''Sister Sweetly'' is the third album by the

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rock band

Big Head Todd and the Monsters Big Head Todd and The Monsters are a rock band formed by Todd Mohr, Brian Nevin, and Rob Squires in 1986 in Colorado. The band has released a number of albums since 1989 with their 1993 album '' Sister Sweetly'' going platinum in the United St ...

, released in 1993. It was the band's first album with

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. ''Sister Sweetly'' sold more than 1,000,000 copies, going

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. The album was on the charts for more than a year, but never hit the top half of the ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number 117. The first single was " Broken Hearted Savior". The band supported the album by touring with 4 Non Blondes.

Production

The album was produced by

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. All of its songs were written by frontman

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Critical reception

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'' called the album "a revelation," writing that "by taking on mostly shorter songs, Mohr forces his writing to be tighter and more economical." The '' Calgary Herald'' deemed it "flavorless, emotionless music that`s easy enough to enjoy but just as easy to forget."

Track listing

All songs written by

#" Broken Hearted Savior" – 4:21 #"Sister Sweetly" – 4:33 #"Turn the Light Out" – 3:37 #"Tomorrow Never Comes" – 5:20 #"It's Alright" – 4:00 #"Groove Thing" – 3:00 #"Soul for Every Cowboy" – 3:07 #"Ellis Island" – 4:58 #" Bittersweet" – 6:16 #"

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" – 6:10 #"Brother John" – 3:13

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, keyboards * Rob Squires – bass, backing vocals * Brian Nevin – drums, percussion, backing vocals *

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– additional guitar, additional percussion, producer, mixer, engineer * Bruce McCabe – piano on track 1 *

Jevetta Steele Jevetta Steele (born November 11, 1963) is an American R&B and gospel music singer. Early years Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Steele eventually migrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota to become a criminal lawyer. Steele later embarked upon a sol ...

– vocals on track 5 *

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including parti ...

– guitar on track 7 * Brian Poer – engineer *

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– mastering * Ray Hahnfeldt – additional engineer * Tom Garneau – additional engineer * Tom Tucker – additional engineer * John Burris – pre-production engineer * Jeff Aldrich – A&R * Janet Levinson – art direction, design *

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– photography

References

{{Authority control Big Head Todd and the Monsters albums 1993 albums Giant Records (Warner) albums