Turn the Radio Off
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Studio album by Reel Big Fish | ||||
Released | August 13, 1996 | |||
Recorded | April–May 1996 | |||
Studio | Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California | |||
Genre | Ska punk | |||
Length | 42:37 | |||
Label | Mojo | |||
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Singles from Turn the Radio Off | ||||
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Turn the Radio Off is the second album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.
The single "Sell Out" both received extensive radio airplay and had mainstream success during 1997. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000, Aggressive Inline, and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. KROQ air personality Jed the Fish appears on the album cover held at gunpoint by frontman Aaron Barrett's then-girlfriend. The album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]
Reel Big Fish later released a song titled "Turn the Radio Off" on their album We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy, named after this album.
A limited press of the album was released on Vinyl on 13 May 2014. The rerelease was exclusive to Enjoy The Ride Records, with copies also being available through Hot Topic.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sell Out" | Aaron Barrett, Scott Klopfenstein | 3:47 |
2. | "Trendy" | Barrett, Matt Wong, Grant Barry | 2:23 |
3. | "Join the Club" | Barrett, Tavis Werts | 3:26 |
4. | "She Has a Girlfriend Now" (vocals: Monique Powell of Save Ferris) | Barrett, Klopfenstein | 3:05 |
5. | "Snoop Dog, Baby" | Barrett, Andrew Gonzales, Werts | 3:26 |
6. | "Beer" | Barrett | 3:30 |
7. | "241" | Reel Big Fish | 2:40 |
8. | "Everything Sucks" | Barrett, Werts, Klopfenstein | 2:41 |
9. | "S.R." | Barrett | 1:26 |
10. | "Skatanic" | Barrett, Gonzales, Werts, Wong | 3:15 |
11. | "All I Want is More" | Barrett, Wong, Adam Polakoff | 3:03 |
12. | "Nothin'" | Barrett | 2:21 |
13. | "Say 'Ten'" | Barrett | 2:11 |
14. | "I'll Never Be..." | Barrett, Gonzales, Polakoff | 3:15 |
15. | "Alternative, Baby" | Barrett, Robert Quimby, Gonzales, Polakoff | 2:57 |
16. | "Cool Ending" (Hidden track; begins with 2:00 silence) | Barrett | 3:57 |
Songs From Everything Sucks
Over half of the songs are re-recorded versions of songs from RBF's first album Everything Sucks:
- "Cool Ending" (an acoustic version of "I'm Cool")
- "Join the Club"
- "I'll Never Be"
- "Trendy"
- "Skatanic"
- "Say Ten"
- "Beer"
- "All I Want is More" (originally titled "Fuck Yourself")
- "Snoop Dog, Baby"
- "S.R." (appeared on the original pressing of Everything Sucks, but not the Mojo re-release)
Oddly, the song "Everything Sucks" was not on the album Everything Sucks and may have been written after Everything Sucks was released. Similarly, a song titled "Turn The Radio Off" would appear on the band's 2005 album, We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy. Aaron Barrett has stated that he had planned to have a song on each album named for the previously released album. He claims that this idea eventually fell apart.[citation needed]
Personnel
Reel Big Fish
- Aaron Barrett - vocals and guitar
- Grant Barry - trombone
- Andrew Gonzales - drums
- Scott Klopfenstein - trumpet and vocals
- Dan Regan - trombone
- Tavis Werts - trumpet
- Matt Wong - bass
Guest Musicians
- Isaiah Owens - keyboard
- Monique Powell - vocals on "She Has a Girlfriend Now"
- Efren Santana - saxophone
- Jesse Wilder - background vocals
- Kevin Globerman - background vocals
- Vince Pileggi - background vocals
- Michael Shaw - background vocals
Production
- Jay Rifkin - producer
- John Avila - producer
- Slamm Andrews - engineer
- Kevin Globerman - engineer
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
- Patrick McDowell - A&R
- Aaron Barrett - cover concept
- Vince Pileggi - cover concept
- Carla Yacenda - "girl with gun"
- Jed the Fish - "disc jockey"
- Sheryl Nields - photography
- Reggie Casagrande - assistant
Notes
- The album lists the song "In The Pit" under the Writer's credits section, although "In The Pit" is not on the album. This song would later appear on the Teen Beef split 7-inch with Goldfinger and later on Why Do They Rock So Hard? as "Thank You For Not Moshing" with some minor lyrical changes.
- The cover of a "clean" version of the album is a blank white field with just the band's name, the name of the album and the text of the First Amendment, incorrectly identified as "Article 1" with a typographic error: "readiness of grievances".[4]
References
- ^ "Turn the Radio Off - Reel Big Fish | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "American certifications – Reel Big Fish – Turn the Radio Off". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
External links
- Turn the Radio Off at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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- Aaron Barrett
- Derek Gibbs
- Edward Larsen
- John Christianson
- Matt Appleton
- Brian Robertson
- Billy Kottage
- Dan Regan
- Scott Klopfenstein
- Matt Wong
- Ryland Steen
- Justin Ferreira
- Tyler Jones
- Carlos de la Garza
- Tavis Werts
- Grant Barry
- Andrew Gonzales
- Adam Polakoff
- Robert Quimby
- Lisa Smith
- Zach Gilltrap
- Ben Guzman
- Everything Sucks ("Beer")
- Turn the Radio Off ("Sell Out")
- Why Do They Rock So Hard?
- Cheer Up!
- We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
- Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free
- Fame, Fortune and Fornication
- Candy Coated Fury
- Life Sucks...Let's Dance!
- The Forces of Evil
- The Littlest Man Band
- Jeffries Fan Club
- Suburban Rhythm
- The Scholars