Beta Love

2013 studio album by Ra Ra Riot

Beta Love

Studio album by

Ra Ra Riot

Released

January 22, 2013

Genre

Indie rock, indie pop, electronica, synth-pop

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