I'll Cry If I Want To

I'll Cry If I Want To
Words explicating the artist, title, and track listing against a white background surround a narrow photo of a young woman looking sorrowful with out-of-focus tree flowers in the foreground.
Studio album by
Lesley Gore
ReleasedJune 1963
RecordedMarch 30, 1963; May 15, 1963
GenrePop[1]
Length26:04
LabelMercury
ProducerQuincy Jones
Lesley Gore chronology
I'll Cry If I Want To
(1963) 		Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
(1963)

I'll Cry If I Want To is the debut album of Lesley Gore. The album included her hit singles "It's My Party" and its follow-up, "Judy's Turn to Cry". The album was rushed out after "It's My Party" became a big hit, and the songs are mostly about crying, linking to the hit single's first line "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to", incorporating songs with titles such as "Cry", "Just Let Me Cry" and "Cry and You Cry Alone".[2][3] Besides the hit singles, the album included pop standards such as "Misty", "Cry Me a River" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?".[2] The album reached number 24 on the US Billboard 200.[4][5] Edsel Records released the album on Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts.[6] The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[7]

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023. ...the album epitomizes the sound of early-1960s girl-group pop...
  2. ^ a b Unterberger, R. "I'll Cry If I Want To". allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard: 10. June 22, 1963.
  4. ^ "Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  5. ^ Whitburn, J. (2007). The Billboard Albums. Record Research Inc. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-89820-166-6.
  6. ^ Westergaard, S. "I'll Cry If I Want To/Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts". allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  7. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.