Songs the Lord Taught Us

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Songs the Lord Taught Us in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie and into a whole new realm of garage-trash novelty".

Track listing
Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

The Cramps

 * Lux Interior – vocals
 * Poison Ivy Rorschach – guitar
 * Bryan Gregory – guitar
 * Nick Knox – drums

Additional musicians

 * Booker C – organ on "Fever"

Technical

 * Alex Chilton – producer
 * John Hampton – engineer
 * Carl Grasso – art direction
 * The Cramps – sleeve concept, mixing
 * David Arnoff – photography