Bad Music for Bad People

Bad Music for Bad People
Album art by Stephen Blickenstaff (artist)
Compilation album by
the Cramps
Released1984
Recorded1977–1979
GenrePunk rock[1]
Length31:17
LabelI.R.S.
ProducerPoison Ivy
The Cramps chronology
...Off the Bone
(1983) 		Bad Music for Bad People
(1984) 		A Date with Elvis
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[3]

Bad Music for Bad People is the second compilation album of previously released material by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1984 on I.R.S. Records and was seen by most fans as a cynical cash-in by the record label, following the departure of the band. Sounds, the now defunct UK music paper, gave the album a 5-star review but said, "Miles Copeland's IRS label pick the carrion of their former label mates even cleaner by releasing a watered down version of the ...Off the Bone singles collection that was released in the UK...The music's still great even if the scheming behind Bad Music for Bad People stinks of decay and corruption".[4]

  1. ^ "50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time". Revolver. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Bad Music for Bad People Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (October 12, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Edwin Pouncey, Sounds, March 3, 1984