"The Crystal Lake" | ||||
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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 | |||
Length | 5:00 (album version) 3:52 (radio edit) | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
Producer(s) | Jason Lytle | |||
Grandaddy singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
2. | "Our Dying Brains" | |
3. | "First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
2. | "Our Dying Brains" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
2. | "Moe Bandy Mountaineers" | |
3. | "She-Deleter" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
2. | "What Can't Be Erased" | |
3. | "I Don't Want to Record Anymore" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
2. | "Rode My Bike to My Sister's Wedding" |