Brain Thrust Mastery

Brain Thrust Mastery is the second studio album by We Are Scientists, which was released on March 17, 2008.^[11][12][13]

Brain Thrust Mastery
Studio album by We Are Scientists
Released	March 17, 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
"After Hours" Released: March 03, 2008 "Chick Lit" Released: June 09, 2008 "Impatience" Released: October 27, 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A−[2]
Digital Spy	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Pitchfork	5.3/10[6]
Planet Sound	[7]
PopMatters	5/10[8]
Q	[9]
Spin	[10]

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

All songs written by Keith Murray & Chris Cain

Brain Thrust Mastery 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

iTunes pre-Order bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Best Behaviour"	2:59
Total length:		42:56

Special edition bonus disc (Live at the Union Chapel)

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

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4. Dave Simpson (2008-03-15). "CD: We Are Scientists, Brain Thrust Mastery". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
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