Turn the Radio Off
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 that year. "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.
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.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 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. |
"I'm Cool (Acoustic demo)" (Hidden track; begins with 2:00 silence) |
Barrett |
3:57 |
- Notes
- The hidden track, a version of "I'm Cool" from Everything Sucks, is sometimes referred to as "Cool Ending" or "Off".
- Instrumental versions of "She Has a Girlfriend Now" and "Beer" were later released.
- A re-recording of "Beer" appears on their 2005 album, We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy.
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.
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".[1]