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Outstanding
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Advantages:
Record holds well together, some stand out gems, beautiful, languourously, melancholy but not depressing
Disadvantages:
if you are into Slipknot this is not for you
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Beth Orton seems to have that air of otherworldliness that could yet mark her out as a legend. In her first two albums she appears to have combined folk and electronica, using Andy Weatherall as a producer on some of her tracks and folk musicians such as Dr John. Well what can you say about a track such as " Do no harm" which feels like a languourous reel through the English countryside in summer; in my case it reminds me of the train journey between Brighton and Hastings; or the lyrics, an example from the first track " Your eyes were like cinammon". She explained this that she thought as someone being tasty like sweeties. The pieces are beautifully constructed with Dr John's piano adding that needed strand of delicacy. Beth being from Norfolk seems to have a country feel about her music, yet something like Central Reservation has an urban feel about it as well. On the whole a very well rounded record, it holds together better than her first album.
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to genre like goats feasting on whatever strikes their fancy, drawing parallels is tempting ... and perhaps pointless. After all, both artists were born in 1970 ...
to genre like goats feasting on whatever strikes their fancy, drawing parallels is tempting ... and perhaps pointless. After all, both artists were born in 1970 ...
