Tight is the second studio album by the American electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence. The album was originally released on April 20, 1999 through Uppity Cracker Recording Group. After having been out of print for many years, the album was reissued as Tighter on April 26, 2011 through The End Records. The reissue features updated artwork and packaging, 12 previously unreleased tracks and a bonus DVD.
The song "Bring the Pain" is a cover of a Method Man song from his album Tical. The song "Bite Your Rhymes" references lyrics from Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby". There is a hidden track, "JX-47", where guitarist Steve plays acoustic guitar and sings nonsensical lyrics. The tracks "Mindless Self Indulgence" and "Ecnegludni Fles Sseldnim" are messages from the band's answering machine. They both concern getting the band booked for a live show, but both times the caller (Octavio 9) couldn't remember the band's name.
The album was preceded by a promotional demo recording titled Crappy Little Demo, released in 1997. The album featured two demo recordings for Tight, three demo recordings for their next album Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, a track titled "Panty Shot" and a track titled "Niggers", which was a rip of the Lenny Bruce comedy routine "Hard Words".
On April 20, 2008, the band posted Tight, in its entirety, on their MySpace page in honor of the ninth anniversary of its the original release.
Track listing
Bonus DVD track listing "Bring the Pain" (Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99) "Bring the Pain" (Backstage @ Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99) "Daddy" (Squeezebox – New York, NY 02/06/98) "Daddy" (Rehearsal – New York, NY 09/29/99) "Diabolical" (Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA 06/23/99) "Dickface" (Bowery – New York, NY 09/07/99) "Dickface" (Brownies – New York, NY 01/20/99) "Grab the Mic" (Coney Island High – New York, NY 10/02/98) "Grab the Mic" (Subculture – Grand Rapids, MI 06/09/99) "Grab the Mic" (The Frying Pan – New York, NY 03/21/97) "Grab the Mic" (Virgin Megastore – New York, NY 04/20/99) "Molly" (Coney Island High – New York, NY 10/02/98) "Molly" (Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO 06/14/99) "Pussy All Night" (Brownies – New York, NY 01/20/99) "Pussy All Night" (CBGB's – New York, NY 11/11/99) "Pussy All Night" (Maritime Hall – San Francisco, CA 06/20/99) "Pussy All Night" (Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA 06/23/99) "Tight" (Fort Wayne Coliseum – Fort Wayne, IN 07/15/99) "Tight" (Maritime Hall – San Francisco, CA 06/20/99) "Tight" (Subculture – Grand Rapids, MI 06/09/99) "Tight" (Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99) "Tight" (Virgin Megastore – New York, NY 04/20/99) "Tornado" (Fort Wayne Coliseum – Fort Wayne, IN 07/15/99) Extras MSI Sux We Hate You 2 Audio commentary
Personnel Album personnel as adapted from the Allmusic entry for Tighter.
Mindless Self Indulgence Jimmy Urine – vocals, programming Steve, Righ? – guitars Kitty – drums Vanessa Y.T. – bass
Artwork and packaging Jennifer Dunn – layout, photography Billy French – layout James Galus – art direction, package design, photography Chris Greer – authoring Jorden Haley – logo Scott Marchfeld – authoring Stephanie Rauber – photography Jimmy Urine – art direction, package design
Production and recording Neil Beck – assistant engineer Dan the Man – assistant engineer James Galus – A&R, arranger, producer Ben Grassini – assistant engineer Andreas Katsambas – A&R Fred Mahr – engineer, mixing John Partham – engineer Lloyd Puckitt – engineer, mixing Marke Reed – compilation, editing Greg Reely – mastering, mixing Steve Revitte – assistant engineer Jimmy Urine – arranger, compilation, editing, engineer, mixing, producer Richard Zabala – assistant engineer
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