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A Worm’s Life
Rock · 1996 · 12 tracks

A Worm’s Life

Crash Test Dummies

A pivot toward distorted guitars and suburban surrealism. Brad Roberts' deep baritone explores the existential dread of inanimate objects and biological oddities.

October 1, 1996 · Arista

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An intellectually playful and slightly dark exploration of the mundane through a surrealist lens.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Overachievers
3:44
02
He Liked to Feel It
3:55
03
A Worm’s Life
2:56
04
Our Driver Gestures
3:37
05
My Enemies
3:14
06
There Are Many Dangers
3:46
07
I’m Outlived by That Thing?
3:13
08
All of This Ugly
3:20
09
An Old Scab
3:51
10
My Own Sunrise
3:35
11
I’m a Dog
3:48
12
Swatting Flies
2:51
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring shift to a heavier, guitar-driven crunch on He Liked to Feel It compared to their previous folk-pop sound.
The deadpan delivery of the realization that a common paperweight will outlive the narrator in track 7.
The eerie, nostalgic storytelling about a teacher who practiced taxidermy in the closing track Swatting Flies.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does A Worm’s Life sound next to the rest of Crash Test Dummies's catalogue?

Electric Guitar+1.3σ

The instrumentation foregrounds electric guitar notably more than the catalogue usually does.

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