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Central Reservation is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Beth Orton, released 9 March 1999.

The album featured contributions from folk musician Terry Callier (with whom she also recorded the b-side "Lean On Me"), Dr. Robert and Ben Harper. Several tracks were also produced by Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl.

The album gave Orton a second Mercury Music Prize nomination, and won her Best Female at the BRIT Awards.

Release

Central Reservation was released on 9 March 1999, on Heavenly Records. It reached No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for eight weeks.[1] It went to No. 34 on the ARIA albums chart in Australia,[2] No. 35 on the RIANZ albums chart in New Zealand[3] and No. 110 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.[4] It also went to No. 2 on the US Heatseekers albums chart.[5] The first single from the album was "Stolen Car" which was released on 13 March 1999. It peaked at No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
The Austin Chronicle[7]
Entertainment Weekly(A-)[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
Pitchfork Media(8.9/10)[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

Central Reservation received generally positive reviews from critics. Jason Ankeny of Allmusic gave the album a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 and called it "stunning".[6]

Orton won the award for British Female Solo at the 2000 BRIT Awards.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stolen Car"Beth OrtonVictor Van Vugt4:16
2."Sweetest Decline"Beth OrtonVictor Van Vugt4:04
3."Couldn't Cause Me Harm"Beth OrtonVictor Van Vugt4:48
4."So Much More"Beth OrtonVictor Van Vugt5:41
5."Pass In Time"Beth OrtonBruce Robert Howard7:17
6."Central Reservation"Beth OrtonMark Stent4:50
7."Stars All Seem To Weep"Beth OrtonBen Watt4:39
8."Love Like Laughter"Beth OrtonVictor Van Vugt3:06
9."Blood Red River"Beth OrtonDavid Roback4:15
10."Devil Song"Beth OrtonDavid Roback5:04
11."Feel To Believe"Beth OrtonBeth Orton4:02
12."Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)"Beth OrtonBen Watt4:00

Bonus tracks

Japanese edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Precious Maybe"Beth OrtonBeth Orton4:02

Australian edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Precious Maybe"Beth OrtonBeth Orton4:02
14."Best Bit"Beth OrtonYouth4:03
15."Central Reservation (Spiritual Life / Ibadan Edit)" (Remix by Jerome Sydenham , Joe Claussell)Beth OrtonBeth Orton4:04
16."Central Reservation (William Orbit Remix)" (Remix by William Orbit)Beth OrtonBeth Orton4:43

Personnel

Charts

Album
Chart Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 37[2]
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 35[3]
UK Albums Chart 17[1]
US Billboard 200 110[4]
Singles
Year Title Chart peak positions
UK
[1]
1999 "Stolen Car" 34
"Central Reservation" 37

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Beth Orton", The Official Charts Company, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Beth Orton — Central Reservation", Australian charts portal, Hung Medien, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Beth Orton — Central Reservation", New Zealand charts portal, Hung Median, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Central Reservation — Beth Orton", Billboard, Nielsen Company, retrieved 1 September 2010
  5. ^ "Central Reservation > Charts & Awards", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 7 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  6. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason, "Central Reservation > Review", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  7. ^ Savlov, Marc (1998–1999), "SXSW Record Reviews", The Austin Chronicle, Austin Chronicle Corp., retrieved 1 September 2010
  8. ^ Brunner, Rob (26 March 1999), "Central Reservation", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc., retrieved 1 September 2010
  9. ^ Hilburn, Robert (12 March 1999), "Record Rack: A Hesitant Beth Orton Is Pulled in Two Directions", Los Angeles Times, Tribune Company, retrieved 1 September 2010
  10. ^ Fowler, Shan, "Beth Orton: Central Reservation", Pitchfork Media, Pitchfork Media Inc., archived from the original on 12 October 2009, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 11 October 2000 suggested (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ Sheffield, Rob (18 March 1999), "Beth Orton: Central Reservation", Rolling Stone, Wenner Media LLC, archived from the original on 21 June 2008, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 30 April 2008 suggested (help)
  12. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA404&dq= (2004)
  13. ^ Sturges, Fiona (28 March 2003), "Beth Orton: No More Reservations", The Independent, Independent Print Limited, retrieved 7 September 2010
  14. ^ a b c "Central Reservation > Credits", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 1 September 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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