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
- Jake Snider - Vocals and guitar
- Dave Knudson - Guitar
- Erin Tate - Drums
- Cory Murchy - Bass
- Matt Bayles - Electronics
=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
- Some of the song titles are quotes from the film Starship Troopers.
External links
- [http://www.suicidesqueeze.net SuicideSqueeze.net]
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Category:Suicide Squeeze Records albums