The Beast Inside

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[11]
Select	4/5[2]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a leap forward," writing that "Sleep Well Tonight" "recalled the Velvets at their most Teutonically romantic."^[11] Trouser Press called it "a misbegotten attempt at formula- tinkering that broadens the band’s dynamic net but doesn’t pull anything worthwhile in."^[12] The Los Angeles Times wrote that The Beast Inside "bears plenty of beat-heavy ecstasy, as well as sounds o’ the ‘60s (notably Clint Boon’s swirling organ)."^[5] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "few of the tunes are immediate powerhouses, but as the Carpets maintain their garage-rock energy while keeping the soundscapes changing ... they provide their eventual, if minor, rewards."^[13]

1. "Caravan" (4:17)
2. "Please Be Cruel" (3:38)
3. "Born Yesterday" (5:23)
4. "Sleep Well Tonight" (5:10)
5. "Grip" (3:16)
6. "Beast Inside" (5:09)
7. "Niagara" (7:10)
8. "Mermaid" (4:29)
9. "Further Away" (13:38)
10. "Dreams Are All We Have" (4:01)

• also released on CD (DUNG 14 CD) and MC (DUNG 14 MC)

• Clint Boon - organ, backing vocals
• Craig Gill - drums
• Tom Hingley - lead vocals
• Graham Lambert - guitars
• Martyn Walsh - bass