Songs The Lord Taught Us

Pyschobilly bullshit

Not my style of music and recording quality was poor (but it makes sense for the genre)

Punk-rockabilly-gótico.

I liked it proper punk/rock and roll

gennemsnitlig punkrock

Garage rock, rimelig råt, lidt blandet

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.

Did not like.

Didnt like it

First listen. This is my kind of music. Never heard of them before though. I enjoyed it and like to hear more of it in the future. 2/5 for now.

Oh this is so joyful.

Eh, it’s ugly in a good way

Some rock-a-billy, some punk. It's listenable, in a good way. They get 4 stars because they are playing what they want to play rather than trying to conform to what punk "should" be.

The band that gave me the second largest amount of bruises live or on the dance floor. Only The Birthday Party gave me more.

Not bad but wouldn't listen again.

It wasn't bad, but nothing amazing either. I kind of enjoyed What's behind the mask and Garbageman.

Got one track in

Kasst

How is this only 37 minutes long? Felt like an eternity.

Nicht ganz scheiße, aber immer langweilig. Ich hab‘ die Platte über 2 Monate gar nicht hören wollen und sie dementsprechend auch erst später bewertet, wenn ich sie gar nicht gehört hätte, hätte ich auch nichts verpasst.

I've been meaning to listen to the Cramps for a while after I was introduced to them by the No Dogs In Space podcast. I thought this was cool overall. They seem like a band that would be really fun live, though this album didn't particularly grab me at many points. It was consistently pretty good, but never really great 4/5, but on the low end of 4

These are some fun songs. They remind me of the B-52s. 0RS

Fun punkabilly.

I was hovering around 3 stars for this, but some additional listens have bumped it up to 4 stars. It's a lot of fun! B-52s meets the Addams family! Fave track - "What's Behind the Mask?", maybe? "Garbageman" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" are both great too....

Punk, pschobilly, really like it. Weird, fast, good

Entretenido y fácil de escuchar

another punk rock album, okay

That's some good shit. That wonderful dirty dirty rock.

Rockabilly is not my thing, but there are a couple good songs on here.

Pushead. The common denominator uniting, among others, Thrasher, Metalica, Zorlac and The Cramps in the 80's. In those days, Thrasher magazine had a full on music section featuring interviews with bands like The Cramps, TSOL, JFA, D.R.I. along with black and white photos of shows and general punk rock mayhem. Before I even heard them, I knew I'd like them because of Pushead's contribution to their album art.(https://tinyurl.com/4xedxr63). However, I really didn't listen. It was just music that everyone listened to while skating backyard ramps. I hadn't really thought much about their music until this album popped up. After spending the better part of the past day listening to The Cramps with a different ear several things emerged. First, my parents had no idea the shit I was exposed to. Second, this is great stuff, I hear Jack White, Makeup, Horton Heat and John Spencer in this. Visually though, I think of this as an alternate version of Sally Field's Gidget character, from the 60's TV program 'Gidget.' In this version Gidget is dead, roams the Malibu beaches as a powdery white zombie vampire, preys on goody-two-shoes surfers, worships satan and drinks blood around campfires. The Cramps provide the tracks for the opening / closing credits and a maybe a zombie dance montage on the beach. Songs The Lord Taught Us plays like a ghoulish take on Dick Dale, rockabilly punk with some Charles Manson thrown in. It's easy to get lost in the beach drums, surf guitar and acid tripping of this, but be careful. Every episode ends when Zombie Gidget sexxy dances toward you, bludgeons you to death and sinks her teeth into your neck for a midnight snack.

Audible excrement. Semi interesting riff on Teenage Werewolf. Starting to wonder why I’m doing this.

Liked it never heard of them before

Can't remember it so well but imagine it was average

Dees is hem niet...

1.4 Trash! (vind ik) ik ken ook niemand van men peers die dit soort muziek nog luistert. geen aangename stem, vaak rommelig. i don't like it. Luister ik nooit meer

Ik voeeel hem lekker rocken op de maan Weerwolf awooee

One track is probably enough for lively, loud, undead rockabilly. A whole album has you frequently checking to see how long there is left…

Very good album. I really liked the airy, hollow sound of the guitar.

Well, when you start with "TV Set" you really get off on the wrong foot. "TV Set" is an awful mess. "Rock on the Moon" had a somewhat promising start, then devolved into a cacophonous mess. And hey, turns out "Rock on the Moon" is a cover. Because the start of that track shows the potentially of the "psychobilly" style, I guess. It takes the rockabilly sound and amps it up, distorts it, turns it on its head. Later in the album, there is some stuff that is an actually not-terrible mix of rockabilly, surf rock, and punk. However, it is plagued by some terrible production (intentionally terrible?). They don't seem to know how to restrain their excesses. The hissing distortion that just hangs in the background of multiple songs, the singer sounding like he's in a different room than the lead guitar... The lead singer's name is Luxe Interior. He met his wife, also a member of the band, when he picked her up hitchhiking. Also according to Wikipedia, his "specialty is the microphone blowjob." I agonized for a while on * vs. **, but in the end there's enough interesting stuff there to elevate it above Venom or the Cocteau Twins or Brian Eno for me.

So The Saints (from yesterday) put out a Halloween album…

It sounds like a blend of a bad Elvis impersonator and bad punk music. The songs were mostly boring until they got unpleasant. I prefer bands that make sounds that sound good together rather than making sound for the sake of making noise.

This noise should not be permitted. Truly horrible.

hurts my ears but some of the music is kinda neat

The Cramps…am I right ladies? A fitting name for…J/k…I know I’m NOT allowed to make that joke. My apologies and I withdraw the entire approach. I’ll stick with the Strychnine angle. Ironically I’m Cramped is the least offensive song because there are very few words. They must have known the minimal words made this track stand out because the song is on the album twice, and sounds essentially the same. I don’t even know what to say. Rock On The Moon should be renamed Let’s Make Loosely Synchronized Noise Quickly. There’s a lot to say about this album, and not much of it is good so I won’t pile on too much. The album is a disjointed mess, which is mostly on the lead singer who comes in and out of tempo at will. The guitar and drums are in synch (a ha! a good thing to say) if not almost entirely basic in their composition (well almost), but still the guitarist played the somberly, monotonic line to Fever OK…the whole song (ahhh the ‘ol complement sandwich). In I Was A Teenage Werewolf (With False Start) someone interrupts a recording session and a member of the band says, “Man, nobody fuckin’ stops a take of The Cramps in the fuckin’ studio! Now get outta here! I mean it. Get the fuck out!” Oh I wish they had stopped all the takes, saved the band their $80/hr for studio time, and mercifully saved me from listening to this album.

Awful. Idk if it’s the band, genre, or specifically the lyricist but I wish I got the time I spent back listening to this dog poo.

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

Surf punk!

Didn't love it, not quite melodic enough

I like rockabilly but not this. Crap

Good album, recognized "fever" from the Hangover. Late '70s, early '80s rock

знаю, что у этих парней угарные лайвы, но к музыке это слабое отношение имеет, супер вторичный и унылый материал, как будто роллинг стоунз играть разучились. последняя песня классная, впрочем, 3/10

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.

я думал это они поют авона эрибади сей абаут да бэ бэбэбэ бэ бэ бэ бэбэ бэ бэ

This definitely doesn't sound like what I expected from the album title. It actually sounds a lot worse (and my expectations were already extremely low, mind you). Instead, it sounds more like the band name. Horrible. Please no more. I didn't even last two full songs. I skipped through it a bit to hear what the rest sounds like though. Didn't seem to get any better.

Kinda like OG punk, surprisingly some tracks I recognised that wouldn't have said was theirs. Like 'Fever' . Enjoyable, 3

I don't get it. It's one song, sludgy recording, all sounds the same. 👎

Sounded like the exact same song 13 times. And unfortunately that song of fucking shit. No album you fee this much of a chore

A joke of an album, thing is, the joke isn't funny or smart.

I mean I will give them the fact that they have an album called bad music for bad people. At least they know their limitations

Its supposed to be punk but it just felt lifeless to me. Wailing over bland guitars

Aika yhdentekevää punkkia. Levy saa tyytyä ykköseen. Viisi pistettä annan pariskunnalle, joka perustaa punk-bändin ja saa sekä bändin että liiton kestämään pitkälti yli 30 vuotta. Muiden bändijäsenten suhteen ovet kävi aika tiuhaan, joten Mr. and Mrs. olivat varmaan oikeat toisilleen, mutta väärät kenelle tahansa muulle.

Ehh

Brilliant of course. *Zombie Dance*

Vähän kummastuttaa, että miksi levy on listalla mukana. Vuosiluvun perusteella ei olla ihan punkin etulinjassa menossa, mutta kuitenkin pari vuotta ennen Misfitsin albumeita. Ehkä nämä ovat sitten innoittaneet Misfitsiä, jotain samaahan näissä on?

Dark and brooding - Misfits meets Duane Eddy

on the lower end of 3.5 good but not great

Rock excéntrico e irreverente.

Early punk music. It's alright, not that great. Song with most plays was a cover. 5/10.

Cramps er jo et feiende flott band man (av en eller annen grunn) glemmer å høre på. Må innrømme at jeg har hørt mest på Off the Bone-albumet før, men dette albumet var jo også feiende flott i god Cramps-ånd. Sterk 4'er, på grensa til 5.

Amusingly manic. 5/10

Fun, crazy, naughty. Not my personal preference, but cool to listen to. Nice version of fever.

Bastante ameno.

ripetitivo

Proto punk nonsense

Is it rock a billy? Is it punk? Is it blues? Kinda all three. Laughs and energy. Good fun

Está bien chingón. Puro upbeat. 3.99 cómo no.

No está mal pero no lo sentí muy básico y plano. He dicho

not my cup of tea too weird for me

Some of it was alright got repetitive very quickly though.

The beginning of punk starts here, and I really don't have much to say about it. Is it because I'm so far away from being punk that I just don't get it? The lyrics are pointless, the anger isn't felt, and nothing is catchy enough to stay in my head. I dunno, I was hoping to like it, and got disappointed.

Matig album, niet echt mijn smaak met dat overdreven gezang en neppe rockabilly gedoe

Interesting album, I had only heard "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" but it all seems in that vein, punk rockabilly. The lo-fi production and overall aesthetic doesn't quite work for me, but I definitely don't mind it.

Can see why. But not for me.

It was alright to listen to but it's supposed to be punk and in my opinion it was quite boring for it to be punk...

I'm sure this would've been sick to see live but doesn't come across great in album format for me

It’s a psycho billy freak out! The Cramps, one of the best live bands ever. They used to go absolutely wild on stage and Lux Interior is one of the craziest frontmen I’ve ever scene. They clearly love punk, garage and surf music and I love it too. This record got a whole bunch of weirdos into punk music and I’m grateful for it. Favorite track: Garbageman Least favorite track: Sunglasses After Dark, I suppose

Todella huono levy. Pariin kertaan taistelin läpi mutta en keksinyt oikein mitään positiivista sanottavaa.

Can’t stop tapping my feet… oh god! They’ve fallen off!

I can't stand the guitar after a few songs... Did not fully listen I'm sorry.

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.

Dope

Probably the worst one Ive heard so far. I can understand why its there, but I really didnt enjoy it at all. The singing is incredibly annoying, and overall is just has a really trashy feel to it.

Crazy good

Classic garage rock and roll