Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle

Cramps | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fontana a&M
• ASIN: B000001I0K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Psychobilly
  • #1 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative
  • #3 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo Fi

Track Listings

1. Green Fuz

2. Goo Goo Muck

3. Rockin' Bones

4. Voodoo Idol

5. Primitive

6. Caveman

7. The Crusher

8. Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk

9. Can't Find My Mind

10. Jungle Hop

11. The Natives Are Restless

12. Under The Wires

13. Beautiful Gardens

14. Green Door

15. Human Fly

16. The Way I Walk

17. Domino

18. Surfin' Bird

19. Lonesome Town

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 15-AUG-1989

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More gold from the only psychobilly band you'll ever need, September 27, 2005

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TimothyFarrell22 (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle (Audio CD)

"Psychadelic Jungle" is slower than the band's first LP "Songs the Lord Taught Us", but is in many ways sleazier than that album. It projects more of a swampy, drugged-up image of the 50s. And thats what the Cramps are - you're favorite classic Rockabilly artist on too many hits of LSD. The slower tempo makes this album possibly the sleaziest and most intimidating work by the Cramps. There is certainly a high abundance of classic songs on this album, and it contains several of what are the Cramps' best covers ("Goo Goo Muck", "The Crusher", "The Way I Walk"). This and "Songs the Lord Taught Us" are probably the best places to start with if you're getting into the Cramps. The accompanying EP "Gravest Hits" is a great collection of cover tunes, each one better than the original. Rockabilly is the purest form of rock 'n' roll there is, and the Cramps are one of the purest rock 'n' roll bands ever.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What rock is about, February 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle (Audio CD)

The only real rock album ever recorded. Furious mixture of not being able to play, not being able to produce, not being able to sing and a genuine lust for life,death and being bad.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic album - pure genius, October 16, 2002

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Elvis-from-Hell (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle (Audio CD)

Some people like "Gravest Hits." But for my money, "Psychedelic Jungle" represents the Cramps' masterwork. Swampy, bluesy, dark and menacing. One, er, critic called it racist. Could be that says more about him than it does about the Cramps. Anyhow, this album shows that these voodoobilly idols not only ooze, they rock.

10 stars.