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Pat Benatar : Crimes of Passion (Deluxe Edition)


WELL YOU'RE THE REAL

TOUGH COOKIE

WITH A LONG HISTORY



 Crimes of Passion

 is the 

second

 studio album

 by American 

singer 

Pat Benatar

 released on 

August 5, 1980, 

by Chrysalis Records.

 It is Benatar's

 first album to

 feature 

Myron Grombacher 

on drums, 

beginning 

a long tenure 

in her band

 that would last 

into the late 1990s.

The album debuted on

 the US Billboard 200

 for the week ending 

August 23, 1980, 

and held at 

number two 

for five weeks

 in January 1981

Crimes of Passion 

contains the singles

 "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", 

which became

 Benatar's first 

top-10 entry 

in the US, 

and is considered

 to be her

 best-known song, 

and 

"Treat Me Right", 

a top-20 entry

 in the US. 

Neither song 

was very successful

 in other countries, 

aside from

 "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" 

reaching the

 top 40 in Australia.

"You Better Run," 

the first single, 

was the 

second music video

 ever aired on MTV

 in 1981. 

Anyone Remember 

When They Played Videos ??

It peaked at number 42

 in the US, 

and New Zealand, 

and did not chart

 in Canada, 

although it rose

 to number 33

 in Australia. 

Crimes of Passion 

also contains a cover

 of Kate Bush's 

"Wuthering Heights".

Crimes of Passion

 is Benatar's 

best-selling album, 

having been certified

 four-times Platinum

 for shipments in excess

 of over 

four million copies

 in the United States

 and five-times Platinum 

(for shipments of 500,000 copies)

 in Canada.

 It placed at number five

 on Billboard magazine's 1981

 year-end album chart

 It peaked at number two

 in Canada 

and number six

 in New Zealand.

 It was also Benatar's

 highest-peaking album 

to that point in Australia

 (number 16) 

and her first album

 to chart in 

Sweden

 (number 27).

In 1981, 

Crimes of Passion 

earned Benatar

 her first 

Grammy Award

 for Best

 Female Rock

 Vocal Performance

TRACK LIST

CD 1

Treat Me Right

You Better Run

Never Wanna Leave You

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Hell Is For Children

Little Paradise

I'm Gonna Follow You

Wuthering Heights

Prisoner Of Love

Out-A-Touch

 CD 2

Treat Me Right

(Vocal Mix)

You Better Run

(Vocal Mix)

Never Wanna Leave You

(Vocal Mix)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

(Vocal Mix)

Hell Is For Children

(Vocal Mix)

Little Paradise

(Vocal Mix)

I'm Gonna Follow You

(Vocal Mix)

Wuthering Heights

(Vocal Mix)

Prisoner Of Love

(Vocal Mix)

Out-A-Touch

(Vocal Mix)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

(Live)

You Better Run

(Live)

Suffer The Little Children/

Hell Is For Children

(Live)


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