Rocksteady (Big Head Todd and the Monsters album)

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Rocksteady
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ReleasedJuly 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters chronology
All The Love You Need
(2007)
Rocksteady
(2010)

Rocksteady is the ninth studio album from Big Head Todd and The Monsters, released on July 20, 2010. The album's first single, "Beautiful", charted top 20 in Adult album alternative in 2010 and is available on iTunes. Glide Magazine's Doug Collette called the album "fresh in ways even the band might not expect" and the band "right in their element from the opening title track". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Todd Park Mohr, except "Smokestack Lightning" by Chester Burnett and "Beast of Burden" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

No.TitleLength
1."Rocksteady"4:27
2."Beautiful"3:55
3."Muhammad Ali"3:21
4."After Gold"4:26
5."Happiness Is"4:11
6."Back To The Garden"4:35
7."Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf cover)3:44
8."I Hate It When You're Gone"4:00
9."People Train"3:27
10."Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stones cover)3:42
11."Fake Diamond Kind"3:33

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References

  1. Collette, Doug (August 13, 2010). "Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Rocksteady". Glide. Retrieved October 27, 2021.