Sorry in Pig Minor is the ninth and final studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band the Cows

The Cows

Cows are a post-hardcore/punk blues band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band formed in 1987 and disbanded in 1998. They were known for a unique mixture of punk rock and blues played with large amounts of noise and surreal humour; their music is often considered noise rock...

. It was produced by Buzz Osborne

Buzz Osborne

Roger "Buzz" Osborne , also known as King Buzzo, is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of the Melvins...

 (aka King Buzzo) of the Melvins and is their most experimental album.

Track listing

1. "Cabin Man" - 5:14
2. "Finished Again" - 2:57
3. "No, I'm Not Coming Out" - 4:11
4. "Dear Dad" - 2:23
5. "Eurekal Funday!" - 3:02
6. "Death in the Tall Weeds" - 2:45
7. "El Shiksa" - 4:19
8. "Life After Beth" - 3:19
9. "Saliva of the Fittest" - 3:29
10. "Felon of Troy" - 2:34
11. "Say Uncle" - 13:17

Say Uncle ends at 5:44, and is followed by roughly five minutes of silence before a hidden track begins. The track is a rough, dub remix made during the recordinding sessions. After this track ends, a poorly sung country song begins, with studio banter played over the top.

Personnel

Cows

• Thor Eisentrager
  Thor Eisentrager
  Thor Eisentrager is a founding member and former guitarist for the Minneapolis-based Noise rock outfit Cows. After the release of the Cows's ninth album, Sorry in Pig Minor, Thor announced that he had grown tired of touring and left the band. The remaining members disbanded shortly thereafter...
  
   – electric, acoustic & plastic guitars
  Guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Kevin Rutmanis
  Kevin Rutmanis
  Kevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , guitar, organ
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  , backing vocals
• Shannon Selberg
  Shannon Selberg
  Shannon Selberg is a noise/punk rock musician known for his unusual antics on stage. Formerly the frontman for the Minneapolis-based group The Cows, Selberg provided lead vocals, trumpet, bugle and hardcore guitar...
  
   – vocals, keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
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  , horns
• Freddy Votel – drums
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Additional musicians and production

• Buzz
  Buzz Osborne
  Roger "Buzz" Osborne , also known as King Buzzo, is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of the Melvins...
  
  , Freddy, Kevin
  Kevin Rutmanis
  Kevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The...
  
  , Amanda Ferguson – la la choir
• Randall Todd Hawkins – Shiksa whistle
• King Buzzo – Producer
  Record producer
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• Dave Gardner
  Dave Gardner
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   – Recording
  Recording
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• Randy Hawkins – Recording
  Recording
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• Paul Metzger – art and design