Turn the Radio Off

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Turn the Radio Off
Turn the Radio Off cover
Studio album by Reel Big Fish
Released August 13, 1996
Recorded April - May 1996 at Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California
Genre Ska punk
Length 42:37
Label Mojo, Jive
Producer Reel Big Fish, Jay Rifkin
Professional reviews
Reel Big Fish chronology
Everything Sucks
(1995)		 Turn the Radio Off
(1996)		 Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997)

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 late 1996 on Mojo Records.

The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor hit in that year. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000, Aggressive Inline, and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. The album has been certified gold.

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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sell Out" – 3:47
  2. "Trendy" – 2:23
  3. "Join the Club" – 3:26
  4. "She Has a Girlfriend Now" (feat. Monique Powell of Save Ferris) – 3:05
  5. "Snoop Dog, Baby" – 3:26
  6. "Beer" – 3:30
  7. "241" – 2:40
  8. "Everything Sucks" – 2:41
  9. "S.R." – 1:26
  10. "Skatanic" – 3:15
  11. "All I Want Is More" – 3:03
  12. "Nothin'" – 2:21
  13. "Say 'Ten'" – 2:11
  14. "I'll Never Be" – 3:15
  15. "Alternative, Baby" – 2:57
  16. Hidden Track (a rough acoustic rendition of "I'm Cool", a song from their first album, Everything Sucks, sometimes referred to as "Off" or "Cool Ending") – 3:57

[edit] 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.

[edit] Trivia

  • 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 Why Do They Rock So Hard? as "Thank You For Not Moshing"
  • The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Snoop Dog, Baby:" "Well, i turn the radio off/I don't want no part."
  • 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".[1]
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