Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches

Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches is the third studio album by British rock band Happy Mondays, originally released in November 1990 via Factory Records.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches was Happy Mondays commercial peak, both a No.4 victory and a benchmark album in history. That year the Mondays made a generation feel like the freaks were winning again, the dreamers and schemers hurtling in from the shadows to park themselves, like grin-faced goblins, in the daylight glare of the mainstream.

The band chose British DJ Paul Oakenfold and his frequent collaborator Steve Osbourne to produce the album based on their work on various remixes for the band's previous singles. Unlike the band's previous album Bummed, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches incorporates a larger influence from house music through Oakenfold's production.

Singles ‘Step On’ and ‘Kinky Afro’ both reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Charts. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough in the band's country of origin, propelling the Happy Mondays to the top of their commercial success amidst the height of the Madchester and baggy cultural scenes.

This album is a 2022 repress on 180 gram black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, pressed in France via London Records.