Turn the Radio Off

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Turn the Radio Off

Studio album by 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 Records/Jive Records
Producer(s)	Reel Big Fish Jay Rifkin
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Reel Big Fish chronology
Everything Sucks (1995)	Turn the Radio Off (1996)	Keep Your Receipt EP (1997)

Turn the Radio Off is a full-length album by the 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. It has been interpreted as chronicling the payola scandals of early FM radio. However, it can also be seen as a satire of the way the pop music industry works in general. "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.

[edit] Track listing

"Sell Out" – 3:47
"Trendy" – 2:23
"Join the Club" – 3:26
"She Has a Girlfriend Now" – 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 (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

[edit] Trivia

The album lists the song "In The Pit" under the Writer's credits section, although "In The Pit" is not on the album.

Jed the Fish from KROQ-FM is on the cover

The cover of the "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".[1]

Reel Big Fish