''Turn the Radio Off'' is the second full-length album by

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. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on

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. The single "

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" both received extensive radio airplay and had mainstream success during 1997. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games ''

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'', '' Aggressive Inline'', and ''

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appears on the album cover held at gunpoint by frontman Aaron Barrett's then-girlfriend. The album has been certified gold by the

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later released a song titled "Turn the Radio Off" on their album ''

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'', 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

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Track listing

Songs 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" *"

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" *"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, ''

''. 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.

Personnel

Reel Big Fish

*Aaron Barrett -

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*Grant Barry -

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* Andrew Gonzales -

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and

*Dan Regan - trombone *

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- trumpet *Matt Wong - bass

Guest Musicians

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* Monique Powell - vocals on "She Has a Girlfriend Now" * Efren Santana -

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* Jesse Wilder -

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*Kevin Globerman - background vocals *Vince Pileggi - background vocals *Michael Shaw - background vocals

Production

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- producer *Slamm Andrews -

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*Kevin Globerman - engineer *

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- mastering *Patrick McDowell - A&R *Aaron Barrett - cover concept *Vince Pileggi - cover concept *Carla Yacenda - "girl with gun" *

- "disc jockey" *Sheryl Nields -

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*Reggie Casagrande - assistant

Notes

*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 the '' Teen Beef'' split 7-inch with Goldfinger and later on ''

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'' as "Thank You For Not Moshing" with some minor lyrical changes. *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

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, incorrectly identified as "Article 1" with a typographic error: "readiness of grievances".

References

External links

''Turn the Radio Off''
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