- rock
- 20 min
- EP
- 4 tracks
- Heavenly Recordings
Best Bit is an EP 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 Your Name". It peaked at #36 in the UK official singles chart. The cover was photographed by Sam Harris. The video was directed by Steve Hanft.
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Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Best Bit4:18
- 2Skimming Stone5:51
- 3Dolphins4:19
- 4Lean on Me5:08
4 tracks, 20 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beth Orton
- Label
- Heavenly Recordings
- Released
- December 14, 1997
- Type
- EP
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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