Why Do They Rock So Hard?

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Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Studio album by Reel Big Fish
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded Sunset Sound Recorders and Music Grinders-Hollywood, CA.
Genre Ska punk
Length 73:52
Label Mojo, Jive
Producer Reel Big Fish, John Avila
Professional reviews
Reel Big Fish chronology
Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997)		 Why Do They Rock So Hard?
(1998)		 Favorite Noise
(2002)

Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length release by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It is also their second release on Mojo Records, and the follow up to the album Turn the Radio Off. It was first released in late 1998, with a second pressing in 2001.

This is the first of only two Reel Big Fish albums where the line-up has not changed from the previous album, the other being Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free.

Aaron has said on two interviews that this was his favorite album until the release of Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album.

Contents

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  1. "Somebody Hates Me" – 3:28
  2. "Brand New Song" – 3:04
  3. "She's Famous Now" – 3:05
  4. "You Don't Know" – 3:26
  5. "The Set Up (You Need This)" – 4:22
  6. "Thank You for Not Moshing" – 2:41
    • (Titled "In the Pit" on subsequent albums)
  7. "I'm Cool" – 3:20
  8. "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too" – 2:53
  9. "Everything Is Cool" – 3:07
  10. "Song #3" – 3:28
    • (On the clean version of this album "Song #3" is stripped of its vocal track and called "Sleep All Day")
  11. "Scott's a Dork" – 3:04
  12. "Big Star" – 3:34
  13. "The Kids Don't Like It" – 3:20
  14. "Down in Flames" – 4:49
  15. "We Care" – 3:55
  16. "Victory Over Peter Bones (The Legend of Allen Guile Versus Peter Bones)" – 10:50
    • "Hidden Instrumental" – 11:26
  17. Bonus Track "Hungry Like the Wolf" - 3:38 (Japanese release)
  18. Bonus Track "Take on Me" - 3:02 (Track 2 - Some international releases - Album continues as normal after track)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

[edit] Additional musicians

[edit] Production

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Reel Big Fish
Aaron Barrett • Scott Klopfenstein • Derek Gibbs • Dan Regan • Ryland Steen • John Christianson
Matt Wong • Justin Ferreira • Tyler Jones • Carlos de la Garza • Tavis Werts • Grant Barry • Andrew Gonzales • Adam Polakoff • Robert Quimby • Lisa Smith • Zach Gilltrap • Ben Guzman
Studio albums
EPs and demos
Live album
Compilations
Videos
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