Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)

Crimes of Passion
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)		 Crimes of Passion
(1980)		 Precious Time
(1981)
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
SourceRating
AllMusic[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.

Crimes of Passion was reissued and remastered on Capitol Records in 2006.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(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

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard 200 (USA)[6] 2
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[7] 2
French Album Charts[8] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[9] 6
Australian Albums Chart[10] 16
Swedish Albums Chart[11] 27

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1980 "You Better Run" Australian Singles Chart[10] 31
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] 42
New Zealand Singles Chart[12] 42
French Singles Chart[13] 55
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[14] 76
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] 9
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[15] 10
Australian Singles Chart[10] 33
1981 "Treat Me Right" RPM100 Singles (Canada)[16] 12
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] 18
Mainstream Rock (USA)[3] 31

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

  1. ↑ Theakston, Rob. "Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Debra Rae (November 13, 1980). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Crimes of Passion Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Database –Benatar, Pat". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2014..
  5. ↑ "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Crimes of Passion Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 4, November 22, 1980". Library and Archives Canada. November 22, 1980. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Crimes of Passion (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Crimes of Passion (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Pat Benatar – You Better Run (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  13. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 1, October 11, 1980". Library and Archives Canada. October 11, 1980. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 6, December 20, 1980". Library and Archives Canada. December 20, 1980. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 15, March 21, 1981". Library and Archives Canada. March 21, 1981. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  17. ↑ "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Benatar P." (in French). Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2014.

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