Songs The Lord Taught Us is a Rock album by The Cramps, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 76 pressings tracked, owned by 24 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Garage Rock
- fuzzy
- aggressive
- punky
About
The Cramps’ full-length debut established an aesthetic code that was taken for granted by thousands of aspiring garage acts in the decades that followed. To revive the reductionist nature of early rock 'n' roll records, they removed almost any trace of bass guitar or cymbal and let the songs ride on the primal stomp created between naked drums and wiry guitars. Most importantly, The Cramps built their own canon, reflected on <i>Songs the Lord Taught Us</i>. By uniting strands of '50s rockabilly, '60s garage rock, early striptease instrumentals, and the ferocious guitar sounds of surf music and Link Wray, The Cramps created their own sovereign country, overlapping but independent of other sectors of modern rock music. While critics tended to play up the band’s kitsch factor, <i>Songs the Lord Taught Us</i> is a highly personal work that grew out of Lux Interior and Ivy Rorschach’s formative experiences as teenage outcasts in Ohio and California. “I was a teenage werewolf,” howls Lux. “Braces on my fangs/A Midwest monster with the highest grades.”
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Tracklist
- 1TV Set3:12
- 2Rock On the Moon1:53
- 3Garbageman3:37
- 4I was a Teenage Werewolf3:03
- 5Sunglasses After Dark3:47
- 6The Mad Daddy3:48
- 7Mystery Plane2:43
- 8Zombie Dance1:55
- 9What's Behind the Mask2:05
- 10Strychnine2:24
- 11I'm Cramped2:37
- 12Tear It Up2:32
- 13Fever4:17
- 14I Was a Teenage Werewolf (With False Start)4:48
- 15Mystery Plane2:39
- 16Twist and Shout2:32
- 17I'm Cramped2:37
- 18The Mad Daddy3:15
Credits
Performers
- Nick KnoxDRUMS
- Bryan GregoryGUITAR
- Poison IvyGUITAR
- Lux InteriorVOCALS
- Booker CORGAN
- Alex ChiltonORGAN
24 collectors on Gatefold own this · 76 pressings tracked on Gatefold