Smell of Female
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| Live album by The Cramps | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | February 25–26, 1983 | |||
| Genre | Garage punk, psychobilly | |||
| Length | 32:54 | |||
| Label | Big Beat Records, Enigma Records, New Rose Records | |||
| Producer | The Cramps | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Smell of Female is the first live release by the American garage punk band The Cramps. The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983 and issued that same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France. It was also released by New Rose as a quadruple-7" box set, with an additional track "Weekend on Mars". It was later expanded to album length with three bonus cuts.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love" | 3:03 | ||
| 2. | "You Got Good Taste" | 3:26 | ||
| 3. | "Call of the Wighat" | 3:47 | ||
| 4. | "Faster Pussycat" | Bert Schefter | 2:47 | |
| 5. | "I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound" | 3:16 | ||
| 6. | "Psychotic Reaction" | Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne, John Michalski | 3:54 |
| Bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 7. | "Beautiful Gardens" | 3:07 | ||||||||
| 8. | "She Said" | Hasil Adkins | 5:18 | |||||||
| 9. | "Surfin' Dead" | 4:12 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Lux Interior: vocals
- Poison Ivy Rorschach: lead guitar
- Kid Congo Powers: guitar
- Nick Knox: drums
References
- ↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Smell of Female > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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