I love the quirky yet deep lyrics and music of CTD. This album is almost as good as GSHF - buy that one first if you have to choose.

I have to admit, I did not like this album when I first heard it. I felt kind of betrayed from CTD's previous albums. But in the spirit of creativity I applaud them. They have deviated from the style and form that gave them national recognition. That takes guts. This album will be a disappointment to anyone who liked and are stuck to catorgorizing CTD in a "style" of music. I have enjoyed listening to them evolve and have grown to like this disc. This disc is a must for any die hard fan, but if you are new to CTD shy away from this one till you have heard their other three discs.

Although the sound of this album has changed a bit from the first two releases, it still is amazing. When I first purchased this album a few weeks ago, it was kind of a disappointment. But I kept listening and it actually isn't so much different from the first two except for more guitar use. Overall, the lyrics are awesome and Brad Robert's voice is amazing on here, defenently buy this one!

After coming up with one of the most likeable albums of the 1990s `GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET', CRASH TEST DUMMIES had to conjure up something special, as a follow up. Sadly, they couldn't. The follow up `A WORM'S LIFE', is somehow disappointing. Though the album is worth listening to, it is however, a very normal album, offering nothing more than a collection of strictly ordinary songs. There is nothing wrong about being prosaic. An album can be ordinary, and still be good. But, this particular commonplace album just seems seriously incomplete.

The album has some great songs, like the beautifully cacophonic `OVERACHIEVERS', the funny single `HE LIKED TO FEEL IT', the simple but inane `OUR DRIVER GESTURES', and the smartly written, `I'M OUTLIVED BY THAT THING?' Still, the album seems like a bit of a disappointment especially since it comes out as a follow up album to an absolute masterpiece. But, I don't think that my high expectation is alone responsible for the cause of my disappointment with this album. Even otherwise, without considering its predecessor, it would still seem as good/bad, as it does, now.

One of the main reasons, I feel is the change of `producers', for this album. After the brilliant production-work by Jerry Harrison on `GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET', the band somehow felt that it is capable enough to `produce' an album on its own. The result - `A WORM'S LIFE' is `produced' by the band members, themselves, and the `production' lacks vitality. No song is bad in this album; but it seems as if the band hasn't done justice to most of them, making them sound as if they are mere demo versions of the songs.

A good `production' doesn't necessarily mean that an album should be layered. A good `production' can make the simplest song sound good, by just guiding the song in the right direction. This is what is lacking in this album: directionless songs. The band is not yet ready to take on the task of `production' of an album. `A WORM'S LIFE' could've been a whole lot better, had the band stuck to their old `producer', Jerry Harrison.

I never could get into this CD, I suppose I'll trade it in or give it to someone else. Disappointing after I had enjoyed thier previous CD.