Fame, Fortune, Fornication

Reel Big Fish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rock Ridge Music
• ASIN: B001MIVTS6
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #36 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Third Wave Ska
  • #38 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Ska Punk
  • #45 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General

Editorial Reviews

Cover songs from the likes of Poison, John Mellencamp, The Eagles, Tom Petty, and more. Songs include "Nothin' But A Good Time", "Authority Song", "Won't Back Down", "Talk Dirty To Me", "The Long Run", and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "A ska/punk version of an '80's song - how original!", February 7, 2009

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Bo Bayles (MO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fame, Fortune, Fornication (Audio CD)

Don't expect anything groundbreaking from this record and you'll enjoy it a lot more.

The inclusion of Brown Eyed Girl is an in-joke - for years, Napster and other file sharing services have incorrectly credited Reel Big Fish for pretty much all ska songs. One of the most common mis-credited songs was a cover of Brown Eyed Girl by a band called Fat Cactus.

The songs are pretty standard ska/punk versions of some well-known (and some lesser-known) songs. The highlights are Brown Eyed Girl and Talk Dirty To Me. The lowlights are Won't Back Down and Keep A Cool Head. Monkey Man is almost identical to the version RBF recorded previously. If you like third wave ska's sound, you'll like this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but very disappointing, February 23, 2009

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Kirk Hilles (Ringgold, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fame, Fortune, Fornication (Audio CD)

Reel Big Fish is, in my mind, one of the best Ska bands out there. Unlike many of the other Ska bands that have albums that sound like they were recorded in their garage, RBF has always (at least up till now) created the highest quality and caliber songs.

Their previous album "Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free" had 17 tracks of new material and even their cover song "Another day in paradise" is, in my mind, good enough to where it could've been a chart topper (seriously). There are quite a number of songs on this album that I've listed to over and over and over...

The album before that "Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album" is amazing. 37 Tracks of high quality, live-style songs with hit after hit, new material, even a DVD of their performances. Well deserving of the 5 star, 22+ reviews on Amazon.

This album is a real disappointment. 10 songs. Yes, Ten. No new material. Half are pretty good but nothing special. The other half sound like they picked a song randomly, ran through it a couple of times and then recorded it. Blah. I seriously believe that they threw this together so they'd have a new album to promote for tours.

I give this album 3 stars because it still has some decent songs that are listen-able, but compared to RBF standards it'd be one star. If this was someone's first RBF album I'd be ashamed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Different Cover songs!, January 30, 2009

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J Fab "Jake" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fame, Fortune, Fornication (Audio CD)

I love ska cover songs don't get me wrong, but I am tired of bands covering songs that have already been covered by other bands from the same genre of music. I applaud RBF for covering some songs that haven't been covered before, but Brown Eyed Girl and Talk Dirty to Me have been covered before by at least two other bands. Other than that I love RBF's musical sense of humor and live show. Keep up the good work fellas!