Central Reservation
by Beth Orton
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Central Reservation is ranked as the best album by Beth Orton.
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Central Reservation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 05/31/2026 02:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,103 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 13:54 | AledJames | 1,621 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 22:38 | Rivera | 2,045 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 09:43 | Scrabbler | 285 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 20:52 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was OK by Talvin Singh
Jboy56 02/22/2022 12:18 | #281740
A soothing and well-written album makes good, like this.
Best tracks are
- Central Reservation, Stolen Car, Love Like Laughter
I discovered Beth Orton on the secondary stage at 'The Big Day Out' festival. It was mid afternoon while lying on the grass preparing for the nights bands. The most beautiful voice to die for. So hypnotic and serene. Fell in love with her music then and there. This was the first of her albums I bought. A great album right through.
'Pass In Time', 'Stolen Car', 'Feel To Believe' & 'Sweetest Decline' being the outstanding songs.
Favorite Tracks:Blood Red River, Feel To Believe
A beautiful follow up to, trailer park. Central reservation, dispenses with the electronica of it's predecessor and that in turn gives the songs more room to breathe. Excellent tracks in, sweetest decline, couldn't cause me harm, and, pass in time. A lovely album.
Such an old favourite friend. Always makes me stop in my tracks and really listen.
Can't sustain the promise of songs like "Stolen Car" and "Couldn't Cause Me Harm" but in the end it's a pleasant enough diversion.
HoldenM 04/30/2015 08:04 | #140563 | TOP COMMENT
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Gorgeous, GORGEOUS album. Gentle and safe, but totally enrapturing in the best way possible.
Played this album endlessly for ages great album, very under rated artist
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