Heroes to Zeros is the third and final studio album by Scottish musical group the Beta Band, released on 26 April 2004 by Regal Records. It was produced by the Beta Band and mixed by Nigel Godrich. It reached 18 in the UK charts.
The cover illustration was created by comic book writer and artist Kaare Andrews. The Beta Band logo for the album was created by comic book artist Dave McCaig, later to be reused on The Best of the Beta Band.
The song "Liquid Bird" features a sample of "Painted Bird" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Mason later said, "We shouldn't have produced it ourselves, and if you think we did a bad job of producing it, we made an even worse job mixing it. We presented it to the label, and they immediately handed the whole thing over to Nigel Godrich to mix."
Reception
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Track listing All tracks written by Steve Mason, John Maclean, Richard Greentree, and Robin Jones.
Additional musicians "Assessment" brass section Pete Fry – trombone Neil Martin – trumpet Pete Gainey – saxophone "Simple" and "Troubles" strings section Dominic Pecher – cello Alex Lyon – viola Ben Lee – violin Ruston Pomeroy – violin
Singles
"Assessment"
United Kingdom released 12 April 2004 CD 1 REG102CD: "Assessment" / "Shrek" CD 2 REG102CDS: "Assessment" / "Shrek" / "Assessment" (C Swing's bootleg mix) / "Assessment" (video) 12" CHEMST21: "Assessment" / "Shrek" / "Assessment" (C Swing's bootleg mix)
United States released 18 May 2004 CD ASW 49063: "Assessment" / "Shrek" / "Assessment" (C Swing's bootleg mix) / "Assessment" (video) 12" ASW 48755: "Assessment" / "Shrek" / "Assessment" (C Swing's bootleg mix)
"Out-Side"
United Kingdom released 12 July 2004 CD 1 REG110CD: "Out-Side" (radio edit) / "Out-Side" (Roman Nose remix) CD 2 REG110CDS: "Out-Side" (radio edit) / "Out-Side" (Roman Nose remix) / "Out-Side" (Depth Charge remix) / "Out-Side" (video) 12" REG110: "Out-Side" (radio edit) / "Out-Side" (Roman Nose remix)
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