Orton’s second album forsakes the trip-hop of her debut for more robust textures. The devil’s on their trail: Opener “Stolen Car” has a nervy energy and a beautifully orchestrated droning undertow, and sets up a road trip through the American south (by way of Orton’s native Norwich). There’s sweet countrypolitan in “Sweetest Decline” and “Pass in Time”, but the best bits ooze with darkness: the desert hum of “So Much More,” the ominous twang in “Devil Song,” and on the one-take “Feel to Believe,” a furious vocal performance that breaches the limits of the microphone.

Tracklisting

1. Stolen Car
2. Sweetest Decline
3. Couldn’t Cause Me Harm
4. So Much More
5. Pass In Time
6. Central Reservation
7. Stars All Seem To Weep
8. Love Like Laughter
9. Blood Red River
10. Devil Song
11. Feel To Believe
12. Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)

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Beth Orton - Central Reservation - 07 - Stars All Seem To Weep

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• Precious Maybe Beth Orton
• Beth Orton Central Reservation
• Beth Orton - So Much More
• Precious Maybe (2008 Remastered Version)
• Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)
• Beth Orton Central Reservation (Original Version)
• Beth Orton - Central Reservation
• Beth Orton Stars All Seem To Weep
• Beth Orton - Stolen Car

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