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Cheer Up! (Reel Big Fish album)

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Music and lyrics
Release
Track listing
Personnel
Band Additional musicians Production
Notes
Recording locations
References
External links

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| artist = Reel Big Fish
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| released = June 25, 2002
| recorded = Various Californian studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Ska punk
Pop punk
| length = 62:58
| label = Mojo, Jive
| producer = Val Garay, Aaron Barrett, Scott Klopfenstein, Gordie Johnson
| prev_title = Favorite Noise
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
| next_year = 2005
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| rev1Score = (79%)^[1]
| rev2 = Allmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}^[2]
| rev3 = Punktastic
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Cheer Up! is the fourth full-length release from ska punk band Reel Big Fish.

Music and lyrics

It is a slight departure from the band's other releases, veering toward more of a rock sound as opposed to ska, especially on the first five tracks, where nary a syncopated drum beat or upstroke on the guitar is heard. Nevertheless, the album is a continuation of the band's longstanding tradition of putting self-loathing lyrics to upbeat music. The album also shows Reel Big Fish expanding their musical styles past the pop-rock sound, as it contains an a cappella cover of Frank Sinatra's classic "New York, New York" as well as a cover of Sublime's "Boss DJ". Additionally, the last track, "Drunk Again," as well as the international bonus track "Average Man," is actually sung by Reel Big Fish trumpeter-guitarist-pianist-vocalist Scott Klopfenstein, with a style differing from the traditional Reel Big Fish sound, and the former song later being performed by Klopfenstein's side project The Littlest Man Band. The band later stated, perhaps jokingly, that the song was accidentally put on the album and was intended to have been on a Littlest Man Band album instead.{{cn|date=June 2014}} The CD cover art of the evil clown for this album was drawn by Aaron Barrett's father.

Release

Between late June and mid-August, the group went on the 2002 edition of Warped Tour.^[5] The hornless single, "Where Have You Been?", was a moderate success in 2002, helping album sales.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Reel Big Fish (A. Barrett, C. de la Garza, S. Klopfenstein, D. Regan, and M. Wong) except as noted.

{{Track listing
| title1 = Good Thing
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Somebody Loved Me
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Ban the Tube Top
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Cheer Up
| length4 = 2:43
| title5 = Where Have You Been?
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Suckers
| length6 = 3:58
| title7 = What Are Friends For?
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = A Little Doubt Goes a Long Way
| length8 = 3:19
| title9 = Dateless Losers
| length9 = 3:34
| title10 = Valerie
| length10 = 3:55
| title11 = Rock and Roll Is Bitchin'
| length11 = 2:53
| title12 = New York, New York
| note12 = Frank Sinatra cover
| writer12 = John Kander/Fred Ebb
| length12 = 3:25
| title13 = Sayonara Señorita
| length13 = 4:09
| title14 = Boss DJ
| note14 = Sublime cover
| writer14 = Bradley Nowell
| length14 = 3:09
| title15 = Brand New Hero
| length15 = 3:40
| title16 = Drunk Again
| length16 = 4:50
| title17 = Give It to Me
| note17 = J. Geils Band cover; hidden track, attached to #16
| writer17 = Peter Wolf/Seth Justman
| length17 = 3:11
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = UK Bonus Tracks
| title17 = Kiss Me Deadly
| note17 = Lita Ford cover
| writer17 = Mick Smiley
| length17 = 3:40
| title18 = Rock It with I
| note18 = The Melodians cover
| writer18 = Tony Brevett/Renford Cogle
| length18 = 3:11
| title19 = Give It to Me
| note19 = J. Geils Band cover; hidden track, attached to #18
| writer19 = Peter Wolf/Seth Justman
| length19 = 3:11
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Japan Bonus Tracks
| title17 = Rock It with I
| note17 = The Melodians cover
| writer17 = Tony Brevett/Renford Cogle
| length17 = 3:11
| title18 = Average Man
| length18 = 3:38
| title19 = Give It to Me
| note19 = J. Geils Band cover; hidden track, attached to #18
| writer19 = Peter Wolf/Seth Justman
| length19 = 3:11
}}

Personnel

Band

Aaron Barrett - lead vocals, guitar, producer (tracks 7, 10, and 12), digital editing
Carlos de la Garza - drums, percussion
Scott Klopfenstein - trumpet, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 16, 18), guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 and 15), electric piano, producer (track 12)
Dan Regan - trombone, various screams
Matt Wong - bass guitar

Additional musicians

Tavis Werts - trumpet, flugelhorn (credited on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15 and 16)
Tyler Jones - trumpet (credited on tracks 7, 10, and 14)
Ryland Steen - percussion (track 1)
Shawn Sullivan - vocal percussion (track 12), mixing, digital editing, chief engineer
Kyle Homme - percussion (track 7), drum samples (track 7), digital editing, mixing
Gordie Johnson - DJ (track 14), producer (track 14)
Iki Levy - percussion sampling (tracks 6 and 13)
Nic. tenBroek - string arrangement (track 16)

Production

George Marino - mastering
Richard Harbaugh - photography
David Schiffman - engineer (track 14)
Ross Garfield - studio technician
Alex Feliscian - studio technician
Tom Ames - studio technician
Joseph Zook - engineer
Josh Atkins - engineer, digital editing
Adam Samuels - engineer
Pavan Grewall - assistant engineer
John Avila - engineer (track 12)
Nathan Burden - runner
Nick Patton - runner, "intern"
Robert M. Barrett - cover art
Mark Mediana - art direction and design
Val Garay - producer and engineer (tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16)

Notes

The webseries "High Score", the precursor to the popular webseries "Bonus Stage", used a truncated version of "A Little Doubt Goes a Long Way" as its opening theme.
- Similarly, the "Give It to Me" cover was used as the theme for web cartoon Waterman, which later led to a collaboration between the band and the cartoon for Waterman's eighth episode.
On the commentary for Reel Big Fish's The Show Must Go Off! DVD, Aaron Barrett says that the song "Valerie" is, contrary to popular belief, not about a girl, but is in fact about the album's producer, Val Garay.
Aaron Barrett is quoted on You're All In This Together (the concert DVD included with Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album) as saying that he was asked indirectly by the president of Jive as to why "all of his songs were so depressing." In response to this statement, Aaron claims he went into the president's office and played a version of "Cheer Up", replacing all negative words with positive words; "I've got a funny feeling, we're not born to lose, and I've got a funny feeling that this life is worth living through!" Apparently, the president said he understood why the songs were so pessimistic.

Recording locations

World Class Audio - Anaheim CA
The Sound Factory - Hollywood, CA
Jakes Place - Studio City, CA
Paramount Studios - Hollywood, CA
Sony Music Studios - Santa Monica, CA
Grand Masters - Hollywood, CA
Brando's Paradise - San Gabriel, CA

References

1. ^AbsolutePunk review
2. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r591914|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine}}
3. ^Punktastic review
4. ^[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/reelbigfish/albums/album/310972/review/5942146/cheer_up Rolling Stone review]
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452030/warped-tour-02-to-feature-bad-religion-nofx-new-found-glory-more/|title=Warped Tour '02 To Feature Bad Religion, NOFX, New Found Glory, More|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|author=D'Angelo, Joe|date=January 30, 2002|accessdate=February 11, 2017}}

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbINNwovPUG4dO4cRGdWGV9nxezurd_ix Cheer Up!] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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