| Artist |
Mogwai |
| Album Title: |
Mr. Beast |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
03/07/2006 |
| Label |
Matador Records |
| Catalog No |
OLE 681-2 |
| Bar Code No |
744861068129 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Auto Rock (4:18)
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| 2.
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Glasgow Mega-Snake (3:35)
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| 3.
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Acid Food (3:40)
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| 4.
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Travel Is Dangerous (4:01)
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| 5.
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Team Handed (3:58)
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| 6.
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Friend Of The Night (5:30)
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| 7.
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Emergency Trap (3:31)
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| 8.
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Folk Death 95 (3:34)
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| 9.
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I Chose Horses (5:13)
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| 10.
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We're No Here (5:39)
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| Date Acquired |
04/20/2006 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
12.99 |
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Notes |
Music by Mogwai
All tracks published by Chrysalis Music except track 9 by Chrysalis Music/Copyright Control
Produced by Tony Doogan and Mogwai
Mixed and recorded by Tony Doogan at Castle Of Doom Studios, Glasgow
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Lyrics and vocals on I Chose Horses by Tetsuya Fukagawa from Envy (appears courtesy of Sonzai Records)
Additional keyboard arrangement on I Chose Horses by Craig Armstrong
Lapsteel on Acid Food by Dave McGowan
Artwork – Amanda Church
Design, Layout – The DLT, Jaffacake Kid
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By, Producer, Recorded By – Tony Doogan
Music By, Producer – Mogwai
Barcode: 744861068129
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L909
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U8B
Matrix / Runout: LN OLE 681-2 RE-1 TEXT 01
Other: M0S1
Other: Z49024
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foobar2000 1.3.17 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-02-20 12:25:56
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Analyzed: Mogwai / Mr. Beast
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.12 dB -8.99 dB 4:19 01 - Auto Rock
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.65 dB 3:35 02 - Glasgow Mega-Snake
DR9 -0.18 dB -10.60 dB 3:41 03 - Acid Food
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.25 dB 4:01 04 - Travel Is Dangerous
DR6 -0.01 dB -8.84 dB 3:58 05 - Team Handed
DR7 -0.17 dB -9.94 dB 5:31 06 - Friend of the Night
DR6 -0.09 dB -9.64 dB 3:31 07 - Emergency Trap
DR6 -0.11 dB -8.20 dB 3:34 08 - Folk Death 95
DR7 -0.20 dB -10.34 dB 5:13 09 - I Chose Horses
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.19 dB 5:39 10 - We're No Here
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 938 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
Possibly the most accessible yet sophisticated album Mogwai has released, Mr. Beast strips away most of the electronic embellishment of their recent work in favor of a back-to-basics sound that returns to and expands on the approach they pioneered on Young Team. Mr. Beast is also a surprisingly spontaneous-sounding album -- in the best possible sense, its freshness makes it feel like a recorded practice session and also helps give relatively delicate pieces like "Team Handed" the same amount of impact that heavy, searing tracks like the closer, "We're No Here," have. Interestingly, more of Mr. Beast tends toward the former kind of song than the latter; "Friend of the Night," "Emergency Trap," and the glorious, slow-burning album opener, "Auto-Rock," give the album an unusually refined, even elegant feel that is underscored by the prominent use of piano and lap steel in the arrangements. On songs like "Acid Food" and the magnificent "I Chose Horses" -- which features cavernously deep bass and spoken word vocals by Tetsuya Fukagawa from the Japanese hardcore band Envy -- Mr. Beast feels downright pastoral. However, Mogwai doesn't give up their heavy side entirely, as the aforementioned "We're No Here" and "Glasgow Mega-Snake" show; any song that has either "mega" or "snake" in the title should rock, and this one does, kicking off with a claustrophobic snarl of guitars that makes this one of the most intense pieces Mogwai has ever recorded. Mr. Beast manages to be immediate without sounding dumbed-down..
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