Big Head Todd & the Monsters are a rock band formed in 1986 in Colorado, with Todd Park Mohr on guitar and vocals, Brian Nevin on drums and vocals and Rob Squires on bass and vocals. The band has developed a sizable live following especially in the Mountain States of the United States. They are known for their powerful live performances and unique sound.
On "Dirty Juice," the opening track from Big Head Todd & the Monsters 8th Album “Crimes Of Passion”, one has to do a double-take to make sure it's not a ZZ Top album in the player. This happens in two other places on the set as well, on "Conquistador" and "Love Transmission." No, this is not a good thing, but there is plenty of good news as well. The other eight cuts here are among the most ambitious and beautiful that Todd Park Mohr and company have ever put to tape. It is shot through the album with the beautifully woven acoustic and electric guitars, the subtle synthesized ambiences and rhythms, and the organic juxtaposed with the electronic on tracks like the streetwise, shuffling, Caribbean-kissed strut of "Beauty Queen"; the sci-fi country music that emanates from "Drought of 2013"; the shimmering soul of "Angela Dangerlove"; the driving, off-kilter funk blues of "Come On"; the wispy, late-night folksy lounge groove of "Imaginary Ships"; the paranoid, post-Boz Scaggs R&B of "ICU in Everything"; the wispy, haunting, elegiac rock of "Lost Child Astronaut"; and the drifting, lilting, poignantly wrought folk song that is "Peacemaker's Blues." In all this is a very strong record that features three tracks that seem more a nod to the ghosts of the boogie jam band that was Big Head Todd rather than having much to do with the cats who laid these other tracks down. This album gives up its secrets slowly, but the payoff is big despite the cloying big rock & roll setbacks.
Tracklist:
01. "Dirty Juice" - (4:31)
02. "Beauty Queen" - (4:35)
03. "Conquistador" - (3:50)
04. "Angela Dangerlove" - (5:20)
05. "Come On" - (2:49)
06. "Drought of 2013" - (4:18)
07. "Love Transmission" - (4:41)
08. "Imaginary Ships" - (5:24)
09. "Icu in Everything" - (4:17)
10. "Lost Child Astronaut" - (4:49)
11. "Peacemaker's Blues" - (3:07)
Release Date: February 10, 2004
Recorded at: Immersive Studios, Boulder, Colorado.
Label: Sanctuary Records
Genre: Rock / Pop
Length: 47:16
Producer: Todd Park Mohr
Audio Mixers: James Stone, Todd Park Mohr
Personnel:
Todd Park Mohr - (vocals, guitar, saxophone, keyboards);
Brian Nevin - (drums, percussion)
Rob Squires - (vocals, bass)
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