Released 19 October 1996 Label Deconstruction Records | Length 59:33 Release date 19 October 1996 | |
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Recorded Wessex, Maison Rouge and Matrix Similar Daybreaker, Comfort of Strangers, Pass in Time: The Definitive, Superpinkymandy, The Other Side of Daybreak |
Trailer Park is the solo debut album by 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 1960s and 1970s folk with modern electronica and trip hop.
Contents
An expanded two-disc Legacy Edition was released internationally on 10 March 2009.
Critical reception
Chris Jones of BBC Music called Trailer Park "a very English record" and wrote that "only on the poppier 'Don't Need a Reason' or 'Someone's Daughter' does she go badly wrong."
Track listing
All songs written by Ted Barnes, Ali Friend, and Beth Orton except where otherwise noted.
- "She Cries Your Name" (William Orbit, Orton) – 4:47
- "Tangent" – 7:29
- "Don't Need a Reason" (Ted Barnes, Orton) – 5:04
- "Live as You Dream" – 2:59
- "Sugar Boy" – 4:21
- "Touch Me with Your Love" – 7:27
- "Whenever" – 3:53
- "How Far" – 4:27
- "Someone's Daughter" – 4:16
- "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 4:43
- "Galaxy of Emptiness" – 10:07
- "Safety"
- "It's Not the Spotlight"
- "Galaxy of Emptiness" (live at Shepherds Bush Empire, 26 November 1996)
- "Pedestal"
- "Touch Me with Your Love" (instrumental)
- "It's This I Am I Find"
- "Bullet"
- "Best Bit" (early version)
- "Best Bit"
- "Skimming Stone"
- "Dolphins" (featuring Terry Callier)
- "Lean on Me" (featuring Terry Callier)
- "I Love How You Love Me"
Songs
1She Cries Your Name4:47
2Tangent7:29
3Don't Need A Reason5:04