- Crimes of Passion (album)
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Crimes of Passion 
Studio album by Pat Benatar Released August 6, 1980 Recorded 1980 Genre Hard rock,[1] arena rock[1] 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)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating allmusic 
[2]Rolling Stone (mixed)[3] Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.
It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced the hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (US No. 9), "You Better Run" (US No. 42), "Treat Me Right" (US No. 18), plus a cover of Kate Bush's international hit, "Wuthering Heights". Crimes of Passion is Benatar's highest selling album to date, certifying 5x platinum (for sales of 5 million units)
Hell Is for Children, which was not released as an A-side single, was also a hit on album-rock stations. However, a live version of this song from her Live from Earth album was released as the B-side of her "Love Is a Battlefield" single three years later.
The music video for the song "You Better Run" was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981.
This album featured Myron Grombacher on drums, replacing Glen Alexander Hamilton.
Contents
Track listing
- "Treat Me Right" (Benatar, Lubahn; Copyright Blackwood Music Inc & White Dog Music-BMI) – 3:24
- "You Better Run" (Brigati, Cavaliere; Copyright Downtown Music Company-ASCAP) – 3:02
- "Never Wanna Leave You" (Benatar, Geraldo, Neil Giraldo; Copyright Rare Blue Music Inc., Neil Giraldo Music, Red Admiral Music Inc. & Big Tooth Music-ASCAP/BMI) – 3:13
- "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz; Copyright ATV Music-BMI) – 2:51
- "Hell Is for Children" (Benatar, Roger Capps, Giraldo; Copyright Rare Blue Music, Neil Giraldo Music, Red Admiral Music, Big Tooth Music & Muscle Tone Music-BMI/ASCAP) – 4:48
- "Little Paradise" (Giraldo; Copyright Rare Blue Music & Neil Giraldo Music-ASCAP) – 3:32
- "I'm Gonna Follow You" (Billy Steinberg; Copyright Billy Steinberg Music-ASCAP) – 4:28
- "Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush; Copyright Beechwood Music Corp.-BMI) – 4:28
- "Prisoner of Love" (Scott St. Clair Sheets; Copyright Rare Blue Music & Discott Music-ASCAP) – 2:05
- "Out-A-Touch" (Benatar, Giraldo, Myron Grombacher; Copyright Rare Blue Music, Neil Giraldo Music, Red Admiral Music & Big Tooth Music-ASCAP/BMI) – 4:16
Personnel
- Pat Benatar: Lead Vocals
- Neil Giraldo: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Scott St. Clair Sheets: Rhythm Guitars
- Roger Capps: Bass, Backing Vocals
- Myron Grombacher: Drums, Percussion
Production
- Produced by Keith Olsen
- Engineered by Keith Olsen and Chris Minto at Sound City
- Mastered by Greg Fulginiti and Jo Hansch at Artisan Sound Recorders
- Leon LeCash - photographer
References
- ^ a b "[1]." Crimes of Passion on Allmusic.
- ^ allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
External links
Studio albums In the Heat of the Night · Crimes of Passion · Precious Time · Get Nervous · Live from Earth · Tropico · Seven the Hard Way · Wide Awake in Dreamland · True Love · Gravity's Rainbow · Innamorata · GoCompilations Coxon's Army Live from Sam Miller's Exchange Cafe · Pat Benatar Hit Videos · Pat Benatar in Concert · Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection · Best Shots · Benatar All Fired Up the very best of Pat Benatar · Pat Benatar Heartbreaker Sixteen Classic Performances · Back to Back Hits Blondie Pat Benatar · Pat Benatar Eight-Fifteen-Eighty · Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits · Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999 · Extended Versions Pat Benatar The Encore Collection · Best of Volume 1 and 2 · Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD · Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Soundtrack · Classic Masters Pat Benatar · Choice Cuts Pat Benatar The complete video collection · From the Front Row...Live Pat Benatar · Best of Pat Benatar Vol.1 and Vol.2 · Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Live · Greatest Hits · Pat Benatar Ultimate Collection · Pat Benatar Collector's EditionImport compilations Best Shots · Greatest Hits · Pat Benatar The Very Best of · Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2 · In the Heat of the Night/Tropico · In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion · Precious Time/Get Nervous · Tropico/Seven the Hard Way · Innamorata/8-15-80 · Premium Gold Collection · The Collection · The Divine · The Very Best Album Ever · In the Heat of the Night · Concert Classics · Live from Earth/Wide Awake in Dreamland · Pat Benatar Live on Air · Pat Benatar Live in AmericaSingles "Day Gig" · "I Need a Lover" · "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" · "Heartbreaker" · "We Live for Love" · "Rated X" · "You Better Run" · "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" · "Treat Me Right" · "I'm Gonna Follow You" · "Hell Is for Children" · "Fire and Ice" · "Promises in the Dark" · "Precious Time" · "It's a Tuff Life" · "Shadows of the Night" · "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" · "Little Too Late" · "Looking for a Stranger" · "Love Is a Battlefield" · "Lipstick Lies" · "We Belong" · "Diamond Field" · "Ooh Ooh Song" · "Temporary Heroes" · "Painted Desert" · "Invincible (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean)" · "Sex As a Weapon" · "Le Bel Age"*/"Walking in the Underground" · "Big Life" · "All Fired Up" · "Don't Walk Away" · "Let's Stay Together" · "One Love" · "True Love" · "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" · "So Long" · "Everybody Lay Down" · "Somebody's Baby" · "Crazy" · "Every Time I Fall Back" · "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" · "At This Time" · "Papa's Roses" · "Christmas in America" · "Have It All" · "Go"Categories:- 1980 albums
- Pat Benatar albums
- Albums produced by Keith Olsen
- Chrysalis Records albums
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