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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. ClubA− [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.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
iTunes Pre-Order bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Best Behaviour"2:59
Total length:42:56
Special Edition bonus disk (Live at the Union Chapel)
No.TitleLength
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
B-Sides
No.TitleLength
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

References

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart (2008-03-17). "Brain Thrust Mastery - We Are Scientists". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  2. ^ Hawthorne, Marc (2008-05-12). "We Are Scientists: Brain Thrust Mastery | Music | Music Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  3. ^ "Brain Thrust Mastery". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  4. ^ Published Monday, Mar 17 2008, 16:17 GMT (2008-03-17). "We Are Scientists: 'Brain Thrust Mastery' - Music Album Review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Dave Simpson (2008-03-15). "CD: We Are Scientists, Brain Thrust Mastery". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  6. ^ "NME Album Reviews - We Are Scientists". NME. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ Martin, Andrew. "We Are Scientists: Brain Thrust Mastery". Popmatters. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  9. ^ "Brain Thrust Mastery Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  10. ^ Simon, Julia. "We Are Scientists, 'Brain Thrust Mastery' (Astralwerks)". Spin. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  11. ^ "We Are Scientists announce UK tour", NME, 2008-01-22, retrieved 2008-01-26
  12. ^ "We Are Scientists, Back In Style!", Ents24, 2008-01-23, retrieved 2008-01-26
  13. ^ Dibbits, Kat (2008-01-23), "Scientists make "stylish" comeback.", The Bolton News, retrieved 2008-01-26