Menos el Oso

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{{Infobox album

| name = Menos el Oso

| type = Album

| artist = Minus the Bear

| cover = Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 23, 2005

| recorded = Studio Litho, The Bat Cave, Aquahaus

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock, Math rock, experimental rock

| length = 44:47

| label = Suicide Squeeze Records

| producer = Minus The Bear, Matt Bayles

| prev_title = They Make Beer Commercials Like This

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Interpretaciones del Oso (Menos el Oso Remixes)

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = (74/100) {{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/menos-el-oso/minus-the-bear|title=Menos el Oso|publisher=metacritic.com |accessdate=2014-09-22}}

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r787189|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2=Pitchfork Media|rev2Score= (7.1/10) [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5326-menos-el-oso/ link]

|rev3=AbsolutePunk |rev3Score=(93%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97394 link]

}}

Menos el Oso is the second studio album from Minus the Bear and was released on August 23, 2005 by Suicide Squeeze Records. The album title is a Spanish translation of "Minus the Bear."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = The Game Needed Me

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Memphis & 53rd

| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Drilling

| length3 = 5:03

| title4 = The Fix

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = El Torrente

| length5 = 4:56

| title6 = Pachuca Sunrise

| length6 = 3:35

| title7 = Michio's Death Drive

| length7 = 3:35

| title8 = Hooray

| length8 = 4:17

| title9 = Fulfill the Dream

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = The Pig War

| length10 = 4:38

| title11 = This Ain't a Surfin' Movie

| length11 = 4:53

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus track

| title12 = This Ain't a Surfin' Movie

| note12 = IQU Remix

| length12 = 4:36

}}

Personnel

=Production=

  • Additional production by Chris Common
  • Engineered by Matt Bayles, Chris Common, and Jake Snider
  • Additional engineering by Alex Rose
  • Mixed by Matt Bayles
  • Mastered by Ed Brooks

References