Message for the Mess Age
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| Message for the Mess Age | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
| Label | Forward[1] | |||
| Producer | Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato | |||
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Message for the Mess Age is an album by the American band NRBQ, released in 1994.[2][3] It marked the band's 25th anniversary as a recording act.[4] The album became the band's biggest seller less than six months after it was released.[5] The first single was "A Little Bit of Bad".[6] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[7]
The album was produced by Terry Adams and Joey Spampinato.[8] It was the last album to which guitar player Al Anderson contributed; he used a Fender Squier guitar and amp.[9][10] Johnny Spampinato took Anderson's position.[11] Gary Windo played saxophone on "Spampinato", a song about the correct way to spell the bass player's name.[12][13]
The band wrote six new songs for Message for the Mess Age.[14] "Don't Bite the Head" is about the banality of mainstream music.[15] "Ramona" and "A Better Word for Love" are performed as ballads.[16] The lyrics to "Over Your Head" were inspired by journalistic reporting of the Gulf War.[17]
