The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us - LP Colored Vinyl

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Artist:
The Cramps
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
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12" Vinyl
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unofficial import reissue on colored vinyl (sealed so we don't know what color) - Continuing the spooked-out and raging snarls of their Gravest Hits EP, the Cramps once again worked with Alex Chilton on the group's full-album debut, Songs the Lord Taught Us. The jacket reads "file under: sacred music," but only if one's definition includes the holy love of rockabilly sex-stomp, something which the Cramps fulfill in spades. Having spent Gravest Hits mostly doing revamps of older material, the foursome tackled a slew of originals like "The Mad Daddy" and "TV Set" this time around, creating one of the few neo-rockabilly records worthy of the name. Years later Songs still drips with threat and desire both, testament to both the band's worth and Chilton's just-right production. "Garbageman" surfaced as a single in some areas, a wise choice given the at-once catchy roll of the song and downright frightening guitar snarls, especially on the solo. The covers of the Sonics' "Strychnine" and Billy Burnette's "Tear It Up" -- not to mention the concluding riff on "Fever" -- all challenge the originals. Interior has the wailing, hiccuping, and more down pat, but transformed into his own breathless howl, while Ivy and Gregory keep up the electric fuzz through more layers of echo than legality should allow. Knox helms the drums relentlessly; instead of punching through arena rock style, Chilton keeps the rushed rhythm running along in the back, increasing the sheer psychosis of it all.
A1TV Set
A2Rock On The Moon
A3Garbage Man
A4I Was A Teenage Werewolf
A5Sunglasses After Dark
A6The Mad Daddy
B1Mystery Plane
B2Zombie Dance
B3What's Behind The Mask
B4Strychnine
B5I'm Cramped
B6Tear It Up
B7Fever