American garage punk band the Cramps were 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.
Albums
Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions AUS NZ SWE UK UKInd. Songs the Lord Taught UsReleased: March 1980 Label: Illegal (ILP 005) — — — — 1 Psychedelic JungleReleased: April 1981 Label: Illegal (ILP 009) — 44 — — — A Date with ElvisReleased: February 1986 Label: Big Beat (WIKA 46) 98 23 41 34 1 Stay Sick! Released: February 1990 Label: Enigma (ENVLP 1001) — — 26 62 — Look Mom No Head! Released: 1991 Label: Big Beat (PDWIKD 101) — — — — — FlamejobReleased 1994 Label: The Medicine Label (24592) — — — — — Big Beat from Badsville Released: 1997 Label: Epitaph (86516-2) — — — — — Fiends of Dope Island Released: 2003 Label: Vengeance (675) — — — — — Gravest GravyReleased: 2026 Label: Vengeance (678) — — — — 6
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK UKInd. SWE Smell of FemaleReleased: November 1983 Label: Big Beat (NED 6) 74 1 44 RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXXReleased: September 1987 Label: Vengeance (669) — 4 —
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK UKInd. ...Off the BoneReleased: May 1983 Label: Illegal (ILP 012) 44 1 Bad Music for Bad PeopleReleased: 1984 Label: I.R.S. (IRS SP 70042) — — Greatest HitsReleased: 1998 Label: BMG (44840-2) — — How to Make a Monster Released: 2004 Label: Vengeance (677) — —
Extended plays Title EP details Peak chart positions UKInd. Gravest HitsReleased: June 1979 Label: Illegal/I.R.S. (ILS 12013) 41 Blues FixReleased: 1992 Label: Big Beat (DNST 136) Ultra TwistReleased: 1994 Label: Creation Records (CRESCD 180) -
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK UKInd. USAlt. "Surfin' Bird" / "The Way I Walk" (Vengeance 666) 1978 —— — Gravest Hits "Human Fly" / "Domino" (Vengeance 668) —— — "Fever" / "Garbageman" (ILS 0017) 1980 —12 — 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) 1984 —7 — 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) 1985 681 — A Date With Elvis "What's Inside a Girl?" / "Give Me a Woman" (NS 115) 1986 782 — "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) 1990 35— 10 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 7-18045) 1994 —— — Flame Job "Ultra Twist" / "No Club Lone Wolf" (Medicine Label 7-17976) 94— 45 "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" / "Confessions of a Psycho Cat" (Medicine Label 7-17932) 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 1978 – "Human Fly" 1979 – "Garbageman" 1980 – "Tear It Up" (live) – from the movie Urgh! A Music War 1990 – "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" (two versions: regular and explicit) 1990 – "Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" 1994 – "Ultra Twist" (two versions: regular and X-rated) 1994 – "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" 1997 – "Like a Bad Girl Should" 2026 – "TV Set" ("Gravest Gravy" Version)
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.
Album NotesAfter Darklive at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 14 March 1986Rock & Roll Monster BashLive at 'The Edge' Toronto, Canada - July 18th 1980All 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 1980Booze Partylive at the Ritz, NYC in 1989Bikini Girls with Machine Guns Are Searching the Creature from the Black Lagoonlive at Docks, Hamburg, Germany on 13 March 1990Black Leatherlive in San Francisco, CA on 13 March 1980CBGB'slive at CBGB, NYC on 10 June 1977 Creatures from the Black Leather LagoonRecorded in Offenbach am Main, Germany, in 1990A Date with the Crampslive at the Free Wheels Festival, Cunlhat, France on 19 August 1995Demon Seeds & Dastardly Deedslive at Toad's Place, New Haven, CT on 20 February 1992Demons of the Swamp Vol. 1Demons of the Swamp Vol. 2live at Max's Kansas City, NYC in 1978Don't Pummel & You Won't Pogo. They Ooze & You'll Throblive in Hamburg, Germany in 1986Electric 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, 1984Exorcism Nightlive at Club 57, NYC on 18 August 1979Faster Pussycatlive at the Hammersmith Palais, London on 28 May 1984Fetischism Vol 2live in France in 1980Frank Further and the Hot Dogslive at CBGB, NYC on 13 January 1978Haunt of the CrampsTracks 1–8 – radio broadcasts from KFAT, Palo Alto, CA in February 1979 Tracks 9–13 – studio outtakes from 1979Hot Clublive at the Hot Club, Philadelphia in 1977Human Flylive at the Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 12 June 1981Kizmiaz live in Frankfurt, Germany, on 17 April 1986Last Time for Nick in Parislive at Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France, on 6 March 1990Live at Harry's live at Harry's Hideaway, Toronto, Ontario, on 14 June 1982Live Venuslive at The Venue, London, on 19 April 1980 Most Exaltet Potentates of Trash mini-LPN*zibilly Werewolfen, N'ont Pas De Bausparvertraglive in Palo Alto, California, in 1979No More Cramped for Spacelive in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 4 December 1979OFF 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 drumsPsychedelic Safarilive in Seattle, Washington, on 20 May 1982Rock'N'Roll Monster BashRecorded at The Edge, Toronto, Ontario, on 18 July 1980The Secret Life of the CrampsB-sides collectionSex & Cramps & Rock'N'Roll!live at Markthalle Hamburg, Germany, on 18 April 1986Songs the Cramps Taught Us 2!live in Offenbach am Main, Germany in 1990These Pussies Can Do the Doglive in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 3 April 1986Totally Destroy Seattle!!live in Seattle, Washington, on 20 May 1982 Transylvanian Tapes Side A produced by Chris Spedding in December 1978; Side B live at Max's Kansas City, NYC in 1978Voodoo Idolslive in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1981Voodoo RhythmTracks 1–4 – studio outtakes Tracks 5–8 – soundchecksTracks 9–12 – live at CBGB, NYC in 1982 Wild Psychotic Teen Sounds demos recorded in Akron, Ohio in 1979
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