Turn the Radio Off

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from Turn The Radio Off)
Jump to: navigation, search
Turn the Radio Off
File:Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off cover.jpg
Studio album by Reel Big Fish
Released August 13, 1996 (Rerelease) May 13, 2014
Recorded April - May 1996 at Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California
Genre Ska punk
Length 42:37
Label Mojo, Jive, Enjoy The Ride Records
Producer Reel Big Fish, Jay Rifkin, John Avila
Reel Big Fish chronology
Everything Sucks
(1995)Everything Sucks1995		 Turn the Radio Off
(1996)		 Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997)Keep Your Receipt EP1997
Singles from Turn the Radio Off
  1. "Sell Out"
    Released: August 13, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Punktastic 5/5 stars[2]

Turn the Radio Off is the second full-length album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.

The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor 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 with a gun in his face held by Aaron'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 13th 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
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

Guest Musicians

Production

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" 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 I".[4]


References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238189
  2. ↑ http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/95
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/turn-the-radio-off-clean

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Turn_the_Radio_Off&oldid=2391042"