God Shuffled His Feet

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God Shuffled His Feet
Studio album by Crash Test Dummies
Released	October 26, 1993
Recorded	Music Head Recording in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:45
Label	BMG/Arista
Producer	Jerry Harrison and Crash Test Dummies
Professional reviews
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Crash Test Dummies chronology
The Ghosts that Haunt Me (1991) God Shuffled His Feet (1993) A Worm's Life (1996)

God Shuffled His Feet is the second album by the Crash Test Dummies, released in 1993. It features their most popular single, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." The cover art superimposes the band members' faces over the figures of Titian's painting Bacchus and Ariadne. It was their most successful album commercially, charting at #9 in the U.S. charts, as well as #1 in the UK charts.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Album singles 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Brad Roberts.

1. God Shuffled His Feet - 5:10
2. Afternoons & Coffeespoons - 3:56
3. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - 3:55
4. In The Days of the Caveman - 3:41
5. Swimming In Your Ocean - 3:49
6. Here I Stand Before Me - 3:07
7. I Think I'll Disappear Now - 4:52
8. How Does a Duck Know? - 3:42
9. When I Go Out With Artists - 3:44
10. The Psychic - 3:48
11. Two Knights and Maidens - 3:25
12. Crash Course - 1:43

[edit] Personnel

• Brad Roberts, lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano on "Untitled"
• Ellen Reid, back-up vocals, piano, keyboards, accordion
• Benjamin Darvill, mandolin, harmonicas
• Dan Roberts, bass guitars, synth bass
• Michel Dorge, drums, percussion
• Larry Beers, drums on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons", "In the Days of the Caveman", and "When I Go out with Artists"
• Adrian Belew, synthesized guitars on "God Shuffled his Feet"
• Kerry Nation, back-up vocals on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons"

[edit] Album singles

Single information
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" Released: 1993 Chart positions: #1 (Australia), #1 (US Modern Rock), #4 (U.S.), #2 (U.K.)
"Swimming In Your Ocean" Released: 1993 Chart positions: none
"Afternoons & Coffeespoons" Released: 1994 Chart positions: #23 (U.K.), #66 (U.S.)
"God Shuffled His Feet" Released: 1994 Chart positions: none

[edit] External links

• God Shuffled His Feet at MusicBrainz

v • d • e Crash Test Dummies Brad Roberts – Ellen Reid – Dan Roberts – Benjamin Darvill – Mitch Dorge Studio albums The Ghosts that Haunt Me – God Shuffled His Feet – A Worm's Life – Give Yourself a Hand – I Don't Care That You Don't Mind – Jingle All The Way – Puss 'n' Boots – Songs of the Unforgiven EPs The Cape Breton Lobster Bash Series Compilations The Best of Crash Test Dummies Singles "Superman's Song" | "Androgynous" | "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" | "The First Noel" | "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" | "Swimming in Your Ocean" | "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" | "God Shuffled His Feet" | "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | "He Liked to Feel It" | "My Own Sunrise" | "Keep a Lid on Things" | "Get You in the Morning" | "Every Morning" | "The Day We Never Met" Videos Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies