Trailer Park - Beth Orton > Reviews

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...and in only 5000 copies, Trailer Park goes out in 1997, an album was consisted of 11 songs. I know that this album is almost 10 years old, but I like it! She Cries Your Name Tangent Don't Need a Reason Live As You Dream Sugar Boy Touch Me With Your Love Whenever How Far Someone's Daughter I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine Galaxy of Emptiness When we listen to for the first time "She Cries Your Name", we cannot refrain from ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful vocals, meaningful lyrics. Every song is brilliant.
Disadvantages: Where's Beth disappeared to?

Trailer Park was released in 1996 as Beth Orton's debut album, but it really doesn't show. I am sure you can find accomplished artists who can't bring out an album as good as this. Beth's vocals manage somehow to be both sweet and melancholy at the same time. And the songs actually mean something. They're well written and strangely touching, like an insight into the emotions of someone else's mind. The best song on the album is Track 10 : I Wish I ... Read review

Advantages: Good layout, design and style
Disadvantages: a bit depressing!

A good CD. Her voice is a bit 'grungy' and although the album is labelle 'trailer park' she's definitely no 'trailer trash!' Beth Orton's lyrics are harmonious and emotional. The sound can seem repetitive the first time through but, given a chance, the lyrics and meanings behind the songs bring out a different quality in each of them. Somewhat depressing though, the album deals a lot with the artists own struggles and a sense of pain comes across ... Read review