Tight (Mindless Self Indulgence album)

Tight is the debut studio album by the American electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence. The album was originally released on April 20, 1999 through Uppity Cracker Recording Group.^[1] 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.^[2]

Tight
Studio album by Mindless Self Indulgence
Released	April 20, 1999 (1999-04-20)
Recorded	1997–1999
Length	31:42
Label	Uppity Cracker
Producer	Jimmy Urine, James Galus
Mindless Self Indulgence chronology
Crappy Little Demo (1997) Tight (1999) Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000)
Mindless Self Indulgence studio chronology
Mindless Self Indulgence (1995) Tight (1999) Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000)
Mindless Self Indulgence chronology
<3 (2010) Tighter (2011) How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.

On April 20, 2008, the band posted "Tight", in its entirety, on their MySpace page in honor of its ninth year from the original release.^[3]

Track listing

Original release (1999)^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grab the Mic"		1:20
2.	"Bring the Pain" (Method Man cover)	Robert Diggs, Clifford Smith, Urine	3:39
3.	"Mindless Self Indulgence"		0:22
4.	"Tight"		2:47
5.	"Diabolical"		1:43
6.	"Molly"		1:44
7.	"Tornado"	Lana Moorer, Parish Smith, Urine	1:51
8.	"Daddy"		1:20
9.	"Pussy All Night"		2:21
10.	"Apple Country"	Steve, Righ?	1:07
11.	"Dickface"		2:07
12.	"Bite Your Rhymes"		2:38
13.	"Hail Satan" (live recording of "Tornado" at CBGB on May 23, 1998)		1:57
14.	"Ecnegludni Fles Sseldnim" (contains the hidden track "JX-47")		6:47
Total length:			31:42

All tracks are written by Jimmy Urine, except where noted

Tighter reissue bonus tracks (2011)^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Ecnegludni Fles Sseldnim"		0:17
15.	"JX-47"		3:35
16.	"Shnooze"		0:09
17.	"Cake"		1:25
18.	"I Hate Everyone"		1:03
19.	"If I Only Didn't Want to F the Ones Who Didnt Want to F Me"		1:39
20.	"Agents"		0:18
21.	"Bring the Pain" (new wave version)	Diggs, C. Smith, Urine	4:15
22.	"Tornado" (cassingle version)	Moorer, P. Smith, Urine	2:17
23.	"This Isn't Good"		1:57
24.	"Dickface" (demo)		1:56
25.	"Tight" (8-bit)		2:40
26.	"I Think I Turned 22"		1:23
27.	"Free as a Birdie"		1:38
Total length:			49:28

DVD track listing

1. "Bring the Pain" (Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99)
2. "Bring the Pain" (Backstage @ Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99)
3. "Daddy" (Squeezebox – New York, NY 02/06/98)
4. "Daddy" (Rehearsal – New York, NY 09/29/99)
5. "Diabolical" (Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA 06/23/99)
6. "Dickface" (Bowery – New York, NY 09/07/99)
7. "Dickface" (Brownies – New York, NY 01/20/99)
8. "Grab the Mic" (Coney Island High – New York, NY 10/02/98)
9. "Grab the Mic" (Subculture – Grand Rapids, MI 06/09/99)
10. "Grab the Mic" (The Frying Pan – New York, NY 03/21/97)
11. "Grab the Mic" (Virgin Megastore – New York, NY 04/20/99)
12. "Molly" (Coney Island High – New York, NY 10/02/98)
13. "Molly" (Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO 06/14/99)
14. "Pussy All Night" (Brownies – New York, NY 01/20/99)
15. "Pussy All Night" (CBGB's – New York, NY 11/11/99)
16. "Pussy All Night" (Maritime Hall – San Francisco, CA 06/20/99)
17. "Pussy All Night" (Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA 06/23/99)
18. "Tight" (Fort Wayne Coliseum – Fort Wayne, IN 07/15/99)
19. "Tight" (Maritime Hall – San Francisco, CA 06/20/99)
20. "Tight" (Subculture – Grand Rapids, MI 06/09/99)
21. "Tight" (Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA 06/17/99)
22. "Tight" (Virgin Megastore – New York, NY 04/20/99)
23. "Tornado" (Fort Wayne Coliseum – Fort Wayne, IN 07/15/11)

Extras

1. MSI Sux
2. We Hate You 2
3. Audio commentary

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from the Allmusic entry for Tighter.^[5]

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

References

1. Feitelberg, Adam. "Tight – Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
2. "Mindless Self Indulgence – Tighter". The End Records. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
3. "Listen To MSI's "Tight" (yes, the whole album) ONE DAY ONLY! van Mindless Self Indulgence op Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. 2008-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
4. "Tighter – Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
5. "Tighter – Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 20, 2011.