Mr Beast (album) explained

Mr Beast
Type:studio
Artist:Mogwai
Cover:Mr beast cover.jpg
Recorded:April–October 2005
Studio:Castle of Doom (Glasgow, Scotland)
Genre:Post-rock, noise rock, space rock
Length:43:07
Label:Play It Again Sam, Matador
Producer:Tony Doogan, Mogwai
Prev Title:Happy Songs for Happy People
Prev Year:2003
Next Year:2006

Mr Beast is the fifth studio album by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. It was released in 2006.

Overview

The album Mr Beast was released on 6 March 2006 in the UK and 7 March 2006 in the United States, in double LP vinyl format, a regular CD jewel case edition and limited deluxe edition package that comes with both the album on CD and a DVD documenting the recording process entitled The Recording of Mr Beast. The album has been described by Creation Records head Alan McGee asreferring to the influential 1991 album by My Bloody Valentine. Drummer Martin Bulloch describes it as

The album's title stemmed from an incident where Barry Burns and Dominic Aitchison landed in Florida to start a tour with The Cure in 2005, when they saw a taxi driver standing outside the airport holding a sign that said "Mr. and Mrs. Beast" which, after a 10-hour flight, was "funnier than life itself".

Artwork

The cover artwork for Mr Beast is a painting by Amanda Church entitled "Milkbar",[1] and the accompanying booklet contains other works from her, all of a similar style. In addition, the Mogwai Young Team logo is displayed on the spine of the deluxe edition release, with a silhouette of Jesus on the cross visible within the logo.

Track listing

All songs were written by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch, John Cummings, and Barry Burns. Lyrics on "I Chose Horses" written by Envy vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa.

Personnel

Mogwai

Additional personnel

Charts

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Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 95

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amanda Church Paintings . 2007-01-08 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109212813/http://www.amandachurch.ca/paintings.htm . 9 January 2008 . dmy-all .
  2. 192.