Demo-litions: Cast-off Recordings 1996-97 is a 2011 compilation album by the Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...

. It consists of unreleased demos

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 made during the songwriting process that eventually resulted in the album Give Yourself a Hand

Give Yourself a Hand

Give Yourself a Hand is the fourth album by the Crash Test Dummies, released in 1999 through ViK. Records. It is their final album for BMG. The album spawned a quirky hit "Keep a Lid on Things"...

. The album was self-released via the band's website on April 19, 2011 as both a limited edition CD and MP3

MP3

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

 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

A Worm's Life

A Worm's Life is the third album by Crash Test Dummies, released in 1996. It came after their successful album, God Shuffled His Feet.-Background:...

. Because that album didn't match the success of God Shuffled His Feet

God Shuffled His Feet

The album was the band's biggest mainstream hit. Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who gave it 4½ out of 5 stars, attributes the album's success to "Jerry Harrison's remarkably clear and focused production" and that "apart from the relatively concise pop smarts of the singles "Mmm Mmm Mmm...

, the band's label BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 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.

Track listing

1. "My PussyCat and Me" (Brad Roberts
   Brad Roberts
   Bradley Kenneth "Brad" Roberts is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range.-Career:...
   
   ) – 2:38
2. "Black Ice" (Roberts, Pat MacDonald) – 2:42
3. "You Won't Run Out" (Roberts, Louise Goffin
   Louise Goffin
   Louise Lynn Goffin is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Signed by record executive Lenny Waronker to Dreamworks in 1999, Louise released her critically acclaimed CD Sometimes a Circle on Dreamworks in 2002...
   
   ) – 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
   Ellen Reid
   Ellen Reid provides backing vocals, piano, keyboards and accordion for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies....
   
   ) – 2:37
10. "It's Not That I Don't Feel Sorry" (Roberts) – 3:17
11. "It Might Be Rather Nice" (Roberts, Greg Wells
    Greg Wells
    Greg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
    
    , John Parish
    John Parish
    John Parish is a British musician and producer best known for his work with singer and songwriter PJ Harvey,. His sister is the actress Sarah Parish.-Partial discography:Solo*Rosie *How Animals Move...
    
    ) – 3:40
12. "After My Dinner" (Reid, Roberts) – 3:29
13. "When the Old Man Comes" (Roberts) – 2:45

Download sites

• CrashTestDummiesMusic.com (256 kbit/s MP3)