''Two Bit Monsters'' was singer-songwriter

John Hiatt John Robert Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including new wave, blues, and country. Hiatt has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards and has been awarded ...

's fourth album, released in 1980. It was his second of two albums with

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. It failed to chart, and MCA dropped Hiatt. "It Hasn't Happened Yet" would later be a minor country hit for

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off her album ''

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''. 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 "Popcorn" Wylie Richard Wayne Wylie (June 6, 1939 – September 7, 2008), often known as Popcorn Wylie, was an American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, occasional singer, and record producer who was influential in the early years of Motown Records and was ...

, 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" – 3:02

Personnel

*John Hiatt – guitar, vocals *

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– bass guitar, background vocals *

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– keyboards, organ, piano *Darrell Verdusco – drums, background vocals ;Technical *

Denny Bruce Denny Bruce (born in 1944 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and artist manager. While living in Los Angeles in 1965 Denny was hired by Frank Zappa as a second drummer with The Mothers of Invention. After 6 months he cont ...

- Producer *Mark Howlett – recording, mixing *

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– photography, design

References

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