Happy Mondays - Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches

Yippee-ippee-ey-ey-ay-yey-yey! On this Happy Wednesday, we bring you a beautiful Dinked Archive pressing of this absolute game-changing classic. The recent celebratory Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches tour sold out all over the country, as many of us donned our baggies to rekindle our love for the album’s tunes, attitude and genre-blurring production – and now you can transfer those early 90s vibes to your living room via the grooves on this popping-pill colourway!

Originally released in 1990, the band’s Paul-Oakenfold-and-Steve-Osborne-produced 3rd album captured the chaotic, euphoric spirit of the Madchester movement, blending indie rock, acid house rhythms and funk grooves into a sound that helped reshape alternative music in Britain. 

Featuring era-defining tracks such as “Step On” and “Kinky Afro”, the record became both a commercial breakthrough and a cultural snapshot of a generation fuelled by dance culture and Northern nightlife and it remains 100% essential. So Step On it and bag(gy) yourself a copy now!

“a hedonistic and sampledelic Madchester masterpiece that reinvented post-punk for the rave era” 9.5/10 – Pitchfork

“The ever hyperbolic Tony Wilson proclaimed that Pills ‘N’ Thrills would be “one of the great British albums of the age”. He wasn’t wrong.” – Classic Pop Mag

More than three decades later, its grooves, attitude and genre-blurring production still resonate strongly with contemporary audiences, influencing modern indie and electronic artists alike.

5LP Edition: All original audio remastered from Factory Records master tapes. Includes original album, Hallelujah + Madchester Rave On, Baby Big Head Bootleg Album (Live at Elland Road, 1991), classic and new remixes, 60-page hardback book with brand new essays from James Brown and Central Station designers, fold-out A2 tour poster and Madchester slipmat.

4CD Edition: All original audio remastered from Factory Records master tapes. Includes original album, Hallelujah + Madchester Rave On, Baby Big Head Bootleg Album (Live at Elland Road, 1991), classic and new remixes, 60-page book with brand new essays from James Brown and Central Station designers.

1LP Editions: All original audio remastered from Factory Records master tapes. Includes original album and brand new liner notes by James Brown.

2CD Edition: All original audio remastered from Factory Records master tapes. Includes original album + classic & new remixes and brand new liner notes by James Brown.