Midnight Radio by Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Midnight Radio, the second album from Big Head Todd and the Monsters, came out in 1990 on Big Records, the Colorado band's own label, which had also put out their debut, Another Mayberry. Nothing about it is fussed over: the songs were caught onstage, at sound checks and in basement jams, and you can hear the loose, road-tested chemistry of a band built by Todd Park Mohr, Brian Nevin and Rob Squires that had earned its following on stage, especially across the Mountain States. Chris Mars of the Replacements drew the artwork.

The prize is an early take on "Bittersweet", smoky and slow-burning, which would go on to become their hit. Once 1993's Sister Sweetly went platinum, Warner Bros. gave Midnight Radio a second life with a 1994 reissue.

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