Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off
Studio album by Reel Big Fish
Released	August 13, 1996
Recorded	April–May 1996
Studio	Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California
Genre	Ska punk
Length	42:37
Label	Mojo
Producer	Jay Rifkin John Avila
Reel Big Fish chronology
Everything Sucks (1995) Turn the Radio Off (1996) Keep Your Receipt EP (1997)
Reel Big Fish studio chronology
Everything Sucks (1995) Turn the Radio Off (1996) Why Do They Rock So Hard? (1998)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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" (ft. Monique Powell of Save Ferris)	Barrett Barrett Klopfenstein	3:05
5.	"Snoop Dog, Baby"	Barrett Andrew Gonzales Werts	3:26
6.	"Beer"	Barrett	3:30
7.	"241"	Barrett Klopfenstein Werts Gonzales Barry Wong Dan Regan	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.	"Cool Ending" (Hidden track; begins with 2:00 silence)	Barrett	3:57

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personnel

Reel Big Fish

• Aaron Barrett - vocals and guitar
• Grant Barry - trombone
• Andrew Gonzales - drums
• Scott Klopfenstein - trumpet and vocals
• Dan Regan - trombone
• Tavis Werts - trumpet
• Matt Wong - bass

Guest Musicians

• Isaiah Owens - keyboard
• Monique Powell - vocals on "She Has a Girlfriend Now"
• Efren Santana - saxophone
• Jesse Wilder - background vocals
• Kevin Globerman - background vocals
• Vince Pileggi - background vocals
• Michael Shaw - background vocals

Production

• Jay Rifkin - producer
• John Avila - producer
• Slamm Andrews - engineer
• Kevin Globerman - engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Patrick McDowell - A&R
• Aaron Barrett - cover concept
• Vince Pileggi - cover concept
• Carla Yacenda - "girl with gun"
• Jed the Fish - "disc jockey"
• Sheryl Nields - photography
• Reggie Casagrande - assistant

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-inch 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 1" with a typographic error: "readiness of grievances". ^[4]

References

1. "Turn the Radio Off - Reel Big Fish | Album". AllMusic . Retrieved August 13, 2024.
3. "American certifications – Reel Big Fish – Turn the Radio Off". Recording Industry Association of America.
4. "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com .

External links

• Turn the Radio Off at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)