Songs the Lord Taught Us

Songs the Lord Taught Us
Studio album by The Cramps
Released 1980
Recorded Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre Garage punk, psychobilly
Length 37:53
Label Illegal
Producer Alex Chilton
The Cramps chronology
Gravest Hits
(1979)
Songs the Lord Taught Us
(1979)
Psychedelic Jungle
(1981)
Professional ratings
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Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut studio album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released in 1980 on Illegal Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lux Interior and Ivy Rorschach; except where indicated. 

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "T.V. Set"     3:12
2. "Rock On The Moon"   Jimmy Stewart 1:53
3. "Garbageman"     3:37
4. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf"     3:03
5. "Sunglasses After Dark"   Rorschach, Interior, Dwight Pullen, Link Wray 3:47
6. "The Mad Daddy"     3:48
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Mystery Plane"     2:43
2. "Zombie Dance"     1:55
3. "What's Behind the Mask?"     2:05
4. "Strychnine"   Gerry Roslie 2:24
5. "I'm Cramped"   The Cramps 2:37
6. "Tear It Up"   Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison 2:32
7. "Fever"   John Davenport, Eddie Cooley 4:17

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