Songs the Lord Taught Us [Bonus Tracks] (1998)

About this title: Continuing the spooked-out and raging snarls of Gravest Hits, the Cramps once again worked with Alex Chilton on the group's full-album debut, Songs the Lord Taught Us. The jacket reads "file under: sacred music," but only if one's definition includes the holy love of rockabilly sex-stomp, something which the Cramps fulfill in spades. Having spent Gravest Hits mostly doing revamps of older material, the foursome tackled a slew of originals like "The Mad Daddy" and "TV Set" this time around, creating one of the few neo-rockabilly records worthy of the name. Years later Songs still drips with ... read more

Tracks:

1. TV Set [Rorschach/Interior]
2. Rock On The Moon [Burden]
3. Garbageman [Rorschach/Interior]
4. I Was A Teenage Werewolf [Rorschach/Interior]
5. Sunglasses After Dark [Rorschach/Interior/]
6. The Mad Daddy [Rorschach/Interior]
7. Mystery Plane [Rorschach/Interior]
8. Zombie Dance [Rorschach/Interior]
9. What's Behind The Mask [Rorschach/Interior]
10. Strychnine [Roslie]
11. I'm Cramped [Cramps]
12. Tear It Up [Burlison/Burnette]
13. Fever [Cooley/Davenport]
14. I Was A Teenage Werewolf [Original Mix][Take] [Rorschach/Interior]
15. Mystery Plane [Original Mix] [Rorschach/Interior]
16. Twist And Shout [Rorschach/Interior]
17. I'm Cramped [Original Mix] [Cramps]
18. The Mad Daddy [Original Mix] [Rorschach/Interior]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.