Songs the Lord Taught Us

Songs the Lord Taught Us
Studio album by
the Cramps
Released1980
Recorded1979–1980
StudioPhillips Recording, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length37:53
LabelI.R.S. (original US release)
Illegal (original UK release)
Zonophone (1998 European CD reissue)
ViNiLiSSSiMO 2011 Spanish vinyl reissue)
ProducerAlex Chilton
The Cramps chronology
Gravest Hits
(1979) 		Songs the Lord Taught Us
(1980) 		Psychedelic Jungle
(1981)
Singles from Songs the Lord Taught Us
  1. "Garbageman"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[5]
Pitchfork8.7/10[6]
Record Mirror[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Smash Hits7½/10[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[10]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[11]

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Songs the Lord Taught Us in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie and into a whole new realm of garage-trash novelty".[3]

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  3. ^ a b "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Songs the Lord Taught Us – The Cramps". AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Gaca, Anna (October 25, 2020). "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Westwood, Chris (March 8, 1980). "A Dose of the Cramps". Record Mirror. p. 12.
  8. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Cramps". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 197–98. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Hepworth, David (March 20 – April 2, 1980). "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 6. p. 31.
  10. ^ Berrett, Jesse (1995). "Cramps". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  11. ^ Hull, Tom (October 12, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 14, 2020.