Big Beat from Badsville

by The Cramps

Overview

The Cramps could always be relied upon to deliver an impressive degree of rock & roll lunacy, even as their work became less consistent in the '90s, and 1997's Big Beat from Badsville was a genuine improvement on 1991's Look Mom No Head! (probably the group's weakest album) and 1994's Flame Job, dominated by plenty of red-hot guitar work from Poison Ivy Rorschach, delivering a gloriously twisted evocation of a dozen rockabilly guitarists run through a wall of reverb. After close to two decades, the Cramps were as obsessed as ever with sex, drugs, sex, rock & roll, and sex, and they still sounded pleased to be reveling in their own inventive deviance, while the lascivious hiccuping howl of Lux Interior's vocals was, as always, a unique vocal presence. Even on their weaker albums, the Cramps were truly the gold standard of psychobilly, and Big Beat from Badsville is still filled with more fire, sweat, and sheer rock & roll snazz than nearly anything created by the dozens of acts that emerged in their wake. Ultimately, Big Beat from Badsville is a lesser work from a truly great band, which means it manages to satisfy even if it doesn't always live up to the Cramps' most iconic work. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	12/02/2014
Label:	Vengeance Records
UPC:	0655035167428
Rank:	68524

Tracks

1. Cramp Stomp
2. God Monster
3. It Thing Hard-On
4. Like a Bad Girl Should
5. Sheena's in a Goth Gang
7. Queen of Pain
8. Monkey with Your Tail
10. Devil Behind That Bush
11. Super Goo
12. Hypno Sex Ray
13. Burn She-Devil, Burn
14. Wet Nightmare
15. Badass Bug
16. Haulass Hyena
17. Confessions of a Psycho Cat
18. No Club Lone Wolf
19. I Walked All Night
20. Peter Gunn

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Cramps   Primary Artist
Slim Chance   Guitar (Bass)
Harry Drumdini   Drums
Poison Ivy   Theremin,Guitar
Lux Interior   Vocals

Technical Credits

The Cramps   Art Direction
Bob Woodrum   Photography
Ivy Rorschach   Composer
Nick Rubenstein   Art Direction
Poison Ivy   Photography,Producer
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Composer
Earle Mankey   Engineer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Lux Interior   Photography,Producer,Composer