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Really funky...seems like a bad that would be amazing live. Not sure I love the recorded sound though. 2.5/5
A perfectly good example of a perfectly good genre of music. Psychobilly by the masters. It's fun, it's got attitude and it's not overall my cup of tea but I'm not put off by it either.
Me pareció entretenido, nada espectacular pero no me aburrió y cuando terminó se me hizo que había durado poco, me gusta las melodías que parecen de película de surfers
Fun punk rockabilly. Sounds like a deranged Elvis.
Debuutalbum van "psychobilly gothabilly" band de Cramps. Mix met covers van rockabilly standards en originele nummers. Best grappige muziek, maar geen uitblinkers. leukste nummer: The Mad Daddy De band beschreef zichzelf als Psychobilly, een term dat origineert uit het door Johnny Cash opgenomen nummer "One Piece at a Time".
They did their thing very well.
Light 7/10
psycobilly
This was really fun, rough round the edges, good energy, but lacking a bit in anything to make it stand out (I Was A Teenage Werewolf seems to me to strip out a lot of the energy that makes the first part of the album more fun). Did quite enjoy the unexpected cover of Fever at the end of the album, very different sound. Another 3!
I'm not a big psychobilly guy. It always sounds borderline novelty to me -- like Halloween music. But there's no denying the Cramps do it right. This album is fun in its "twisted", silly way. Punky surf rock that doesn't outstay its welcome. I would probably give this 3.5 stars, really, but I'm going to round down because after this one, I don't really have any interest in checking out the rest of their discography.
I've never been a huge fan of the surf-rock, psychobilly sound that The Cramps are known for and have always preferred the horror punk of The Misfits. What I do enjoy is the kitschy, whimsical feel that their horror-laced lyrics evoke, much like classic monster movies. You know the ones - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Werewolf - the ones that aren't actually scary. The Cramps are creepy, silly, and satirical. If you can't appreciate the camp in horror, you probably won't enjoy The Cramps either. If you can, it's good fun. 3.5.
The punk aesthetic is cooler than the music. Over and over again I am reminded of this. I'm a fan of everything. But this early punk just does not resonate. There's not enough for me to love.
A lot of good stuff on here
Probably more like a 2.5
A straightforward garage-rock LP that's about what you would expect from The Cramps. No surprises on this one, but that's not a bad thing – I personally enjoy this style of rough 'n ready, sleazy rock, so I found it a solid listen.
Good! Wouldn't listen to by myself but pretty neat listen.
Fun but is dated.
So apparently this band I'd never heard of invented a sub-genre I'd never heard of, but they reject the label despite having put it on their posters. Do I care? Not really. Is the music any good? Some tracks better than others, and I'd have to be in a rare mood to want to put it on. (That said, I think their live gigs would have been a hoot). I might add the Zombie Dance track and perhaps one or two others to my Halloween playlist. I'm wavering between 2.5 and 3 stars, but will give the benefit of the doubt as I may just have been in the wrong mood when I listened - only had time for once through, and not quite all the tracks at that.
Lauantai-aamun siivousmusaa. Ihan tosi söpöä kyllä, Halloween-bileiden klassikkokamaa.
Sounds like the cramps in a non mind blowing fashion but it’s fun enough
Good
Very cool sound. Love the rockabilly-infused punk/glam mix. If they weren't so good at it, it would be very easy to dismiss as just some folks taking the piss out of pop music, and that's probably an ingredient but they really do perform very well.
Fever is great, the rest seemed a bit anonymous.
I really like the style and vibe, and I'm sure it's been said before, but I really miss the bass guitar. Feels a bit hollow without it. Also, the production on the remastered version of this is... not great. Favorite tracks: "Garbageman", "Mystery Plane"
Enjoyed it while I listened to it. However, it has really stuck with me.
I can't say I was ever a fan of the Psychobilly craze. The Cramps pretty much invented it, and so I was surprised that I enjoyed some of this.
Weird but interesting mix of rockabilly, surf, punk. Guitars are out of tune. Kinda cool, not great, but I respect the creativity.
They're just stealing shit from poor white culture. But extra star for going bass-less.
If history has taught us anything, it's that stuffing a turkey with barbed wire and wrapped up parcels of your own dried up semen and serving it for thanksgiving, is not the best way of introducing yourself to your inlaws. We all make mistakes and here, The Cramps have made the mistake of thinking that I'm not going to listen to their record and not choke myself to orgasm.
Ces gars-là peuvent se targuer d'être les nouvelles pétasses du générateur.
Inutile de commenter cet album je pense. D'autant plus que je reviens tout juste de vacances et que j'ai du pain sur la planche avec la génération contre toute attente de Stevie Wonder.
meia boca, não muito do meu agrado, repetitivo talvez
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yes, it’s got a nice and familiar feel. Very fitting for it’s time and easy to digest Favourite song: Track 17 - I’m Cramped
Listening to all these albums on this list helps me understand music history better (at least the US/English-centered music history), which is very interesting. Examples like "Songs The Lord Taught Us" are fascinating, even though they are not the best songs or record production. The mixture of punk and rockabilly-inspired music here is an incredible resource for understanding the 80s and 90s musical movements and how we reach the 2000s with so much nostalgia in our minds. The future is not shining anymore, and the past is always a place to be comfortable, so the change/remix/(des)organize the past is an excellent tool to enjoy the present while waiting for the possible worst future.
Listened to on 10/24/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: zombie dance BIG HALLOWEEN ENERGY
Songs is pretty slow for *billy; That and the spacy recording gives it a funereal/reclaimed church feel. Everything is charming, but nothing leaps to the fore as especially notable. I found myself disinclined to check out the bonus material.
I'm really picky with punk and this doesn't really do it for me. There's some cool songs though.
Oye, esto no está nada de mal.
Rating: 6/10
Good, solid garage rock
I listen too it, not my kind Of music
Rough, in a cool way. Not the best one by the Cramps, but pretty good
first listen meh
Det här var väl helt okej.
Definitely 80’s vibe. Listened to most of the songs. It was okay.
Interesting retro style. Cool but not enough to listen to a whole album.
Raw, weird and pioneering - liked it
I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Some tracks were great, others not so much. A very punky vibe which I would usually dismiss out of hand. Another high 3*
Thought I'd like this more than I did considering the Misfits are one of my favourite bands of all time.
Pretty good
It wasn't bad, I actually kinda liked this album. I think the best songs are near the back, that's for sure. Some of them are difficult to listen to but it seems like an album that gets better the more you listen to it.
I think if I was in the right mood I'd enjoy this. It has some fairly entertaining moments but I don't really like it musically. Probably an incredible live show.
Loud and punky. Can hear influence in Jesus & Mary Chain etc. Would have been great to see live in it's day.
"garage-trash novelty" -- ok, a good fun listen. Fave: What's Behind The Mask. I Was A Teenage Werefolf
A low 3 for me. Filled with gothy r&r takes never quite goes beyond appearing like a bit of a novelty act for me.
Coś tam pobrzękali, ja dobrze nie pamiętam.
A fun rockabilly influenced album
Punk
I appreciate the concept and execution, though as with the B-52s at album length it starts to wear thin for me. The jangly, rockabilly-esque music, the oddly inflected (and rather affected) vocals. Perfect to fit a niche interval in a mix tape, not my cup of tea to sit down and listen to for the better part of an hour.
I've never really listened to The Cramps, but this is pretty fun. Doesn't outstay its welcome and really knows what it's got going for it. I'd listen again.
I own this album already - not my favourite, definitely a bit of a curio, but the Cramps managed to extract the gothic potential from rockabilly. A novel, creative and quite original enterprise, even though I'm not wholly in love with the results
Any one of these would be a fine contribution to a playlist, good lord they all sound the fucking same back-to-back on an album.
Fínasta psychobilly. Hefði sómt sér vel í hvaða Reykvískum bílskúr sem er in the 80s.
Good dose of punk, but really fairly monotonous.
Overall not bad, there were parts I really liked and other that I didn’t at all
Give me an instrumental album
Yeah was alright 6/10
A punk album that is rather on the side side of the spectrum. Tolerable and listenable, without any real heights or lows
3.4 - solid punk/psychobilly album with short, fun tracks. Cover of “Fever” and “I was a teenage werewolf” stood out most to me.
kovaa menoa ja rätinää. en tiedä teksteistä mut ainakin asenne jees. musiikillisesti ei mitään ihmeellistä mut hei, se on punkkia.
I have heard of this band, but this is the first listen of the album. On my first listen, I thought it was rather fun. The rockabilly on overdrive had me bopping and I guess the lyrics were ghoulish (or goofy). After a while though, the tracks seemed to blend together. So, although it was kinda a party time, I can’t see myself ever seeking the album out to listen again. Ending with “Fever” was certainly a change of pace, and I did like The Cramps spin on that tune.
2nd listen. Some really good stuff here! 3/5
Pyschobilly bullshit
gennemsnitlig punkrock
Songs that sound like they’re coming to you after being caught on a midnight breeze. You get the feeling that everything from the B-52s to MBV to R.L Stine to Clive Barker to John Carpenter to Hocus Pocus owe at least something to The Cramps. Their gift isn’t just a whole sub genre of sound – a sub genre still alive and well today that would include, among literally thousands of much more popular acts, The Hemingers and their must-listen pissed-up psychopunk anthem “What’s a Heminger?” – no, their gift is creating a place where monsters, ghouls, night terrors and spooky confabulations can indulge in delightfully exonerating campiness without losing their edge. Song after song, The Cramps build a world out of the fallout of various musical explosions: blues, punk, surf, garage, rock n’roll. It’s as rowdy as it is resourceful, but never less than completely inviting. The Cramps, you get the sense, want you to join them in their hall of mirrors; it’s as infectious as the zombie-making virus one member caught in the OG Dawn of the Dead.
Eh, it’s ugly in a good way
How is this only 37 minutes long? Felt like an eternity.
These are some fun songs. They remind me of the B-52s. 0RS
Fun punkabilly.
Entretenido y fácil de escuchar
another punk rock album, okay
Can't remember it so well but imagine it was average
Ik voeeel hem lekker rocken op de maan Weerwolf awooee
Fun energy and interesting to hear the style of 50's pop with punk - easy to see how they influenced other bands. Several songs reminded me of The Hives
В принципе, звук интересный весьма. Вокалист экспрессивный, инструментал лаконичный и гармоничный. Только вот с этим всем добром интересных композиций не вышло. Будто какие-то заслуженные панки в целях эксперимента решила поджемовать с закосом под 50-е и сообразить альбом. Но гениальностью не отличались, чтобы вышло достойно. Так что вышло довольно скучно. Между делом слышал нотки The White Stripes, чекнул - да, на последних сабж оказал влияние. Значит, имеем очередной случай, когда новое сделало старое относительно ненужным.
Kinda like OG punk, surprisingly some tracks I recognised that wouldn't have said was theirs. Like 'Fever' . Enjoyable, 3
Ehh
Dark and brooding - Misfits meets Duane Eddy
on the lower end of 3.5 good but not great
Amusingly manic. 5/10
Bastante ameno.
Está bien chingón. Puro upbeat. 3.99 cómo no.
Can’t stop tapping my feet… oh god! They’ve fallen off!
Punk med lidt underlig vokal. Egentlig flere gode melodier men fanger ikke helt. Genren er nok heller ikke helt mig. 3.5 stjerne
I don‘t like his voice. But music is ok.
“I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the- all over the ring! And then I start eatin' garbage! And then I pick up the trash can, and I bash the guy on the head.”
2
It’s giving bird bird bird, bird is the word. 4/10
It's fine but why am I here?
idkkk
Listened to this right after Pixies' Surfer Rosa, not too into the raw and ugly rock of this era. Some songs weren't bad, but the album is overall hard to listen to, the lyrics are mediocre, and the vibe is altogether too fast-paced in-your-face.
Yeah, it was an interesting listen. I probably won't listen to it again. I was a little disappointed by the I Was A Teenage Werewolf False Start song. Am I supposed to be impressed by the band member being a total fucking asshole? Loss of a star.
Sure this was a big deal in 1980, but it's just meh now. The Ramones and Misfits are way better.
I don't want to cramp their style but I could have been listening to rockabilly 12 bar rock and roll from the early 1960s except it was worse. They even managed to ruin the old classic 'Fever'. To sum up - it was garbage man!
I wanted to like this more, but the surf rock influences are too strong...
All gimmick
I like music that doesn’t take itself too seriously but this got tiresome very quickly. Punkabilly is not my jam. 2⭐️
I thought it was going to be more horror pop. I was a bit disappointed
This is a bit too rough and ready for me. Pub band recorded in the corner of a pub vibes. But it’s also got a sleazy cool vibe at times as well. 2.
Dont vibe with it that much 3.6/10
The songs basically all sound like goo goo muck except for fever
Fav- rock on the moon 2/5
Holy distortion. It sounds like every guitar, amplifier, and larynx on set is clogged with a generous layer of mud. Also incredibly low-effort. Somebody gave this 5 stars and mentioned this probably taking under a day to record, the band only using a single low-quality microphone in (what sounds like) a tin shed, and it being classic rock'n'roll. The first two qualities are very obvious negatives for me, and unfortunately I don't see this ever qualifying as classic rock'n'roll. The guitar sound is pretty sweet, though – even if that sweetness is short-lived. 53 minutes is a long time to suffe–uh, I mean, groove. Extremely distorted opening number, TV Set. Reminds me a bit of Interstellar Overdrive on Pink Floyd's debut record, particularly the melody and general guitar tone. Though there isn't exactly anything else in the song. The second and third tracks, Rock On The Moon and Garbageman, lose me a little bit. Too much needlessly frying audio and too little actual substance, or introduction and development of themes, and so on. Rock On The Moon is the worse of the two because, even though it tries to incorporate some sort of vocal, the vocal buries itself deep in the mix such that it's impossible to make out the words. Then we get I Was A Teenage Werewolf, which throws us a bone in the form of 12-bar blues. Groovy enough, but the audio is unabashedly and objectively terrible, so it remains a little difficult to fully enjoy. Mystery Plane is just a single riff over a single chord for 163 seconds. People giving this 5 stars cannot be real. Too many tracks are exactly like this. I'm Cramped, What's Behind The Mask, and Tear It Up are exactly the same. The relative monotony gets broken up at the end of the album's "main release" with the detective-thriller-esque Fever. Having a significantly more listenable guitar tone helps a heck of a lot. 2/5 Key tracks: I Was A Teenage Werewolf, Fever
I think they pulled off exactly what they tried to do, it just doesn't work that well for me. It's like if Elvis made a punk band and they only played shows on Halloween.
Uninteresting, both lyrically and sonically. If you’re going to go punk, go punk. The album’s treatment of “Fever” is its only saving grace.
I like the idea of rockabilly punk in theory, but these songs don't do much for me.
Slightly annoying surf rockabilly bullshit
Not for me now to be completely frank
Had high hopes to start, but it really starts to grate on you after about 10 minutes.
Een expres lelijke punkvariant op rock 'n roll. Een boel aanstellerij, je vraagt je serieus af of dit ooit publiek trok. En waarom wij het moeten luisteren. En wat deze lui gesnoven hebben. Ik krijg er ter plekke 'the cramps' van. De meerwaarde van de opname in het befaamde boek lijkt te zijn dat we nu geleerd hebben dat dit mallotige genre 'psychobilly' überhaupt bestaat.
Een band die waarschijnlijk een prima bluesrock album had kunnen leveren. In plaats daarvan laat de band de zang extra lui klinken en nemen ze het op van buiten de festivaltent. Verspilde potentie.
Dit is blijkbaar de voorloper van psychobilly. Dat soort punkachtige muziek heb ik wel voorbij horen komen op verschillende festivals, maar heeft mij nooit geboeid. Het heeft dezelfde desinteresse van punk, maar dan trager. En in dit geval wil het ook een beetje schijtlollig en/of artsy fartsy doen a la Talking Heads. Dus Talking Heads meets Sex Pistols. Dit is niet echt aan mij besteed, al krijg ik het best uitgeluisterd
The rockabilly influence is kinda cool, but all the songs run together to me. I get that the repetition is part of their sound, and they sound good doing it, but there’s only so much you can do with that before it gets monotonous to listen to. I can tell they had a lot of fun making it, and I like their sense of humor, but it’s nothing I’d personally seek out again. I respect the influence they had on the genre and aesthetic, though. Favorite track: Garbage Man
It was awful.
Drum and guitar heavy late punk offering with appropriate screamy vocals - a piece of its time.
Yeah, not my thing
Twist and Shout вроде норм
Horrible
Man I'm getting old. The second this started I thought "oh this is what we're doing? Alright". I can tell they really loved making this. Not what I'm looking for but it isn't poorly done.
Hearing the opening track and seeing the album run time at 38min helped a little. Having a bad head cold and this album really do not mix well. This had ingredients that I like, but this is probably too far for me.
Didn’t like it
Very weird album. Nothing like I expected from the album cover. Had Elvis vibes in places. Incomprehensible and annoying in others. They were obviously having fun making it. But it’s not really my jam. 4/10 Acceptable
I’ve never been a punk fan, and this list is exposing me to a lot of it. I can tell this band is good at what they do, I just think what they do sounds a bit shit.
Quite fun, gothic, camp rockabilly. I can see how this really influenced 80s Matchbox B-Line disaster who then improved on the formula.
I can dig some rockabilly vibes, but this one not so much.
Album title gets 5 stars. First song gets 1 star. The rest is a bunch of 2s with maybe a 3 in there if you’re feeling generous or in the right mood.
I like the term psychobilly more than the music. This was fine and a few parts I enjoyed, but overall pretty underwhelming. 2.75/5
The alleged birth of 'Psychobilly' - the fusion of punk and rockabilly which sounds to me quite shambolic and, if it weren't for the slap back echo on the vocals it would be a rubbish set of rock and blues songs. This is not the sound of 1980 to my ears..........
The cramps feel like a band that would have a rockabilly Christmas song on a Mistmas cd. The teenage werewolf song was fun, could give or take the rest.
Psychobilly you say? Well I quite liked the first few tracks but it tailed off into nothingness pretty quickly...
Things I care about: the Sonics, the B-52’s, campy horror films, punk, rockabilly. Things I don’t care about: the Cramps. The sum is less than its parts.
Unserious and punky. Got a little repetitive, but still amusing. Probably won’t revisit though. Rating: 4.5/10 Favorite Song: I was a teenage werewolf
It's basically what happens when take punk and put it into a blender with rockabilly. Not my thing.
Boring
I think weve all found an album we can agree on. That agreement is its shiteness
Better than I remembered.
Repetitive. Loud and muddy, yet also weirdly thin and hollow-sounding. Not a big fan.
Pas du tout ma came
This was not an enjoyable listen
Spooky. There were songs I did enjoy when I wasn't scared
3.5/10
Edge lord rock Fave Track: Fever
Tickled to learn "psychobilly" is a genre – didn't mind the spooks
Influential for a subculture that I couldn't care less about
I'm sure The Hives have listened to a fair share of The Cramps. Doesn't mean I need to as well.
Not for me but some of it was catchy
TV Set - 4/5 Rock On The Moon - 4.5/5 Garbageman - 3.5/5 I Was A Teenage Werewolf - 3/5 Sunglasses After Dark - 3.5/5 The Mad Daddy - 2.5/5 Mystery Plane - 3/5 Zombie Dance - 3/5 What's Behind The Mask - 3.5/5 Strychnine - 4/5 I'm Cramped - 3/5 Tear It Up - 3/5 Fever - 3/5 I Was A Teenage Werewolf - With False Start - 2/5 Mystery Plane - Original Mix - 3/5 Twist And Shout - 3/5 I'm Cramped - Original Mix - 2.5/5 The Mad Daddy - Original Mix - 2/5
This album might have been good, even novel in the late 60s, or very early 70s. That this came out in 1980 shows how behind the times they were. Stripped down can be good, but this is just uninteresting. This band has an extra M in the name.
So it just does this one thing huh?
Overall it was too loud and too much noise. The songs on their own may have been ok, but too much all at once. Sunglasses and Cramped were the best. Honorable mention to Mad Dad for comic relief.
Not my thing
What lord taught you these songs?
This weird rock revival left me annoyed
A bit noisy for my tastes. 2.5 stars. 😅
more like the craps am i rite okay not that bad but this didnt do much for me tbh
I don’t feel particularly better for having listened to this. Not bad, but very forgettable.
A werewolf, a vampire and a zombie go surfing.
I see a young John Cleese every time I look up at the album cover on my computer screen. I started off by liking this album and then the songs became very repetitive, but then I like the last song.... "'Tis but a scratch".
Sounds like the soundtrack to a bad Disney Halloween movie
No private session used for Spotify. An interesting listen to for psychobilly, but, damn, does it get repetitive to the point of I probably won't listen to it again.
I was so close to giving it a 1 but I am comfortable to giving it a 2. I would rather have cramps than listen to this again.
3/10
I’d rather have actual cramps than listen to this again
Piece of hot trash
A mix of elvis and punk
Too chaotic for my taste. 4/10
I went into Songs the Lord Taught Us expecting something raw and exciting, but what I got ws very average.It’s undeniably stripped-back and primitive, but for me it crosses the line from minimalist to monotonous. The sound is basic garage punk. I can appreciate what they were trying to do. There’s a deliberate trashy aesthetic here, a B-movie horror vibe running through the lyrics and delivery. But while that cult energy might have been groundbreaking at the time, it doesn’t translate into an engaging listen for me now. Track after track blends into the next, and nothing really stood out or demanded a second spin. Favourite tracks: I genuinely struggled to pick one Least favourite tracks: The issue isn’t one specific song; it’s the overall sameness. The album feels one-paced and very basic throughout. Album artwork: A fairly standard cover
I guess I'm not a huge psychobilly fan. It's perfectly listenable, it just doesn't strike me as particularly interesting. Basic rockabilly style is pleasant enough and I guess the vocal style does add a bit of intensity and interest
I did not particularly enjoy this :(
this is shit, but it's human in a way i can really appreciate 2/5
It is strange album, in the one hand it was groovey, energetic - basically Classic rock vibe - in the other hand, the quality of record is shit, sometimes guitars are playing some nonsense and there is nothing that stands out here. 2/5
Lo escuché por encima y no me atrajo nada en particular. Me sonaban a los Beach Boys haciendo versiones en una fiesta de Halloween.
Rockabilly durch die Augen der Punkrevolution. Verwaschene und verhallte Produktion, sehr monotone Songs und ein recht anstrengender Sänger, das kriegt mich alles überhaupt nicht. Am besten sind die Songs, welche die Albernheiten abgelegen und in eine düstere, punkigere Richtung gehen. Nach etwa 38 Minuten bin ich insgesamt leider eher genervt und gelangweilt. Nicht mein Sound, nicht mein Humor.
Too repetitive, too loud, too fast, too much.
It's okay. Kind of repetitive by the end of the album. The singer's warbly voice seems to have been a popular vocal style during the 80s in the alternative music scene, something I'm not too fond of.
This album is way too long! The punk/rockabilly fusion is fun at first but grows tiresome as the album progresses and every song starts to sound the same.
Horror rockabilly… it’s fine, but a bit too stressful for me.
Ask the lord to stop teaching you songs. 2/5
Yeah, no thanks
Not really my thing. The guys vocals kinda remind me of the bird is the word song or like the b-52s even a little but this I don’t like. Super weird in a way I don’t love.
This was new to me. It's rockabilly with a heavy dose of horror-kitsch. It's an odd blend but it works. But this is from 1980? While everyone else had moved on, they were stuck in 1960 (but with better technology). Overall I am not into novelty albums, which this seems to be, so I don't think I'll be revisiting it.
Not great at all
The B52s do it better.
Rockabilly is the bane of my existence. Anyway, it was kinda fun when it wasn't torturous.
Whilst I wasn’t overly looking forward to this, given the little I know about The Cramps, it’s got that song from “Wednesday” on it which I quite like, so that was something. Except “Goo Goo Muck”, which wasn’t on it, and “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”, which was, are not the same song. So I was back to zero songs I was looking forward to. The cover of “Fever” was interesting, and I accidentally found myself going on to track 14, which was a cocked up version of “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”, and that was quite entertaining. Other than that, this album was not for me. It’s probably a 1.5*.
The "solo" on track 1 set a worrying bar for quality early on. I did appreciate a song with Frigidaire in the lyrics though. I quite like a lot of rockabilly, and I absolutely like a lot of punk, though to the best of my knowledge, I've never really heard much psychobilly. I am a bit concerned that The Cramps might be considered the best psychobilly has to offer though. The vocals are the end of punk where the singer has little ability to actually sing, and while I'm all for the punk attitude of "just get up there and do it, regardless of ability" that doesn't mean I want to listen to it. I'm also not convinced they were capable of playing a full song at a consistent tempo? The drums kept seeming to slow down then speed up, mid song - it was a bit White Stripes, just with zombies. I wanted to like this (tongue in cheek songs about werewolves and spooky stuff should be right up my alley), alas, I did not. I was a bit concerned that there was going to be 53 minutes of this album, allowing me to really build up a festering hatred, but I then checked Wikipedia and discovered the original album contained 13 tracks, mercifully allowing me to bail out 5 tracks, and 15ish minutes, early. As a result, this gets a generous 2/5.
I don't wish to knock anyone's joy, as I can see how folks could really enjoy this campy album--but it's just one of those styles that would be on the last of a list to return to. A lot of songs felt tired and a lot of sameness, though I did like 'Fever.' I also just don't enjoy campy horror movies.
Ah, another punk album that didn't quite hit the mark for me. I found it hard to stay engaged with this for 55 min. I probably should relisten because I definitely got lost halfway through, but a punk album should have an energy that keeps you engaged imo. I'll stick with the Cure or Joy Division / New Order.
i am just not a rockabilly girlie, and i'm learning to accept that. I understand that the genre itself is a predecessor to a lot of great things about rock in the 90s. But I think I struggle to see much of the nuance of what makes their sound distinct from the dozens of other ~hip~ bands of that moment. Certainly, given the release date, they are one of the early ones, but already feel very referential in the ways they construct their basslines, as well as the rhythmic and chord progression choices underlying their guitar riffs.
2/5
2.5
Sloppy and gothic rockabilly, not my thing for sure. 2.5 stars
Spare me. You can be depressed, and you can be horny, but if you want my interest you have to be at least a good songwriter or charismatic singer about it. Without either of those things, it just comes off as creepy
Punk is good because it's a middle finger to conventional mainstream music, but there are so many punk albums in this project that genre is beginning to feel uninspired. I do like the rockabilly aspect for a song or two.
If you booked this band for a teen party, you'd be a hit... from my teen years at least. But there's not a lot of depth or variety here that really moves it out of that sphere. The tantrum on I Was A Teenage Werewolf was not really enjoyable, and the cover of Fever was really weak.
Yuck.
No nonono, what is this singing…? It’s beyond my understanding
Not my style
Not my cup of tea. The layers of 70's and 80's camp rock turned me off and never hot me back.
Aesthetically, this is up my alley. Hard, fast-paced, guitar--driven, raggedy-ass music. Hell yeah, let's go! There's only one problem, and it's that I don't really enjoy listening to much of it. Every song sounds like it's being run with the reverb switch glued in place, giving the effect that the album was recorded from inside a metal box. I don't mind this technique being used once in a while, but for a whole album, it's exhausting to listen to. The same with Lux Interior's vocals. Fine in short doses, wearing over time. The overall style of garage/psychobilly still holds some pleasure for me, so I can't hate on this too much. A song from this album sprinkled in among other music is fine. But the whole album at once is too much of a specific thing.
+1 point for fever
Vampire rock opera vibes
Zombie dance was a lot of fun but the album is not. It’s too campy for my taste, production was just ok, nothing really stands out as being special in this one.
Mastered horribly. It sounds like a teenagers garage band, fit with absolutely zero melody and zero singing skills.
Rockabilly album, good energy, but not my thing, 2* Highlight: fever
Ok rock album. Some great guitar riffs but is ultimately forgottable
I actually kinda liked this. Not enough to listen again but, I made it through the whole thing without thinking "is this album almost over?".
Didn’t love this. I thought the “Fever” cover was fun and refreshing, but nothing else really worked for me. I think this is considered psycho-billy, which I’m really not into, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I’m feeling lukewarm about this. I have a hard time thinking this is worthy of being on the list.
This did absolutely nothing for me.
I like surf but this was annoying to listen to, the production was really abrasive and didn’t suit the style at all
High school prom music for people who skipped all their classes
This didn't do it for me. Turns out I don't like my steak too raw.
Doesn't hold much charm for me. Has the same "I can't really play" quality of earlier punk with precarious and annoying vocals. Shoehorning in all sorts of other genres into a noise soup that sounds muddy. I guess it could be campy but it's just so not to my taste. At least they have a female guitarist but even that can't do much to improve this
Man hört, dass es schon ein paar Tage älter ist. Hat aber eigentlich Spaß gemacht zu hören.
Is this a comedy record?
Not for me
Parts of this were good as a punk-esque album, but some of it was just painful to listen to. Might be for somebody, but not for me. 2/5
Rockabilly - not bad
Meh
Not for me
Kind of B52sish but worse
Unusual? Maybe unique, certainly interesting. High 2s.
I'm not mad at it but won't listen again
Sounds pretty dated and repetitive and I did not find it to be the most enjoyable.
Interesting album and glad I know more about The Cramps now. Very erratic and whimsical singing that reminded me of the B-52's, Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis. Creative and fun album but one I think I'm not going back to much.
Nothing really great here
The Cramps’ Songs the Lord Taught Us is a messy slab of swampy rockabilly and punk attitude that sounds like it was recorded in a damp basement with the mic wrapped in duct tape. The “remastered” version doesn’t do the mud any favors, but beneath the murk you can hear a band having a hell of a time turning garage sleaze into a deranged sermon. Lux Interior’s vocals swing from cartoonish declarations à la B-52’s to a jittery Buddy Holly impression, while the band thrashes out riffs that feel half stolen, half exorcised. “Fever” is the rare moment where everything clicks into something approaching cool, but the real fun comes in their warped takes on rock history—“TV Set” channels Iggy fronting the Velvet Underground, “Mystery Plane” lurches from Sabbath to rockabilly, and “What’s Behind the Mask” feels like the Stones on a bad trip. It’s a dirty, chaotic mess—but at least it’s their mess.
Feveeerrrrrr!
These songs made me feel like life had no flavor. Like eating stale crackers out of your grandma’s cupboard.
A high 2 parts grabbed my attention but not enough to make me want to give it another listen
This album is alright but nothing really much to note. It just doesn't really stand out to me because The Cramps sound a lot like the Misfits or True Sounds of Liberty down to the guitar tone and the vocal style. It's that early goth and horror punk sound that is well known with bands like the ones mentioned. It is sort of an enjoyable album at times but only for a few songs, the rest are painfully boring and dull. Like it just something that I'm not really fond of at all. I just don't really get who the Cramps are for. Vampires? Zombies? Frankenstein? It's literally like what we as kids thought was scary and horror that just seems really soft at best. Favorite Tracks: TV Set, I Was A Teenage Werewolf, Sunglasses After Dark, Strychnine Rating: 2.5/5
The bones are the skeletons' money In our world bones equal dollars That's why they're comin' out tonight To get their bones from you The skeletons'll pull your hair Up but not out
That false start track was very indicative of the whole album. I wanted to tell the cramps to gtfo of my ears.
It's ok but a bit samey and reminds me of OFAH band with Rodney in it.
Oh, how I wish the lord had taught them some songs that are actually any good, instead of this lame punk nonsense…
in certain circumstances, i love that sound. for film music or in between other tracks. one full album? that's too much.
More punk, this time with a rockabilly flair. Not my favourite genre. This was a bit boring for me.
it was decent, more interesting than the ramones but still not my fave
Kinda weird and spooky but not really enough to be interesting. The performances are okay but lack energy, the screaming is kinda goofy and overall a bit in-one-ear-out-the-other
Just ok
this did little to zero or maybe i’m just not in the mood
Not offensive but not good. Punk without anything interesting going on.
# Playlist Track - I Was A Teenage Werewolf # Notes - Boring punk, not cool punk. - Yeah, they can scream and make some noises, but can they put a good album together? I don't think so.
I had already listened to some Cramps music in the past and liked it enough to listen a few times. I don't love this album, though. It's just a bit too noisy and punk-y for me. I think they made this before they had any real mastery over their instruments. They got better as the years went by and more albums came out. I'm not generally a big fan of punk or rockabilly, although there have been some bands that made it work. The cramps Can make it work, but at this point in their young careers, it was... not good. I'll give it a 2 because it's not terrible. It's just something that would call me back to listen again. And if I did have an urge to hear this style of music, I'd grab a later album by them.
Meh
Ei napannu. Laulut ei oo mielenkiintosia ja tylsistyin jo parin ekan biisin aikana. Pettymys, koska albumin kansi on tosi hieno ja odotukset nousi sen vuoksi.
Rockabilly punk?
Best Song: I Was A Teenage Werewolf. I kind of like the buzzing in the guitars, but not much else. Worst Song: The Mad Daddy. The B-52s really convinced a whole subset of musicians that they could also pull off that stuttering vocal delivery and make it sound cool. Spoiler: they couldn't. Overall: Another Brit punk offering of what feel like dozens of identical tiny songs. Can't ever imagine returning to this.
i did not need to listen to this before i died
Neki čudan miks punka i surfa i čega već. Stvari koje se ne bi trebale miksati ukratko. Može se slušati, donekle. Zadnja pjesma kida.
Like early punk rock. Not bad.
Album was okay 4.5/10
They tried, they really did. Not sure how successful they were. It's decent though.
Cuando vi la portada pensé directamente que me iba a tocar punk otra vez. No me equivocaba. Sin embargo, aquí he encontrado mezclas interesantes con el rockabilly y la música surf. Interesante pero nada especial. 2'5/5
not a fan but I think this type of punk music is a pretty specific taste and is acquired (I have not acquired it)
Punk Rock that has a rockabilly vibe. Every song on the album pretty much sounds the same. The lyrics are sparse and fairly trite. The singer’s voice has an affectation that makes it seem theatrical in a way. Fever is ok, the rest of the songs didn’t really do much for me.
Seems like a blend of rockabilly and punk, and coming at the end of the 80s it seems like the last shout of that style of music. I like the idea of this music, I don't like this music.
Apparently I don’t mind a rockabilly song or two. But a whole album? Pass.
A couple of kind of fun ones - almost like if Buddy Holly did acid? Or his harder-rocking cousin? But a lot of it was just noise....
Meh
Yeah, no
Noiserock... FUCKING NOISEROCK!??! Waarom staat dat toch in deze lijst? Ik snap oprecht prima dat er een album van die stroming in moet staan, want het zal vast invloedrijk zijn geweest. Geen idee wat de invloed was, of waarom we ervan bewust moeten zijn, maar invloedrijk was het vast. Noiserock is een sociaal experiment geweest; Wat is de grootste herrie die we kunnen maken waar mensen het nog steeds muziek noemen en dat we toch nog cd's of lp's verkopen? Het is zonde, want een nummer als Garbage Man klinkt echt prima. Lekker riffje, dikke drum beat eronder. Ik had het gewoon naar mn zin, maar dan... Maar dan... Word er weer een arme gitaar verkracht met een bak distortion waar je U tegen zegt. Iedereen die klaagt over dat autotune de muziekindustrie verpest heeft; Ik wil het toch ook graag heel even hebben over de distortion die over gitaren word geknald. En eerlijk? zelfde kan gezegd worden over het Werewolf nummer, maar daar is het de zanger die het verpest. Instrumentaal zit het hier juist top in elkaar, maar de zanger jankt er over heen. Of zou dat de bedoeling zijn? Janken als een weerwolf? Weet je waar het een beetje aan doet denken? Bij stukken krijg ik gewoon heel erg de vibe van Bat out of hell van Meatloaf. Het zelfde campy, theatrale zingen, min de uithalen dan, maar wel precies dat overdreven bijna musicale achtige zingen en schrijven. Het is ok, soms werkt het, maar het werkt vaker gewoon niet. Het is wel minder noiserockig dan ik op basis van de eerste nummers verwachtte, dat is tenminste wel goed nieuws. De distortion op de gitaren is later een stuk teruggebracht en de 2e helft van het album is best prima. FAVO: Fever cover is best wel funny.
2.1 Shite. It what I imagine my dad hears when I listen to metal. Just a garbled mess. Almost art like, it's interesting as an exhibit but how could anyone actually think "today I'm going to put on that Cramps album"
Another strange album. But a couple of songs were pretty cool.
This was not very good.
That album was just fine. I didn't really like any of the songs but it made for okay background noise.
Wanted to like it more but not enough for 3*. Definitely more in the right direction for a punk album but none of the songs stood out.
eh
Retro surfer-punk-rock and roll. I dig their lo-fi sound and they've got energy, but ultimately it was all a bit rough for me. Rating: 2
not for me, kinda spooky in a goosebumps way
Da hani also en Fensterplatz gha wo eus de Lord die Songs Taught het. Han bim Lose au fast Ohrechrämpf becho, darum Pluspünkt für de passend Name. Isch mer eis zu Nervös gsi zum schaffe, aber es gäbti sicher situation wo die Musig gar ned so mega schlecht wäri. Zwei Magnesium geg min Chrampf, bitte.
Not for me
Not for me The vocals are too muffled to be prominent in the songs
This album sounds as if it should exclusively be played around Halloween. It's just got that spooky sounding vibe, but a fun goofy spooky, not creepy spooky. I don't dislike it but I wouldn't say I fell in love with it, it personally didn't quite land with me. A punky, surf rock sound which works pretty well, but does start to sound tired and repetitive halfway through the album. I preferred the lighthearted sounding rockabilly stuff over the heavier sounding rock. There is some nice and fast guitar work on display that makes you want to move and the vocals, though weird, fit the music well. It's a bit hit and miss in places, but give it a go though if it sounds like your kind of thing, it's a pretty fun record.
5/10
1. tv - 1.5 2. moon - 2 3. garbage - 1 4. teenage - 2 5. dark - 1.5 6. daddy - 1.5 7. plane - 1 8. zombie - 1 9. mazk - 1 10. nine - 1.5 11. cramped - 2 12. tear - 2 13. fever - 2 14. uuolf - 2 15. plane -1.5 16. tuuizt - 1.5 17. cramped - 2 18. mad - 1.5
48/100. An underwhelming listen. The album sounds like an odd mix of Elvis-style vocals with punk energy, which didn’t quite land for me. While some tracks have a spooky charm and the instrumentation is decent, the overall sound felt off.
A high 2, but still a 2. Maybe I’m just not a rock-a-billy guy.
Looked at the album title and thought I was getting “All Things Bright and Beautiful” or Onward Christian Soldiers” Imagine my disappointment when I listened. 2/5 30/5/25
Favorite Track: I Was A Teenage Werewolf
Should've taught you better.
This is not really my style of music and usually I enjoy stuff I’m not accustomed to, but this was not it. The only good thing I can say is that the music sounded very vibrant but the rest of it just annoyed me deeply. Are they sure the lord taught them these songs? it might have been a random homeless man in an alley who vaguely resembles Jesus.
Kind of a snoozer. Also fits in the category I see a lot in the list of “hey I know this one song at the end from [insert TV show/movie/etc here] (2.5/5)
2/5 Didn't kill my ears but the only song I'll listen to after this is "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"
An interesting spin on punk adding in rockabilly, elivsey vibes to many songs. Wasn't for me but I can appreciate it being on the list
meh not for me
nothing stuck with me
2.5 some cool and fun songs, just not really my thing… they def could sing surfin’ bird tho
Heard some Cramps songs before. I'm afraid I will never really get them. But I respect whatever the hell they have going on 2/5
Couldn't get past the first few tracks.