Highly Refined Pirates

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

Highly Refined Pirates
Studio album by Minus the Bear
Released	November 19, 2002
Recorded	2002 at Studio Litho
Genre	Indie rock, math rock
Length	42:25
Label	Suicide Squeeze Records
Producer	Steve Fisk
Minus the Bear chronology
Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them (2001) Highly Refined Pirates (2002) They Make Beer Commercials Like This (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(5.4/10) link

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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?"	3:49
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

UK edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"You're Some Sort of Big, Fat, Smart-Bug, Aren't You?"	1:08
16.	"Drop It Like It's Hot"	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

• SuicideSqueeze.net