Crash Test Dummies discography
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| Crash Test Dummies discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Pre-label releases | 2 |
The discography of Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band Crash Test Dummies consists of eight primary studio albums, 23 singles, one live album, a greatest hits compilation, and two video releases. This list does not include material recorded by band members individually or with other side projects.
Crash Test Dummies is most identifiable through Brad Roberts' distinctive bass-baritone voice, and the backing/occasional lead vocals of Ellen Reid. During its heyday, the band consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). Today, only Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid have appeared on every album, while Dan Roberts still occasionally tours with the band. Mitch Dorge has been busy working with Tuesday's Girl and Charlie Redstar, along with his own projects since 2002. Benjamin Darvill has been busy with his solo project Son of Dave since 2000 and is unlikely to play with the band again, since he now lives in London.[1]
Contents
Albums
Pre-label releases
The band released two demo tapes. Both feature songs that would eventually appear on their debut album, as well as two songs that were never featured on future releases.
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Original Recipe | 1988 | The band's original 5-song demo tape |
| Demo Tape 2 | 1989 | Two song demo |
Studio albums
The band's first four albums were released by BMG, while subsequent albums were released on Brad Roberts' own label Cha-Ching/Deep Fried Records.
| Title | Details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [2] |
AUS [3] |
NZ [4] |
UK [5] |
US [6] |
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| The Ghosts That Haunt Me | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| God Shuffled His Feet |
|
11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| A Worm's Life |
|
20 | 61 | 30 | 79 | 78 |
|
| Give Yourself a Hand |
|
14 | — | — | — | — | |
| I Don't Care That You Don't Mind |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Puss 'n' Boots |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Songs of the Unforgiven |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Oooh La La! |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Themed/topical albums
The band released a single Christmas album in October 2002.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Jingle All the Way |
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Compilation albums
Crash Test Dummies released a greatest hits compilation in 2007, followed by a compilation of unreleased demos in 2011.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Best of Crash Test Dummies | |
| Demo-litions |
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Live albums
In 2001 Brad Roberts released a live album, which consists of Crash Test Dummies songs, along with various covers.
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| Crash Test Dude (Brad Roberts solo) |
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EPs
From 2007 to 2009, Crash Test Dummies released a collection of four songs for purchase via their online store about Brad Roberts' experiences within Cape Breton.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Cape Breton Lobster Bash Series |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [11] |
AUS [3] |
BEL (Fl) [12] |
FIN [13] |
GER [14] |
ICE [15] |
IRE [16] |
NZ [17] |
UK [18] |
US [19] |
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| "Superman's Song" | 1991 | 4 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | The Ghosts That Haunt Me | |
| "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" | 23[20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Androgynous" | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The First Noel" / "Winter Song" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Lump of Coal / The Ghosts That Haunt Me | |
| "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" | 1993 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | God Shuffled His Feet | |
| "Swimming in Your Ocean" | 1994 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" | 7 | 40 | 42 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 23 | 41 | 23 | 66 | |||
| "God Shuffled His Feet" | 14 | 70 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | 1995 | 4 | — | — | — | 73 | 2 | — | — | 30 | — | Dumb and Dumber Soundtrack | |
| "He Liked to Feel It" | 1996 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Worm's Life | |
| "My Own Sunrise" | 1997 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Enemies" √ | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Keep a Lid on Things" | 1999 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Give Yourself a Hand | |
| "Get You in the Morning" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Give Yourself a Hand" √ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Every Morning" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Don't Care That You Don't Mind | |
| "On and On" √ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Day We Never Met" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "White Christmas" √ | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jingle All the Way | |
| "I'm the Man" / "Flying Feeling" √ | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Puss 'n' Boots | |
| "Flying Feeling" √ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Unforgiven Ones" √ | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs of the Unforgiven | |
| "And So Will Always Be" √ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "And It's Beautiful" √ | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oooh La La! | |
| "Now You See Her" √ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Promised Land" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "I'll Be Peaceful Then" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" indicates the single did not chart or was not released in given country. "√" indicates the single was a promotional-only release. |
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Other songs
Songs recorded for non-album use
- "The First Noel", on A Lump of Coal and the B-side to "Androgynous" CD single.
- "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (XTC cover), on Dumb and Dumber soundtrack (1995) and released as a single.
- "All You Pretty Girls" (XTC cover), on A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995) and released as the B-side to "My Own Sunrise".
- "One Of Us", leaked acoustic demo recorded in 1994. Originally written with Brad Roberts in mind, but he ultimately did not record a full version of it.
- "Handy Candyman", on "Keep a Lid on Things" single (1999) and Give Yourself a Hand (Japanese CD).
- "Filter Queen", on "Keep a Lid on Things" single (1999)
- "Party's Over", on "Get You in the Morning" single (1999)
Videography
DVD and video releases
- Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies (Music video compilation/rockumentary)
- Crash Test Dude (Brad Roberts rockumentary)
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Superman's Song" | 1991 | Dale Heslip |
| "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" | 1993 | |
| "Swimming in Your Ocean" | 1994 | Tim Hamilton |
| "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" | ||
| "God Shuffled His Feet" | ||
| "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | 1995 | |
| "He Liked to Feel It" | 1996 | Ken Fox |
| "My Own Sunrise" | 1997 | Stephen Scott |
| "Keep a Lid on Things" | 1999 | Clark Eddy |
| "Get You in the Morning" | Jeff Renfroe |
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Certified Awards Search Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-09. Note: User needs to enter "Crash Test Dummies" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Certified Awards Search Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-09. Note: User needs to enter "Crash Test Dummies" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
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- ↑ Ultratop 50 peaks ultratop.be
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- ↑ German singles peaks officialcharts.de
- ↑ Peak chart positions for singles on the Icelandic Singles Chart (Íslenski Listinn):
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- ↑ Search for Irish peaks Irish Singles Chart
- ↑ New Zealand charts portal charts.org.nz
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- ↑ Crash Test Dummies | Awards Allmusic
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