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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Length
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

↑ 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.
↑ "Beta Love by Ra Ra Riot". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Rudy K. (Jan 24, 2013). "Album Review - Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

External links

Ra Ra Riot

Studio albums	The Rhumb Line The Orchard Beta Love Need Your Light

EPs	Ra Ra Riot

Singles	"Dying Is Fine"

Related	Discovery

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