To Beast or Not to Beast

To Beast or Not to Beast is the sixth studio album of Finnish hard rock band Lordi that was released on 1 March 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
1.	"We're Not Bad for the Kids (We're Worse)"	Mr Lordi, Tracy Lipp	Mr. Lordi, Amen	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	Mr. Lordi, Amen	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

Japanese Version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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.
1 2 3 "To Beast or Not to Beast (2013)". LORDI Army. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

Lordi

Mr Lordi Amen OX Hella Mana G-Stealer Enary Magnum Kita Kalma Awa Otus

Studio albums	Get Heavy The Monsterican Dream The Arockalypse Deadache Babez for Breakfast To Beast or Not to Beast Scare Force One

Compilations	The Monster Show Zombilation – The Greatest Cuts Scarchives Vol. 1

DVDs	Market Square Massacre Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm

Singles	"Would You Love a Monsterman?" "Devil Is a Loser" "My Heaven Is Your Hell" "Blood Red Sandman" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Who's Your Daddy?" "It Snows in Hell" "They Only Come Out at Night" "Beast Loose in Paradise" "Bite It Like a Bulldog" "Deadache" "This Is Heavy Metal" "Rock Police" "The Riff" "Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein" "Scare Force One" "House of Ghosts"

Movies	The Kin Dark Floors

See also	Lordi's Square "Inferno"

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