| The Ghosts That Haunt Me | ||||
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| Released | April 5, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Wayne Finucan Studio (Winnipeg, Manitoba) | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 36:59 | |||
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| Producer | Steve Berlin | |||
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| Singles from The Ghosts That Haunt Me | ||||
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me is the 1991 debut album by the Canadian folk rock group Crash Test Dummies. It featured their hit "Superman's Song".
The artwork featured on the cover, and throughout the liner notes, is by 19th-century illustrator Gustav Doré and is from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The same painting would later be used for black metal band Judas Iscariot's final album To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding in 2002.
The artworks on the booklet of the album are by 19th-century illustrator Gustav Doré and are from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, except "The Flying Man" by French novelist Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, from 'The Discovery of the Austral Continent by a Flying Man', 1781.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Brad Roberts, except as noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winter Song" | 4:01 | |
| 2. | "Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)" | 4:27 | |
| 3. | "Superman's Song" | 4:31 | |
| 4. | "The Country Life" | 4:02 | |
| 5. | "Here on Earth (I'll Have My Cake)" | 3:03 | |
| 6. | "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" | 3:45 | |
| 7. | "Thick-Necked Man" | Benjamin Darvill | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Androgynous" | Paul Westerberg | 2:36 |
| 9. | "The Voyage" | 3:13 | |
| 10. | "At My Funeral" | 4:02 |
Personnel
- Brad Roberts – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
- Ellen Reid – piano, keyboards, accordion, tin whistle, backing vocals
- Benjamin Darvill – mandolin, harmonica
- Dan Roberts – bass guitar
- Vince Lambert – drums
- Steve Berlin – percussion
- Bob Doige – recorder on "At My Funeral"
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel on "The Voyage"
- Garth Reid – banjo on "Comin' Back Soon"
- Lynn Selwood – cello on "Superman's Song"
- Bill Zulak – violin on "Winter Song", "The Country Life" and "At My Funeral".
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it 3½ out of 5 stars and called it "a fine debut album by the ever-smug, collegiate, folk-pop humorists."[1]
References
- 1 2 Erlewine, Steve. "Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
External links
- The Ghosts That Haunt Me at MusicBrainz (list of releases)