The Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us (Garbageman grape vinyl, indie exclusive) [CAPITOL]

Why you'll love it

An indie exclusive on Garbageman grape vinyl. Rolling Stone put Songs the Lord Taught Us in its 80 greatest albums of 1980 for a "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie," and it has "Garbage Man", "TV Set" and their take on "Fever".

This edition

• Indie exclusive
• Garbageman grape vinyl
• Thirteen tracks

About the album

The Cramps' first album came out in 1980, on I.R.S. in America and Illegal in the UK, and it set out Lux Interior and Poison Ivy's stall from the first bar. Paste's Eric R. Danton called it a "gleefully raw, thoroughly campy collection", all blaring guitars and Lux's unhinged vocals, steeped in rockabilly and B-movie horror in roughly equal measure.

"TV Set", "Garbage Man" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" lay out the whole Cramps manifesto, "Zombie Dance" and "Strychnine" dig up rock and roll's weirder corners, and "Fever" turns the old standard into something lurking in the swamp. This pressing comes in a grape shade named for "Garbage Man". Do take the bins out after.

Tracklist

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Out October 23, 2026 on Capitol (cat# 6112569), a reissue of the 1980 album.