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. 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

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. The reissue features updated artwork and packaging, 12 previously unreleased tracks, and a bonus DVD. The song "

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". 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.

Track listing

;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 07/15/11) ;Extras # MSI Sux # We Hate You 2 # Audio commentary

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from the Allmusic entry for ''Tighter''. Mindless Self Indulgence *

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– vocals, programming * Steve, Righ? – guitars * Kitty – drums * Vanessa Y.T. – bass Artwork and packaging *

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– layout, photography * Billy French – layout * James Galus – art direction, package design, photography * Chris Greer – authoring * Jorden Haley – logo * Scott Marchfeld – authoring * Stephanie Rauber – photography *

– 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 *

– arranger, compilation, editing, engineer, mixing, producer * Richard Zabala – assistant engineer

References

{{Authority control Mindless Self Indulgence albums 1999 debut albums