Beta Love

Beta Love
Studio album by Ra Ra Riot
Released January 22, 2013
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, electronica, synthpop
Length 30:15
Label Barsuk
Producer Dennis Herring
Ra Ra Riot chronology
The Orchard
(2010)		 Beta Love
(2013)		 Need Your Light
(2016)

Beta Love is the third studio album of the Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot. It is the first album since the departure of founding member/cellist, Alexandra Lawn, who left the band in 2012. Band members have stated that the album is directly influenced by sci-fi author William Gibson and inventor-futurist Ray Kurzweil.[1]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Pitchfork(5.2/10)
Sputnikmusic(2.3/5)[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ra Ra Riot (Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, Rebecca Zeller).

No.TitleLength
1."Dance with Me"2:24
2."Binary Mind"3:13
3."Beta Love"2:56
4."Is It Too Much"2:40
5."For Once"2:29
6."Angel, Please"2:46
7."What I Do for U"1:44
8."When I Dream"3:06
9."That Much"2:42
10."Wilderness"3:09
11."I Shut Off"3:10

Videos

  • "Beta Love": Directed and Edited by David Dean Burkhart
  • "Dance With Me": Directed by Christopher Mills
  • "Binary Mind": Directed by Cole Hannan

Personnel

Ra Ra Riot

  • Wes Miles - vocals, keyboards
  • Mathieu Santos - bass
  • Milo Bonacci - guitar, keyboards
  • Rebecca Zeller - violin

Additional Personnel

  • Will Cole - engineering
  • Dennis Herring - mixing, production
  • Drew Vandenberg - engineering, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering engineer

References

  1. ↑ Grow K. (Feb 7, 2013). "Five Ways William Gibson and Ray Kurzweil Influenced Ra Ra Riot's New Album". MTV Hive. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Beta Love by Ra Ra Riot". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Rudy K. (Jan 24, 2013). "Album Review - Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 January 2013.


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