Crash Test Dude (original) (raw)
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2001 live album by Brad Roberts
| Crash Test Dude: Brad Roberts Live Singing Your Favorite Hits | |
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| Live album by Brad Roberts | |
| Released | November 5, 2001 |
| Recorded | Ted's Wrecking Yard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000 and Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario |
| Length | 90:23 |
| Label | Cha-Ching Records |
| Producer | Paul Tozer and Brad Roberts |
| Brad Roberts chronology | |
| Crash Test Dude: Brad Roberts Live Singing Your Favorite Hits(2001) Rajanaka: Mantra(2011) |
Crash Test Dude: Brad Roberts Live Singing Your Favorite Hits is a live album performed by Crash Test Dummies lead singer Brad Roberts during his solo acoustic tour following the Give Yourself a Hand tour. The album was released, along with an accompanying rockumentary film, exclusively through the MapleMusic.com e-commerce portal.
Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
The album received mixed to poor reviews. Allmusic writer Aaron Badgley gave it 1½ out of 5 stars and states that "choosing to debut with a live disc was not a good idea, as this CD is full of Roberts' rants and childish cover versions. It is also the performance of an artist who does not seem to care a great deal about his audience. Sure, the Crash Test Dummies hits are here, in stripped-down, almost acoustic versions. And it is for those songs alone that CD even deserves a listen. The versions are nowhere near as good as the original studio recordings, but at least they have a form, are complete, and are listenable. His version of Britney Spears' Baby One More Time following a poem titled Circumcision is neither funny or ironic. It is plain pathetic. And his rants between songs are just the ramblings of a drunken performer (he makes it clear that he continues to drink throughout the show)."[1]
Disc 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Introductory Remarks" | 1:52 | |
| 2. | "Understand Your Man" | Johnny Cash | 3:05 |
| 3. | "An aside regarding prostitution" | 1:09 | |
| 4. | "Androgynous" | Paul Westerberg | 3:38 |
| 5. | "I Want to Par-tay!" | Brad Roberts, Greg Wells | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Oral sex is proffered by Mr Roberts in order to compensate a customer for the high ticket price" | 0:35 | |
| 7. | "Cocaine" | Gary Davis | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Give Yourself A Hand" | Roberts, Wells | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Trident Gum Theme" | 1:33 | |
| 10. | "Da Do Ron Ron" | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector | 3:49 |
| 11. | "A discussion of bowel difficulties during the performance" | 1:06 | |
| 12. | "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" | Roberts | 4:19 |
| 13. | "A Poem, "Scientific Management", is read" | 3:08 | |
| 14. | "Keep a Lid on Things" | Roberts, Wells | 2:43 |
| 15. | "A hilariously derisive account of my heritage ensues, as I banter on, ever more wittily, the scotch now coursing through my body as I experience an ever increasing alcohol-induced euphoria" | 1:01 | |
| 16. | "Superman's Song" | Roberts | 5:00 |
- Brad Roberts – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bass baritone guitar
- Murray Pulver – back-up vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
2001 Canadian film
| Crash Test Dude: The Brad Roberts Rockumentary | |
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| Directed by | Brad RobertsJeff StephensonJason Tan |
| Starring | Brad RobertsMurray Pulver |
| Music by | Brad Roberts |
| Distributed by | Cha-Ching Records |
| Release date | 5 November 2001 (2001-11-05) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Crash Test Dude was also released as a rockumentary film. The film features a candid, behind-the-scenes look at Brad Robert's solo tour across Canada and the Northern U.S.[2]
- ^ a b Badgley, Aaron. "Brad Roberts: Crash Test Dude > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Crash Test Dude Video". MapleMusic.