Turn the Radio Off

Infobox Album |
Name = Turn the Radio Off
Type = Album
Artist = Reel Big Fish


Released = August 13, 1996
Recorded = April - May 1996 at Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California
Genre = Ska punk
Length = 42:37
Label = Mojo, Jive
Producer = Reel Big Fish, Jay Rifkin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5dua6jo871l0 link]
* [http://www.punktastic.com/ Punktastic] Rating|5|5 [http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/95 link]
Last album = "Everything Sucks"
(1995)
This album = "Turn the Radio Off"
(1996)
Next album = "Keep Your Receipt EP"
(1997)

"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 late 1996 on Mojo Records.

The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor hit in that year. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games "FIFA 2000", "Aggressive Inline", and "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure". 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

# "Sell Out" – 3:47
# "Trendy" – 2:23
# "Join the Club" – 3:26
# "She Has a Girlfriend Now" (feat. Monique Powell of Save Ferris) – 3:05
# "Snoop Dog, Baby" – 3:26
# "Beer" – 3:30
# "241" – 2:40
# "Everything Sucks" – 2:41
# "S.R." – 1:26
# "Skatanic" – 3:15
# "All I Want Is More" – 3:03
# "Nothin'" – 2:21
# "Say 'Ten'" – 2:11
# "I'll Never Be" – 3:15
# "Alternative, Baby" – 2:57
# Hidden Track (begins with 2:00 of silence. Last 1:57 is a rough acoustic rendition of "I'm Cool", a song from their first album, "Everything Sucks", sometimes referred to as "Off" or "Cool Ending") – 3:57

ongs 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".

Trivia

*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 "Why Do They Rock So Hard?" as "Thank You For Not Moshing"

*Jed the Fish from KROQ-FM is on the cover

*The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Snoop Dog, Baby:" "Well, i turn the radio off/I don't want no part."

*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". [http://www.answers.com/topic/turn-the-radio-off-clean]