We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy

We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy is the fifth studio album by ska punk band, Reel Big Fish.  It was released on April 5, 2005 on Mojo Records to mixed reviews. 

Music
Notably darker than the band's previous album, Cheer Up!,  the album's songs commonly express jealousy, regret, short-lasting fame, and disappointment toward mainstream record companies. 
The album also includes covers of Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", Morrissey's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" and Social Distortion's "Story of My Life".  Both the Chapman cover and the Social Distortion cover were respectively chosen as the first and second singles. 

Release
The album was not particularly successful in comparison to previous releases.  The band felt a large portion of this was on the record company's lack of promotion.  This, amongst a long list of other conflicts, led to the band's 2006 split with Jive Records. 

Hidden message
After the track "Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)", a long period of random sounds and loud noises plays.  These noises include screaming, short excerpts from a song sung by Scott Klopfenstein and a hidden message played backwards on repeat, read by singer Aaron Barrett.  The message says:

From here the message repeats. 

Reception

AllMusic described WNHTYNHs songs as "angry" and "embittered", but also deemed the album as "super catchy". 

Track listingNotes'
"You're Gonna Die" - 9:49 hidden track, which is part of track 14 on general release (track 16 on Japanese release) begins at (5:06) on the general release. 

Personnel

Reel Big Fish
Aaron Barrett - Guitar, Synthesizer, Producer, Lead Vocals
Scott Klopfenstein - Trumpet, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocal Harmonies
Matt Wong - Bass Guitar
Dan Regan - Trombone
John Christianson - Trumpet

Additional musicians
Justin Ferreira - drums

Production
Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
John Halpern - Photography
Chaz Harper - Mastering
Vince Pileggi - Management
Denise Trorman - Art Direction, Design
Beau Burchell - Engineer
Shawn Sullivan - Producer, Mixing, Engineer
Jesse Alvarado - Engineer
David Irish - Engineer, Mixing
Lars Stalfors - Assistant Engineer, Beats

References

External links

We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Category:Reel Big Fish albums
Category:2005 albums
Category:Jive Records albums