The album Mr Beast was released on 6 March 2006 in the UK and 7 March 2006 in the United States, in double LP vinyl format, a regular CD jewel case edition and limited deluxe edition package that comes with both the album on CD and a DVD documenting the recording process entitled The Recording of Mr Beast.

[13]The album's title stemmed from an incident where Barry Burns and Dominic Aitchison landed in Florida to start a tour with The Cure in 2005, when they saw a taxi driver standing outside the airport holding a sign that said "Mr. and Mrs.

[9] The cover artwork for Mr Beast is a painting by Amanda Church entitled "Milkbar",[14] and the accompanying booklet contains other works from her, all of a similar style.

All songs were written by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch, John Cummings, and Barry Burns.

[citation needed] Lyrics on "I Chose Horses" written by Envy vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa.