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Sugaring Season

Beth OrtonMP3 Download
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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  • Original Release Date: 28 Sep 2012
  • Format - Music: MP3
  • Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Red on Black TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
What is known as the Sugaring Season runs in the US state of Vermont from around March to mid-April. It is when producers all around the state collect maple sap and boil it down to the sweet sticky syrup. It is the same maple trees that lead to that stunning sweep of colour in the vibrant fall foliage. Beth Orton's new album seems to combines both events. It is very much a hymn to Autumnal and pastoral moods but combined with a lovely bruised fragility which makes this album such a real treat.

Gone is all the shimmering electronica and digital files of the dallainces with Andy Weatherall or the Chemical Brothers, indeed the template is much more in tune with her frequent collaborations with Ryan Adams. Following a lengthy hiatus to bring up her daughter this is her first album in six years that firmly sticks to the acoustic knitting and is all the better for it. In that time she built up a considerable backlog of songs and in the selections here has largely chosen wisely. Opener "Magpie" has a bluesy tint to the essential folk based melancholy. It builds to a big finish as Orton's vocals stretch and the intensity ratchets up. More gentle are the following tracks, the lifting pop of "Dawn chorus" and the almost Nick Drake sounding guitar backdrop to "Candles" where Orton's haunting vocals are at their very best. The slow piano ballad laden with violins "Something more beautiful" is an undoubted highlight and will replay repeated listens. One sour note comes in the form of the Weimar cabaret of "See Through Blue" where she tries to adopt a Dietrich style loftiness but it all feels rather contrived and breaks the flow of the album. Still it comes in under two minutes and is followed by "Last leaves of Autumn" which is one of the best things Beth Orton has ever done. This reviewers favourite however is the lovely closing track "Mystery" a wonderful haunting ballad that echoes the song writing skills of the great Sandy Denny. Orton's chalky voice has never been better employed and as it gently fades out you touch the repeat button and listen in rapture once more. For those wanting more you will wish to note that the deluxe edition also contains three extra tracks namely covers of "That Summer Feeling" by Jonathan Richman, a nice take on the Carole King standard "I Wasn't Born To Follow" made famous by the Byrds and a haunting version of Neil Young's "Goin Back" from the "Comes a time" album.

Orton has admitted in interviews that it was listening to Joni Mitchell's seminal album "Blue" that provided her musical coming of age. It has served her well since "Sugaring Season" has echoes of Mitchell, Sandy Denny, Cat Power and a host of others. There is nothing revolutionary or radical about this album but it makes up for this with moving honesty and fine melodies. More than that after six long years it signals a return to form by an artist who has built up an admirable and deserved reputation as a top notch songwriter with an album which will be ranked amongst her best. Its good to have her back.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Only 10 tracks 3 Oct 2012
By kb
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The last three tracks listed in the product information are not actually on this cd - they are bonus tracks on the deluxe MP3 edition and Amazon have mistakenly said that you can get them on this cd too. Just so you know...
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful 20 Oct 2012
By Leah
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
Anyway I am a massive Beth Orton fan... but this is a step away from her usual dancey spin offs... this is mature, sweet, haunting and best listened to at night when you want to chill... My boyfriend is a die-hard reggae fan and even he fell in love with Beth.

It's not her most accessible album but it is a jump from her previous stark 'Comfort of Strangers' (also amazing) and after a few listens I started to navigate the album. It's a whole album experience rather than a singles machine. Beth's voice is just soooo beautiful!!!!! Can't wait to see her live!!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars My husband says it's great!
Present for my husband, has an old Beth Orton album, taken him a while to listen to it, he loves it
Published 2 months ago by Jane Packer
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful record
Beth Orton just gets better & better..A beautiful record full of well crafted songs..sometimes her voice aches! Read more
Published 2 months ago by delfin
3.0 out of 5 stars 2 only
On this album there are only 2 songs we like, Call Me The Breeze is excellent and is the reason we purchased the album. Read more
Published 3 months ago by dorico
5.0 out of 5 stars Great music
A marvellous album.
Mature, brave, beautifully produced, good use of collaborations.
An artist I will definitely be following from now on.
Published 3 months ago by Stravaigin
4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars... deceptively simple, plain gorgeous
I've been a fan of Beth Orton from the early days, and have followed her career with great interest. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Paul Allaer
4.0 out of 5 stars A grower - and still moving away from electronica
Six years is quite some gap since the last album, the stripped down 'Comfort of Strangers', so I approached this album with considerable interest and some trepidation. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Peter
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
Not up to anywhere near her usual high standard. Boring, boring, boring etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
Published 5 months ago by Mr. M. E. Herwin
5.0 out of 5 stars Sugaring Season
After a six year absence, this is Beth Orton showing of a new collection of excellent material. Indivual songs are all great as is the album's balance.
Published 5 months ago by sc ottdundas
5.0 out of 5 stars Please, please Ignore the 1 star review!
Firstly this is very definitely NOT a 1 star album by any stretch of the imagination, the reviewer below was commenting on changes to Amazons mp3 download system - so really not... Read more
Published 5 months ago by D Newton
5.0 out of 5 stars OMG
Beth Ortons Greatest Album To Date.I have all including the Japan album, and this is themost complete Orton album to date.
Published 6 months ago by robin
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