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Beth Orton - Conceived (EMI)
UK release date: 30 January 2006
Beth Orton - Conceived

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It's been a while, but it's a pleasure to hear the soothing tones of Beth Orton back on the radio, and her fans will no doubt give her new single Conceived a warm welcome.

It embodies all that she does so well with her distinctive flavour of poppy, radio-friendly folk: gentle melody, thoughtful, personal lyrics, haunting vocals. But what is slightly different about Conceived is its positive overtone. This is Orton's most uplifting and therefore, possibly most commercial single to date.

Orton has been associated with melancholy in the past but this latest effort suggests that she has turned a corner both musically and mentally. It's a much more happier Orton who inhabits these radio airwaves.

The chorus sings: "Some of the time the future comes right round to haunt me / Some of the the future comes round just to see / that all is as it should be / all is there to remind me, we've got to wait and see / We've got to let it be," remarking that while life isn't always that great, it isn't that bad either and things usually work out in the end. Things continue to work out for Beth Orton musically and it's good to have her back."


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