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Brain Thrust Mastery [Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics]

We Are Scientists Audio CD
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We Are Scientists shocked themselves and impressed many others with their 2005 debut With Love & Squalor, which sold over 150,000 copies in the UK on the strength of dancefloor standbys Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt; It's A Hit; and The Great Escape, as well as nine other songs that, to all appearances, people also liked. Twenty months of near-constant touring culminated in a sold out ... Read more in Amazon's We Are Scientists Store

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  • Audio CD (17 Mar 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0012NHN72
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Ghouls
2. Let's See It
3. After Hours
4. Lethal Enforcer
5. Impatience
6. Tonight
7. Spoken For
8. Altered Beast
9. Chick Lit
10. Dinosaurs
11. That's What Counts

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Brooklyn's We Are Scientists make it to their second album, Brain Thrust Mastery, a man down--drummer Michael Tapper departed the band in late 2007-–but with a new sound and a refreshed ambition. While 2005's With Love and Squalor marked them out as The Strokes' preppier cousins, lean guitar-indie with arch lyrics and driving tempos, Brain Thrust Mastery has more than rehash on its mind. It's an album that's both bigger and poppier than its predecessor--see gleaming first single "After Hours"--but also eager to experiment and branch out. The opening "Ghouls" echoes fellow Brooklynites TV on the Radio, a synthetic mesh of ticking rhythms, dubby bass and multi-tracked vocals, frontman Keith Murray singing: "We all recognise/That I'm the problem here", while "Lethal Enforcer" is a sly piece of '80s pop revivalism that somehow channels the smooth synths and echoing drums of Phil Collins without quite tipping over into kitsch. There's the occasional dropped ball here--"Spoken For", a serene, Tropicalia-tinted love ballad is interrupted around the mid-point by some unnecessary, pompous flying-V action--but on the whole, this is smart pop music that's clever but crucially, seldom clever-clever. --Louis Pattison

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ahh, the second album. If there's a point in a musician's career that could define them, it's then. It's the stage where it's time to expand horizons, change perspectives and prove you're not a one trick pony. Sadly, it's also a stage where there seems to be many hits and misses. For every Radiohead success story (where the second album well and truly trounces the first), another band with real prospect seems to fall apart (one that springs to mind was one of my favourite bands, Hard-Fi, which seemed to have more than the odd thing go wrong e.g. non-rebellious cover and a mix bag of songs ranging from good to tedious (but that's another review for another time)). Thankfully, when the questionable second album does work, you truly get some gems.

In the case of New York Indie rockers/randomists with tongue firmly in cheek We Are Scientists, while not an absolute gem, it's still a mighty impressive rock.

After suffering a similar fate to Sheffield doppelgangers Arctic Monkeys (with a member of the band leaving before the second album was released, in this case, lovable drummer Michael Tapper), the band's (or duo's) second album like there doppelgangers has thankfully changed their sound. Instead of the addictive, indie goodness of before with some, quite frankly, great drumming thrown in, "Brain Thrust Mastery" seems a lot, to bluntly put it, slower with a darker shade.

Opening track "Ghouls" sets the mood of things to come. Although lyrically, there's similar content to the band's previous album, the music isn't as frantic or fast. It's an alright track, possibly not the best way to start the album since there's better tracks, but at least it showcases some of the band's newer sounds.

From there, things get more expansive. At times, it feels like there are two sounds happening. For example in "Let's See It", it sounds as if the band's returned back to the previous album's roots, but when songs like "After Hours" (which actually sits right at home here) and "Tonight" groove there way through the speakers, it makes you wonder if the band listened to something like Joy Division or some other hits from the 70's/80's in the recording process.

By the time the album draws to a close with "That's What Counts", a great finale laced with saxophones and somewhat, upbeat lyrics of enjoying moments instead of thinking of consequences, I was left thinking that during the whole album, there wasn't a single song I would use as the album's summary. It's not like "With Love & Squalor" where I could say listening to "It's a Hit" gives you the general gist of every song on the record. Here, because each song has something distinctive and sounds different from before, you'd have to listen to the whole album to see the wide range of things going on.

To put it in simple terms, if you're expecting indie anthems like "The Great Escape" or laugh out loud lyrics like "Ram It Home", there not here. Instead, it's more of a mature sound that expands on the good stuff, but also brings new stuff to the table, which is what many bands fail to do on the second album.

Fans of We Are Scientists should enjoy the second album, there's a few dud moments here and there (one example being "Ghouls", it wasn't the best way to open the album) and if your music taste was ruined in the 80's with the use of synths amongst other things, you may as well not bother. But minus them, it's a great second album and it's nice to see a band with a lot of potential to make it huge, get past one of the toughest stages in a musician's career.

Well done lads, you well and truly have rammed it home.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I don't usually write amazon reviews: I'm somewhat wary of my friends finding them and laughing at me for not being cynical and detached. Nonetheless, I feel it is necessary in this case due to all these negative reviews! No, this album is not With Love and Squalor (an excellent album, yes), but if it was surely there'd be even more complaints of WAS's lack of ability to move on? This album is calmer, is more subtle, but I have to say it's absolutely fantastic! From the catchy, fast-paced moments of 'Chick-Lit' and 'Dinosaurs' to the sad, melancholic 'Spoken For' to the, frankly quite bizarre, 'That's What Counts'. The lyrics are often thoughtful and clever, the melodies are catchy and most importantly, it is a progression from their previous CD. Personal high-points are 'Let's See It', 'Lethal Enforcer', 'Chick-Lit', 'That's What Counts' and 'Altered Beast', though to be honest I've not listened to anything but this CD for a full week and I still love every song. Give it a chance.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC FOLLOW UP 2 April 2008
Format:Audio CD
This is not a CD+DVD it is 2xCD's.

Fantastic follow up of 2005's With Love & Squalor. Not as heavy as it's predecessor but more melodic.

Try to get the 2 CD set as the 2nd disc is a live acoustic show from November 2007. The inbetween song chat is histerical. Deffinently 2 stand-up comedians screaming to get out.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Let's See It
After listening to "With Love and Squalor" on repeat for months I decided to give their second album a try. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Arabella Clark McGuire
4.0 out of 5 stars A good experiment...
This is an odd album, even starting with its title. I think WAS really tried to confuse the audience in order to discover their true fans! Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2011 by Lena Mac
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Second album from the guys. Critics say it's not as good as their first, but I think it is a lot better. They have changed a little but still keep their unique sound. Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by R. Begum
5.0 out of 5 stars Brain Thrust (and most definitley) Mastery!
the only thing that could have made this album any better (if thats possible), would have been if Keith and Chris had delivered it to me in person! Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by benifer
3.0 out of 5 stars Damn with faint praise
This is a difficult one to rate. It is the first of their albums that I have listened to and therefore had no preconceptions. Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by FCA
1.0 out of 5 stars Truly awful
I really wanted to like their music I borrowed this album from the library and I am really glad I didn't buy it. Terrible it was like nails on a chalkboard I just wanted it to end.
Published on 6 Oct 2008 by Paganmagick
4.0 out of 5 stars No dissapointment
A very pleasing follow-up to their first album. This is the album that The Killers should have been making, but were too overly-hyped to keep to what the do best. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2008 by D. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Album
I have always loved we are scientists! They are down to earth guys who create great music, so when i got this album i worried it may not live up to my expectations but it... Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by Miss S. J. Bartram
5.0 out of 5 stars Different but Great
It's easy to note from this album that the band has matured. If you are looking for more of what was in the first album you will be disappointed. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2008 by Minxski
4.0 out of 5 stars Give it a chance!!
I am one of many, many people that own 'With Love and Squalor', and will put it into their list of favorite albums. Read more
Published on 4 May 2008 by Makeshift
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