Tight (Mindless Self Indulgence album) explained

Tight
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mindless Self Indulgence
Cover:	Tight.JPG
Recorded:	1997–1999
Label:	Uppity Cracker
Producer:	Jimmy Urine, James Galus

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. 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.

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.^[1]

Track listing

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.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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Listen To MSI’s "Tight" (yes, the whole album) ONE DAY ONLY! van Mindless Self Indulgence op Myspace . Blogs.myspace.com . 2008-04-20 . 2012-03-12 . dead. https://archive.today/20120716222606/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2262201&blogId=382065766 . 2012-07-16 .