heartbreaking, and damned near perfect. She's not the next anyone. She's the first Beth Orton.