On March 9, 1999, “Heavenly Records” label released “Central Reservation”, the second Beth Orton studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “The Church”, “September Sound”, “RAK”, “Olympic”, “Little Joey’s” and “The Garden Shed”, and was produced by Victor Van Vugt, Ben Watt, Mark Stent, Beth Orton, Dr. Robert and David Roback. The album won Beth Orton the “Best British Female Artist” at the 2000 “BRIT Music Awards”.
Personnel:
- Beth Orton – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Ted Barnes — acoustic, slide and electric guitar, bouzouki
- Dr. Robert — guitar
- Ben Harper — electric guitar
- Ben Watt — guitar, keyboards, noise, programming, engineer, mixing
- Dr. John — piano
- Sean Read — piano, keyboards
- Henry Olsen — bass
- Ali Friend — bass
- Andy Waterworth — double bass
- Will Blanchard — drums
- Lascelles Gordon — percussion
- David Friedman — vibraphone
- Calina de la Mare — violin
- Beki Doe — violin
- Howard Gott — violin
- Ruth Gottlieb — violin
- Lucy Wilkins — violin
- Becca Ware — viola
- Sara Wilson — cello
- Oliver Kraus — cello
- Terry Callier — background vocals
- Giles Hall — engineer
- Dick Meaney — engineer
- Trevor Smith — engineer
- Victor Van Vugt — engineer
- John Wood — engineer
- Peter Hill — engineer assistant
- Andy Bradfield — mixing
- Dr. Robert — mixing
- Beki Doe — mixing
- Oliver Kraus — mixing
- David Roback — mixing
- Paul Walton — mixing assistant
- Tim Young — mastering
- Sam Harris — photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Beth Orton except where noted.
- Stole Car
- Sweetest Decline
- Couldn’t Cause Me Harm
- So Much More
- Pass in Time
- Central Reservation
- Stars All Seem To Weep
- Love Like Laughter – Beth Orton, Ted Barnes
- Blood Red River
- Devil Song
- Feel To Believe
- Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)
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