"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 38 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
The song was listed as the 295th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork.[4]
Track listings
- 2000 release
- CD
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| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
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| 2. | "Our Dying Brains" | |
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| 3. | "First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766" | |
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- 7"
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| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
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| 2. | "Our Dying Brains" | |
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- 2001 releases
- CD1
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| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
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| 2. | "Moe Bandy Mountaineers" | |
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| 3. | "She-Deleter" | |
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- CD2
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| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
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| 2. | "What Can't Be Erased" | |
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| 3. | "I Don't Want to Record Anymore" | |
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- 7"
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| 1. | "The Crystal Lake" | |
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| 2. | "Rode My Bike to My Sister's Wedding" | |
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