had on their previous album. Hreha singled out "You Can't Win", "Mayday" and "Rape This Day" as highlights of the record, and praised the album's ability to "straddle the distance between ambience and onslaught". Stephen Hang of PopMatters felt that the album was rewarding but challenging to listeners, and that Patton's lyrics were deliberately obtuse. Hang was positive about the album's sound, but described the release as having "deliver[ed] the goods for Patton's small, devoted cult audience". Spin magazine awarded the album a "B−" rating, describing it as "heavy on nuts and bolts, light on bolts from the blue". The reviewer felt that the group's lineup suggested a greater potential than the resultant album offered, but called it "solid" nonetheless. Matt Rhodes, writing for Consequence of Sound, reviewed the album positively, stating that "frankly, this album sounds like dark, kinky sex". Rhodes compared it to the works of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, and felt that Denison's guitar parts served to specifically complement Patton's vocals, rather than attempting to stand out for themselves. Tom Mallon of CMJ New Music Monthly felt that the album presented a more cohesive group than was present on Tomahawk, allowing the band to "[step] out of the shadows" of their previous careers. Mallon praised Patton's vocal performances, finding them to be his most diverse work since the 1999 Mr. Bungle album California. Track listing Personnel Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, design Duane Denison – guitar Kevin Rutmanis – bass John Stanier – drums Joe Barresi – engineer, producer John Golden – mastering Martin Kvamme – design Chart performance In the United States, Mit Gas reached a peak position of 137 in the Billboard 200 albums chart, spending two weeks in the chart. The album also attained a peak of 7 on the Independent Albums chart, also published by Billboard, spending five weeks on that chart. The album also charted in Norway, making it to number 17 during a three-week stay on the VG-lista chart; and in Australia, where it reached number 28 on the Aria Charts, staying there for two weeks. References Ipecac Recordings albums 2003 albums Tomahawk (band) albums Albums produced by Joe Barresi