Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)

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Crimes of Passion
PatBenatar-CrimesOfPassion.jpg
Studio album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedAugust 5, 1980
Studio Sound City (Van Nuys, California)
Genre
Length37:35
Label Chrysalis
Producer Keith Olsen
Pat Benatar chronology
In the Heat of the Night
(1979)		Crimes of Passion
(1980)		 Precious Time
(1981)
Singles from Crimes of Passion
  1. "You Better Run"
    Released: July 8, 1980
  2. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
    Released: September 15, 1980
  3. "Treat Me Right"
    Released: December 29, 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Mixed [2]

Crimes of Passion is the second studio album by American singer Pat Benatar, released on August 5, 1980, by Chrysalis Records. It is Benatar's first album to feature Myron Grombacher on drums, beginning a long tenure in her band that would last into the late 1990s.

Contents

The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 for the week ending August 23, 1980, and held at number two for five weeks in January 1981, behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy . [3]

Crimes of Passion contains the singles "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", which became Benatar's first top-10 entry in the US, [4] and is considered to be her best-known song, [1] and "Treat Me Right", a top-20 entry in the US. [4] Neither song was very successful in other countries, aside from "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" reaching the top 40 in Australia.

The first single released from the album was "You Better Run", the music video for which was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981. It peaked at number 42 in the US, [4] and New Zealand, and did not chart in Canada, although it rose to number 33 in Australia. Crimes of Passion also contains a cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights".

Crimes of Passion is Benatar's best-selling album, having been certified four-times Platinum (for shipments in excess of over four million copies) in the United States and five-times Platinum (for shipments of 500,000 copies) in Canada. [5] [6] It placed at number five on Billboard magazine's 1981 year-end album chart. [7] It peaked at number two in Canada and number six in New Zealand. It was also Benatar's highest-peaking album to that point in Australia (number 16) and her first album to chart in Sweden (number 27).

In 1981, Crimes of Passion earned Benatar her first Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. [8] The album was reissued and remastered on Capitol Records in 2006.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Treat Me Right"
3:24
2."You Better Run" (The Young Rascals cover)
3:02
3."Never Wanna Leave You"
3:13
4."Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Eddie Schwartz 2:51
5."Hell Is for Children"
  • Giraldo
  • Benatar
  • Roger Capps
4:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Little Paradise"Giraldo3:32
7."I'm Gonna Follow You" Billy Steinberg 4:28
8."Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush cover)Bush4:28
9."Prisoner of Love" Scott St. Clair Sheets 3:05
10."Out-A-Touch"
  • Giraldo
  • Benatar
  • Myron Grombacher
4:16
Total length:37:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Crimes of Passion. [9]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Crimes of Passion
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [5] 5× Platinum500,000^
France (SNEP) [16] Gold100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [17] Gold7,500^
United States (RIAA) [6] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  9. ↑ Crimes of Passion (liner notes). Pat Benatar. Chrysalis Records. 1980. CHE 1275.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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