- Two Bit Monsters
Infobox Album |
Name = Two Bit Monsters
Type =Album
Artist =John Hiatt
Released = 1980
Recorded = ?
Genre = Rock
Length = 34:43
Label =MCA Records
Producer =Denny Bruce , John Hiatt
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pq2tk6hx9kr3 link]
*"Rolling Stone " (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnhiatt/albums/album/244554/review/5946432/two_bit_monsters link]
Last album = "Slug Line "
(1979)
This album = "Two Bit Monsters"
(1980)
Next album = "All of a Sudden"
(1982)
Misc =Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = orange
Lower caption = Album cover from Slug Line/Two Bit Monsters combo CD|"Two Bit Monsters" was
singer-songwriter John Hiatt 's fourth album, released in 1980. It was his second of two albums withMCA Records . It failed to chart, and MCA dropped Hiatt. "It Hasn't Happened Yet" would later be a minor country hit forRosanne Cash off her album "Somewhere in the Stars ". Cash also covered "Pink Bedroom" on her next release, "Rhythm & Romance ".Track listing
All tracks written by John Hiatt, except where noted
#"Back To Normal" – 3:18
#"Down In Front" – 3:22
#"I Spy (For The F.B.I.)" – 2:41 (Richard Wylie, Herman Kelley)
#"Pink Bedroom" – 2:53
#"Good Girl, Bad World" – 3:14
#"Face The Nation" – 3:07
#"Cop Party" – 2:54
#"Back To The War" – 3:28
#"It Hasn't Happened Yet" – 3:22
#"String Pull Job" – 3:22
#"New Numbers" – 3:02Personnel
*John Hiatt -
Guitar , vocals
*Howard Epstein -Bass guitar , Background vocals
*Shane Keister - keyboards, organ, piano
*Darrell Verdusco - drums, Background vocals
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