Band Name: Reel Big Fish
Music Album: Greatest Hit...And More
Album Release Date: November 2006
Music Genre: Punk Rock Ska
Record Label: Jive
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 19 Tracks CD
A ska-punk band from Huntington Beach, California. Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. The band was distinguished by their hyper-kinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of new wave pop songs, and metallic shards of ska. The group cultivated an underground following that broke into the mainstream in summer 1997 when their single “Sell Out” became a modern rock radio and MTV favorite. Their appearance in the movie “Baseketball” as the halftime band also gained them more fans and helped the band's popularity to grow. Still fronted by original lead singer and songwriter Aaron Barrett, they continue releasing albums and touring relentlessly, playing more and more countries and bigger venues all over the world.
Reel Big Fish recorded its self-released debut album, “Everything Sucks”, in 1995. “Everything Sucks” became a word-of-mouth underground hit in ska-punk and college circles, which gave the band enough leverage to sign with the indie label Mojo Records. The label’s president, Jay Rifkin, and former Oingo Boingo bassist John Avila co-produced “Turn the Radio Off”, which marked Reel Big Fish’s first album for Mojo. “Turn the Radio Off” was released in August 1996, and over the next year, the group continually toured in support of the album’s release, expanding their fan base all the while. In spring 1997, the (...)
| 1 | Sell Out | 3:47 |
| 2 | Take On Me | 3:02 |
| 3 | She's Famous Now | 3:05 |
| 4 | Don't Start A Band | 3:18 |
| 5 | Cheep Up | 2:42 |
| 6 | The Set Up (You Need This) | 4:21 |
| 7 | Beer | 3:30 |
| 8 | I Want Your Girlfriend To Be My Girlfriend Too | 2:52 |
| 9 | Your Guts (I Hate 'Em) | 2:07 |
| 10 | Ban The Tube Top | 3:10 |
| 11 | She Has A Girlfriend Now | 3:05 |
| 12 | Thank You For Not Moshing | 2:41 |
| 13 | Everything Sucks | 2:40 |
| 14 | Suckers | 3:57 |
| 15 | The Fire | 3:05 |
| 16 | Where Have You Been? | 3:59 |
| 17 | Trendy | 2:23 |
| 18 | Give It To Me | 3:14 |
| 19 | One Hit Wonderful | 4:19 |
Greatest Hits album released by Mojo/Jive after Reel Big Fish was dropped from the label.
Reel Big Fish claims this album was released to distract sales from their alubm "Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album" as it was released just 3 months after it.
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