Smell of Female

Smell of Female
Live album by The Cramps
Released	1983
Recorded	February 25–26, 1983
Venue	Peppermint Lounge, New York City
Length	20:16
Label	Big Beat, Enigma, New Rose Records
Producer	The Cramps
The Cramps chronology
Psychedelic Jungle (1981) Smell of Female (1983) ...Off the Bone (1983)

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Smell of Female is the first live album by the American rock band the Cramps. The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983, and issued the same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France. It was also released by New Rose as a quadruple-7" box set, with an additional track, "Weekend on Mars". It was later expanded to album length with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love"		3:03
2.	"You Got Good Taste"		3:26
3.	"Call of the Wighat"		3:47
4.	"Faster Pussycat"	Bert Shefter	2:47
5.	"I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound"		3:16
6.	"Psychotic Reaction"	Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne, John Michalski	3:54

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Beautiful Gardens"		3:07
8.	"She Said"	Hasil Adkins	5:18
9.	"Surfin' Dead"		4:12
Total length:			32:54

Personnel

The Cramps

• Lux Interior – vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Poison Ivy Rorschach – lead guitar, bass
• Kid Congo Powers – guitar
• Nick Knox – drums

Technical

• Paul McKenna – engineer
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Da Lux – cover