Trailer Park is the solo debut of British singer Beth Orton

Beth Orton

Beth Orton 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. However, these were not Orton's first...

. Combining folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

, electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

, and trip-hop elements, it earned Orton two BRIT Award

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...

 nominations. The only single from the album was the opening track, "She Cries Your Name

She Cries Your Name

"She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her third single and found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was re-released in 1997, with a different set of b-sides. Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl...

", which previously appeared in a different form on William Orbit

William Orbit

William Orbit is an English musician, composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums...

's album Strange Cargo Hinterland. All songs were co-written by Orton except for a haunting, sparse take on the Phil Spector

Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

 composition, "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine." The album was among the first to fuse elements of 60s and 70s folk with modern electronica and trip-hop.

An expanded two-disc Legacy Edition was released internationally on March 10, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Ted Barnes, Ali Friend, and Orton except where otherwise noted.

1. "She Cries Your Name
   She Cries Your Name
   "She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her third single and found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was re-released in 1997, with a different set of b-sides. Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl...
   
   " (William Orbit
   William Orbit
   William Orbit is an English musician, composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums...
   
   , Orton) – 4:47
2. "Tangent" – 7:29
3. "Don't Need a Reason" (Ted Barnes, Orton) – 5:04
4. "Live as You Dream" – 2:59
5. "Sugar Boy" – 4:21
6. "Touch Me With Your Love" – 7:27
7. "Whenever" – 3:53
8. "How Far" – 4:27
9. "Someone's Daughter" – 4:16
10. "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
    
    , Ellie Greenwich
    Ellie Greenwich
    Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Be My Baby", "Christmas ", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader of the Pack", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and "River Deep, Mountain High", among many others...
    
    , Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
    
    ) – 4:43
11. "Galaxy of Emptiness" – 10:07

2009 Legacy Edition

CD One as above

CD Two

1. "Safety"
2. "It's Not The Spotlight"
3. "Galaxy Of Emptiness (live at Shepherds Bush Empire, 26 November 1996)
4. "Pedestal"
5. "Touch Me With Your Love (instrumental)"
6. "It's This I Am Find"
7. "Bullet"
8. "Best Bit (early version)"
9. "Best Bit"
10. "Skimming Stone"
11. "Dolphins (feat. Terry Callier)"
12. "Lean On Me (feat. Terry Callier)"
13. "I Love How You Love Me"

• Tracks 1-2 from B-side "She Cries Your Name
  She Cries Your Name
  "She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her third single and found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was re-released in 1997, with a different set of b-sides. Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl...
  
  " single, 1996.
• Tracks 3-4 from B-side "Touch Me With Your Love
  Touch Me With Your Love
  "Touch Me With Your Love" is a song by Beth Orton, released as the fourth single from 1996 album Trailer Park. It contains 4 songs, and was released on C.D. and vinyl. The release peaked at #60 in the UK official singles chart...
  
  " single, January 1997.
• Track 5 from B-side "Touch Me With Your Love
  Touch Me With Your Love
  "Touch Me With Your Love" is a song by Beth Orton, released as the fourth single from 1996 album Trailer Park. It contains 4 songs, and was released on C.D. and vinyl. The release peaked at #60 in the UK official singles chart...
  
  " vinyl 10-inch, 1997.
• Track 6 from B-side "Someone's Daughter
  Someone's Daughter
  "Someone's Daughter" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her fourth single, found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It contains 3 songs, and was released on C.D. and vinyl. The release peaked at #49 in the UK official singles chart....
  
  ," March 1997.
• Tracks 7-8 from B-side "She Cries Your Name
  She Cries Your Name
  "She Cries Your Name" is a song by Beth Orton, released as her third single and found on her 1996 release Trailer Park. It was re-released in 1997, with a different set of b-sides. Both releases contain 4 songs, and were released on CD and vinyl...
  
  " (re-release), June 1997.
• Tracks 9-12 from "Best Bit
  Best Bit
  Best Bit was released by Beth Orton, prior to her 1999 release Central Reservation. It contains two songs performed with Terry Callier, which are covers of Fred Neil's "Dolphins", and Callier's own "Lean on me". The title track appears in an alternative version on Orton's own single, "She Cries...
  
  " EP, December 1997.
• Track 13 from "Mojo" soundtrack album, July 1998.

See also

In Live As You Dream the line "we live as we dream alone" is from Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

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 the 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...

. See wikiquotes of Joseph Conrad.