Beth Orton
Trailer Park
British European back in stock the debut album from beth orton from 1997 the singer songwriter was first noticed delievering vocals on tracks for both chemical brothers and red snapper 'trailer park' is positively radiant glittering with warm acoustic arrangements and heavenly floating wisps of jazz and electronic music add orton's heartcrushing melodies and her lyrical sincerity and the music becomes absolutely breathtaking the exotic mystical spaciness of 'galaxy of emptiness' and 'she cries your name' is thoroughly alluring sounding like an old blues song 'sugar boy' is sad and immensely beautiful and that same tinge of country and blues that can make her songs both so painful and endearing runs through 'how far' and 'whenever' orton even goes and pours her melancholy grace all over the ronnettes' 'i wish i never saw the sunshine' andrew weatherall remixed many of the 12 tracks on the album