Jah Won't Pay the Bills

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Jah Won't Pay the Bills
Jah Won't Pay the Bills cover
Studio album by Sublime
Released 1991
Recorded 1988 – 1990
Genre Punk/Ska
Length  ??:??
Label Skunk Records
Producer(s) Sublime
Professional reviews
Sublime chronology
Jah Won't Pay the Bills
(1991)
40 Oz. to Freedom
(1992)


Jah Won't Pay the Bills is an independent demo album by Sublime released in 1991.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "D.J.s"
  2. "Badfish"
  3. "Let's Go Get Stoned"
  4. "New Song"
  5. "Had a DAT"
  6. "Don't Push"
  7. "Ball and Chain"
  8. "Slow Ride"
  9. "Date Rape"
  10. "Live at E's"

Since these tracks were originally released in a now rare cassette the tracks 1-5 are in side A and 6-9 on side B. Some tracks on this demo differ from the versions later released on 40 Oz. to Freedom and Second-hand Smoke:

  • "Let's Go Get Stoned" contains a sample of the Ray Charles version of a different song with the same title.
  • "Had a DAT" contains a ten-second sound collage intro.
  • "Don't Push" is the version later released on Second-hand Smoke.
  • "Date Rape" is a slower version without the horns. later released on Everything Under The Sun as "Date Rape Stylee."
  • "Live at E's" includes an extra beat of the drum intro.
Sublime
Bud Gaugh | Bradley Nowell | Eric Wilson
Discography
Jah Won't Pay the Bills | 40 Oz. to Freedom | Robbin' the Hood | Sublime | Second-hand Smoke | Stand by Your Van
Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends | Greatest Hits | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime | Gold | Everything Under the Sun
Popular songs
"Date Rape" | "Smoke Two Joints" | "What I Got" | "Wrong Way" | "Doin' Time" | "Santeria" | "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
Tributes and successive bands
Look at All the Love We Found | Forever Free | Long Beach Dub Allstars | Long Beach Shortbus