Beta Love
Studio album by
Ra Ra Riot
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013
GenreIndie rock, indie pop, electronica, synth-pop
Length30:15
LabelBarsuk
ProducerDennis 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 are 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

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Personnel

Ra Ra Riot

Additional Personnel

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". Metacritic. 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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