American garage punk band the Cramps was 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.
| The Cramps discography | |
|---|---|
 The Cramps performing in Belgium in 2006; original members Lux Interior and Poison Ivy pictured. | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Music videos | 8 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
NZ [2] |
SWE [3] |
UK [4] |
UK Ind. [5] | ||
| Songs the Lord Taught Us |
|
— | — | — | — | 1 |
| Psychedelic Jungle |
|
— | 44 | — | — | — |
| A Date with Elvis |
|
98 | 23 | 41 | 34 | 1 |
| Stay Sick! |
|
— | — | 26 | 62 | — |
| Look Mom No Head! |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Flamejob |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Big Beat from Badsville |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Fiends of Dope Island |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Ind. [5] |
SWE [3] | ||
| Smell of Female |
|
74 | 1 | 44 |
| RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX |
|
— | 4 | — |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Ind. [5] | ||
| ...Off the Bone |
|
44 | 1 |
| Bad Music for Bad People |
|
— | — |
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — |
| How to Make a Monster |
|
— | — |
Extended plays
edit| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Ind. [5] | ||
| Gravest Hits |
|
41 |
| Blues Fix |
|
— |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Ind. [5] |
US Alt. [6] | |||
| "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 | 68 | 1 | — | A Date With Elvis |
| "What's Inside a Girl?" / "Give Me a Woman" (NS 115) | 1986 | 78 | 2 | — | |
| "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 7-1804 5) | 1994 | — | — | — | Flame Job |
| "Ultra Twist" / "Confessions of a Psycho Cat" (CRE 180) | 94 | — | — | ||
| "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" / "Lets Get Fucked Up" (CRE 196) | 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
edit- 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"
Bootleg albums
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (December 2018) |
This is an incomplete list of bootlegs, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
| Album | Notes |
|---|---|
| After Dark | live at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 14 March 1986 |
| All Tore Up | demos recorded in Akron, Ohio in 1979 |
| Beyond the Valley of the Cramps | live at the Ritz, NYC in 1983 and the Lyceum, London in 1980 |
| Booze Party | live at the Ritz, NYC in 1989 |
| Bikini Girls with Machine Guns Are Searching the Creature from the Black Lagoon |
live at Docks, Hamburg, Germany on 13 March 1990 |
| Black Leather | live in San Francisco, CA on 13 March 1980 |
| CBGB's | live at CBGB, NYC on 10 June 1977 |
| Creatures from the Black Leather Lagoon | Recorded in Offenbach am Main, Germany, in 1990 |
| A Date with the Cramps | live at the Free Wheels Festival, Cunlhat, France on 19 August 1995 |
| Demon Seeds & Dastardly Deeds | live at Toad's Place, New Haven, CT on 20 February 1992 |
| Demons of the Swamp Vol. 1 | |
| Demons of the Swamp Vol. 2 | live at Max's Kansas City, NYC in 1978 |
| Don't Pummel & You Won't Pogo. They Ooze & You'll Throb |
live in Hamburg, Germany in 1986 |
| Electric Cheese | Tracks 1 -8 – live at Brixton Academy, London on 25 February 1990 Tracks 3–5 – live on MTV Europe on 2 February 1995 |
| Exorcism Night | live at Club 57, NYC on 18 August 1979 |
| Faster Pussycat | live at the Hammersmith Palais, London on 28 May 1984 |
| Fetischism Vol 2 | live in France in 1980 |
| Frank Further and the Hot Dogs | live at CBGB, NYC on 13 January 1978 |
| Haunt of the Cramps | Tracks 1–8 – radio broadcasts from KFAT, Palo Alto, CA in February 1979 Tracks 9–13 – studio outtakes from 1979 |
| Hot Club | live at the Hot Club, Philadelphia in 1977 |
| Human Fly | live at the Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 12 June 1981 |
| Kizmiaz | live in Frankfurt, Germany, on 17 April 1986 |
| Last Time for Nick in Paris | live at Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France, on 6 March 1990 |
| Live at Harry's | live at Harry's Hideaway, Toronto, Ontario, on 14 June 1982 |
| Live Venus | live at The Venue, London, on 19 April 1980 |
| Most Exaltet Potentates of Trash | mini-LP |
| N*zibilly Werewolfen, N'ont Pas De Bausparvertrag | live in Palo Alto, California, in 1979 |
| No More Cramped for Space | live in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 4 December 1979 |
| OFF AIR | Semi-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 Soul | Track 1–4 – Smell of Female rehearsals Track 5–8 – demos recorded with Terry Graham on drums |
| Psychedelic Safari | live in Seattle, Washington, on 20 May 1982 |
| Rock'N'Roll Monster Bash | Recorded at The Edge, Toronto, Ontario, on 18 July 1980 |
| The Secret Life of the Cramps | B-sides collection |
| Sex & Cramps & Rock'N'Roll! | live at Markthalle Hamburg, Germany, on 18 April 1986 |
| Songs the Cramps Taught Us 2! | live in Offenbach am Main, Germany in 1990 |
| These Pussies Can Do the Dog | live in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 3 April 1986 |
| Totally 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 1978 |
| Voodoo Idols | live in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1981 |
| Voodoo Rhythm | Tracks 1–4 – studio outtakes
Tracks 5–8 – soundchecks |
| Wild Psychotic Teen Sounds | demos recorded in Akron, Ohio in 1979 |
References
edit- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 76. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "The Cramps". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b "The Cramps". Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "The Cramps Full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "The Cramps Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 17 July 2022.