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Crash Test Dummies - Songs of the Unforgiven Audio CD

A fair review of the Crash Test Dummies "Songs of the Unforgiven" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Crash Test Dummies reviews here, or go back to the Crash Test Dummies tabs.

Crash Test Dummies Band: Crash Test Dummies
Title: Songs of the Unforgiven
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Release Date: 2004-10-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Prelude 2: Sonnet 1 3: And So Will Always Be 4: The Unforgiven Ones 5: Interlude 1 6: Come Down To The Sinkhole 7: Is The Spell Really Broken? 8: Everlasting Peace 9: Sonnet 2 10: The Beginning Of The End 11: Interlude 2 12: You�ve Had Your Run 13: There Is No Final Winner 14: You�ve Done It Once Again 15: Sonnet 3 16: The Wicked And The Evil 17: Postlude

It's a downer, not exactly bad - but definitely not good

I like this CD enough to listen to it once every couple of months. I am a casual fan of CTD, had their first two albums and stopped listening to them a long time ago. But I find it difficult to rate it high. It's a very melancholy, monotonous thing. I am a very optimistic person, but listening to this, I felt like each song was trying to hypnotize me into popping a bottle of pills in laying down in bed waiting for the end ("You've Had Your Run" about sums it up). The songs are also very similar musically - they have similar structure, with similar chords. Each chord is strummed slowly once. Not very impressive composition, IMO. Unless you are following the songs with the song list in hand, you will lose track of which one is playing. There are a couple of songs that display some kind of personality, but the rest has the consistency of soggy cereal. The singer's deep voice is the only thing that keeps things interesting.

IMO, you will not miss this album if you don't get it.


Dark, Ambient, and Bass
I can imagine that through poor-quality or even just standard speakers, this album would have been a lot more boring to me. I seem to have discovered what could have caused difference in opinion between those who enjoy and those who despise this album; the quality of the stereo system one is using. But I am fortunate to have a very impressive stereo system with which to listen to this album, and to my ears it is nothing short of beautiful. The sheer ambience of the recording is enough to sweep you off your feet, complete with a pipe organ and very good acoustic guitar. Then you add in the backup voices of Suzy Roche and Ellen Reid to add that soft, lush layer. Then comes the main ingredient; Brad Roberts and his excellent songwriting. His voice is magnificently deep and sombre in this album, bringing his emotional lyrics to life perfectly. It's nice to hear him dip into the more aggressive side, such as in the song "The Beginning of the End," where you can hear a definitive and rough rocker sound during the second verse.

With good speakers, this album is nothing short of beautiful. Although certainly with a much darker, more emotional feel than previous albums, I think this one fits right up alongside "God Shuffled His Feet" as some of the favorite music I own.


Dark, Depressing, and Boring
The music is unrelentingly dark and doom-laden. They should have called this "Music to Kill Yourself To". The wicked will prevail, the good will fall, forever and ever, Amen. What an album to record in a church!

Individually, there are one or two worthwhile songs. I actually like the (sort of) title track, "The Unforgiven Ones", but the album has very little else going for it. Even if you like dark melancholic music, the songs quickly start to sound so alike that you often don't even notice that one ended and the next one started. This is a _bad_ thing.

where are the Crash Test Dummies that produced "God Shuffled His Feet" and "The Ghosts That Haunt Me"? I want them back!!!.


Go Brad!
If you liked "I don't care if you don't mind," than you should love this. The best CTD album of them all. It really grows on you. It never gets old. It's dark, slow, and moving.


What happened to such a great band?
I know some of the fans say they are being diverse, but you got to admit, this stuff is pretty terrible, not even close to the genius music the CTD are capable of producing. This new release is pretty bad for sure, Brad's got to go back to the days of 'Worm' 'God Shuffled His Feet' and 'The Ghosts That Haunt Me'.


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