Crawdaddy is an album by the British band the Darling Buds. 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.

Production

The album was produced by Stephen Street. Jimmy Hughes joined on drums.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Some now-tired Blondie-isms remain, but this fine sophomore effort is mostly a forward-looking, groove-heavy delight." The Tampa Bay Times deemed Crawdaddy "full of swirly, danceable melodies and infectious drumbeats." The Record labeled Crawdaddy "an enticing mix of melodic pop enhanced with a hint of hard-driving guitar rock." Spin called the album "guitar-driven girl pop at its very finest." The Boston Globe considered it "a terse pop-punk manifesto that conveys love's conflicting impulses in an ingratiating, semi-complex, pop context." The Los Angeles Times wrote that the Darling Buds "thicken the pop with dense, twisted textures, lending [the album] an off-center quality."

Track listing

All songs written by Harley Farr and Andrea Lewis

Charts