a masterpiece

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"

Great CD 11 years later.

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.

Terrible

Superman Song may be the absolute worst song I've ever heard.