God Shuffled His Feet: Crash Test Dummies: Amazon.ca: Music

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With its folk-rock ambience and five-dollar words, this 1993 release from Winnipeg's Crash Test Dummies seemed an unlikely prospect for commercial success. But some things beat the odds, and this album was one of them, smashing into charts around the world and putting the Dummies on the map with hits like "Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm," the title track, and the blatantly sexual "Swimming in Your Ocean." In many ways the show belongs to singer-songwriter Brad Roberts, who's responsible for most of the songs and rather thoughtful lyrics, delivered in a baritone as deep as a well. Wry, witty, and literate, God Shuffled His Feet restored many people's faith in the viability of intelligent pop music, and it remains thoroughly listenable today. --Chris Nickson

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD 11 years later., May 16 2004

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chicoer2003 "chicoer2003" (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: God Shuffled His Feet (Audio CD)

I got this on tape in '93 and lost it. I found it for really cheap on CD and decided to get it. It's a great CD with catchy lyrics and tunes. The quirkyness is missing for music nowadays.

A note to duanekill, Superman's Song isnt even on this CD. If you want to make a negative review, make it on the right album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece, April 27 2004

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I ain't no porn writer (author, "Crippled Dreams") - See all my reviews

This review is from: God Shuffled His Feet (Audio CD)

I'm a huge fan of the Crash Test Dummies first 3 albums. They were this band who started out with folk and then gave themselves a harder pop/rock edge. Brad Roberts, the lead vocalist with an unusual bass-baritone range to his voice, believes he looks like a pre-historic primate according to one of the songs, and apparently his body is awkwardly shaped and he spent half his life in hospitals. He's also extremely articulate and sophisticated, like some Edwardian dandy in a top hat. But his more "simple" fans must forgive him for using big words or phrases, after all, he was a Philosophy Major before he put all that time, hard work, and money of educating himself to suddenly decide he wanted to be a bartender instead. Unlike many singers, Brad Roberts writes very good, meaningful (sometimes funny and amusing) lyrics which only serve to enrich the already first-rate songs, as clearly evident on this album. Whether he's singing about literary figures, hospitals, Superman, UFO's, troubled romance, nostalgia for country life, death, the drawbacks of capitalism, philosophy, iguanas, God, travel, etc etc etc, his more serious material is lightened up with some humorous indulgances in juvenilia about kids who have unusual problems, camping, sucking on a woman's fingers, a woman getting a full beard, a boy using drastic methods to get his tooth taken out, a worm's life (literally), imagining one's enemies dressed up as furry little bunnies, getting electrocuted by a toaster, getting your tongue frozen to a stop sign, being outlived by a common little paperweight, rotting remains, an old scab, jungle lovers, an extremely intellectual dog, and absolutely *adorable* reminiscences about Grade One. But I need to shut up, I'm talking too much about another album. Anyway, curiously, here on "God Shuffled His Feet", Brad gives us a tiny little Chopin-esque instrumental on piano at the very end, which is apparently held by the band in such high regard that it's a completely "hidden" untitled track.

David Rehak
author of "A Young Girl's Crimes"

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3.0 out of 5 stars They'd always just been there, Jan 5 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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The Crash Test Dummies have a really original sound. They have unique instrumentation, plus a bass singer as a lead vocalist. Singer Brad Roberts also writes songs that are different than anybody else's. This, their second album, contains their unlikely hit, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". If you heard that song and like it, you will probably enjoy the rest of their album.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
Superman Song may be the absolute worst song I've ever heard.

Published on Feb 2 2004 by Matthew Scamell

4.0 out of 5 stars MMM, MMM, Good.
It just recently picked up this 10 year old album, and once I gave it a few spins I was thouroughly impressed. The songs are well crafted, smart catchy pop. Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by H3@+h