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n. the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a dual carriageway
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Central Reservation is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Beth Orton, released 9 March 1999.
The album featured contributions from folk musician Terry Callier (with whom she also recorded the b-side "Lean on Me"), Dr. Robert and Ben Harper. Several tracks were also produced by Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl.
The album gave Orton a second Mercury Music Prize nomination, and won her Best British Female at the 2000 BRIT Music Awards.
In 2014, British independent record label 3 Loop Music re-released the album as a 2CD Expanded Edition which included b-sides, original demos and live recordings.
Central reservation or central reservations may refer to:
- Central reservation, the area separating opposing lanes of traffic on a divided road
- Central Reservation (album), a 1999 album by Beth Orton
- "Central Reservation" (song), a song by Beth Orton
- Central Reservations, a 1997 compilation album from Grand Central Records
- Central Reservations Office, a call center for hotel reservations
"Central Reservation" is a song by Beth Orton, released as a single in 1999. It was released as the second single from the album of the same title, using the "Then Again version" of the song instead of the original acoustic version. It peaked at #37 in the UK Singles Chart.
A video to promote the single was filmed in New York City, produced by Sophie Muller.
Usage examples of "central reservation".
From there he took up his stance on the central reservation tram stop on the Muntplein I joined the queue.
It went up into the air, hanging over the central reservation, which was itself a network of steel lines.
There was, as usual, very little traffic, and without much ado he swung round in a U turn across the central reservation to face the way we had come.
Even while they were talking a lorry had crossed the central reservation, crashed the barrier and ploughed head-on into a coach going the other way.
He eased himself out of the car, walked back along the central reservation, and disappeared into darkness.
But as they reached the parking lanes straddling the central reservation Dragosani's grip tightened on his arm.
It was made out of a smooth composition material with a grassy central reservation.
The silent traffic, cranes, shipping, old town and new town, the brigade of women in orange tunics gathering leaves along the central reservation of the Avenida Balboa, were mere specimens in Her Majesty's inspection chamber.