| Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free | ||||
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| Studio album by Reel Big Fish | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Recording Began on March 1, 2007 at Music Inc. Studios Orange, California, USA |
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| Genre | Ska punk | |||
| Length | 57:03 | |||
| Label | Rock Ridge Music | |||
| Producer | Aaron Barrett | |||
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Limited Edition Vinyl 2 LP set
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Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free is the sixth studio album from Reel Big Fish, and their first studio album since being dropped by Jive Records. It was released on July 10, 2007.[1]
The CD is accompanied with a 22 minute DVD of the "Making of Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free". According to the documentary, this album was originally proposed as a fourth disc to the band's live album, but the band had decided they had enough live material and so decided to this album as a compilation of B-sides and re-recordings alongside some new songs. This documentary also contains footage of the band mixing a song which does not appear on the final album, about 20 minutes into the video. The song would later be released (without vocals) as a bonus track for A Best of Us for the Rest of Us.
The vinyl was made available on the Spring 2008 tour and was limited to 1000 units. Each album was split amongst two discs, the first a picture disc and the second a light green vinyl.
The title is a mondegreen of the line "Money for nothin' and your chicks for free" from the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing."
Contents |
All songs written and composed by Aaron Barrett/Reel Big Fish, except as noted.
| Monkeys | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Party Down" | 4:08 | |||||||
| 2. | "Another F.U. Song" | 1:04 | |||||||
| 3. | "Live Your Dream" | 3:13 | |||||||
| 4. | "My Imaginary Friend" | 3:24 | |||||||
| 5. | "Slow Down" | 5:04 | |||||||
| 6. | "The New Version of You" | 3:23 | |||||||
| 7. | "Will the Revolution Come?" | 2:22 | |||||||
| 8. | "Another Day in Paradise" (Phil Collins cover) | Phil Collins | 2:41 | ||||||
| 9. | "Everybody's Drunk" (contains melody to Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It") | 3:07 | |||||||
| 10. | "Please Don't Tell Her I Have a Girlfriend" | 2:57 | |||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Rerecording of track that originally appeared | Length | |||||
| 11. | "Way Back" | Japanese release of We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy | 2:41 | ||||||
| 12. | "Hate You" | Everything Sucks | 2:59 | ||||||
| 13. | "Call You" | Everything Sucks | 3:12 | ||||||
| 14. | "Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat?" | Everything Sucks | 2:33 | ||||||
| 15. | "I'm Her Man" | Return of the Mullet, Everything Sucks | 4:11 | ||||||
| 16. | "Til I Hit the Ground" | Return of the Mullet | 3:48 | ||||||
| 17. | "Cannibal" | Barrett, Dan Regan | Previously unreleased track | 6:16 | |||||
| Bonus tracks from iTunes and vinyl release | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 18. | "Bang! The Mouse Explodes" | 3:28 | |||||||
| 19. | "Cannibal (Dance Mix)" | Barrett, Regan | 4:13 | ||||||
On the back cover of the album, tracks 1 through 10 are credited as "Monkeys" whilst tracks 11 through 17 are credited as "Chimps." The Chimps section of the album consists of re-recordings. A video has been released for the song "Party Down".
The band's MySpace page indicates that 19 songs were recorded during the sessions, leaving 2 songs that will not appear on the store-bought album. One of these, "Bang! The Mouse Explodes," is available on the iTunes and vinyl releases of the album. Portions of the 19th track can be heard on the DVD packaged with the CD. This 19th song would eventually be stripped of its vocals and released as a digital bonus track with A Best of Us for the Rest of Us.
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