Songs the Lord Taught Us

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

1. Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert. "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
3. 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.
4. 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)