Why Do They Rock So Hard? Explained

Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Type:Album
Artist:Reel Big Fish
Cover:Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard? cover.jpg
Released:October 20, 1998
Studio:Sunset Sound Recorders and Music Grinder Studios - Hollywood, CA.
Genre:Ska punk
Length:73:52
Label:
Producer:
Prev Title:Turn the Radio Off
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Cheer Up!
Next Year:2002

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

Notes
  • 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".
  • Titled "In the Pit" on subsequent albums.
  • On the clean version of this album, "Song #3" is stripped of its vocal track and called "Sleep All Day".
  • 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

    Chart (1999)! scope="col"
    Peak
    position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 54

    External links

    Notes and References

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