Test Patterns for Living was the first release, an EP, by the Toronto-based new wave band Blue Peter.

Released in 1979, it included the single "Factory Living", which helped the band get their first radio airplay on CFNY.

[2][3] The song "Same Old Place", later appeared on the compilation album, The Best of Ready Volume 1 :: 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection,[4] and in 2009 was included on the soundtrack for the vampire/rock and roll movie Suck;[5] the latter event led to Blue Peter performing in 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, for the film's premiere.

[6] All songs on the album were written by Chris Wardman, unless otherwise noted:[7][8] In 2007, Test Patterns for Living was re-issued by Universal Music Canada on compact disc, combined with Radio Silence, Blue Peter's first full-length album, from 1980.

[9] Test Patterns for Living appeared as bonus tracks on the Radio Silence re-issue in the same order as on the original release.