To Beast or Not to Beast
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| Studio album by Lordi | ||||
| Released | 1 March 2013 | |||
| Recorded | September 1 – October 30, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
| Label |
Sony Music (Finland) AFM Records (Europe) The End Records (USA, Canada) | |||
| Producer | Michael Wagener | |||
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To Beast or Not to Beast is the sixth studio album of Finnish hard rock band Lordi that was released on March 1, 2013. As is traditional for the band, their costumes were renewed again for the release of this album.[1] The album was produced and mixed by Michael Wagener and engineered by Shani Gandhi.[2]
In Germany the album was released in digipak covers. The album has been released as LP version in EMP store.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |
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| 1. | "We're Not Bad for the Kids (We're Worse)" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Amen, Mr. Lordi | 3:23 | |
| 2. | "I Luv Ugly" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "The Riff" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr. Lordi, Amen | 3:44 | |
| 4. | "Something Wicked This Way Comes" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Amen, Mr. Lordi | 4:58 | |
| 5. | "I'm the Best" | Mr Lordi | Mr Lordi, P.K. Hell | 3:16 | |
| 6. | "Horrifiction" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi | 3:29 | |
| 7. | "Happy New Fear" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi, OX, P.K. Hell, Amen | 4:46 | |
| 8. | "Schizo Doll" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi | 4:34 | |
| 9. | "Candy for the Cannibal" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi, P.K. Hell | 4:43 | |
| 10. | "Sincerely with Love" | Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp | Mr Lordi | 3:14 | |
| 11. | "SCG6: Otus' Butcher Clinic" | Otus | Otus | 3:24 | |
Total length: |
43:15 | ||||
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| 12. | "Hulking Dynamo" | Mr. Lordi | 3:03 | |||||||
Total length: |
46:18 | |||||||||
Trivia
- This album breaks from the Lordi tradition of having the first track being an SCG track; the SCG track on this album is instead the final track.
- It also breaks tradition with the album title. In all their previous albums, the album title is also the title of one of the songs (Bend Over and Pray the Lord, Get Heavy, Deadache, Babez for Breakfast) or the title is part of the lyrics in a song somewhere on the album (The Monsterican Dream are lyrics in "Blood Red Sandman" and The Arockalypse are lyrics in "Hard Rock Hallelujah"). This album, however, does not contain a song called To Beast or Not to Beast, nor is it anywhere in the lyrics for any of the songs.
- The album title was originally planned to be "Monsterial Phonica". But after Kiss released their album "Monster", Mr. Lordi thought that their album's name was too close to that so the band changed it to be "Upgradead". However, the band did not consider it an A-class name. Just few months before the release of the album, Amen came up with the final title, which the band felt suitable and perfect.[2]
Credits
- Mr. Lordi – Vocals
- Amen – Guitars
- Mana – Drums
- OX – Bass
- Hella – Keyboards
- Otus – Drums (SCG6: Otus' Butcher Clinic)
- Kita – Drums (Hulking Dynamo)
- Enary – Keyboards (Hulking Dynamo)
- Magnum – Bass (Hulking Dynamo)
References
- ↑ "Lordi’s new members are Mana and Hella – new album To Beast Or Not To Beast out on March 8th". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "To Beast or Not to Beast (2013)". LORDI Army. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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