Why Do They Rock So Hard?
1998 studio album by Reel Big Fish
Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length studio album by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish .
This is the only Reel Big Fish studio album where the band line-up has not changed from the previous album.
Aaron Barrett has said in two interviews that this was his favorite album until the release of Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album . The album was mixed at Scream Studios by Tim Palmer .
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Somebody Hates Me" Aaron Barrett, Dan Regan 3:28 2. "Brand New Song" (see notes 2a ) Barrett, Regan, Grant Barry 3:04 3. "She's Famous Now" Barrett 3:05 4. "You Don't Know" Barrett, Scott Klopfenstein 3:26 5. "The Set Up (You Need This)" Barrett, Klopfenstein, Tavis Werts 4:22 6. "Thank You for Not Moshing" (see notes 6a ) Barrett, Adam Polakoff, Robert Quimby 2:41 7. "I'm Cool" Barrett 3:20 8. "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too" Barrett 2:53 9. "Everything Is Cool" Barrett, Regan 3:07 10. "Song #3" (see notes 10a ) Barrett 3:28 11. "Scott's a Dork" Barrett, Obiajula Ugbomah 3:04 12. "Big Star" Barrett 3:34 13. "The Kids Don't Like It" Barrett, Clifton Chase, Cheryl Cook, Guy O'Brien, Sylvia Robinson, Michael Wright 3:20 14. "Down in Flames" Barrett, Regan, Werts 4:49 15. "We Care" Barrett, Werts 3:55 16. "Victory Over Peter Bones" Barrett 5:25 17. "The Legend of Alan Guile Versus Peter Bones" (see notes 17a ) Barrett 16:51
Notes
^(2a) A cover of the A-ha song "Take On Me " (2:54) appears on some international releases in between "Somebody Hates Me" and "Brand New Song".
^(6a) Titled "In the Pit" on subsequent albums.
^(10a) On the clean version of this album, "Song #3" is stripped of its vocal track and called "Sleep All Day".
^(17a) Hidden track; begins with 5:20 silence. On the Japanese release, a cover of the Duran Duran song "Hungry Like the Wolf " (3:39) appears in place of this track.
Personnel
Reel Big Fish
Additional musicians
Production
Charts
References
External links
Aaron Barrett
Derek Gibbs
Edward Larsen
John Christianson
Matt Appleton
Brian Robertson
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