Highly Refined Pirates

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Highly Refined Pirates
Studio album by Minus the Bear
Released	December 9, 2002
Genre	Alternative, Indie rock
Length	42:25
Label	Suicide Squeeze
Producer	Steve Fisk
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) link
Minus the Bear chronology
Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them (EP 2001) Highly Refined Pirates (2002) They Make Beer Commercials Like This (EP 2004)

Highly Refined Pirates is Seattle band Minus the Bear's début full-length album, released in 2002 on Suicide Squeeze. Some of the song titles are quotes from the film Starship Troopers.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Band members 2.2 Other personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Minus the Bear.

1. "Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco® Twister" – 3:35
2. "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!" – 3:32
3. "Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse" – 5:23
4. "Hey, Wanna Throw Up?" – 0:32
5. "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo" – 4:09
6. "We Are Not a Football Team" – 3:02
7. "You Kill Bugs Good, Man" – 1:10
8. "Spritz!!! Spritz!!!" – 3:03
9. "Women We Haven't Met Yet" – 4:04
10. "Damn Bugs Whacked Him, Johnny" – 0:47
11. "I Lost All My Money at the Cock Fights" – 4:54
12. "Andy Wolff" – 2:08
13. "Let's Play Guitar in a Five Guitar Band" – 5:11
14. "Booyah Achieved" – 0:50

A UK edition of the CD was released with two bonus tracks. The album back lists them as follows:

15. "You're Some Sort of Big, Fat, Smart-Bug, Aren't You?" – 1:08
16. "Drop it Like it's Hot" – 2:41

However, on the CD the tracks are actually reversed, when compared to the songs on the EP Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them:

15. "Drop it Like it's Hot" – 2:41
16. "You're Some Sort of Big, Fat, Smart-Bug, Aren't You?" – 1:08

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band members

• Matt Bayles – mixing, electronics
• Dave Knudson – guitar, album design
• Cory Murchy – bass guitar
• Jake Snider – vocals, guitar
• Erin Tate – drums

[edit] Other personnel

• Steve Fisk – production, engineering, mixing
• Troy Tietjen – mixing
• Ed Brooks – mastering
• Robin Laananen – photography
• Amy Blaschke – additional vocals (on "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo")

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