The_Crystal_Lake
The Crystal Lake
2000 single by Grandaddy
"The Crystal Lake" is a song by American indie rock band Grandaddy from their second album, The Sophtware Slump. It was released as a single on 29 May 2000 by record label V2,[1] and was re-released in several formats in early 2001.
| "The Crystal Lake" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Grandaddy | ||||
| from the album The Sophtware Slump | ||||
| A-side | "The Crystal Lake" | |||
| B-side | "Our Dying Brains" | |||
| Released | 29 May 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
| Producer(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
| Grandaddy singles chronology | ||||
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Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle described the song as "that age-old story, repeated many times in country music, of the wayward soul who leaves a small town with hopes and dreams of the unknown and winds up full of regret in some horrible little apartment in an unfriendly city".[2]
"The Crystal Lake" was released as a single on 29 May 2000. It peaked at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart when first released and number 38 when re-issued in 2001.[3]
The song was listed as the 295th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork.[4]
- 2000 release
- CD
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
| 2. | "Our Dying Brains" | |
| 3. | "First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766" |
- 7"
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
| 2. | "Our Dying Brains" |
- 2001 releases
- CD1
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
| 2. | "Moe Bandy Mountaineers" | |
| 3. | "She-Deleter" |
- CD2
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
| 2. | "What Can't Be Erased" | |
| 3. | "I Don't Want to Record Anymore" |
- 7"
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
| 2. | "Rode My Bike to My Sister's Wedding" |
- "Grandaddy Frontman in Hat Spat", NME, 23 May 2000, retrieved 2011-08-07
- McCormick, Neil (2001) "Bearded and proud", Daily Telegraph, 1 February 2001, retrieved 2011-08-07
- "Grandaddy | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- "The Crystal Lake" at Discogs (list of releases) (original release)
- "The Crystal Lake" at Discogs (list of releases) (2001 re-release)
- Video on YouTube
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