- The Beta Band (album)
Infobox Album | Name = The Beta Band
Type =Album
Artist =The Beta Band
Released =June 21 1999 (UK)June 29 1999 (US)
Recorded = 1999
Genre =Indie rock
Length = 62:02
Label = Regal REG59CD (UK)Astralwerks ASW 10446 (US)
Producer =The Beta Band , Chris Allison
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j3r9283u051a~T00 link]
*Pitchfork (8.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15407/Beta_Band_The_Beta_Band 1 Jul 99]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm3 [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Beta+Band link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebetaband/albums/album/116673/review/5941751/the_beta_band 8 Jul 99] | Last album = "The Three EPs "(1998)
This album = "The Beta Band" (1999)
Next album = "Hot Shots II " (2001) | |}"The Beta Band" is the debut album of
The Beta Band , released in 1999. The album followed the critically acclaimed compilation of their first three EPs titled "The Three EPs ". The band themselves have half-seriously disowned this album, calling it "fucking awful", but nonetheless "still 10 times better than any other record that year". [ [http://www.synthesis.net/music/story.php?type=band&id=946 Synthesis : Music ] ]tructure
"The Hard One" uses samples of "
Total Eclipse of the Heart " byBonnie Tyler .Jim Steinman , (who wrote and produced "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and was planning on resurrecting the song at the time) wasn't too pleased at first and insisted that the band re-record it without the samples, but he soon had a change of heart and the track went ahead.Track listing
#"The Beta Band Rap" – 4:41
#"It's Not Too Beautiful" – 8:29
#"Simple Boy" – 2:18
#"Round the Bend" – 4:56
#"Dance O'er the Border" – 5:33
#"Brokenupadingdong" – 4:46
#"Number 15" – 6:49
#"Smiling" – 8:35
#"The Hard One" – 10:06
#"The Cow's Wrong" – 5:49External links
*MusicBrainz album|name =The Beta Band|id=cef71f86-fa75-4adb-8d52-d8b57f03d695
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