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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, and was re-released in several formats in early 2001.

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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".

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.

The song was listed as the 295th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork.

Track listings

2000 release

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crystal Lake"
2.	"Our Dying Brains"
3.	"First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766"

7"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crystal Lake"
2.	"Our Dying Brains"

2001 releases

CD1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crystal Lake"
2.	"Moe Bandy Mountaineers"
3.	"She-Deleter"

CD2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crystal Lake"
2.	"What Can't Be Erased"
3.	"I Don't Want to Record Anymore"

7"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crystal Lake"
2.	"Rode My Bike to My Sister's Wedding"

References

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

External links

"The Crystal Lake" at Discogs (list of releases) (original release)
"The Crystal Lake" at Discogs (list of releases) (2001 re-release)
Video on YouTube

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Aaron Burtch Tim Dryden Jim Fairchild Jason Lytle Kevin Garcia
Studio albums	Under the Western Freeway The Sophtware Slump Sumday Just Like the Fambly Cat Last Place Blu Wav
EPs	A Pretty Mess by This One Band Signal to Snow Ratio Through a Frosty Plate Glass E.P. Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
Compilation albums	The Broken Down Comforter Collection Concrete Dunes
Other albums	Below the Radio The Ham and Its Lily
Singles	"A.M. 180" "The Crystal Lake" "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." "Now It's On" "Nature Anthem" "Hang an Ornament" (with Band of Horses)
Related articles	Discography Admiral Radley

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