Brain Thrust Mastery | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 17, 2008 May 13, 2008 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, post-punk revival | |||
Length | 39:57 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Ariel Rechtshaid | |||
We Are Scientists chronology | ||||
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Singles from Brain Thrust Mastery | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The A.V. Club | A− [2] |
Pitchfork Media | (5.3/10) [3] |
Digital Spy | [4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
NME | (7/10) [6] |
Planet Sound | [7] |
PopMatters | (5/10) [8] |
Q magazine | [9] |
Spin | [10] |
Brain Thrust Mastery is the second studio album by We Are Scientists, which was released on March 17, 2008. [11] [12] [13]
The first single from the album was "After Hours", which was selected as Jo Whiley's "Pet Sound" on BBC Radio 1 for the week beginning January 28, 2008, and then as Edith Bowman's "Top Rated" on February 11, 2008. Upon release, the album charted at #11 in the UK Albums Chart.
One of the songs of the album, "Let's See It" was also in an episode of Gossip Girl , Season 3, Episode 20.
All songs written by Keith Murray & Chris Cain
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ghouls" | 3:00 |
2. | "Let's See It" | 3:57 |
3. | "After Hours" | 3:54 |
4. | "Lethal Enforcer" | 4:45 |
5. | "Impatience" | 3:29 |
6. | "Tonight" | 3:42 |
7. | "Spoken For" | 3:03 |
8. | "Altered Beast" | 3:59 |
9. | "Chick Lit" | 3:56 |
10. | "Dinosaurs" | 3:39 |
11. | "That's What Counts" | 4:21 |
Total length: | 39:57 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Best Behaviour" | 2:59 |
Total length: | 42:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" | 6:04 |
2. | "Lethal Enforcer" | 5:42 |
3. | "Impatience" | 4:18 |
4. | "Let's See It" | 4:57 |
5. | "It's A Hit" | 4:49 |
6. | "After Hours" | 4:41 |
7. | "The Great Escape" | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dig Dug" (B-side to After Hours) | 4:14 |
2. | "Best Behaviour" (B-side to After Hours) | 2:58 |
3. | "Gauntlet" (B-side to Chick Lit) | 3:44 |
4. | "Dance off" (B-side to Chick Lit) | 3:40 |
5. | "Dinosaurs" (Ibiza Mix) (B-side to Impatience) | 7:17 |
6. | "New Me" (B-side to Impatience) | 3:35 |
7. | "Get Off" (B-side to Impatience) | 4:40 |
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