Big Beat from Badsville is the seventh studio album by the American rock band the Cramps.[3] It was released in 1997 on Epitaph Records.[4]
| Big Beat from Badsville | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May 1997 | |||
| Studio | Earle's Psychedelic Shack, Thousand Oaks, California | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Poison Ivy, Lux Interior | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
The album was recorded and mixed at engineer Earle Mankey's house in Thousand Oaks, California, in May 1997.[1] It was produced by Poison Ivy and Lux Interior. It is the only Cramps album to consist solely of original songs.
The Cramps reissued the album on their own record label, Vengeance Records, in 2001 with four bonus tracks: "Confessions of a Psycho Cat", "No Club Lone Wolf", "I Walked All Night" and "Peter Gunn".
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cramp Stomp" | 3:25 |
| 2. | "God Monster" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "It Thing Hard-On" | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Like a Bad Girl Should" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Sheena's in a Goth Gang" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "Queen of Pain" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Monkey With Your Tail" | 3:37 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Devil Behind That Bush" | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Super Goo" | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Hypno Sex Ray" | 2:26 |
| 4. | "Burn She-Devil, Burn" | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Wet Nightmare" | 3:36 |
| 6. | "Badass Bug" | 2:25 |
| 7. | "Haulass Hyena" | 2:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Confessions of a Psycho Cat" | Interior, Rorschach | 3:32 |
| 16. | "No Club Lone Wolf" | Interior, Rorschach | 2:28 |
| 17. | "I Walked All Night" | Hargus "Pig" Robbins | 2:49 |
| 18. | "Peter Gunn" | Henry Mancini | 3:10 |
Personnel
edit- The Cramps
- Lux Interior - vocals
- Poison Ivy Rorschach - guitars, theremin
- Slim Chance - bass guitar
- Harry Drumdini - drums
- Technical
- Earle Mankey - engineer
- Nick Rubenstein, The Cramps - art direction
- Lux Interior - front cover photography
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Cramps: Big Beat from Badsville" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 197.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (November 10, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Cramps Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Cramps: Big Beat from Badsville [Bonus Tracks"] at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2011.