Released August 13, 1996 Artist Reel Big Fish Label Mojo Records Producers Jay Rifkin, John Avila | Length 42:37 Release date 13 August 1996 Genre Ska punk | |
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Recorded April - May 1996 at Media Ventures, Santa Monica, California Turn the Radio Off
(1996) Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997) Similar Reel Big Fish albums, Ska punk albums | ||
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 1996 on Mojo Records.
Contents
The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor success during 1997. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000, Aggressive Inline, and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. KROQ air personality Jed the Fish appears on the album cover with a gun in his face held by Aaron's (then-) girlfriend. The album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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.
A limited press of the album was released on Vinyl on 13 May 2014. The rerelease was exclusive to Enjoy The Ride Records, with copies also being available through Hot Topic.
Songs From Everything Sucks
Over half of the songs are re-recorded versions of songs from RBF's first album Everything Sucks:
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.
Reel Big Fish
Guest Musicians
Production
Songs
1Sell Out3:48
2Trendy2:23
3Join the Club3:26