Crawdaddy (album)
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| Crawdaddy | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Greenhouse Studios/The Justice Rooms/The Windings Great Linford Manor | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, pop, rock | |||
| Length | 42:13 | |||
| Label | Epic 4670122 | |||
| Producer | Stephen Street | |||
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| Singles from Crawdaddy | ||||
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Crawdaddy is an album by the British band the Darling Buds.[1][2] It was released on Epic Records in 1990 and contains the singles "Tiny Machine" and "Crystal Clear". The band supported the album by touring with Wire Train.[3]
The album was produced by Stephen Street.[4] Jimmy Hughes joined on drums.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[7] |
Trouser Press wrote: "Some now-tired Blondie-isms remain, but this fine sophomore effort is mostly a forward-looking, groove-heavy delight."[8] The Tampa Bay Times deemed Crawdaddy "full of swirly, danceable melodies and infectious drumbeats."[9] The Record labeled Crawdaddy "an enticing mix of melodic pop enhanced with a hint of hard-driving guitar rock."[10]
Spin called the album "guitar-driven girl pop at its very finest."[11] The Boston Globe considered it "a terse pop-punk manifesto that conveys love's conflicting impulses in an ingratiating, semi-complex, pop context."[12] The Los Angeles Times wrote that the Darling Buds "thicken the pop with dense, twisted textures, lending [the album] an off-center quality."[13]
