"The Crystal Lake"
Single by Grandaddy
from the album The Sophtware Slump
A-side"The Crystal Lake"
B-side"Our Dying Brains"
Released29 May 2000
GenreIndie rock
LabelV2
Songwriter(s)Jason Lytle
Producer(s)Jason Lytle
Grandaddy singles chronology
"A.M. 180"
(1998)		 "The Crystal Lake"
(2000)		 "Hewlett's Daughter"
(2000)

"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.

Content

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]

Release and reception

"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]

Track listings

2000 release
CD
No.TitleLength
1."The Crystal Lake" 
2."Our Dying Brains" 
3."First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766" 
7"
No.TitleLength
1."The Crystal Lake" 
2."Our Dying Brains" 
2001 releases
CD1
No.TitleLength
1."The Crystal Lake" 
2."Moe Bandy Mountaineers" 
3."She-Deleter" 
CD2
No.TitleLength
1."The Crystal Lake" 
2."What Can't Be Erased" 
3."I Don't Want to Record Anymore" 
7"
No.TitleLength
1."The Crystal Lake" 
2."Rode My Bike to My Sister's Wedding" 

References

  1. ↑ "Grandaddy Frontman in Hat Spat", NME, 23 May 2000, retrieved 2011-08-07
  2. ↑ McCormick, Neil (2001) "Bearded and proud", Daily Telegraph, 1 February 2001, retrieved 2011-08-07
  3. ↑ "Grandaddy | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2011.


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