In the Pit of the Stomach

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In the Pit of the Stomach
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Studio album by
Released4 October 2011
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length56:40
Language English
Label Fat Cat
Producer Andrew Bush, Peter Katis
We Were Promised Jetpacks chronology
The Last Place You'll Look
(2010)
In the Pit of the Stomach
(2011)
Unravelling
(2014)
Singles from In the Pit of the Stomach
  1. "Medicine"
    Released: 26 September 2011
  2. "Human Error"
    Released: 5 December 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
Clash Music 8/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound C− [5]
Pitchfork Media 5.8/10 [6]
Rockfreaks.net7.5/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
SPIN 8/10 [9]

In the Pit of the Stomach is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks, released on 4 October 2011 on Fat Cat Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by We Were Promised Jetpacks.

  1. "Circles and Squares" - 5:19
  2. "Medicine" - 3:46
  3. "Through the Dirt and the Gravel" - 4:06
  4. "Act on Impulse" - 5:31
  5. "Hard to Remember" - 4:35
  6. "Picture of Health" - 4:22
  7. "Sore Thumb" - 5:17
  8. "Boy In the Backseat" - 5:21
  9. "Human Error" - 3:02
  10. "Pear Tree" - 6:35
  11. "Where I Belong" - 4:02 (Amazon bonus track)
  12. "Build Me a Bridge" - 4:46 (iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

We Were Promised Jetpacks
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Artwork

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