- Law of the Fish
Infobox Album
Name = Law of the Fish
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Radiators
Released = 1987
Recorded = Southlake Studios,New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre =swamp rock
Length = 45:38
Label =Epic Records
Producer =Rodney Mills
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:56jyeau04x87~T1 link]
Last album = "Heat Generation "
(1981)
This album = "Law of the Fish"
(1987)
Next album = "Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland "
(1989)__NOTOC__Law of the Fish is the third album by The Radiators. It is their second studio album and their first major label release.
Overview
After a five-year hiatus from record-making (but not from performing), The Radiators signed with
Epic Records and released their first major label album, which helped introduce their self-described "fishhead music" to a national audience. The album made it up to #139 on theBillboard 200 , and the songs "Doctor, Doctor" and "Like Dreamers Do" made it to #20 and #23 respectively on theMainstream Rock Tracks .The songs on the album were written over a period of several years, with the oldest, "Suck the Head", bearing a 1979 copyright date. Only two of the songs, "Oh Beautiful Loser" and "Sparkplug" actually have a 1987 copyright date.
Track listing
# "This Wagons' Gonna Roll" (Ed Volker) – 4:20
# "Like Dreamers Do" (Volker) – 4:04
# "Doctor, Doctor" (Volker, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Frank Bua Jr., Glenn Sears) – 4:05
# "Oh Beautiful Loser" (Volker) – 4:12
# "Suck the Head" (Volker, Baudoin) – 3:14
# "Mood to Move" (Volker) – 3:59
# "Sparkplug" (Volker) – 3:01
# "Holiday" (Volker) – 4:01
# "Love is a Tangle" (Volker) – 4:10
# "Boomerang" (Volker) – 4:20
# "Hard Time Train" (Volker) – 5:35
# "Law of the Fish" (Volker, Malone, Baudoin, Scanlan, Bua Jr., Sears) – 0:59Credits
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Ed Volker – keyboards,vocals
*Dave Malone –guitar s, vocals
*Camile Baudoin – guitars, vocals
*Reggie Scanlan – bass
* Frank Bua Jr. –drum s
* Glenn Sears – percussion
*Rodney Mills – producer, engineerExternal links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DF1339F933A1575AC0A961948260 Jon Pareles review of "Law of the Fish"] in the New York Times
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