Why Do They Rock So Hard?

Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length studio album by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish.

Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Studio album by
Reel Big Fish
ReleasedOctober 20, 1998
RecordedSunset Sound Recorders and Music Grinder Studios - Hollywood, CA.
GenreSka punk
Length73:52
LabelMojo, Jive
ProducerReel Big Fish, John Avila
Reel Big Fish chronology
Keep Your Receipt EP
(1997)		 Why Do They Rock So Hard?
(1998)		 Favorite Noise
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Punktastic[2]

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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somebody Hates Me"Aaron Barrett, Dan Regan3:28
2."Brand New Song" (see notes 2a)Barrett, Regan, Grant Barry3:04
3."She's Famous Now"Barrett3:05
4."You Don't Know"Barrett, Scott Klopfenstein3:26
5."The Set Up (You Need This)"Barrett, Klopfenstein, Tavis Werts4:22
6."Thank You for Not Moshing" (see notes 6a)Barrett, Adam Polakoff, Robert Quimby2:41
7."I'm Cool"Barrett3:20
8."I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too"Barrett2:53
9."Everything Is Cool"Barrett, Regan3:07
10."Song #3" (see notes 10a)Barrett3:28
11."Scott's a Dork"Barrett, Obiajula Ugbomah3:04
12."Big Star"Barrett3:34
13."The Kids Don't Like It"Barrett, Clifton Chase, Cheryl Cook, Guy O'Brien, Sylvia Robinson, Michael Wright3:20
14."Down in Flames"Barrett, Regan, Werts4:49
15."We Care"Barrett, Werts3:55
16."Victory Over Peter Bones"Barrett5:25
17."The Legend of Alan Guile Versus Peter Bones" (see notes 17a)Barrett16:51
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

References
  1. Why Do They Rock So Hard? at AllMusic
  2. Punktastic review



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