Why Do They Rock So Hard?

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Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Why Do They Rock So Hard? cover
Studio album by Reel Big Fish
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded Sunset Sound Recorders and Music Grinders-Hollywood, CA.
Genre Ska punk
Length 73:52
Label Mojo Records/Jive Records
Producer(s) Reel Big Fish
John Avila
Professional reviews
Reel Big Fish chronology
Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997)
Why Do They Rock So Hard?
(1998)
Favorite Noise
(2002)


Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length release by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It is also their second release on Mojo Records, and the follow up to the album Turn the Radio Off. It was first released in late 1998, and the second pressing was in 2001.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Somebody Hates Me" – 3:28
  2. "Brand New Song" – 3:04
  3. "She's Famous Now" – 3:05
  4. "You Don't Know" – 3:26
  5. "The Set Up (You Need This)" – 4:22
  6. "Thank You For Not Moshing" – 2:41
  7. "I'm Cool" – 3:20
  8. "I Want Your Girlfriend To Be My Girlfriend Too" – 2:53
  9. "Everything Is Cool" – 3:07
  10. "Song # 3" – 3:28
    • (On the clean version of this album "Song # 3" is stripped of it's vocal track and called "Sleep All Day")
  11. "Scott's A Dork" – 3:04
  12. "Big Star" – 3:34
  13. "The Kids Don't Like It" – 3:20
  14. "Down In Flames" – 4:49
  15. "We Care" – 3:55
  16. "Victory Over Peter Bones (The Legend Of Allen Guile Versus Peter Bones)" – 10:50
    • "Hidden Instrumental" – 11:26
  17. Bonus Track "Hungry Like The Wolf" - 3:38 (Japanese release)
  18. Bonus Track "Take On Me" - 3:02 (Track 2 - Japanese Release - Album continues as normal after track)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

[edit] Additional musicians

[edit] Production

[edit] Notes/trivia

On some editions, the band's cover of A-ha's song Take On Me is track number 2.

Reel Big Fish
Aaron Barrett | Scott Klopfenstein | Matt Wong | Dan Regan | Ryland Steen | John Christianson
Releases
Everything Sucks | Turn the Radio Off | Teen Beef | Keep Your Receipt EP | Why Do They Rock So Hard? | Favorite Noise | Cheer Up! | We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy | Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album | Greatest Hit...And More | Duet All Night Long w/ Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer | Blank CD | You're All In This Together
Related Articles
Ska | Ska Punk | Reggae | Punk | Mojo Records | Jive Records
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