...Off the Bone is the first compilation album of previously released material by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1983 in the United Kingdom on Illegal Records. The original release had an anaglyph on the cover and a pair of paper red and blue "3D glasses" inside the sleeve for viewing it.

...Off the Bone
Compilation album by
Released1983
Recorded1977–1979
Genre
Length45:20
LabelIllegal
ProducerAlex Chilton, the Cramps
The Cramps chronology
Smell of Female
(1983)
...Off the Bone
(1983)
Bad Music for Bad People
(1984)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic      [3]

The British weekly Sounds gave the album a 5-star review, calling it "...a hell-fire cocktail of gutter riffing and chattering Rockabilly voodoo strum into which is dropped an electric sugar cube of psychedelic power".[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, except where noted

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Human Fly" Human Fly 7" 
2."The Way I Walk"Jack ScottSurfin' Bird 7" 
3."Domino"Sam PhillipsHuman Fly 7" 
4."Surfin' Bird"Steve WahrerSurfin' Bird 7" 
5."Lonesome Town"Baker KnightGravest Hits 
6."Garbage Man" Fever 7" 
7."Fever"John Davenport, Eddie CooleyFever 7" 
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Drug Train" Drug Train 7" 
2."Love Me"Marty LottDrug Train 7" 
3."I Can't Hardly Stand It"Charlie Feathers, Jerry Huffman, Jody ChastainDrug Train 7" 
4."Goo Goo Muck (Single Mix)"Ronnie CookGoo Goo Muck 7" 
5."She Said"Hasil AdkinsGoo Goo Muck 7" 
6."The Crusher"Bobby NolanThe Crusher 7" 
7."Save It"Hargus Robbins, Mary BiggsThe Crusher 7" 
8."New Kind of Kick" The Crusher 7" 

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly chart performance for ...Off the Bone
Chart (1983–2022) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 44
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[5] 95

Notes

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  1. ^ Pearis, Bill (October 30, 2020). "Classic Goth's 13 Greatest Albums". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  2. ^ a b Edwin Pouncey, Sounds, June 18, 1983
  3. ^ Fennessy, Kathleen C. "The Cramps: Off the Bone Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 10, 2022.