Songs the Lord Taught Us

Studio album by The Cramps

Released

May 1980

Recorded

Phillips Recording, Memphis, TN

Genre

Garage punk, psychobilly

Length

37:53

Label

I.R.S. (original US release)
Illegal (original UK release)
Zonophone (1998 European CD reissue)
ViNiLiSSSiMO 2011 Spanish vinyl reissue)

Producer

Alex Chilton

The Cramps chronology

Gravest Hits
(1979)

Songs the Lord Taught Us
(1980)

Psychedelic Jungle
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B-^[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[3]
Smash Hits	7½/10^[4]

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the first studio album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"TV 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"	Dwight Pullen	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

CD reissue bonus tracks (previously unreleased)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"I Was a Teenage Werewolf (With False Start)" (Original Mix)		4:48
15.	"Mystery Plane" (Original Mix)		2:39
16.	"Twist and Shout"		2:32
17.	"I'm Cramped" (Original Mix)		2:37
18.	"The Mad Daddy" (Original Mix)		3:15

Personnel

Lux Interior - vocals
Poison Ivy Rorschach - guitar
Bryan Gregory - guitar
Nick Knox - drums
Booker C - organ on "Fever"
Alex Chilton - Producer

References

↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
↑ Marsh, Dave (July 24, 1980). "The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media) (RS 322). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
↑ Hepworth, David. "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.

External links

Songs the Lord Taught Us (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)

The Cramps

Lux Interior Poison Ivy Harry Drumdini Nickey Alexander Pam Ballam Bill "Buster" Bateman Jim Chandler Slim Chance Candy del Mar Scott "Chopper" Franklin Fur Bryan Gregory Julien Grindsnatch Jen Hanrahan Touch Hazard SugarPie Jones Ike Knox Nick Knox Miriam Linna Click Mort Kid Congo Powers Jim Sclavunos Doran Shelley Sean Yseult

Albums & EPs	Gravest Hits Songs The Lord Taught Us Psychedelic Jungle A Date with Elvis Stay Sick! Look Mom No Head! Blues Fix Flamejob Big Beat from Badsville Fiends of Dope Island

Live albums	Smell of Female Rockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand

Singles	"Surfin' Bird" / "The Way I Walk" "Human Fly" / "Domino" "Fever" / "Garbageman" "Garbageman" / "TV Set" "Garbageman" / "Drug Train" "Drug Train" "Goo Goo Muck" "The Crusher" "Faster Pussycat" "I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound" "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" "What's Inside a Girl?" "Kizmiaz" "Get Off the Road" "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" "All Women Are Bad" "Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" "Eyeball in My Martini" "Let's Get Fucked Up" / "How Come You Do Me?" "Ultra Twist!" "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" "Like a Bad Girl Should" "Big Black Witchcraft Rock"

Compilations	...Off the Bone Bad Music for Bad People How to Make a Monster The Secret Life of the Cramps

Related articles	Discography Psychobilly

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