Heroes to Zeros is the third and final studio album by The Beta Band

The Beta Band

The Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene...

, released in 2004.

The cover illustration was created by comic book

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 writer and artist Kaare Andrews

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Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer and artist and filmmaker known for his cover work on Incredible Hulk and Canada's first national recognized award, "The Shuster", for his work on Spider-Man: Doctor Octopus.-Career:...

. The Beta Band logo for the album was created by comic book artist Dave McCaig

Dave McCaig

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, later to be reused on The Best of the Beta Band

The Best of The Beta Band

The Best of The Beta Band - Music and The Best of The Beta Band - Film are retrospective best of collections by The Beta Band, on CD and DVD respectively, released on 3 October 2005...

.

The song "Liquid Bird" features a sample

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 of "Painted Bird

A Kiss in the Dreamhouse

A Kiss in the Dreamhouse is the fifth studio album by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees and was issued by Polydor Records in the UK in 1982. It was reissued, remastered, and expanded in 2009...

" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Mason, John Maclean, Richard Greentree, and Robin Jones

Robin Jones

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1. "Assessment" – 4:34
2. "Space" – 3:59
3. "Lion Thief" – 3:27
4. "Easy" – 2:32
5. "Wonderful" – 4:39
6. "Troubles" – 2:34
7. "Out-Side" – 4:06
8. "Space Beatle" – 3:41
9. "Rhododendron" – 1:36
10. "Liquid Bird" – 3:23
11. "Simple" – 3:47
12. "Pure For" – 3:55

Additional musicians

• "Assessment" brass section
• Pete Fry – trombone
  Trombone
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• Neil Martin – trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Pete Gainey – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• "Simple" and "Troubles" strings section
• Dominic Pecher – cello
  Cello
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• Alex Lyon – viola
  Viola
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• Ben Lee
  Ben Lee
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   – violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  
• Ruston Pomeroy – violin
  Violin
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UK

• 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)

US

• 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)

UK

• 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)