Beast is the debut album by the Canadian band Beast. The album was made available internationally on iTunes on November 4, 2008. While it has been physically released in Canada, international releases have not been announced.BEAST website
Their self-titled debut album was very well received by critics, including The Globe and Mail, which suggested that Beast “stands an excellent chance of being the next big success story from the Montreal music scene”,Everett-Green, Robert, "A Beastly buzz", The Globe and Mail, December 17, 2008 Last accessed March 6, 2009 and the Toronto Star, which called it “one of the most strikingly original and swaggeringly bad-ass Canadian albums to rear its head in recent memory”. allmusic said the album sounds "a little like Portishead fronted by Annie Lennox" and said that "even if the album isn't groundbreaking, the vocals are top-notch and the production is excellent, a perfect balance between sinister and poppy."[ allmusic (((Beast > Overview )))]
The first single from the album, "Mr. Hurricane", was released as a free Single of the Week on iTunes after the album's release. Accessed November 8, 2008
In January 2011, the album was certified Gold by the CRIA for selling over 40,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel Beast Betty Bonifassi – vocals, songwritingBeast (CD, Album) at Discogs Jean-Phi Goncalves – all instruments, production Additional musicians Alex McMahon - piano (3), organ (6, 12), keyboards (9, 12), string arrangements (2) Paul Hemmings - guitar (5, 6) Mélanie Auclair - cello (2, 6, 10) Guido del Fabbro - violin (2, 6, 10) Cristobal Tapia de Veer - nylon guitar (7) Tyrone Benskin - preacher, raps (9) Yann Perreau, Antoine Gratton, Marie-Pierre Fournier, Caroline d'été, Emilie Laforest, Sébastion Nasra, Vance Payn, Frank Deweare - backing vocals (5) Benoît Charest - songwriting (1) Charles Mingus - original songwriting (12) Simon Wilcox - songwriting
Credits Beast - production, mixing, engineering Pierre Girard - mixing Sébastion Nasra - executive producer, artistic director Kim Cooke - A&R consultant Phillipe Normand - artwork supervisor Marianne Larochelle - photography Serge Landau - photography assistant Leslie-Ann Thompson - hair and make-up Karine Lamontagne (Bonifassi) and Eve Gravel (Goncalves) - stylists Jensy White - graphic design Adam Ayan - mastering
Chart positions Chart (2008)PeakpositionCanadian Albums Chart25
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