| Highly Refined Pirates | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Allmusic |   link |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.4/10) link |
Highly Refined Pirates is Minus the Bear's debut full-length album, released on November 19, 2002, by Suicide Squeeze Records.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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