Highly Refined Pirates

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{{Infobox album

| name = Highly Refined Pirates

| type = Album

| artist = Minus the Bear

| cover = HighlyRefinedPirates.JPG

| alt =

| released = November 19, 2002

| recorded = 2002 at Studio Litho

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock, math rock

| length = 42:25

| label = Suicide Squeeze Records

| producer = Steve Fisk

| prev_title = Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = They Make Beer Commercials Like This

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r613519|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2=Pitchfork Media |rev2Score=(5.4/10) [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5324-highly-refined-pirates link]|noprose=yes}}

Highly Refined Pirates is Minus the Bear's debut full-length album, released on November 19, 2002, by Suicide Squeeze Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco® Twister

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!

| length2 = 3:32

| title3 = Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse

| length3 = 5:23

| title4 = Hey, Wanna Throw Up?

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo

| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = We Are Not a Football Team

| length6 = 3:02

| title7 = You Kill Bugs Good, Man

| length7 = 1:10

| title8 = Spritz!!! Spritz!!!

| length8 = 3:03

| title9 = Women We Haven't Met Yet

| length9 = 4:04

| title10 = Damn Bugs Whacked Him, Johnny

| length10 = 0:47

| title11 = I Lost All My Money at the Cock Fights

| length11 = 4:54

| title12 = Andy Wolff

| length12 = 2:08

| title13 = Let's Play Guitar in a Five Guitar Band

| length13 = 5:11

| title14 = Booyah Achieved

| length14 = 0:50

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK edition bonus tracks

| title15 = You're Some Sort of Big, Fat, Smart-Bug, Aren't You?

| length15 = 1:08

| title16 = Drop It Like It's Hot

| length16 = 2:41

}}

Personnel

=Additional personnel=

  • Produced and Engineered by Steve Fisk
  • Mixed by Steve Fisk and Troy Tietjen, except 4, 7, 10, 12, and 14 mixed by Matt Bayles
  • Mastered by Ed Brooks
  • Additional vocals by Amy Blaschke on "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo"

Trivia