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

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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 the ''Billboard'' 200, and the songs "Doctor, Doctor" and "Like Dreamers Do" made it to #20 and #23 respectively on the

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. 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

Credits

* Ed Volker –

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, vocals * Dave Malone – guitars, vocals * Camile Baudoin – guitars, vocals *

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* Frank Bua Jr. –

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s * Glenn Sears – percussion *

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, engineer * Tag George – second engineer

Notes

External links

* * The Radiators (American band) albums 1987 albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Mills {{1980s-rock-album-stub