Earlier we had reported the upcoming cover album from Reel Big Fish.  The band has officially revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting to the record, which will be titled Fame, Fortune, and Fornication.  The record will be released January 20, 2009, which is right after their show in Minneapolis with Streetlight Manifesto and Tip the Van at Epic Nightclub January 10, 2009.

Check out the CD artwork and tracklisting after the jump.

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Epic Nightclub (formerly The Quest Club) in downtown Minneapolis has just announced that Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, and Tip The Van will be playing a show on Saturday, January 10th.   This news is coming in just after RBF announced their new covers album, which will be released 10 days after this event. The show is ALL AGES with doors at 6 pm, music at 7pm.  The tickets go on sale this Saturday, October 25th at 11 am.  You can find tickets here.

MNSka bands and fans!  This is a great opportunity to get people interested in ska music and a chance to grow the scene.  Any and all fans should try to wear local ska band t-shirts to the show.  MNSka bands, try to schedule a show a couple weeks after this show and use it as an opportunity to get fans to come to your show.

According to punknews.org, Reel Big Fish, long-standing California ska-core band, have announced their plans to release an all covers album.  Aaron Barrett and the boys are titling this record Fame, Fortune and Fornication.  The album will feature songs like Poison’s “Talk Dirty To Me”, Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”, John Mellencamp’s “Authority Song”, and The Eagles “The Long Run.”  Fear not ska fans, the record won’t have just watered down 80′s and 90′s rock, it will also feature some ska/reggae classics like Desmond Dekker’s “Keep A Cool Head” and Toots and the Maytals “Monkey Man.”  Expect the album to drop January 20, 2009 on Rock Ridge Records.

Reel Big Fish released Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free on Rock Ridge Records in 2007.