Two Bit Monsters was singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 John Hiatt

John Hiatt

John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...

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

MCA Records

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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 Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

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 off her album Somewhere in the Stars

Somewhere in the Stars

Somewhere in the Stars is the 4th album by Rosanne Cash. It produced three Billboard hits in the country top 20, including the #4 "Ain't No Money", the #8 "I Wonder", and the #14 "It Hasn't Happened Yet"...

. Cash also covered "Pink Bedroom" on her next release, Rhythm & Romance

Rhythm & Romance

Rhythm & Romance was the fifth release and second #1 Billboard country album for Rosanne Cash. Her highest honor came when one of its tracks, "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me", won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a female artist. That song and "Never Be You" were both...

.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt, except where noted

1. "Back To Normal" – 3:18
2. "Down In Front" – 3:22
3. "I Spy (For The F.B.I.)" – 2:41 (Richard "Popcorn" Wylie
   Richard "Popcorn" Wylie
   Richard Wayne Wylie , often known as Popcorn Wylie, was an African-American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, occasional singer, and record producer who was influential in the early years of Motown Records and was later known for his work on many records in the Northern soul genre.-Life and...
   
   , Herman Kelley)
4. "Pink Bedroom" – 2:53
5. "Good Girl, Bad World" – 3:14
6. "Face The Nation" – 3:07
7. "Cop Party" – 2:54
8. "Back To The War" – 3:28
9. "It Hasn't Happened Yet" – 3:22
10. "String Pull Job" – 3:22
11. "New Numbers" – 3:02

Personnel

• John Hiatt - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Howard Epstein
  Howie Epstein
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   - Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , Background vocals
• Shane Keister
  Shane Keister
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   - keyboards
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  , organ, piano
• Darrell Verdusco - drums
  Drum kit
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  , Background vocals