Sugaring Season

This is beautiful, brilliant, and a vast move forward from her last. I just love it. Her voice is as versatile and distinctive as ever. The songs are varied but so different and unique, and the gentle accompaniments are sensitively done and weave around her vocals. My favourite track at the moment is 'Call me the breeze' because of the rhythm and overall pulsating sound, but I keep changing to another favourite track the more I hear it! I could ramble on, but my best advice would be - just buy it!

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!!!

Consistent quality is one of Beth Orton's real strengths, and although there isn't (for me) a stand-out track, the other side of the coin is that there isn't one I'd skip through either. In terms of her previous albums, this is (to me) more in the style of Comfort of Strangers than any other, and I'll admit that it took a little longer for me to get into that one than the others. Sugaring Season will grow on you, and it's an album that I think I'll still play in 10-15 years' time, just as I've done with every other Beth Orton album. Not because they're jaw-dropping, astounding seminal works, but because they're all very much fit for purpose. And every once in a while, in the mood of a moment, something in the music that you haven't noticed before will come to the surface, and you'll hear it, and you'll reflect. And on reflection, you'll wonder why you never noticed before. And you'll realise that Beth Orton, she's really somewhat better and maybe more intelligent than everyone takes her for on face value. So, I've given it four stars, because that's where I am with it at the moment. But if I was writing this review in a decade, I think I'd be adding the fifth. Beth Orton's albums are like that.

Brilliant music from a very talented singer song writer loved all aspects of it

Beth`s best album in my opinion. "Last Leaves of Autumn" is her finest song

I'm a big fan of Beth Orton, have seen here live and on a whole love her work, but this album is disappointing. A review below claims a return to her second album Central Reservation but nothing on Sugaring Season has the gusto of Stolen Car or the haunting magic of the title track Central Reservation. If anything it's a return to her first album Trailer Park and even then this album could do with a sparky track such as Live as You Dream. Maybe this album is a grower - time will tell - but I had been hoping for a progression that builds on two excellent albums: Daybreaker and Central Reservation, and a highly enjoyable fourth album Comfort of Strangers; and I didn't get that. Daybreaker and Central Reservation work because the mix of songs strike a superb balance in both tempo and style for the listener. There are some good tracks but the whole experience for me is pulled down by a sickly self indulgence, which I suppose should have been apparent from the title. 3/5 and holding out for a return to form from a fantastic artist.

Beth Orton just gets better & better..A beautiful record full of well crafted songs..sometimes her voice aches! It's rare these days to get a whole album that moves you from start to finish. Looking forward to her next offering already, thanx Beth!

I must admit to being a big fan of Beth Orton, having seen her live many times and bought and listened to all her previous albums. Objectively, it has been hard to compare albums to her first, Trailer Park being such a classic for me, but this new album definitely stands apart, fantastic songwriting allayed to some super sonics, at least on the first half of the album, it drifts a little in the second half but I am excited about hearing these songs live. If you have never heard Beth Orton before, this is a fine place to start, if you have and didn't see what the fuss was about, this may not change your mind on first listen but stick with it, there is real beauty to be found. Here is hoping this is the start of a more prolific period... I can't wait another 6 years!!!

Beth Orton continue son chemin sur la folk à mélodie pop. Toujours fidèle a son écriture, elle nous emmène avec ses douces mélodies. Elle rend mes trajets en voiture plus doux.

イギリスのシンガー・ソングライター、Beth Ortonのアルバムを初めて買いました。数回聞いて、その出来栄えの良さが突然わかり、レビューを書いてみたいと思った次第で･･･。ネットを見るとFolktronica、trip hop、などとジャンル分けされていますが、本作に限って言えば、アコースティック楽器の使い方がとても上手なオルタナティヴ・フォークでしょう。 1「Magpie」、ポップではないがキャッチーなフレーズを繰り出し、個性的なVoと相まって、いきなりその独特の世界に聞くも者を引き込みます。3「Candles」はメロ取りの難しい曲、センスの良いストリングス・アレンジが際立つ。オルタナティヴ・フォーク・チューンの6「Poison Tree」、アコ楽器が持つ本来のダイナミズムが良く生かされています。8「Last Leaves Of Autumn」、曲自体はシンプルだが、ハイセンスなストリングス・アレンジと独特のVoにより、幾重にも織り込まれた上質の織物のような仕上がり。9「State Of Grace」はアコGのアルペジオが支える美しい曲。ここでもストリングスとPercのアレンジが光る。ラストの10「Mystery」、ざらついたストリングスがもたらす緊張感に、どこかみずみずしさを感じます。 歌詞付き。読みながら聴いていると、独特なBethの世界観に浸れること請け合いです。

Its not her best but is neverthelss thoroughly recommended, Beth Orton is never less than welcome. This is no exception.

La musica la conoscevo già, fantastica artista, cd arrivato puntuale e si sente benissimo, sono brani da tenere a vita

Beth Orion liefert eine interessante Mischung aus Singer-Songwriter-Pop, Country und Trip-Hop ab. Klang und Pressqualität ebenfalls gut. Für Liebhaber von Musik abseits des Radiogedudels absolut zu empfehlen.