Album: Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar (1980)
Genre: Hard Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Chrysalis
Format: Album

Description: Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.
It peaked at No. 2 for five weeks 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. 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.
Benatar won her first Grammy Award for 'Crimes of Passion' in the "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" of 1980.
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.

Artist Background: Patricia Mae Andrzejewski was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her Polish father, Andrew, was a sheet-metal worker, and her Irish mother, Mildred, a beautician. Her family later moved to North Hamilton Avenue in Lindenhurst, New York, a village within the Long Island town of Babylon. Patti (as she was known) became interested in theater and began voice lessons, singing her first solo at age eight, at Daniel Street Elementary School, a song called "It Must Be Spring". At Lindenhurs... Part of the Brooklyn, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Brooklyn, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1980s, Album, Chrysalis

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.
It peaked at No. 2 for five weeks 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. 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.
Benatar won her first Grammy Award for 'Crimes of Passion' in the "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" of 1980.
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.

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