I'll Cry If I Want To

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| name = I'll Cry If I Want To

| type = Album

| cover = I'll Cry If I Want To.jpeg

| alt = 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.

| released = June 1963

| recorded = March 30, 1963; May 15, 1963

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| genre = Pop{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s |website= Pitchfork |date= August 22, 2017 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/|quote= ...the album epitomizes the sound of early-1960s girl-group pop...|accessdate= April 15, 2023}}

| length = 26:04

| label = Mercury

| producer = Quincy Jones

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| next_title = Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts

| next_year = 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".{{cite web|title=I'll Cry If I Want To|author=Unterberger, R.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ill-cry-if-i-want-to-r8439/review|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2011-06-21}}{{cite journal|title=Album Reviews|work=Billboard|page=10|date=June 22, 1963}} Besides the hit singles, the album included pop standards such as "Misty", "Cry Me a River" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?". The album reached number 24 on the US Billboard 200.{{cite web|title=Charts and Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ill-cry-if-i-want-to-r8439/charts-awards|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2011-06-21}}{{cite book|title=The Billboard Albums|page=418|author=Whitburn, J.|year=2007|publisher=Record Research Inc.|isbn=978-0-89820-166-6}} Edsel Records released the album on Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts.{{cite web|title=I'll Cry If I Want To/Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ill-cry-if-i-want-to-sings-of-mixed-up-hearts-r493318|author=Westergaard, S.|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2011-06-21}} The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-22}}