Two Bit Monsters

Two Bit Monsters
Studio album by John Hiatt
Released	June 1980
Studio	International Automated Media, Irvine, California; Kitchen Sync Studios, Hollywood; Crystal Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	34:43
Label	MCA
Producer	Denny Bruce, John Hiatt
John Hiatt chronology
Slug Line (1979) Two Bit Monsters (1980) All of a Sudden (1982)
Alternative cover
Album cover from Slug Line/Two Bit Monsters combo CD

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back to Normal"		3:18
2.	"Down in Front"		3:22
3.	"I Spy (For the F.B.I.)"	Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, Herman Kelley	2:41
4.	"Pink Bedroom"		2:53
5.	"Good Girl, Bad World"		3:14
6.	"Face the Nation"		3:07

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cop Party"	2:54
2.	"Back to the War"	3:28
3.	"It Hasn't Happened Yet"	3:22
4.	"String Pull Job"	3:22
5.	"New Numbers"	3:02
Total length:		34:43

Personnel

• John Hiatt – guitar, vocals
• Howard Epstein – bass guitar, background vocals
• Shane Keister – keyboards, organ, piano
• Darrell Verdusco – drums, background vocals

Technical

• Denny Bruce – producer
• Mark Howlett – recording, mixing
• John Van Hamersveld – photography, design

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