Free from major-label restrictions, the Dummies surprised their fans in 2001 by putting their solo projects on hold for a fifth studio album and tour. After suffering a near-fatal car accident in late 2000, Brad Roberts found himself recuperating in the town of Argyle, Nova Scotia . It was there that he met some local “lobster fishermen” who happened to be quite musically inclined – Kent Greene, Dave Morton, and Danny MacKenzie. Together, they recorded the bulk of I Don’t Care That You Don’t Mind , which was to have been Roberts’ first solo album. Later on, Ellen Reid was brought in to record backing vocals for a few tunes, and Dan Roberts agreed to tour with his brother. When both Reid and Mitch Dorge agreed to tour as well, the Crash Test Dummies name was put on the record. The album saw the Dummies returning to their acoustic roots. Brad Roberts compared the album to the Dummies’ first, The Ghosts That Haunt Me , though he called it more atmospheric and polished.
Fifth studio album I Don’t Care That You Don’t Mind
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