Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)

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Crimes of Passion
File:PatBenatar-CrimesOfPassion.jpg
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released August 5, 1980
Recorded Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, 1980
Genre Hard rock, pop rock
Length 36:07
Label Chrysalis
Producer Keith Olsen
Pat Benatar chronology
In the Heat of the Night
(1979)In the Heat of the Night1979		 Crimes of Passion
(1980)		 Precious Time
(1981)Precious Time1981
Singles from Crimes of Passion
  1. "You Better Run" / "Out-A-Touch"
    Released: July 8, 1980
  2. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" / "Prisoner of Love"
    Released: September 15, 1980
  3. "Treat Me Right" / "Never Wanna Leave You"
    Released: December 29, 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (mixed)[2]

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

The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 album chart the week ending August 23 and held at No. 2 for five weeks in the US in January 1981, behind John Lennon's Double Fantasy. It contains the hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (US No. 9),[3] "You Better Run" (US No. 42),[3] "Treat Me Right" (US No. 18),[3] plus a cover of Kate Bush's international hit, "Wuthering Heights". Crimes of Passion is Benatar's biggest selling career album, having been certified 4x Platinum (for sales of over four million copies) in the United States alone.[4]

The song "Hell Is for Children", which was not released as an A-side single, was also a hit on album-rock stations. A live version of this song from her album Live from Earth (1983) was released as the B-side of her "Love Is a Battlefield" single three years later. The song was featured in the 1981 animated film American Pop, as well as on the soundtrack.

In 1981, Benatar won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance thanks to Crimes of Passion.[5]

The music video for the song "You Better Run" was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Treat Me Right"   Doug Lubahn, Pat Benatar 3:24
2. "You Better Run" (The Young Rascals cover) Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere 3:02
3. "Never Wanna Leave You"   Neil Giraldo, Benatar 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. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Little Paradise"   Giraldo 3:32
7. "I'm Gonna Follow You"   Billy Steinberg 4:28
8. "Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush cover) Kate Bush 4:28
9. "Prisoner of Love"   Scott St. Clair Sheets 3:05
10. "Out-A-Touch"   Giraldo, Benatar, Myron Grombacher 3:05

Personnel

Musicians

  • Pat Benatar - lead and backing vocals
  • Neil Giraldo - lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Scott St. Clair Sheets - rhythm guitars
  • Roger Capps - bass, backing vocals
  • Myron Grombacher - drums

Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1984 5x Platinum (+ 5,000,000)[17]
Canada CRIA 1981 5x Platinum (+ 500,000)[18]
France SNEP 1981 Gold (+ 100,000)[19]

References

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External links

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