The Crystal Lake

"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"
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)

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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