Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete

Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete
Studio album by Polaris
Released	April 6, 1999,[1] April 19, 2015(reissue)[2]
Genre	Indie rock, jangle pop[3][4]
Length	49:33
Label	Mezzotint Records[5]
Producer	Drew Maddy Waters TBuck Buckland

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Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete is a studio album by the band Polaris, a one-off project involving members of the late 1980s and early 1990s band Miracle Legion. It features twelve songs composed by the band for the cult Nickelodeon television series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete. The album remains the only full-length release by Polaris.

The album is dedicated to "Astrochimp Ham & Spacedog Laika".

The final track on the album contains a hidden section that begins at 5:29. This hidden track is composed of a number of sound clips concerning the Apollo 11 mission.

The National covered "Ashamed of the Story I Told" on the benefit album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Mulcahy.

1. "Hey Sandy" – 2:36
2. "She Is Staggering" – 3:08
3. "Waiting for October" – 3:52
4. "Saturnine" – 3:13
5. "Everywhere" – 3:37
6. "Ivy Boy" – 3:51
7. "Summerbaby" – 3:24
8. "Coronado II" – 4:19
9. "Ashamed of the Story I Told" – 4:29
10. "As Usual" – 5:22
11. "Recently" – 2:40
12. "The Monster's Loose" – 9:01^[6]

Personnel

Polaris

• Muggy - vocals and guitar
• Jersey - bass
• Harris Polaris - drums

Additional performers

• Tom Chase - organ and piano
• Buel Thomas - trumpet
• Dennis Kelly - pedal steel guitar
• Joyce Raskin - vocals on "Ashamed of the Story I Told"

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