The Beta Band

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The Beta Band (1996-2004) were a Scottish musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status, but failed to make much of a commercial impact on the popular music scene. Their style was self-described as being folk hop, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming.

Their music has featured on numerous film and TV soundtracks. The song “Dry the Rain” from their 1997 debut EP, Champion Versions, later to be released on the 3 EP’s album, was possibly their most popular track and was famously featured in the John Cusack film, High Fidelity. The song “Smiling” from the self titled album “The Beta Band” is the background music to the UK’s Soccer AM, Cross-Bar challenge.

Well known fans include John Cusack, Mani, from Primal Scream and The Stone Roses and Noel Gallagher.

Their live performances were legendary, often ending with the whole band playing percussion. Their dancing and energy got the whole audience moving, often in the same style as their idols on stage. Their “Best of” CD contains a CD of them playing live at the Shepherds Bush Empire in one of their final gigs and manages to capture some of this energy. It has been suggested, sometimes by the band themselves, that they were better live than recorded.

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–	3	Add this track to your playlist I Know	460
4	4	Add this track to your playlist Needles In My Eyes	407
–	5	Add this track to your playlist B + A	406
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Inner Meet Me	401
–	7	Add this track to your playlist She's the One	383
4	8	Add this track to your playlist Assessment full track	370
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Dr. Baker	337
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Troubles	307
–	11	Add this track to your playlist The House Song	291
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1	14	Add this track to your playlist Wonderful	249
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Human Being full track	232
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Lion Thief	223
2	17	Add this track to your playlist Monolith	222
3	18	Add this track to your playlist Gone full track	212
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Dogs Got a Bone	210
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Simple	209

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Dry the Rain	17,727
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Squares full track	7,575
–	3	Add this track to your playlist I Know	7,129
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Inner Meet Me	6,925
–	5	Add this track to your playlist B + A	6,359
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Assessment full track	6,342
1	7	Add this track to your playlist She's the One	6,306
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Needles In My Eyes	5,514
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Dr. Baker	5,401
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Troubles	5,119
–	11	Add this track to your playlist The House Song	5,110
–	12	Add this track to your playlist It's Over	4,791
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Easy	4,724
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Wonderful	4,580
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Human Being full track	4,190
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Monolith	4,011
1	17	Add this track to your playlist Lion Thief	3,953
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Gone full track	3,939
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Simple	3,929
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Space	3,752
–	21	Add this track to your playlist It's Not Too Beautiful	3,671
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Dogs Got a Bone	3,642
1	23	Add this track to your playlist Liquid Bird	3,632
1	24	Add this track to your playlist Out-side	3,628
–	25	Add this track to your playlist Push It Out	3,529
–	26	Add this track to your playlist Broke full track	3,515
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Al Sharp full track	3,204
1	28	Add this track to your playlist Rhododendron	3,168
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Quiet full track	2,971
–	30	Add this track to your playlist Pure For	2,929
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Dragon full track	2,780
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Life full track	2,693
–	33	Add this track to your playlist Eclipse full track	2,522
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Space Beatle	2,507
–	35	Add this track to your playlist Alleged full track	2,337
–	36	Add this track to your playlist Smiling	2,101
–	37	Add this track to your playlist Round the Bend	1,934
–	38	Add this track to your playlist Simple Boy	1,917
–	39	Add this track to your playlist To You Alone	1,821
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