''Masterful Mystery Tour'' is the second album from
Beatallica
Beatallica is a mash-up band that plays music made from combinations of songs of the Beatles and Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles song and a Metallica song with a related title (e.g. "The Thing That Should Not L ...
.
It contains 12 tracks, which are
mashups (or Bashups) of songs by
the Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
and
Metallica. As with their first album ''
Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band'', this album contains re-recordings of songs from the band's EP releases ''
A Garage Dayz Nite'' and ''
Beatallica
Beatallica is a mash-up band that plays music made from combinations of songs of the Beatles and Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles song and a Metallica song with a related title (e.g. "The Thing That Should Not L ...
'', plus six new Beatles/Metallica mashup songs. The album cover is a parody of The Beatles' ''
Magical Mystery Tour
''Magical Mystery Tour'' is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name. The EP ...
'' and Metallica's ''
Master of Puppets
''Master of Puppets'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on March 3, 1986, by Elektra Records. Recorded in Denmark at Sweet Silence Studios with producer Flemming Rasmussen, it was the band's last albu ...
''.
Beatallica released a video for the single , the band's first official full-length video.
With a slight nod to Metallica's ''
2 of One'' video release, the official video for "Fuel on the Hill" was released on March 5, 2009 along with another version entitled "Benzin auf dem Berg". Both were shot at the same time and planned as a dual release. "Benzin auf dem Berg" is the German film noir counterpart to "Fuel on the Hill".
Track listing
# "
The Battery of Jaymz and Yoko" - 4:32
# "
Masterful Mystery Tour" - 3:27
# "
Fuel on the Hill" - 3:54
# "
And I'm Evil?" - (2:43)
# "
Everybody's Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightning" - 4:46
# "
Running
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for Your Life" - 3:33
# "
The Thing That Should Not Let It Be
Let It Be most commonly refers to:
* ''Let It Be'' (Beatles album), the Beatles' final studio album, released in 1970
* "Let It Be" (Beatles song), the title song from the album
It may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Let It Be'' (1970 ...
" - 5:04
# "
Hero of the Day Tripper
"Day Tripper" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double A-side single with " We Can Work It Out" in December 1965. The song was written primarily by John Lennon with some contributions from Paul McCartney a ...
" - 3:22
# "
Got to Get You Trapped Under Ice
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- 2:36
# "
I'll Just Bleed Your Face" - 3:12
# "
I Want to Choke Your Band" - 2:06
# "
Tomorrow Never Comes
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Before becoming a word for various types of title or office, the word originally meant "companion", either i ...
" - 3:55
Production
* Special guest guitars by Diablo Mysterioso on "Fuel", "Masterful", "Running" and "Bleed"
* Gang vocals by the Masterful Mystery Minstrels: Jaymz, Ringo, Kliff, Grg III, Flemball and Emilie
* Recorded and engineered by Flemming Rasmartin, August 2008 - February 2009 at Bobby Peru's Shisha Bar, Milwaukee, WI
* Mixed and produced by Flemming and Beatallica
* Executive Producer: Carl Caprioglio
* Mastered by Alan Douches, April 2009 at West West Side, New Windsor, NY
International releases
On September 9, 2009, the album was released in Japan with two bonus tracks: live versions of "I Want to Choke Your Band" and "Revol-ooh-tion" from a concert in Milwaukee, WI.
On September 11, 2009, ''Masterful Mystery Tour'' was released by the German label Megapress. The CD contains a bonus track, Beatallica's cover of the J.B.O. song "Ein Guter Tag Zum Sterben" (English translation: "A Good Day To Die"). Also of note is fact that Beatallica recorded this cover song singing the German lyrics, making this the second song they have released singing in German. Beatallica's cover version of this song was also included on the
JBO 2009 album ''I Don't Like Metal - I Love It'' (Limited Edition version that includes a bonus CD).
References
Official music videos from album
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Beatallica albums
2009 albums
2000s comedy albums
Oglio Records albums