The Beast with Two Backs

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The Beast with Two Backs
The Beast with Two Backs cover
Studio album by Inkubus Sukkubus
Released December 2, 2003
Recorded —
Genre Pagan rock
Length —
Label Resurrection Records
Producer(s) Tony McKormack
Professional reviews
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Inkubus Sukkubus chronology
Supernature
(2001)		 The Beast with Two Backs
(2003)		 Wytches and Vampyres
(2005)


The Beast With Two Backs is the seventh full-length studio album by British goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus. It contains 12 original tracks and a cover of 'Can't Get You out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue with altered lyrics that more accurately reflect the band's aesthetics. The cover was designed by Tony McKormack, a core member of the band.

The albums title refers to a British slang term for sexual intercourse: 'To make the beast with two backs'. Many believe the phrase is from Shakespeare's Othello: "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs." However, the term dates back to at least 1532 (Shakespeare was born in 1564), and can be found in François_Rabelais', 'Gargantua and Pantagruel':

"In the prime of his years he married Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Butterflies, a fine, good-looking piece, and the pair of them often played the two-backed beast, joyfully rubbing their bacon together..."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Candia Ridley and Tony McKormack, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Hecate Cerridwyn" (Traditional) – 1:37
  2. "Lily Bolane" – 4:59
  3. "Star of Venus" – 4:53
  4. "Hedonistic Gene" – 5:30
  5. "Vampyra" – 4:59
  6. "The Beast with Two Backs" – 3:21
  7. "I Just Can't Get You Out of my Head" (Davis, Dennis) – 5:25
  8. "Vampire Punk Rockers From Hell" – 4:34
  9. "She is Gone" – 5:13
  10. "City of the Dead" – 3:44
  11. "Take My Lust" – 4:32
  12. "Erotic Angel" – 3:32
  13. "Jaegermeister" – 4:30

[edit] Personnel

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