Brain Thrust Mastery

Brain Thrust Mastery
Studio album by We Are Scientists
Released United Kingdom March 17, 2008
United States May 13, 2008
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length 39:57
Label EMI
Producer Ariel Rechtshaid
We Are Scientists chronology

Crap Attack
(2006)		 Brain Thrust Mastery
(2008)		 Barbara
(2010)
Singles from Brain Thrust Mastery
  1. "After Hours"
    Released: March 03, 2008
  2. "Chick Lit"
    Released: June 09, 2008
  3. "Impatience"
    Released: October 27, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
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 third 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. Title Length
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

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.
  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. ↑
  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

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