Demo-litions

Demo-litions: Cast-off Recordings 1996-97 is a 2011 compilation album by the Crash Test Dummies. It consists of unreleased demos made during the songwriting process that eventually resulted in the album Give Yourself a Hand. The album was self-released via the band's website on April 19, 2011 as both a limited edition CD and MP3 download.

Background

Demo-litions features demos recorded by Crash Test Dummies between 1996-97. During this time, the band was trying to record a follow-up to A Worm's Life. Because that album didn't match the success of God Shuffled His Feet, the band's label BMG was much more restrictive towards the band and rejected 35 songs recorded during this time before finally settling on the album that would become Give Yourself a Hand. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "My PussyCat and Me" (Brad Roberts) – 2:38
2. "Black Ice" (Roberts, Pat MacDonald) – 2:42
3. "You Won't Run Out" (Roberts, Louise Goffin) – 4:13
4. "You See That House?" (Roberts) – 2:23
5. "Mercy Kill Me" (Roberts) – 2:44
6. "Digestive Process" (Roberts) – 2:22
7. "Much Better" (Roberts) – 3:12
8. "Hold It Like An Egg" (Roberts) – 3:06
9. "Satellites Pass Over" (Roberts, Ellen Reid) – 2:37
10. "It's Not That I Don't Feel Sorry" (Roberts) – 3:17
11. "It Might Be Rather Nice" (Roberts, Greg Wells, John Parish) – 3:40
12. "After My Dinner" (Reid, Roberts) – 3:29
13. "When the Old Man Comes" (Roberts) – 2:45

Notes

• "Black Ice", "You Won’t Run Out", and "It Might Be Rather Nice" were products from a songwriter camp in the south of France run by Miles Copeland.^[2]
• "It's Not That I Don't Feel Sorry" was written as a submission for the soundtrack to the movie The Postman^[2]

Download sites

• CrashTestDummiesMusic.com (256 kbit/s MP3)

References