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The album went on to sell 400,000 copies in the UK, where it was certified platinum. It peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, as well as charting in Austria, New Zealand and Sweden. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches received generally positive reviews from music critics, several of whom considered it the band's creative peak. After this, touring continued into August 1991 across a variety of festival performances and headlining shows. Treks of mainland Europe and the US followed over the course of the next three months. Preceded by festival appearances in the UK and Brazil, "Loose Fit" was released as the album's third single in February 1991. " Kinky Afro" was released as the second single from the album on 8 October 1990 the album was promoted with an arena tour in the UK, with support from Donovan, to close out the year. The release of Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was aided by a distribution and licensing deal between Factory Records and major label London Recordings. Described as a Madchester album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches saw a lot of input from Oakenfold and Osbourne, with the former making loops, while the latter handled song arrangements. They returned to the United Kingdom, where further recording took place at Eden Studios in London until September 1990. The band went on a tour of the United States, and by the end of which, had started recording their next album with Oakenfold and Osbourne at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California. The success of these led to the pair producing " Step On", a cover of the John Kongos song, for Happy Mondays. DJ Paul Oakenfold and collaborator Steve Osbourne were previously enlisted by the band to create remixes of some of their songs. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches is the third studio album by English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records.