Album · The Darling Buds
Crawdaddy by The Darling Buds
Crawdaddy is an album by The Darling Buds, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Crystal Clear”, on 9 lists with a best position of #41.
Crawdaddy, the second album from Welsh indie-poppers the Darling Buds, came out on Epic in 1990, with Stephen Street producing. The band from Caerleon, near Newport, had come up on independent singles and John Peel's airplay before the major label came calling, and here Andrea Lewis Jarvis's sugar-sweet voice floats over guitars that jangle and chime in all the right places.
Street gives it a crisp, clean gloss, and the twee-pop charm is intact. "Tiny Machine" and "Crystal Clear" were the singles, and the Buds took the album on the road with Wire Train. Erotica followed in 1992.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Crawdaddy on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crystal Clear | 9 | #41 | – | 1990–2004 | |
| 2 | A Little Bit of Heaven | 2 | #1992 | – | 1999–2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.