Songs the Lord Taught Us

Songs the Lord Taught Us
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Studio album by the Cramps
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	Phillips Recording, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Garage rock; garage punk; psychobilly; neo-rockabilly;
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
Singles from Songs the Lord Taught Us
	"Garbageman"; Released: 1980;

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Songs the Lord Taught Us in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie and into a whole new realm of garage-trash novelty".^[3]

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[5]
Pitchfork	8.7/10^[6]
Record Mirror	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]
Smash Hits	7½/10^[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10^[10]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()^[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"TV Set"	Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior	3:12
2.	"Rock on the Moon" (originally performed by Jimmy Stewart)	Jimmy Stewart	1:53
3.	"Garbageman"	Rorschach, Interior	3:37
4.	"I Was a Teenage Werewolf"	Rorschach, Interior	3:03
5.	"Sunglasses After Dark" (originally performed by Dwight "Whitey" Pullen; contains an interpretation of "Ace of Spades", originally performed by Link Wray^[14])	Rorschach, Interior, Dwight Pullen, Link Wray	3:47
6.	"The Mad Daddy"	Rorschach, Interior	3:48

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Mystery Plane"	Rorschach, Interior	2:43
8.	"Zombie Dance"	Rorschach, Interior	1:55
9.	"What's Behind the Mask"	Rorschach, Interior	2:05
10.	"Strychnine" (originally performed by the Sonics)	Gerry Roslie	2:24
11.	"I'm Cramped"	Rorschach, Interior, Bryan Gregory, Nick Knox	2:37
12.	"Tear It Up" (originally performed by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio)	Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison	2:32
13.	"Fever" (originally performed by Little Willie John)	John Davenport (Otis Blackwell), Eddie Cooley	4:17

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (With False Start) (Original Mix)	Rorschach, Interior	4:48
15.	"Mystery Plane" (Original Mix)	Rorschach, Interior	2:39
16.	"Twist and Shout"	Rorschach, Interior	2:32
17.	"I'm Cramped" (Original Mix)	Rorschach, Interior, Gregory, Knox	2:37
18.	"The Mad Daddy" (Original Mix)	Rorschach, Interior	3:15

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