Song · Grandaddy
“The Crystal Lake” by Grandaddy
From the album The Sophtware Slump (2000)
“The Crystal Lake” by Grandaddy appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2000 and 2006. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Sophtware Slump. Its best result is #50 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #459 alternative song of 2000 and #6,391 alternative song of all time.
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"The Crystal Lake" comes from The Sophtware Slump, the second album by American indie rock band Grandaddy, and V2 put it out as a single on 29 May 2000. It's Jason Lytle's show nearly top to bottom: he wrote it, sings it, produced it, recorded it and mixed it, with Jim Fairchild on electric guitar (and assisting on the recording), Kevin Garcia on bass and Aaron Burtch on drums.
Lytle framed it as an old story country music has told over and over: a restless soul quits a small town chasing dreams and ends up stewing in regret in a grim little apartment in a hostile city. It first reached number 78 in the UK, climbed to 38 when it was reissued in 2001, and Pitchfork later ranked it the 295th best song of the 2000s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 50 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2000 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 498 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2003 | 457 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 474 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 461 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
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