Songs the Lord Taught Us
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| Studio album by The Cramps | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis | |||
| Genre | Garage punk, psychobilly | |||
| Length | 37:53 | |||
| Label | Illegal | |||
| Producer | Alex Chilton | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [2] |
Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut studio album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released in 1980 on Illegal Records.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Lux Interior and Ivy Rorschach; except where indicated.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "T.V. Set" | 3:12 | |||||||
| 2. | "Rock On The Moon" | Jimmy Stewart | 1:53 | ||||||
| 3. | "Garbageman" | 3:37 | |||||||
| 4. | "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" | 3:03 | |||||||
| 5. | "Sunglasses After Dark" | Rorschach, Interior, Dwight Pullen, Link Wray | 3:47 | ||||||
| 6. | "The Mad Daddy" | 3:48 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Mystery Plane" | 2:43 | |||||||
| 2. | "Zombie Dance" | 1:55 | |||||||
| 3. | "What's Behind the Mask?" | 2:05 | |||||||
| 4. | "Strychnine" | Gerry Roslie | 2:24 | ||||||
| 5. | "I'm Cramped" | The Cramps | 2:37 | ||||||
| 6. | "Tear It Up" | Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison | 2:32 | ||||||
| 7. | "Fever" | John Davenport, Eddie Cooley | 4:17 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 14. | "I Was a Teenage Werewolf (With False Start)" (Original Mix) | 4:48 | |||||||
| 15. | "Mystery Plane" (Original Mix) | 2:39 | |||||||
| 16. | "Twist and Shout" | 2:32 | |||||||
| 17. | "I'm Cramped" (Original Mix) | 2:37 | |||||||
| 18. | "The Mad Daddy" (Original Mix) | 3:15 | |||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Lux Interior - vocals
- Poison Ivy Rorschach - guitar
- Bryan Gregory - guitar
- Nick Knox - drums
- Booker C - organ on "Fever"
- Alex Chilton - Producer
[edit] References
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (24 July 1980). "The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media) (RS 322). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071001004810/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecramps/albums/album/118357/review/5940410/songs_the_lord_taught_us.
[edit] External links
- Amazon.com - ASIN B000001I09, Songs the Lord Taught Us (1990-11-25)
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