Mr Beast (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Mr Beast

| type = studio

| artist = Mogwai

| cover = Mr beast cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2006|03|06|df=y}}

| recorded = April–October 2005

| studio = Castle of Doom (Glasgow, Scotland)

| genre = Post-rock, noise rock, space rock

| language = {{ubl|Scottish English (all exc. track 9)|Japanese (track 9)}}

| length = 43:07

| label = Play It Again Sam, Matador

| producer = Tony Doogan, Mogwai

| prev_title = Happy Songs for Happy People

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (soundtrack)

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Mr Beast

| type = studio

| single1 = Friend of the Night

| single1date = 30 January 2006

| single2 = Travel Is Dangerous

| single2date = 26 June 2006 (EP)

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 74/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/mr-beast/mogwai|title=Mr. Beast by Mogwai|website=Metacritic|access-date=3 October 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r821185}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|title=Mogwai, Mr. Beast|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/feb/19/shopping|work = The Guardian|location=London|first=Paul|last=Mardles|date=19 February 2006|access-date=30 June 2019}}

| rev3 = Kerrang!

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Ben|title=Black Beauty|url=http://youngteam.co.uk/brightlight/img/review_mrbeast_kerrang_big.jpg|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=Kerrang}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Matt|title=Animal Magic|url=http://youngteam.co.uk/brightlight/img/review_mrbeast_mojo_big.jpg|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=Mojo}}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/mogwai-mr-beast |title=Mogwai – Mr. Beat |publisher=musicOMH.com |date=6 March 2006 |access-date=13 September 2019}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 9/10{{cite news|last=Woodhouse|first=Alan|title=Mogwai - Mr Beast|url=http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/img/review_mrbeast_nme_big.jpg|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=NME}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork Media

| rev7Score = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5371-mr-beast/ |title=Mogwai: Mr. Beast | Album Reviews | Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchforkmedia.com |date=5 March 2006 |access-date=2 March 2012}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Segal|first=Victoria|title=Introducing Mogwai|url=http://youngteam.co.uk/brightlight/img/review_mrbeast_q_big.jpg|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=Q}}

| rev9 = Rock Sound

| rev9Score = 8/10{{cite news|last=Marshall|first=Joe|title=Mogwai - Mr Beast|url=http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/img/review_mrbeast_rocksound_big.jpg|access-date=9 January 2013|newspaper=Rock Sound}}

| rev10 = Rolling Stone

| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mogwai/albums/album/9423116/review/9514654/mr_beast |title=Rolling Stone album review |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2007-06-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215041946/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mogwai/albums/album/9423116/review/9514654/mr_beast |archive-date=15 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}

| rev1score =

}}

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 as

{{cquote|...probably the best art rock album I've been involved with since Loveless. In fact, it's possibly better than Loveless.{{cite web|title=Questions of Doom: Alan McGee|url=http://www.poptones.co.uk/index.php?/questions_of_doom/more/alan_mcgee3/|access-date=30 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929005909/http://www.poptones.co.uk/index.php?%2Fquestions_of_doom%2Fmore%2Falan_mcgee3%2F|archive-date=29 September 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}}}

referring to the influential 1991 album by My Bloody Valentine. Drummer Martin Bulloch describes it as

{{cquote|...the best record we've made since Mogwai Young Team.The Recording of Mr. Beast Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCGES-5KSg}}

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",{{cite web |url=http://www.amandachurch.ca/paintings.htm |title=Amanda Church Paintings |access-date=2007-01-08 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109212813/http://www.amandachurch.ca/paintings.htm |archive-date=9 January 2008 |df=dmy-all }} 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. {{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Lyrics on "I Chose Horses" written by Envy vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa.

{{Track listing

|title1 = Auto Rock

|length1 = 4:18

|title2 = Glasgow Mega-Snake

|length2 = 3:35

|title3 = Acid Food

|length3 = 3:40

|title4 = Travel Is Dangerous

|length4 = 4:01

|title5 = Team Handed

|length5 = 3:58

|title6 = Friend of the Night

|length6 = 5:30

|title7 = Emergency Trap

|length7 = 3:31

|title8 = Folk Death 95

|length8 = 3:34

|title9 = I Chose Horses

|length9 = 5:13

|title10 = We're No Here

|length10 = 5:39

|total_length = 43:07

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Japanese edition bonus track (2006)

|title11 = 1% Of Monster

|length11 = 3:48

|total_length = 46:55

}}

Personnel

Mogwai

Stuart Braithwaite – guitar, vocals on "Acid Food"
Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
Martin Bulloch – drums
John Cummings – guitar
Barry Burns – piano, guitar, flute, vocals on "Travel Is Dangerous", vocoder

Additional personnel

Craig Armstrong – keyboard on "I Chose Horses"
Tetsuya Fukagawa – vocals on "I Chose Horses"
Tony Doogan – producer

Charts

scope="row"\| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan\|page=192}} \| 95
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for Mr Beast ! scope="col"\| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Flanders\|21\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Wallonia\|57\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|97\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|France\|94\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|65\|id=31404\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|38\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|17\|date=20060312\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|87\|artist=Mogwai\|album=Mr Beast\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|31\|date=20060312\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|128\|artist=Mogwai\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 August 2022}}

References

Category:2006 albums

Category:Mogwai albums

Category:Matador Records albums

Category:PIAS Recordings albums

Category:Albums produced by Tony Doogan

Category:Albums recorded at Castle of Doom Studios