Favorite Noise is more or less a "Greatest Hits" album released outside the United States

United States

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 by the Orange County

Orange County, California

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 ska punk

Ska punk

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

 band, Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

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At the time of release (March 12, 2002), 14 of the songs were taken from the albums Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off is the second full-length album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor success during that year. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000,...

and Why Do They Rock So Hard, one song was from the BASEketball

BASEketball

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soundtrack (the cover of the A-ha

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 hit, "Take On Me") and lastly, "A Little Doubt Goes A Long Way", which was featured on the album Cheer Up!

Cheer Up!

Cheer Up! is the fourth full length release from ska punk band, Reel Big Fish.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...

, released later that year.

It was released because Reel Big Fish albums had not previously been available at retail outside of the United States.

Track listing

1. "Everything Sucks" – 2:41
2. "The Kids Don't Like It" – 3:20
3. "Sell Out
   Sell Out (song)
   "Sell Out" is a song by California ska punk band Reel Big Fish, released as the first track on their 1996 album Turn The Radio Off. The song has proven to be one of Reel Big Fish's more popular releases. It has been interpreted as chronicling the payola scandals of early FM radio. However, it can...
   
   " – 3:47
4. "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too" – 2:53
5. "S.R." – 1:26
6. "You Don't Know" – 3:26
7. "Trendy" – 2:23
8. "Somebody Hates Me" – 3:28
9. "A Little Doubt Goes a Long Way" – 3:19
10. "The Set Up (You Need This)" – 4:22
11. "Snoop Dog, Baby" – 3:26
12. "She's Famous Now" – 3:05
13. "Beer" – 3:30
14. "I'll Never Be" – 3:15
15. "She Has a Girlfriend Now" – 3:05
16. "Take on Me
    Take on Me
    "Take on Me" is a song by the Norwegian pop band A-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's first studio album Hunting High and Low, released in 1985...
    
    " – 3:01