The Beast with Two Backs

Infobox Album |
Name = The Beast with Two Backs
Type = studio
Artist = Inkubus Sukkubus


Released = December 2 2003
Recorded = —
Genre = Pagan rock
Length = 59* Minutes
Label = Resurrection Records
Producer = Tony McKormack
Reviews =
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Last album = "Supernature"
(2001)
This album = "The Beast with Two Backs"
(2003)
Next album = "Wytches and Vampyres"
(2005)

The Beast with Two Backs is the seventh full-length studio album by British goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus. It contains 12 original tracks and a cover of 'Can't Get You out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue with altered lyrics that more accurately reflect the band's aesthetics. The cover was designed by Tony McKormack, a core member of the band.

The album's title refers to a British slang term for sexual intercourse: 'To make the beast with two backs'. Many believe the phrase is from Shakespeare's "Othello": "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs." This is incorrect as the term dates back to at least 1532 (Shakespeare was born in 1564), and can be found in François Rabelais', 'Gargantua and Pantagruel':

The same phrase, or some variation of it, occurs several times in James Joyce's Ulysses.

Track listing

All songs written by Candia Ridley and Tony McKormack, unless otherwise noted.

# "Hecaté Cerridwyn" – 1:37
# "Lily Bolane" – 4:59
# "Star of Venus" – 4:53
# "Hedonistic Gene" – 5:30
# "Vampyra" – 4:59
# "The Beast with Two Backs" – 3:21
# "I Just Can't Get You Out of my Head (Kylie Minogue Cover)" (Davis, Dennis) – 5:25
# "Vampire Punk Rockers from Hell" – 4:34
# "She Is Gone" – 5:13
# "City of the Dead" – 3:44
# "Take My Lust" – 4:32
# "Erotic Angel" – 3:32
# "Jägermeister" – 4:30

Personnel

*Candia Ridley – tambourine, vocals, tin whistle
*Adam Henderson – bass guitar
*Tony McKormack – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboard instruments, background vocals, twelve string guitar