Law of the Fish | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | the Radiators |
Cover: | Radiators Law of the Fish album.jpg |
Released: | 1987 |
Recorded: | Southlake Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Genre: | Swamp rock |
Length: | 46:00 |
Label: | Epic |
Producer: | Rodney Mills |
Prev Title: | Heat Generation |
Prev Year: | 1981 |
Next Title: | Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland |
Next Year: | 1989 |
Law of the Fish is the third album by the Radiators. It is their second studio album and their first major label release.
After a five-year hiatus from record-making (but not from performing), The Radiators signed with Epic Records 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 Mainstream Rock Tracks.
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.