The Crystals - Best Of The Crystals

Artist:

Crystals (Girl Group) (The)

UPC:

5034504245129

See Also:

Ross, Diana Diamond, Neil King, Carole Warwick, Dionne Supremes (The)

Description:

The Crystals: Lala Brooks, Barbara Alston, Darlene Love, Pattie Wright (vocals).
Recorded at Mira Sound Studios, New York, New York and Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Includes liner notes by David Hinckley.
This best-of collection features 13 all-time favorite hits by The Crystals.
The Crystals were a crucial cog in Phil Spector`s mighty girl-group machine. To listen to "And Then He Kissed Me" is to hear the precise pop moment when coy innocence crumbled and gave way ever so slightly to the adult onrush of carnality. The sugary vocals of Darlene Love and company, backed by the full-scale Spector sound, are almost girlish enough to make you believe that the pattern of pop music hadn`t just been irrevocably stirred up. However, the cumulative effect of the aforementioned song--along with the curiously sadomasochistic overtones of the Goffin/King smash "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)" and the bad-boy adulation of "He`s a Rebel"--should be more than enough to mark the musical history being made here.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Misty Blue/As the Days Go By
2. He`s a Rebel
3. Uptown
4. I Wonder
5. Going to the Chapel
6. Rescue Me
7. There`s No Other Like My Baby
8. Then He Kissed Me
9. Today I Met the Boy I`m Gonna Marry
10. Da Doo Ron Ron
11. He`s Sure the Boy I Love
12. He`s a Rebel - (Club Mix)
13. One Fine Day

Album Information

Release Date:

03/01/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Girl Groups

Label:

Pegasus (Pinnacle)

Catalog Number:

451

Original Release Year:

1992

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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