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Beth Orton News

Beth Orton speaks out about YouTube music video cull

Singer underlines the importance of royalties

Beth Orton beefs up acoustic North American tour

More dates are added to summer jaunt

  • May 19, 2008

Beth Orton, Guillemots, The Aliens added to Latitude bill

Plus Black Kids, Deus and Metronomy will play

  • May 13, 2008

Pregnant Beth Orton cancels tour

But keeps date with legend

  • Aug 16, 2006

Beth Orton heads out on UK tour

It's her second jaunt of the year

  • Jun 7, 2006

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Gossip At Leeds Festival 2009

Gossip At Leeds Festival 2009

Beth and the gang give you 3 reasons to buy their new album.. And 3 reasons not to!

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YouTube Beth Orton Videos

Beth Orton Stolen Car

Beth Orton Stolen Car (03:57)

Stolen Car by Beth Orton. Visit our very active forum at www.bethorton.org.uk and http

Beth Orton - Conceived

Beth Orton - Conceived (03:27)

Beth Orton - Conceived CAROLINE ASTRALWERKS - CAT (P) 2006 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd

Beth Orton Central Reservation

Beth Orton Central Reservation (03:56)

Beth Orton Central Reservation promotional video. Visit our forum at www.bethorton.org.uk and http

Beth Orton - Thinking about tomorrow

Beth Orton - Thinking about tomorrow (06:41)

From the album "Daybreaker" (2002) Official site: www.bethorton.co.uk

THE SWEETEST DECLINE ~ BETH ORTON ~

THE SWEETEST DECLINE ~ BETH ORTON ~ (05:40)

Beth Orton talented songwriter penning poignant,playful, hopelessly romantic, sometimes funny songs. Hope you enjoy the experience. She weaves secrets in her hair The whispers are not hers to share. Shes deep as a...

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Beth Orton Reviews

Beth Orton: Comfort Of Strangers

Beth Orton: Comfort Of Strangers

Hip ’90s folkie edges ever closer to the coffee table

  • Feb 16, 2006

Orton, Beth : Daybreaker

The mistress of folk-pop mystery returns

  • Jul 23, 2002

Orton, Beth : Concrete Sky

More straw-sucking folk-fluffery

  • Jul 12, 2002

Oxford Brookes University

Maybe [a]Godspeed You Black Emperor[/a] need a voice for hire....

  • Apr 5, 2000

Orton, Beth : Central reservation

It doesn't make you think of knitwear and viruses and winter chills and, crucially, it has a tune.

  • Sep 11, 1999

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Beth Orton Biography

Elizabeth Caroline Orton, commonly known as Beth Orton, (born 14 December 1970), is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter. Known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica, she was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s — but these were not Orton's first recordings. She released a solo album, Superpinkymandy, in 1993. Since the album was only released in Japan, it went largely unnoticed by international audiences. Her second solo album, Trailer Park, garnered much critical acclaim in 1996. With the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album Daybreaker, Beth developed a devoted audience. On her 2006 release, Comfort of Strangers, she has moved towards a more folk-based sound and away from the electronic sound of past albums.

American films and television programmes such as Felicity, How to Deal, Charmed, Dawson's Creek, Vanilla Sky and Grey's Anatomy have featured her music and provided her with exposure to an American mainstream audience.

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Beth Orton's Best Songs

  • 1. Stolen Car
  • 2. She Cries Your Name
  • 3. Stars All Seem to Weep
  • 4. Worms
  • 5. Sweetest Decline
  • 6. Thinking About Tomorrow
  • 7. Comfort of Strangers
  • 8. Conceived
  • 9. Concrete Sky
  • 10. Love Like Laughter
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Beth Orton Discography

Beth Orton albums.

  • Comfort of Strangers - 13/02/2006 (EMI Records/GB)
  • Comfort of Strangers (bonus disc) - 13/02/2006 (EMI Records/GB)
  • Daybreaker - 29/07/2002 (Heavenly/GB)
  • Central Reservation - 15/03/1999 (Heavenly/GB)
  • Trailer Park - 21/10/1996 (Heavenly/GB)
  • Superpinkymandy - 24/11/1993 (Toshiba-EMI/JP)

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