Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete is a studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the band Polaris

Polaris (band)

Polaris was a one-off musical project in the mid-1990s involving members of the New Haven indie rock band Miracle Legion.Mark Mulcahy, Spot "Scott" Boutier, and Dave McCaffrey performed music for the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete under the name Polaris because fourth...

, a one-off project involving members of the late '80s

1980s

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 and early '90s

1990s

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 band Miracle Legion

Miracle Legion

Miracle Legion was an American college rock band formed in 1983 in New Haven, Connecticut. They earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region. The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Mark Mulcahy, lead guitarist Mr. Ray Neal, drummer Jeff Wiederschall, and bassist...

. It features twelve songs composed by the band for the cult

Cult following

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 Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 television series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various...

. The album remains the only full-length release by Polaris.

The album is dedicated to "Astrochimp Ham

Ham the Chimp

Ham , also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first chimpanzee launched into outer space in the American space program...

 & Spacedog Laika

Laika

Laika was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth – as well as the first animal to die in orbit.As little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika's mission, and the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, there...

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The final track on the album contains a hidden section that begins at 5:29. This hidden track is composed of a number of sound clips concerning the Apollo 11

Apollo 11

In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was...

 mission.

The National

The National (band)

The National is an indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999 and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone...

 covered "Ashamed of the Story I Told" on the benefit album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy

Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy

Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy is a tribute album to former Polaris and Miracle Legion front man Mark Mulcahy released under the Shout! Factory label in 2009....

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Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their record label, Morgan Creek...

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1. "Hey Sandy" – 2:36
2. "She Is Staggering" – 3:08
3. "Waiting for October" – 3:52
4. "Saturnine" – 3:13
5. "Everywhere" – 3:37
6. "Ivy Boy" – 3:51
7. "Summerbaby" – 3:24
8. "Coronado II" – 4:19
9. "Ashamed of the Story I Told" – 4:29
10. "As Usual" – 5:22
11. "Recently" – 2:40
12. "The Monster's Loose" – 9:01

Additional performers

• Tom Chase - organ and piano
• Buel Thomas - trumpet
• Dennis Kelly - pedal steel guitar
• Joyce Raskin - vocals on "Ashamed of the Story I Told"