Pass in Time: The Definitive Collection

Artist: Beth Orton
Label: Arista
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 828765616324
EAN: 0828765616324
ASIN: B0000CBIUF

Release Date: 2003-09-25

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Few of my folk- indie all time favorite cds
Nifty stuff
fave raves from the 80's to today
smooth
modern
Trip Hop Jazzy World Sounds
My Best
trip hop jazzy world stuff
Unique Trip Hop and a Whole Lot More
Cooool Trip Hop & More

Tracks:

She Cries Your Name
Someone's Daughter (single version)
Touch Me With Your Love (new & exclusive edit)
Sugar Boy
Galaxy Of Emptiness
I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Best Bit
Wouldn't You Too (previously unreleased)
Stolen Car
Sweetest Decline
Pass In Time
Central Reservation (single version)
Concrete Sky (from "Daybreaker")
Thinking About Tomorrow (from "Daybreaker")

Tracks:

Central Reservation (Spiritual Life: Ibadan Remix)
Where Do I Begin - Chemical Brothers
Stars All Seem To Weep (original b-side)
Safety - (exclusive re-recording of original b-side)
It's Not the Spotlight (exclusive re-recording of original b-side)
Pedestal (original b-side)
Water From A Vine Leaf - William Orbit
Where Do You Go (featuring William Orbit from Japanese only album "Superpinkymandy")
Dolphins (featuring Terry Callier from "Best Bit")
Dont Wanna Know About Evil (featuring William Orbit from Japanese only album "Superpinkymandy")

Similar Items:

Comfort of Strangers
Central Reservation
Trailer Park
Comfort of Strangers (with Bonus Disc)
The Other Side of Daybreak

Customer Reviews:

Fans can never be objective..........2006-04-25

From the OBJECTIVE reviewer...This only thing stopping this collection from a solid 5 star rating is the fact that it includes remixes and some b-sides. Therefore, it ends up being a must have for fans missing some great tracks and too much for someone wanting an overview of Beth Orton's great music.

A Good Beth Primer.......2006-04-19

As another reviewer says, this is a fine place to start lovin' Beth. If you don't know her, you should. Once you do, you will at the very least like her. She - IMHO - is one of the best artists to come along in recent memory. So do yourself a favor, and check her out if you haven't already.

But it's not an album...........2004-12-13

If you're like i was a year ago, and you are not sure where to put your money when it comes to Beth Orton, you'll buy this CD. This collection contains some of her best songs, with a few missing exceptions ("Carmella," "Paris Train," and her rendition of Cat Steven's "Wild World" come to mind), and is a great introduction to her work. It makes for a great gift to someone who seriously needs to be introduced to Beth Orton (one of the best female musicians of our time).

Additionally the second CD features some jewels that any Beth Orton fan will appreciate. For example "Safety" is a sweet and candid B-side. I would have liked more Superpinkymandy material (a rare album she made with William Orbit in 1993), but what it has still makes it a jewel to own.

The only problem with this edition is that it is not an album of hers. To many this will not be an issue, but i am the type of person that prefers to own entire albums. It is essentially a "greatest hits" album. So, it is great if you're money-conscious, or not a huge fan, or buying it for someone else, but because of this i cannot endorse it with five stars (whereas the music itself certainly deserves such a rating).

One gorgeous collection!.......2004-10-30

I first heard Beth Orton several years ago when I got her first her album Trailer Park. Though I was blown away by several of the songs, some of them did not impress me overly. This year a friend told me about the collection and how great it was. Boy, were they right! There's not a bad song on here. Her voice is so beautiful and so emotive it's hard to not get lost in it. Songs such as Thinking About Tomorrow, Dolphins and Concrete Sky are some of my favorites, followed closely by Stars all seem to weep, She cries your name and Stolen Car. This cd is the best purchase I've made recently and will be playing for quite some time.

Definitive collection?.......2004-01-10

How can you have a definitive collection of Beth Orton, she is just starting out, she is amazing and I don't see her slowing down quite yet; but whatever.

OK so the record label took Beth's greatest moments and put them all on one CD, PERFECT! Then the found 10 remixes, rarities, etc., and put them on a bonus disc, EXTRA PERFECT! All the Beth anyone could want, right? Wrongo! There is never enough Beth.

But Pass in time is perfect, for true fans and obviously for newcomers to her music. Its the perfect staring point. Once you hear this you'll run out and buy up all the other stuff. This 24 song compilation is worth the purchase though for long time fans, if just for the bonus CD alone.

You may already have her 3 previously released CD's but all her best are here, "She Cries Your Name," "Galaxy of Emptiness ," "Stolen Car," "Central Reservation."

The bonus CD includes the first-rate collaboration with "the Chemical Brothers" on "Where do I begin," She teams up with "Terry Callier" on "Dolphins," and "William Orbit" on "Water from a vine leaf." A reworking of "It's Not the Spotlight" just for this release.

But the biggest bonus here are 2 tracks from her "Superpinkymandy" album (now out of print), John Martyn's electronic "Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil" and the delicate "Where Do You Go?" . Both tracks give you a quick peek at her beginnings.

Beth is an undeniably gifted artist who has been copied by many (Dido and Sarah McLachlan, etc.). Her voice and vision cannot be duplicated though. I am sure this collection is far from conclusive, I eagerly await future releases from a shining star among clones.

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