Songs The Lord Taught Us

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

I imagine they must've been great live. Not so much on this thinly produced, tinny sounding compilation album. Faves: The Mad Daddy, Zombie Dance

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.

Time and place for this, just not my time and place

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

Tedious.

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

Nothing like a bit of punk to clear away the cobwebs. Two stars.

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.

This wasn’t it. One good track. Hangover nostalgia.

2.5/5

The B-52s if they were less good and also vaguely Halloween-themed. I thought the Cramps were a punk band?? 2.5

2.5 - Meh

Not familiar with The Cramps. They sound a lot like B-52s to me. Decent rockabilly sound, high energy, and a bit silly. Mystery Plane, Strychnine, and I’m Cramped are the best songs. The Cramps limp in at (2.2*s)

I guess it's a different take on garage punk I guess. Almost seemed like they don't take it seriously and just want to get on stage, act like a bunch of clowns and sling some weird punk songs at you. I really couldn't tell if they were good musicians as it mainly comes off as manic punk vocals with a steady back beat. It's not the worst thing but it also gets annoying pretty quickly as most songs sound the same. 30 minutes was about all I needed of that. 2.09 stars

Got a bit bored

I’ve never really watched any of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies but there is like a family of grimy inbred hillbilly murderers in those movies, right? Well, I suppose if those guys got together with the California beach town vampires from The Lost Boys for a concert on Halloween and this band played then they would all have a really nice time. But I didn’t. You know what I think it is that I don’t like about this and any spooky or spooky-adjacent music? Menace. I don’t like music or vocals that sound menacing. I find life in general plenty menacing. I don’t need any more menace than I get from youths walking by my car when I’m stopped at a redlight after 6pm. Sell menace somewhere else. I’m all stocked up.

It's not bad....but it isn't great. Every song kinda sounds like the last. I understand what they mean by this being "gothabilly" as a genre.The vocalist kinda starts to get on my nerves after a while...the guitars are interesting but very repetitive. Actually a 2.5. Liked Songs: "Rock On The Moon" , "Garbageman" , "Sunglasses After Dark" , "Zombie Dance" , "Tear It Up" , "Twist And Shout"

Was very repetitive

..

Not my cup of tea. I’m sure it’s important for music growth but goth rockabilly was not on my bingo card today

Weird Halloween vibe

not for me

Теперь понятно, у кого Звуки Му взяли своё звучание

Len suffered from the cramps quite severely when Houmous & Chutney were on stage in Nuneaton back in ‘84. It’s funny cos the sounds he was making at the time were quite reminiscent of the sounds on this album. Terrible really. 2.1

They do one thing and they do it well. Gets a little old

i fear that this spooky album was scarily boring. listened on the plane though.

Wish the lord never taught me these

I’ve heard Fever before but that’s it. Another album where I can’t understand what he’s saying. I thought I heard Frigidaire at one point and turns out I was right. Which was bizarre. Not the album for me.

Not doing an hour of this

Poorly recorded rockabilly. Sounds like a local band at a dive bar, not an album you Must Hear Before You Die.

Was playing red dead redemption whilst listening to this and it fit that vibe very well, but outside of that it’s just rock which I’m not too much of a fan of

Sounds like word vomit, with just 60s rock and roll elements. Nothing special.

This was a little bit of a weird album. Their "The Mad Daddy" song sounded "The Bird is the Word" song but it wasn't it, which was a bit disappointing. But then so did "Zombie Dance" and even more - "Tear It Up", so I guess that's just their style, but I checked the it was "The Trashmen" that released the bird song. Nothing too exciting throughout, we survived listening to all the songs but overall a bit meh.

It's ok. Very easy to ignore. Which is... A good thing and a bad thing I guess.

I was so bored every song sounded the same but loved fever

There was one song I genuinely enjoyed on this album, and a few others had some elements I liked, but overall, I struggle to get into The Cramps. They’ve always come across as trying too hard to be edgy and ahead of the curve. Somehow, though, they managed to convince a lot of people that they were just that, and in turn, those same people ran with it because they wanted to feel the same way. That’s why, to me, The Cramps feel more like a band built on image rather than substance—overhyped and overrated.

It might have a place in history, but it all sounds very novel to me. Not enough to be blown away.

Never knew about the rockabilly sound from The Cramps, decent enough just found the singer to be a little annoying

This album should not be on this list. I think anyone with a keyboard could come up with this type of music.

As a mediocre/not professional pianist I could do here than this crap

This was unpleasant. Did not like. Dude's voice was all kinds of wonky that I didn't like, the lyrics were wack, the instruments sounded pretty good thought which is why this isn't a 1. I get it was pioneering a sound, but it's a sound I don't like.

campy, over the top punk. not a fan. really didn't care for vocals, but at least they can play instruments.

Another reviewer mentioned the genre being Punkabilly, which I find very fitting, as I drew a blank when trying to come up with a fitting term. Trouble is, I don't like the kind of music the term describes. 2/5

Some of the albums on here make me a little sad as I think I would have loved them if I'd heard them when I was 15. Now this just sounds like yer basic rock & roll with a Halloween accent :(

I bet this was played at every Halloween party in the 80's

Maybe my rating would be higher if it was September/October, but not my current vibe.

Halloween kitsch and rockabilly revival. Doesn’t seem to belong on this superlative list, but hey, what do I know? It was only okay

One of the albums of all time

It was ok

I usually am a sucker for rockabilly, and this is full of that rhythm. But the lack of melody really is bothersome.

Nervtötendes Punk & Psychodellic Album mit kaum ansprechenden Passagen. Trotz des krampfhaften Versuches rockig zu sein, klingt ein Song wie der andere und das nervt.

It's like Elvis got really smashed and they couldn't get him off the stage.

Πολυ επαναλαμβανομενα κομματια δυστυχως. Σαν να ακουω 1 κομματι 20 φορες. Ενω μαρεσει η punk ενεργεια/ φυση του αλμπουμ δεν ειναι στα γουστα μου. Ρισπεκτ στον φαδερ και οποιον ακουγε εκεινες τις εποχες τετοια μουσικη.

I didn't take to this; it sounded extremely dated.

It was okay. Poor recording quality but then again its early punk so what can we expect.

Rubbish

It was okay

01) TV Set - 5,5 02) Rock on the Moon - 5,5 03) Garbageman - 7,0 04) I Was a Teenage Werewolf - 5,5 05) Sunglasses After Dark - 5,5 06) The Mad Daddy - 5,5 07) Mystery Plane - 5,5 08) Zombie Dance - 5,5 09) What's Behind the Mask - 5,5 10) Strychnine - 5,5 11) I'm Cramped - 7,0 12) Tear It Up - 5,5 13) Fever - 7,0 TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100) Current ranking: 309/376

I don't care

This was like listening to a cover band that played a slightly too long set list at a dive bar. I sort of enjoyed it at first but half through it I was ready to pay uo and leave.

Too noisy.

I like punk, but I don't like surf rock, and I think my dislike of surf rock outweighs my liking for punk here. I wanted to enjoy this more, but just didn't.

Диковатое рокабилли, такое готическое и немного более одноплановое, чем хотелось бы. Лучшая песня - Fever.

not enjoyable, very angsty, spencer might love it

I found Psychobilly later in life and enjoy it live, but this was not as enjoyable.

Ok. Not great

Eh

I can see why this is on the list, the weird punk / glam / rockabilly hybrid is certainly unique I didn't enjoy it, the songs all sound very samey and the vocals are irritating. The only track that adds something is Fever which is the closer, and I'd checked out by then

For the amount of good stuff I’ve heard about the cramps, this album was disappointing to say the least. Vocalist was bad and the lyrics were just plain nonsense.

no de mi agrado corte elvis

While I like the idea of The Cramps, the product is a bit come-and-go for me. It has a minimal appeal. Camp is always borderline with me. Are you edging too far into the different for different's sake? Or weird for weird's sake. Hard to listen to a whole album's worth. Attitude on its own only goes so far before it becomes just tedious.

I like the description and the notion of The Cramps a lot more than I like the music of The Cramps.

Blondie lite

Punk yelling no

Wilder Rock 2/5

Kuullostaa ihan hirveältä. Jotkut kappaleet yrittää kummiskin kuullostaa ees hyvältä. Jotain sekopää rokkia. Parhaat: I Was A Teenage Werewolf,

yeah I don’t care

Wanted to like it, but didn't get there

It was alright. Nothing special. They have one song and it wasnt even this album.

Jeez, no thanks! Not good punk rock. In fact, very bad punk rock. It might actually have been OK if it had come in at 25 minutes or something, like the recent-ish Minor Threat album, but it dragged on, and that's the one thing the genre isn't meant to do.

Feisty. Yelly. Chaotic. Stresses me out. Ok I tried. I can’t.

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What the fuck is this. It has the makings of a great album but just stays slightly shy of achieving those goals. Neo-Rockabilly isn't something I had heard of before this, and one that I hope to not hear much from again...

Uninspiring

Not really sure about this psychobilly stuff, quite interesting for a track or two but there really isn't anywhere for it to go so you get a dozen variations of the same song. I don't mind the sound of it but it Im not a convert.

The psychobilly genre is not for me. I struggled to pinpoint why I didn't like this album, as it wasn't particularly long, or irritating, and the music and singing was just fine. I maybe found it uninspired - appreciate they started the type of music, but you can't force yourself to like something. Plus it is all far too long and repetitive.

Not sure this is my thing. Reminded me of the rocky horror picture show somehow. A bit showy Don't think this "psychobilly" thing is for me. Not terrible, but not for me. 2

Boring

Not bad, but mostly background listening for minor characters in Grease who don't get to hear all the main songs

I guess we’re not supposed to take this too seriously, but that being the case it’s surprisingly not that fun to listen to. Maybe it’s the production, maybe it’s the songs, but it’s all a bit samey and uninspiring to me.

Mostly just cra(m)p clammy goth new wave. Not doing it for me. 2.4/5

Not for me

I don't know. It sounded cool in the beginning, but got annoying after a while. 2.4*

Boring and not particularly pleasant to listen to. Glad it finished.

It's a no from me. I've already completely forgotten about this album

This did absolutely nothing for me

Gave up half way through. Don’t get rockabilly/psychabilly… seems a bit sillybilly.

cute but no

No variety, everything sounds the same

My ears cramped

Just annoying. I don't understand. It sounds like birds the word.

This is fun for one track This is not fun for more than one track

Los ramones

If Meatloaf’s character Eddie from Rocky Horror Picture Show recorded an album produced by Riff Raff, l think you’d get The Cramps. I enjoyed this album more when they leaned into minor chords. The major chord screaming songs got very old very quickly.

With the exception of the remake, pretty much every song is the same with slightly faster or slower tempo… Something of a one Trick Pony, and the trick ain’t that good?

Despite being pretty much garbage as far as I'm concerned, it's lucky to narrowly escape a 1 star rating, but only because the bluesy instrumentation was tolerable.

2/5

I imagine seeing these live would’ve been great fun, but sat in my living room listening to a whole album didn’t really do it for me.

If these are the songs that the Lord taught you, well I'm sorry but he's just not a very good musician. I had higher hoper given the Halloween, zombie visuals and song titles but most of this was very one note.

If Tom Waits had ever been a teenager, particularly an unoriginal teenager with no particular talent that started a garage band after seeing The Misfits, he may have sounded something like this record.Link Wray's brain damaged children. I'm sure they were fun at the time. Rather pointless. Mostly harmless.

2.9 almost my cup of tea!

This list of albums seems to be heavily weighted towards one genre...

Hyvä soundi mutta mitä väliä. Musiikki on parhaimmillaan silloin, kun bändi lähestyy eniten sitä 50-lukua, jonka imagollisia käytäntöjä vääntelemällä he pyrkivät esittämään itsensä kiinnostavina. Silti tonk-tonk-tonk-tonk ja täng-täng-täng-täng käyvät raskaaksi.

weird gimmick halloween 60s rock. teenage werewolf

I was very excited for this to be over! Not my type of thing. No headaches from this, but not really anything worth returning to for me and my delicate sensibilities.

Very rockabilly, very DIY. I wish the vocals sounded a little more thought-out and the production was a little more intentional, but solid debut from a band that would help solidify a whole subgenre.

Eh, wouldn't turn it on again. Best song on the album is a cover.

I feel like this is for people that really like the B52’s but are a little bit shy. Not really my thing.

I guess I can appreciate its place, and it has a cool roomy aesthetic to it, but is possibly a tad too rock and roll/straight ahead for me. Favourite tracks: The Mad Daddy, Tear It Up.

Feels like something that would be on in the background of the diner scene in pulp fiction.

They sound like a bootleg Elvis Presley.

Huh.

I enjoyed the nostalgia of this album. I didn’t think I would enjoy a whole album of psychobilly rock but I did! Probably wouldn’t go looking for it, but it was nice to find it! Again - fuck those bonus tracks!

There is a time and place for this kind of music and in my opinion, it's during a montage of a B level horror movie. Not really a big fan of the album.

Mix Rockabilly, a bit of Punk, RnR and a lot of 50s movie themes together and you get this.

Halloween themed rock with Elvis screamo in there. This album was not quite up my alley. It was hard for me to be invested in it because of how difficult it is to hear the singer for a lot of the songs. Definitely a garage sound, which I can commend, but still wasn’t quite what I like. Fever is a cool closer track. A very defined first album for the band. Standouts: I Was A Teenage Werewolf, Zombie Dance, Tear It Up.

Only "Fever" is worth listening to.

This sounds like it was recorded in the mines of Tajikistan, roughly 3000 feet below the ground. Weird caveman mosquito music. Not a fan.

Not really my thing

Huh

I can here The Shadows, Hank Mizell, Link Wray, and all sorts of other influences - but none of it helps. This is terrible.

Too much noise

Allemaal hetzelfde, 1 brei

This is kinda shit but also kinda fun and I will never listen to it again.

This album has not stood the test of time well. It's raw garage appeal is apparent, but by no means is this album in the top 1000. Good enough "vibe", but that's about it. 2/5.

Wenig interessanter Garage Rock.

Everything sounded like a bad version of the Surfin' Bird

The Cramps will always be a sideshow band. Much like Southern Culture On The Skids. They can have a few good songs, but the tin can production and rockabilly sound will always make it scene music.

This wasn’t as grating as some other 80s punk rock albums I’ve gotten on this list but it still gets a two. Just because it wasn’t *that* bad doesn’t mean I’m not still sick of getting these types of albums. The mad daddy was a good song.

I listened to 2 songs and that was enough

enough!! enough!! enough with the 12-bar blues prog!! i've counted at least 6 or 7 songs that had it and it's genuinely pissing me off!! jfc what did you guys do, smoke a blunt, find that progression and think "HOLY SHIT WE COULD MAKE AN ENTIRE ALBUM OUT OF THIS"? the lord taught you that?? the whole aesthetic is so cool but it's just been taken down so much by the lack of compositional value.

Rhythm guitar sound is cool when it's doing simple chord stabs. Hard not to think of worse bands that used the template when listening to this, both direct style and uninspiring 'punk as theatrical performance' stuff. Before psychobilly was an obnoxious genre it might have been fun to see the early days of the Cramps. B-movie schtick isn't for me, just didn't enjoy this and didn't make it through. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

There’s only room for one punk band that sounds spiritually similar to Vincent Price saying “Ghouls and goblins! Spiders and snakes!” and they’re called the Misfits, and even they aren’t that good.

Awful. 1.69

No this wasn't for me at all. I'd be pretty annoyed if I had to listen to this again.

Garbageman is fun but the album as a whole is pretty bad. It kind of feels like they were trying to make bad music though. Am I playing into their hands here?

I’ve never really been a punk rock fan and this album is no exception. Nothing about it really impressed me, not the writing, playing or singing. sure it had its moments but I don’t think i’ll ever listen to it again.

I'm sure it's hugely influential, but I just didn't enjoy this.

Frantic surf punk meets psychobilly. I can imagine it being the pre-match music at a roller derby game. It would be an important album in the subgenre, it's just not for me. Overall: 3/10

Not really my thing but it's got something to it

Nicht so besonders 1.9

Ok

Pretty meh. A lot sounded the same. I can see why included but prob won’t listen again