The Cramps discography

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The Cramps discography
The Cramps live in Belgium, 2006.jpg
The Cramps performing in Belgium in 2006; original members Lux Interior and Poison Ivy pictured.
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Music videos8
EPs2
Singles23

American garage punk band the Cramps was active from 1976 until 2009. Its discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, four compilations, two EPs, and 23 singles. The band also produced eight music videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
SWE
[3]
UK
[4]
UK
Ind.

[5]
Songs the Lord Taught Us
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Illegal (ILP 005)
1
Psychedelic Jungle
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: I.R.S. (IRS SP 70016)
44
A Date with Elvis
  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: Big Beat (WIKA 46)
982341341
Stay Sick!
  • Released: February 1990
  • Label: Enigma (ENVLP 1001)
2662
Look Mom No Head!
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Big Beat (PDWIKD 101)
Flamejob
Big Beat from Badsville
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Epitaph (86516-2)
Fiends of Dope Island
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Vengeance (675)

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[4]
UK
Ind.

[5]
SWE
[3]
Smell of Female
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Big Beat (NED 6)
74144
RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: Vengeance (669)
4

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[4]
UK
Ind.

[5]
...Off the Bone
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Illegal (ILP 012)
441
Bad Music for Bad People
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: I.R.S. (IRS SP 70042)
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: BMG (44840-2)
How to Make a Monster
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Vengeance (677)

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Ind.

[5]
Gravest Hits
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: Illegal/I.R.S. (ILS 12013)
41
Blues Fix
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Big Beat (DNST 136)

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[4]
UK
Ind.

[5]
US
Alt.

[6]
"Surfin' Bird" / "The Way I Walk" (Vengeance 666)1978 Gravest Hits
"Human Fly" / "Domino" (Vengeance 668)
"Fever" / "Garbageman" (ILS 0017)198012 Songs the Lord Taught Us
"Garbageman" / "TV Set" (CBS 8401)
"Garbageman" / "Drug Train" (IR 9014)Songs the Lord Taught Us / ...Off the Bone
"Drug Train" / "Love Me" "I Can't Hardly Stand It" (ILS 021)5 ...Off the Bone
"Goo Goo Muck" / "She Said" (IR 9021)1981 Psychedelic Jungle
"The Crusher" / "Save It" "New Kind of Kick" (PFSX 1008)
"Faster Pussycat" / "You Got Good Taste" (New28)19847 Smell of Female
"I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound" / "Weekend on Mars" (NEW33)2
"Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" / "Blue Moon Baby" (NS 110)1985681 A Date With Elvis
"What's Inside a Girl?" / "Give Me a Woman" (NS 115)1986782
"Kizmiaz" / "Give Me a Woman" (NEW 71)15
"Get Off the Road"A Date With Elvis (reissue)
"Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" / "Jackyard Backoff" (ENV 17)19893510 Stay Sick
"All Women Are Bad" / "Teenage Rage" (ENV 19)76
"The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" / "Jailhouse Rock" (ENV 22)88
"Eyeball in My Martini" / "Wilder Wilder Faster Faster" (NS 135)1991 Look Mom, No Head!
"Lets Get Fucked Up" / "How Come You Do Me" (Medicine Label 7-1804 5)1994 Flame Job
"Ultra Twist" / "Confessions of a Psycho Cat" (CRE 180)94
"Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" / "Lets Get Fucked Up" (CRE 196)1995
"Like a Bad Girl Should" / "I Walked All Night" (LC 256)1997 Big Beat From Badsville
"Big Black Witchcraft Rock" / "Butcher Pete" (Vengeance 676)2003 Fiends of Dope Island

Music videos

Bootleg albums

This is an incomplete list of bootlegs, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

AlbumNotes
After Darklive at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 14 March 1986
All Tore Updemos recorded in Akron, Ohio in 1979
Beyond the Valley of the Crampslive at the Ritz, NYC in 1983 and the Lyceum, London in 1980
Booze Partylive at the Ritz, NYC in 1989
Bikini Girls with Machine Guns Are Searching the

Creature from the Black Lagoon

live at Docks, Hamburg, Germany on 13 March 1990
Black Leatherlive in San Francisco, CA on 13 March 1980
CBGB'slive at CBGB, NYC on 10 June 1977
Creatures from the Black Leather LagoonRecorded in Offenbach am Main, Germany, in 1990
A Date with the Crampslive at the Free Wheels Festival, Cunlhat, France on 19 August 1995
Demon Seeds & Dastardly Deedslive at Toad's Place, New Haven, CT on 20 February 1992
Demons of the Swamp Vol. 1
Demons of the Swamp Vol. 2live at Max's Kansas City, NYC in 1978
Don't Pummel & You Won't Pogo.

They Ooze & You'll Throb

live in Hamburg, Germany in 1986
Electric CheeseTracks 1 -8 – live at Brixton Academy, London on 25 February 1990

Tracks 3–5 – live on MTV Europe on 2 February 1995
Track 6 – live in Montreal, QC on 6 May 16, 1984

Exorcism Nightlive at Club 57, NYC on 18 August 1979
Faster Pussycatlive at the Hammersmith Palais, London on 28 May 1984
Fetischism Vol 2live in France in 1980
Frank Further and the Hot Dogslive at CBGB, NYC on 13 January 1978
Haunt of the CrampsTracks 1–8 – radio broadcasts from KFAT, Palo Alto, CA in February 1979

Tracks 9–13 – studio outtakes from 1979

Hot Clublive at the Hot Club, Philadelphia in 1977
Human Flylive at the Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 12 June 1981
Kizmiazlive in Frankfurt, Germany, on 17 April 1986
Last Time for Nick in Parislive at Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France, on 6 March 1990
Live at Harry'slive at Harry's Hideaway, Toronto, Ontario, on 14 June 1982
Live Venuslive at The Venue, London, on 19 April 1980
Most Exaltet Potentates of Trashmini-LP
N*zibilly Werewolfen, N'ont Pas De Bausparvertraglive in Palo Alto, California, in 1979
No More Cramped for Spacelive in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 4 December 1979
OFF AIRSemi-official four-disc compilation with demos recorded through entire career of the band (including NYC home demos' 1976; Richard Robinson's demos; Memphis demos' 1977; Chris Spedding' demos' 1978; Akron, Ohio' 1979; Hollywood demos' 1981/1982; Smell of Female rehearsals, 1983; Janice Long' session, 1986; Cahuenga Blvd Shack' 1988; suite For Cry Baby movie, 1989; and many other rarities).
Persecuted Prophets With B Movie SoulTrack 1–4 – Smell of Female rehearsals

Track 5–8 – demos recorded with Terry Graham on drums

Psychedelic Safarilive in Seattle, Washington, on 20 May 1982
Rock'N'Roll Monster BashRecorded at The Edge, Toronto, Ontario, on 18 July 1980
The Secret Life of the CrampsB-sides collection
Sex & Cramps & Rock'N'Roll!live at Markthalle Hamburg, Germany, on 18 April 1986
Songs the Cramps Taught Us 2!live in Offenbach am Main, Germany in 1990
These Pussies Can Do the Doglive in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 3 April 1986
Totally Destroy Seattle!!live in Seattle, Washington, on 20 May 1982
Transylvanian TapesSide A produced by Chris Spedding in December 1978; Side B live at Max's Kansas City, NYC in 1978
Voodoo Idolslive in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1981
Voodoo RhythmTracks 1–4 – studio outtakes

Tracks 5–8 – soundchecks
Tracks 9–12 – live at CBGB, NYC in 1982

Wild Psychotic Teen Soundsdemos recorded in Akron, Ohio in 1979

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