God Shuffled His Feet
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God Shuffled His Feet is the second album by Canadian band Crash Test Dummies, released in 1993. It features their most popular single, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". The cover art superimposes the band members' faces over the figures of Titian's painting Bacchus and Ariadne. It was their most successful album commercially, as it sold over eight million copies worldwide.<ref name="Inc.1999">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Reception
The album was the band's biggest mainstream hit. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine 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 Mmm" and "Afternoons and Coffeespoons," God Shuffled His Feet isn't all that different from the band's first album."<ref name="AM"/>
Commercial performance
God Shuffled His Feet was a number-one album in Austria and New Zealand, and also reached the top five in the national albums charts of numerous countries such as Australia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. In addition, the album reached number six in the Netherlands national albums chart,<ref>chart positions - australian-charts.com</ref> number two in the UK Albums Chart, and number nine in the United States Billboard 200 albums chart.<ref>[[[:Template:AllMusic]] chart positions - allmusic.com]</ref> In their native Canada, it never reached higher than number 11 on the national charts, but fueled by the success of its four singles (all Top 20 hits there) the album eventually reached triple platinum status.
Track listing
Personnel
- Crash Test Dummies
- Benjamin Darvill – harmonicas, mandolin, acoustic guitar
- Michel Dorge – drums, percussion
- Ellen Reid – piano, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
- Brad Roberts – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano on "Untitled"
- Dan Roberts – bass guitars, synth bass, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- Larry Beers – drums on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons", "In the Days of the Caveman", and "When I Go out with Artists"
- Adrian Belew – synthesized guitars on "God Shuffled His Feet"
- Kerry Nation – backing vocals on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons"
Charts
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Weekly charts
| Chart (1993–94) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (The Record)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 11 |
| European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 2 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref name = "Finland">Template:Cite book</ref> | 1 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)<ref>Template:Cite web Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Crash Test Dummies".</ref> | 15 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1994) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 38 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 8 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 31 |
| European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)<ref name = "EuropeAlbum">Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 8 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 4 |
| Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 20 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 11 |
| Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 7 |
| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 50 |
| US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 53 |
Certifications
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