Why Do They Rock So Hard? | ||||
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Released | October 20, 1998 | |||
Recorded | Sunset Sound Recorders and Music Grinder Studios - Hollywood, CA. | |||
Genre | Ska punk | |||
Length | 73:52 | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Punktastic | [2] |
Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length studio album by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish.
This is the only Reel Big Fish studio album where the band line-up has not changed from the previous album.
Aaron Barrett has said in two interviews that this was his favorite album until the release of Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album . The album was mixed at Scream Studios by Tim Palmer.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Somebody Hates Me" | Aaron Barrett, Dan Regan | 3:28 |
2. | "Brand New Song" (see notes 2a ) | Barrett, Regan, Grant Barry | 3:04 |
3. | "She's Famous Now" | Barrett | 3:05 |
4. | "You Don't Know" | Barrett, Scott Klopfenstein | 3:26 |
5. | "The Set Up (You Need This)" | Barrett, Klopfenstein, Tavis Werts | 4:22 |
6. | "Thank You for Not Moshing" (see notes 6a ) | Barrett, Adam Polakoff, Robert Quimby | 2:41 |
7. | "I'm Cool" | Barrett | 3:20 |
8. | "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too" | Barrett | 2:53 |
9. | "Everything Is Cool" | Barrett, Regan | 3:07 |
10. | "Song #3" (see notes 10a ) | Barrett | 3:28 |
11. | "Scott's a Dork" | Barrett, Obiajula Ugbomah | 3:04 |
12. | "Big Star" | Barrett | 3:34 |
13. | "The Kids Don't Like It" | Barrett, Clifton Chase, Cheryl Cook, Guy O'Brien, Sylvia Robinson, Michael Wright | 3:20 |
14. | "Down in Flames" | Barrett, Regan, Werts | 4:49 |
15. | "We Care" | Barrett, Werts | 3:55 |
16. | "Victory Over Peter Bones" | Barrett | 5:25 |
17. | "The Legend of Alan Guile Versus Peter Bones" (see notes 17a ) | Barrett | 16:51 |
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