In the Pit of the Stomach

In the Pit of the Stomach
Studio album by We Were Promised Jetpacks
Released	4 October 2011
Genre	Indie rock, Post-punk revival
Length	56:40
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 (album) (2014)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	(B+) link
Rockfreaks.net	(7.5/10)[2]
AllMusic	[3]
SPIN	(8/10)[4]
Clash Music	(8/10)[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Consequence of Sound	(C-)[7]
Pitchfork Media	(5.8/10)[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Adam John Thomson.

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

• Adam John Thomson – vocals, guitar
• Michael Palmer – lead guitar
• Sean Charles Smith – bass
• Darren Kenneth Lackie – drums

Additional musicians

• Andrew Bush - additional instrumentation
• Mike Truscott - additional instrumentation
• Solrun Sumarlioadottir - additional instrumentation

Recording personnel

• Andrew Bush – producer, recording, engineer
• We Were Promised Jetpacks - producer
• Peter Katis – additional production, mixing
• Paul Gold – mastering
• Alan Douches – mastering

Artwork

• dlt - artwork

References

1. "In the Pit of the Stomach - We Were Promised Jetpacks". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
2. "We Were Promised Jetpacks - In The Pit Of The Stomach". Rockfreaks.net. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
3. Heather Phares (2011-10-04). "In the Pit of the Stomach - We Were Promised Jetpacks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
4. "We Were Promised Jetpacks, ‘In the Pit of the Stomach’ (FatCat)". SPIN.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
5. "We Were Promised Jetpacks - In The Pit Of The Stomach | Reviews | Clash Magazine". Clashmusic.com. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
6. Fricke, David (2011-11-08). "We Were Promised Jetpacks In the Pit of the Stomach Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
7. Hadusek, Jon (2011-10-14). "We Were Promised Jetpacks – In the Pit of the Stomach | Album Reviews". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
8. "We Were Promised Jetpacks: In the Pit of the Stomach | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-02-05.