The Cramps discography
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The Cramps performing in Belgium in 2006; original members Lux Interior and Poison Ivy pictured.
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| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 8 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
American punk rock band The Cramps was active from 1976 until 2009. Its discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, four compilations, and 24 singles. The band also produced eight music videos.
Albums and EPs
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| Gravest Hits EP | 1979 | Illegal Records/I.R.S. Records
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| Songs the Lord Taught Us | 1980 | Illegal Records
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| Psychedelic Jungle | 1981 | I.R.S. Records
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| ...Off the Bone | 1983 | Illegal Records
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| Smell of Female | 1983 | Big Beat Records
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| Bad Music for Bad People | 1984 | I.R.S. Records
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| A Date with Elvis | 1986 | Big Beat Records
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| Rockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand XXX | 1987 | Vengeance Records
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| Stay Sick! | 1990 | Enigma Records
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| Look Mom No Head! | 1991 | Big Beat Records
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| Blues Fix EP | 1992 | Big Beat Records
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| Flamejob | 1994 | The Medicine Label
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| Big Beat from Badsville | 1997 | Epitaph
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| Fiends of Dope Island | 2003 | Vengeance Records
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| How to Make a Monster | 2004 | Vengeance Records |
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| The Secret Life of the Cramps | 2006 | Australian Only
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Singles
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| 1978 | "Surfin Bird" / "The Way I Walk" (US)
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Gravest Hits | ||||
"Human Fly" / "Domino" (US)
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| 1980 | "Fever" / "Garbageman" (UK)
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Songs The Lord Taught Us | ||||
"Garbageman" / "TV Set" (Fr)
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"Garbageman" / "Drug Train" (US)
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"Drug Train" / "Love Me" "I Can't Hardly Stand It"
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| 1981 | "Goo Goo Muck" / "She Said"
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Psychedelic Jungle | ||||
"The Crusher" / "Save It" "New Kind of Kick"
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| 1984 | "Faster Pussycat" / "You Got Good Taste"
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Smell of Female | ||||
"I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound" / "Weekend on Mars"
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| 1985 | "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" / "Blue Moon Baby"
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#68 | A Date With Elvis | |||
| 1986 | "What's Inside a Girl?" / "Give Me a Woman"
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"Kizmiaz" / "Give Me a Woman"
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| "Get Off the Road" (Sweden) | ||||||
| 1989 | "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" / "Jackyard Backoff"
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#10 | #35 | Stay Sick | ||
"All Women Are Bad" /"Teenage Rage"
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"The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" / "Jailhouse Rock"
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| 1991 | "Eyeball in My Martini" / "Wilder Wilder Faster Faster"
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Look Mom, No Head! | ||||
| 1992 | "Blues Fix EP" "Hard Workin' Man" "It's Mighty Crazy" / "Jelly Roll Rock" "Shombalor"
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| 1994 | "Lets Get Fucked Up" / "How Come You Do Me"
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"Ultra Twist" / "Confessions of a Psycho Cat"
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| 1995 | "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" "Lets Get Fucked Up"
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| 2003 | "Like a Bad Girl Should" / "I Walked All Night"
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Big Beat From Badsville | ||||
"Big Black Witchcraft Rock" / "Butcher Pete"
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Fiends of Dope Island | |||||
Videos
- "Human Fly" (1978)
- "Garbageman" (1979)
- "Tear It Up" (live) - from the movie Urgh! A Music War (1980)
- "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" (1990)
- "Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" (1990)
- "Ultra Twist" (1994)
- "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" (1994)
- "Like a Bad Girl Should" (1997)
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.
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| Transylvanian Tapes | Side A produced by Chris Spedding December 1978
Side B Live at Max's Kansas City New York 1978 |
| Most Exaltet (sic) Potentates of Trash | 45 RPM Mini-LP |
| Voodoo Rythm (sic) | Tracks 1–4 Studio Outtakes
Tracks 5–8 Soundchecks |
| Live at Harry's | Recorded at Harry's Hideaway Toronto 14 June 1982 |
| Fetischism (sic) Vol 2 | Live in France 1980 |
| Black Leather | Live in San Francisco 13 March 1980 |
| A Date with the Cramps | Recorded at the Free Wheels Festival Cunlhat France 19 August 1995 |
| After Dark | Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon 14 March 1986 |
| All Tore Up | Recorded in 1979 (same recordings as the Ohio Demos) |
| Beyond the Valley of the Cramps | Recorded at the Ritz New York 1983 and the Lyceum London 1980 |
| Booze Party | Recorded at the Ritz New York 1989 |
| Bikini Girls with Machine Guns are searching the Creature from the Black Lagoon |
Recorded at Docks Hamburg 13 March 1990 |
| CBGB's | Recorded 10 June 1977 |
| Creatures from the Black Leather Lagoon | Recorded in Offenbach am Main Germany 1990 |
| Demons of the Swamp Vol 1 | |
| Demons of the Swamp Vol 2 | Recorded at Max's Kansas City New York 1978 |
| Don't Pummel & You Won't Pogo. They Ooze & You'll Throb |
Recorded in Hamburg 1986 |
| Electric Cheese | Tracks 1 -8 Brixton Academy London 25 February 1990 Tracks 3–5 (Side B) – MTV Europe 2 February 1995 |
| Exorcism Night | Recorded at Club 57 N.Y.C. 18 August 1979 |
| Faster Pussycat | Recorded at the Hammersmith Palais London 28 May 1984 |
| Frank Further and the Hot Dogs | Recorded at CBGB's 13 January 1978 |
| Haunt of The Cramps | Tracks 1–8 Radio Broadcasts from KFAT Palo Alto CA February 1979 Tracks 9–13 Studio Outtakes 1979 |
| Hot Club | Recorded at the Hot Club Philadelphia 1977 |
| Human Fly | Recorded at the Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands 12 June 1981 |
| Kizmiaz | Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany 17 April 1986 |
| Live Venus | Recorded at The Venue[disambiguation needed], 19 April 1980 |
| N*zibilly Werewolfen, N'ont Pas De Bausparvertrag | Recorded in Palo Alto, California in 1979 |
| No More Cramped For Space | Recorded in New Orleans 4 December 1979 |
| Persecuted Prophets With B Movie Soul | Track 1–4 Smell of Female Rehearsal Track 5–8 Studio Demos with Terry Graham on Drums |
| Psychedelic Safari | Recorded in Seattle 20 May 1982 |
| Rock'N'Roll Monster Bash | Recorded at The Edge, Toronto 18 July 1980 |
| Sex & Cramps & Rock'N'Roll ! | Recorded at Markthalle Hamburg Germany 18 April 1986 |
| Songs The Cramps Taught Us 2! | Recorded in Offenbach am Main Germany 1990 |
| These Pussies Can Do The Dog | Recorded in Amsterdam 3 April 1986 |
| Totally Destroy Seattle !! | Recorded in Seattle 20 May 1982 |
| Voodoo Idols | Recorded in Indianapolis 1981 |
| Wild Psychotic Teen Sounds, Ohio Demos 1979 | Studio Demos from Akron, Ohio, 1979 |
| Demon Seeds & Dastardly Deeds | Recorded at Toads Place, New Haven, CT 20 February 1992 |
| Last Time For Nick In Paris | Recorded at Elysee Montmartre, Paris 6 March 1990 |
