''Beast'' is the debut album by the Canadian

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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. Their self-titled debut album was very well received by critics, including ''

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'', which suggested that Beast “stands an excellent chance of being the next big success story from the

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music scene”,Everett-Green, Robert, "A Beastly buzz", ''The Globe and Mail'', December 17, 2008
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'', which called it “one of the most strikingly original and swaggeringly bad-ass Canadian albums to rear its head in recent memory”.

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said the album sounds "a little like Portishead fronted by Annie Lennox" and said that "even if the album isn't groundbreaking, the

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are top-notch and the

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is excellent, a perfect balance between sinister and poppy." The first single from the album, "Mr. Hurricane", was released as a free Single of the Week on iTunes after the album's release. In January 2011, the album was certified Gold by the

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for selling over 40,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

* Beast **

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– VocalsBeast (CD, Album) at Discogs
/ref> ** Jean-Phi Goncalves – All instruments, production * Alex McMahon -

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(3), organ (6, 12), keyboards (9, 12), string Arrangements (2) *

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- guitar (5, 6, 10) * Mélanie Auclair -

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(tracks: 2, 6, 10) * Guido del Fabbro - violin (tracks: 2, 6, 10) *

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- nylon guitar (track: 7) *

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- preacher, raps (track 9) * Yann Perreau, Antoine Gratton, Marie-Pierre Fournier, Caroline d'été, Emilie Laforest, Sébastion Nasra, Vance Payn, Frank Deweare - backing vocals (Track: 5)

Credits

* Executive Producer, Artistic Director - Sébastion Nasra * A&R Consultant - Kim Cooke * Artwork Supervisor - Phillipe Normand *

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- Marianne Larochelle * Assisted photography - Serge Landau * Hair and Make-up - Leslie-Ann Thompson * Sylists - Karine Lamontagne (Betty) and Eve Gravel (Jean-Phi) * Graphic Designer - Jensy White * Mixing - Pierre Girard * Mastering - Adam Ayan

Chart positions

References

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