The John Hiatt Archives

two bit monsters

1980 MCA

LP. MCA 5123

CD. MCAD 31359

CAS. MCAC 741

1993 BGO records

(together with "slug line" on 1 CD)

CD. BGO CD 176

1

3:18

2

3:22

3

2:41

4

2:53

5

Good girl, bad world

3:14

6

Face the nation

3:07

7

2:54

8

Back to the war

3:28

9

It hasn't happened yet

3:22

10

String pull job

4:02

11

3:02

Total running time:

34:43

Musicians
John Hiatt:	Guitar Vocals
Howard Epstein:	Bass Background Vocals
Shana Keister:	Piano Organ
Daryl Verdusco:	Drums Background Vocals

Credits
Produced:	Denny Bruce John Hiatt
Recorded and Mixed:	Mark Howlett
Mastered:	Jeff Sanders

Note
All songs written by John Hiatt except "I Spy (For The F.B.I.)" Written by: Richard Wylie and Herman Kelley Recorded at I.A.M. Studios, Kitchen Sync Studio, Crystal Studios Mastered At Crystal Studios photography and original design by john van hamersveld

*allmusic.com* At the time of its release, Two Bit Monsters was perceived by critics who had caught up with John Hiatt on Slug Line as a less impressive follow-up to that record. In retrospect, it may be the better of the two albums, boasting an even more simplified musical approach and such notable songs (and future Rosanne Cash covers) as "Pink Bedroom" and "It Hasn't Happened Yet." Hiatt here was starting to emerge from the "new Elvis Costello" tag that had been affixed to him with Slug Line, but his reviewers, however well-meaning, seemed determined to keep him in that category. (In any case, record buyers were paying little attention — Slug Line was Hiatt's fourth straight album to miss the charts, and MCA dropped him as Epic had before.)