We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy

Infobox Album |
Name = We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
Type = Album
Artist = Reel Big Fish


Released = April 5, 2005
Recorded = World Class Audio, Anaheim, CA, 2004.
Genre = Ska punk
Length = 59:42
Label = Mojo, Jive
Producer = Aaron Barrett
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ymouakoksm3m link]
*Punknews.org Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/3877 link]
* [http://www.punktastic.com/ Punktastic] Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/1420 link] |
Last album = "Cheer Up!"
(2002)
This album = "We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy"
(2005)
Next album = "Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album"
(2006)

"We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy" is the fifth LP by Orange County ska punk band, Reel Big Fish.

The follow up to the band's moderately successful "Cheer Up!", "We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy"' was released on April 5, 2005 on Mojo Records.

The album includes covers of Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", Morrissey's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" and Social Distortion's "Story of My Life".Both the Chapman cover and the Social Distortion cover were chosen as the first and second singles respectively.

The album was not particularly successful, especially compared to previous releases, due to very little record company promotion.Fact|date=June 2008 This, amongst a long list of other conflicts, led to the band's 2006 split with Jive Records.Fact|date=June 2008

Track listing

# "The Fire" – 3:05
# "Drinkin'" – 3:25
# "Don't Start a Band" – 3:18
# "A-W-E-S-O-M-E" – 3:32
# "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" (Morrissey cover) – 2:23
# "Turn the Radio Off" – 2:38
# "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" (Tracy Chapman cover) – 3:24
# "The Bad Guy" – 3:32
# "Story of My Life" (Social Distortion cover) – 4:10
# "The Joke's on Me" – 3:49
# "One Hit Wonderful" – 4:18
# "Last Show" – 3:02
# "Say Goodbye" – 4:09
# "Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)" – 14:57 Ends at: (2:06)
# Bonus Track "Beer" - 3:53 (Japanese release. New version of song from "Turn The Radio Off".)
# Bonus Track "Way Back" - 15:27 (Japanese release.)
#* Untitled Hidden track, which is part of track 14 on general release (track 16 on Japanese release) begins at (5:06) on the general release.

Personnel

The band

*Aaron Barrett - Guitar, Synthesizer, Producer, Lead Vocals
*Scott Klopfenstein - Guitar, Trumpet, Keyboards, Backup Vocals
*Matt Wong - Bass Guitar
*Dan Regan - Trombone
*John Christianson - Trumpet
*Justin Ferreira - drums

Production

*Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
*John Halpern - Photography
*Chaz Harper - Mastering
*Vince Pileggi - Management
*Denise Trorman - Art Direction, Design
*Beau Burchell - Engineer
*Shawn Sullivan - Producer, Mixing, Engineer
*Jesse Alvarado - Engineer
*David Irish - Engineer, Mixing
*Lars Stalfors - Assistant Engineer, Beats

Hidden Message

After the track "Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)", a long period of random sounds and loud noises plays. These noises include screaming, short excerpts from a song sung by Scott Klopfenstein and a hidden message played backwards on repeat, read by singer Aaron Barrett. The message says:

From here the message repeats.

Trivia

* "Turn the Radio Off" is named after one of the band's early albums, and was originally written for Why Do They Rock So Hard?
* The song described in "One Hit Wonderful" is "Sell Out". You can clearly hear parts of the lyrics at the beginning and end of the song.