Beth Orton's pivotal 'Central Reservation' to receive deluxe treatment

One of the most original singers to emerge in the late '90s, Beth Orton achieved commercial and critical acclaim via the seminal collection 'Central Reservation.' The disc is set to be re-issued as a deluxe title on Tuesday, July 8. Here is the official media release...

Beth Orton "Central Reservation" Reissue 

to be released on July 8, 2014

Double CD Expanded Version Feat. B-sides, Remixes, and 

Unreleased Live Recordings

Beth Orton's 'Central Reservation' will be re-issued on July 8, 2014

Beth Orton's Central Reservation album will be re-issued by 3 Loop Music as a 2CD expanded edition to be distributed in the US by MVD Entertainment Group. Released in 1999, the album received a Mercury Music Prize nomination and helped Beth earn a BRIT Award in 2000 for Best British Female. The follow up to Beth's acclaimed debut Trailer Park, Central Reservation featured the hit singles "Stolen Car" and "Central Reservation" and spent 56 weeks in the album charts, selling over 500,000 copies. The album is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

 

Re-issued for the first time with a second disc of bonus material compiled by Beth, the album contains key b-sides, including the "Spiritual Life Ibadon" remix of the title track plus unreleased live recordings and demos. The expanded packaging includes brand new sleevenotes and a new interview with Beth. She recalls, "Listening back to the record now, I enjoy hearing the melodies and how I played with them and the words.  The making of records is often a period of redemption for me and the recording of 'Central Reservation' was the actualising of all my most positive hopes and wishes."

TRACK LISTING

CD1 (Original Album)

1. Stolen Car - 5:25

2. Sweetest Decline - 5:39

3. Couldn't Cause Me Harm - 4:48

4. So Much More - 5:41

5. Pass In Time - 7:17

6. Central Reservation (Original Version) - 4:50

7. Stars All Seem To Weep - 4:39

8. Love Like Laughter - 3:07

9. Blood Red River - 4:15

10. Devil Song - 5:04

11. Feel To Believe - 4:04

12. Central Reservation (The Then Again Version) - 4:01

CD2

Sessions At West 54th Street:

1. Someone's Daughter - 4:02

2. Sweetest Decline - 4:38

3. Blood Red River - 5:05

4. Pass In Time - 7:26

5. She Cries Your Name - 4:04

6. Devil Song - 5:30

7. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine  - 4:55

8. Stars All Seem To Weep - 2:19

B-Sides:

9. I Love How You Love Me - 2:36

10. Precious Maybe - 4:02

11. Stars All Seem To Weep (Shed Version) - 2:59

12. Central Reservation (Spiritual Life Ibadon Remix) - 8:50

Demos and Rough Mixes:

13. Love Like Laughter - 2:08

14. So Much More - 1:51

15. Central Reservation Band Demo - 4:33

16. Couldn't Cause Me Harm - 6:44

Product Details:

 

• Format: CD
• SKU: 3RANGE27
• UPC: 5013929352742
• Street Date: 07/08/14
• PreBook Date: 06/03/14
• Label: 3 Loop Music 3 LOOP »
• Genre: Pop/Rock
• Run Time: 90 mins
• Number of Discs: 2
• Year of Production: 2014
• Box Lot: 30
• Territory: US
• Language: English

You can Pre-order the collection and get more details here: http://mvdb2b.com/s/BethOrtonCentralReservation/3RANGE27