Trailer Park＜完全生産限定盤＞

1996年発売 ベス・オートンの2nd アルバム 『Trailer Park』(ブラック・ヴァイナル)

1996年に発売されたベス・オートンの2ndアルバム。以前1枚組アナログ盤でリリースされた際には「Whenever」は未収録であったが今回収録され、音質重視の2枚組LPで発売。ブリット・アワード、マーキュリー賞にもノミネートされた作品。

A folkie for the electronica age, Beth Orton brilliantly bridges the gap between acoustic songcraft and digital dance beats with her extraordinary debut album, Trailer Park. Fusing the plaintive emotional power of the singer/songwriter tradition with the distanced cool of trip-hop rhythms, Orton creates a fresh, distinct, and surprisingly organic sound without obvious precedent; blessed with a warm, ethereal voice capable of adapting comfortably to Spartan folk ("Whenever," a touching cover of the Spector/Greenwich/Barry-penned "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine"), buoyant pop ("Live as We Dream," "How Far"), and spacy, densely layered electronica ("Tangent," "Touch Me with Your Love"), she shifts gears with remarkable ease, the depth and clarity of her unique perspective connecting even the most disparate tracks together into a unified whole. Simply put, Trailer Park is one of the most promising and innovative debuts of its era. ~ Jason Ankeny