Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps began as a Rock band who was influenced by the Blues and in turn possibly created the genre that is psychobilly.Early on they entered into CBGB's and the early Punk scene along with Television and The Ramones.In 1979 The Cramps released "Songs the Lord Taught Us" produced by Alex Chilton(Big Star)."Songs The Lord Taught Us" is The Cramps at their Best -starting things off right. And this is definately dangerously Raw and exciting.I don't own all of The Cramps' albums, but of the six that I do own - this is the one that I keep coming back to, it's more fun w/ energetic & psychotic Madman anger! ...Kind of like Elvis a bit more Revved up!There are many of my Favorite Cramp songs on here: "Garbageman" - "The Mad Daddy" - "ZOMBIE DANCE" - "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" - "Fever" and so on...Takes Punk music to a whole new level!I do wish I bought this one back when I was in High School, instead of starting off with "Flamejob" - which I never really appreciated until I heard "Songs the Lord Taught Us" - another one of my Favorite full-length debuts and The Cramps are a Band who inspired many others.- Yes, if you at all are into Psychobilly music, or if you are interested - Do yourself a favor and pick up "Songs the Lord Taught Us" - Another Favorite of mine is The Gun Club: Fire of Love; and Kid Congo Powers(guitar) was a part of Both bands.

The Cramps are very polarizing. Most people hate the very concept of them and loathe their existence. But if the idea of rockin' monsters, a big rockabilly beat, and the rantings of a wildman sound like something you'd be interested in, then this record is the place to start. Songs the Lord Taught Us was the debut album by the Cramps, following their EP Gravest Hits released the previous year in 1979. In this first full length, the Cramps unleashed a sickness that the country wasn't ready for - and, frankly, still isn't. The album sounded fantastic, despite the weird lyrics (full of werewolves, psycho killers, and other assorted unsavory members of society) and the extreme guitar work. Imagine Sonic Youth, perhaps, in a rockabilly context; that begins to scrape the top layer of the solos of Bryan Gregory. Alterniatively, it has been described as a five car pileup i on the Jersey Turnpike. That vision gives a sense of the evident dementia at work in this lovely record. Recommended for anyone who loves the idea that Elvis Presley might have been replaced by Frankenstien's monster, and what that might have been like.

Love the Cramps . This is a great early album with two of my favorites. "The Mad Daddy", and "Garbage man". Buy it!!!

Awesome beginning from an awesome band. Although with the exception of The Stray Cats no one was doing rockabilly in 1980 which was a little different in the days of punk and disco and heavy metal (which I'm a huge fan of btw)

Reverb and buzz guitar with a hiccup vocalist! B film horror lyrics!!!

Definitely my favorite Cramps album. Came in package nicely and secure. Was glad the put out a reissue of this LP, was looking everywhere for a copy that wasn't a vintage pricing over 50 bucks. Good I found this.

SURF ROCK BEAT, B-MOVIE HORROR THEMES, FUNNY LYRICS, RETRO 1960'S BEATNIK STYLING ALL ADD UP TO "THE CRAMPS"! PUNK ROCK WITH CATCHY MELODY AND KICKIN' BASS TONES!

Great Album!

Tutto perfetto!!

. Endlich habe ich die CD inklusive Bonus -Tracks..!!

Had many copies of this album be it on vinyl, tape or CD over the years.It's a brilliant work of art and most certainly the best psychobilly album ever released in my humble opinion-not a poor track on this and any fan of dark music shouldn't spend their incarnation here on earth without listening to Songs The Lord Taught Us!

I actually thought this album was a 'best of' type of thing when I first heard it due to the 'hit after hit' song line up on here. All the tunes are great and will inspire you to do some kind of weird Frankenstein-like shuffle you didn't know you had in you. If you've heard of The Cramps but don't have any of their albums, this is a good place to begin your journey toward the darker side of town. Just toss that leather jacket on, grease up your hair, and come dance down by the swamp...

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