Psychedelic Jungle/Gravest Hits

Cramps

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 1989)
• Original Release Date: 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 (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,360 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

7 of 7 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

By	TimothyFarrell22 (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

"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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If I had a band I'd try to sound like these guys, May 9, 2006

By	Cool Cat "Rich" (Springfield, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This music is slimey, grungy and slow. A mix of all the different styles I like in music. Cramps are what got me into Psychobilly. Though it is slower than most of their other music its not bad slow its the good slow. The creepy crawly horror where you know the monster is around the corner and you wait in breathless anticipation until the thing pounces. That feeling of anticipation is like what you get listening to this album. Most of them are covers like Ronnie Cook's slopper "The Goo Goo Muck", the garage classic by Randy Alvey "The Green Fuz", they do great justice to the genius masterpiece by the Novas "The Crusher" and the Trashmen's great "Sufrin' Bird" among others. There is originals on this album it is great sludgy music I'd expect nothing less from the psychobilly masters