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The Three EPs

~ Beta Band
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (28 Sep 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Regal
  • ASIN: B000023YGK
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,865 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The signs were all there with Champion Versions: A riotous cut-up of existentialist blues ("Dog's Got A Bone"), transcendent folk ("Dry the Rain") and crunchy lo-fi hip-hop ("I Know"), it sounded like Screamadelica remade in a Gregorian monastery--a masterful, if amateurish debut EP. The authors, as well, were satisfyingly absurd: four reclusive Scottish surrealists with a distrust of the music press, they prefer to keep their mouths shut and let the music do the talking. The Three EP's collects Champion Versions with the Beta Band's subsequent two releases: The Patty Patty Sound was beautiful campfire psychedelia, culminating in a seven-minute long, two-chord love song "She's The One For Me". Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos, however, was mournful, but with an improvisational edge characterised by the cold mantra of "Push It Out". A better bet than the Beta's overlong debut album, The Three EP's finds them at their eclectic best. --Louis Pattison


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Citing influences ranging from the decidedly serious Martin Sheen to the asinine Chevy Chase to funkmaster Bootsy Collins, the Beta Band is a delight. This aptly titled compilation of three separately released EPs is sure to leave music fans scratching their collective head while trying to define this Scottish band's intricate aural hodgepodge. The Beta Band makes a very distinct and exciting impression. There's the unusual coupling of acoustic guitar, horn, sampled beats, and a catchy refrain on "Dry the Rain"; the hypnotic instrumental "B+A"; and "She's the One," which opens with a chaotic, hippyish drum circle that segues first to an anthemic chorus and then to a highly processed breakdown complete with a Jew's harp. The Three EPs will dominate the CD player, becoming somewhat of an obsession, with each listen revealing some brilliant little nuance, quirk, or lyric. --Kerry Murphy
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just about as mind-blowingly trippy as you can get!, 24 Nov 2003
A credit to innovative and intelligent alternative music, the Beta Band remind you that it's ok to have fun when you're making music. 'The Three EPs' is an amalgamation of their 3 previous releases, 'Champion Versions', The Patty Patty Sound' and 'Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos', and they all go together wonderfully. There is such a rich mix of folk, indie, jazz, dance, trip-hop and ambient, to mention but a great many others, that you'll never get bored of this album once it gets its teeth into you. Tracks like 'Dry the Rain' and 'B+A' are nice and easy to get into, gradually gaining more texture and sound as they move along, whilst 'The House Song' is a dance/indie affair with hilarious pseudo-French rapping, and 'Dr Baker' is a surreal mix of gregorian chanting and beautiful piano chords followed by crashing drums and crazy guitars. Perhaps the only real fault with 'The Three EPs' is that its eclecticness can make it an acquired taste, and not accessible to the younger listener. That aside however, this is a cracking album, and a must-have for the discerning music-lover.^_^
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece of modern music, 23 Jul 2001
Despite owning this album for a year now, it only really hit me today just how amazing it really is. There are very few immediately grabbing songs on here - the opener Dry the Rain is an obvious exception. But that said, there isn't a bad track. Each song starts off simply and sometimes, particularly with the repetitive strains of inner meet me and monolith, this can get annoying for the first minute or so. but given time, easch track breaks into a fantastic beat driven sweeping instrumental and there is nothing more amazing than listening to the evolution that goes on on some of these tracks. istening to this in the garden today with the sun shining, very nearly brought me to my knees in awe of this great great piece of music. Why haven't you bought it yet?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not quite perfect, 10 Feb 2006
The Beta Band were outsiders on the so called indie scene, in the late 90's dominated by the likes of Coldplay, Travis etc. While they were more than willing to the flaws in their music, they were way to harsh on themselves. Rarely laspsing in to indulgence, the three Eps of the title show the variety of the early Beta Band.

Starting with what is probably the most well-rounded of the EPs, the Champion Versions, the loose signatures of the Beta Band are put to good use. Opener Dry the Rain could well be the best track on the album, with the band completely taking off during the second chorus, never to really return again. The seal of quality is maintained over the course of the four songs, a welcome relief from forced anthems of the time.

The Patty Patty Sounds is where the Beta Band really abandon song structures, with all of the songs at over 6 minutes. Monolith is the logical extreme of this, and the reason that the EP could'nt be entered into the EP charts, as it was too long. "She's The One" is often acclaimed as the best song on the whole album, with two equally divided sections; the first a fairly usual Beta Band song, the second a complete revelation.

Los Amigos... is different to anything the band did since, the darker themes of the EP explored on the tail end of their first full-length. It starts with Push It Out, my personal favourite of the set. The song has an incredibly tense opening, no insrtuments apart from percussion, and slowly builds to a strangley uplifting climax. The general feel of the EP is ramshackle, with most of the instruments slightly detuned.

This album is one of the best debuts of the decade, and is how this sadly short-lived band should be remembered.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
An amazing album from a great band. Has held a prominent position in my record collection for a good many years.
Published 14 months ago by Jim Campbell

5.0 out of 5 stars A modern masterpiece
The Three Eps is not only the best album release of its year, but is arguably one of the finest recordings in the history of popular music. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Daniel Margrain

5.0 out of 5 stars So Long and Thanks for All the Memories
This album is a true classic and should stand the test of time. I imagine in 20 - 30 years time, tracks like these will be the sort of musical gems that the future equivalent of... Read more
Published on 5 May 2007 by N. J. Mason

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb - Shame I missed this a few years ago
I love this getting back into music during my (early!) forties lark. I keep discovering things that are just so good that they are almost beyond description. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2007 by Mike J. Wheeler

5.0 out of 5 stars Track by track
A modern classic. Nowadays every album is a modern classic, so the description's lost all merit. However, I am convinced that this one genuinely is. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005 by Elliot Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Genius...The Beta Band Gone but never forgotten
Genius...Pure Genius.
Very rarely in life does a band come along that completley change the way you listen to music ,maybe in the same way watching Resevoir Dogs and Pulp... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2005 by Hanners

5.0 out of 5 stars best album ever
every song is a classic. a great mix of different influences, with a couple of minutes of insanity chucked in the middle. a classic that me and my mates play all the time. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2004 by dylank12345

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Stuff
The first track "Dry The Rain" trully sets the tone for the rest of the album, which is a delight, to say the least. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2004 by true_original

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
An easy review to write
quite simply an album that few can do without, it is peerless, intelligent, catchy, eerie and cool.

Get it now! U need it!

Published on 26 Jan 2003 by Richard Hart

4.0 out of 5 stars Could be amazing
Its clear thee guys have real talent. This album has some mind blowing tracks. Anyone who is serious about their music should own it. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2002

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