Psychedelic Jungle is The Cramps at their most fully realised: filthy, funny, menacing and weirdly elegant all at once. Released in March 1981 as the bands second album, it takes the primitive rockabilly-garage wreckage of the debut and makes it even more focused, with 14 tracks split between Lux Interior and Poison Ivy originals and beautifully deranged covers. Green Fuz, Goo Goo Muck, The Crusher, Primitive and Rockin Bones all sound less like revivals than exhumations, dragged out of some swampy American subconscious and electrified into something nastier.
What makes the record so great is how committed it is to its own world. There is no polish for polishs sake, no attempt to soften the sleaze, and no distance between the joke and the threat. Poison Ivys guitar is all sting and twang, Lux sounds half-possessed, and the w

SKU:JN463119361466 Category: New

Condition: Brand New

Psychedelic Jungle is The Cramps at their most fully realised: filthy, funny, menacing and weirdly elegant all at once. Released in March 1981 as the bands second album, it takes the primitive rockabilly-garage wreckage of the debut and makes it even more focused, with 14 tracks split between Lux Interior and Poison Ivy originals and beautifully deranged covers. Green Fuz, Goo Goo Muck, The Crusher, Primitive and Rockin Bones all sound less like revivals than exhumations, dragged out of some swampy American subconscious and electrified into something nastier.

What makes the record so great is how committed it is to its own world. There is no polish for polishs sake, no attempt to soften the sleaze, and no distance between the joke and the threat. Poison Ivys guitar is all sting and twang, Lux sounds half-possessed, and the w

0 reviews for The Cramps Psychedelic Jungle

There are no reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *