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Record LabelMusic on Vinyl

UPC8719262012967

eBay Product ID (ePID)20050162393

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FormatVinyl

Release Year1994

GenreOldies

TypeLP

ArtistThe Cramps

Release TitleFlame Job

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ReviewsEntertainment Weekly (10/14/94, p.61) - "...The brand new FLAMEJOB shows they haven't lost a step..." - Rating: B Uncut (2/04, pp.86-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "FLAMEJOB is a blast; its tunes every bit as colourful as their preposterous titles." Alternative Press (12/94, p.78) - "...the Cramps themselves are an American icon, a repository for all the spiteful dreams and sick-minded fantasies you've ever kept in your cupboard, and every new album is your chance to spread them out on the carpet to drool..." NME (Magazine) (10/15/94, p.54) - 8 - Excellent - "...it's immediately obvious that the centuries have not mellowed Lux and Ivy; it's still the same cathode ray mutated swampabilly unleashed on their GRAVEST HITS [EP] debut in the late '70s..."

Additional informationThe Cramps: Lux Interior (vocals); Poison Ivy (Ivy Rorschach) (guitar); Slim Chance (bass); Harry Drumdini (drums). Recorded at Earle's Psychedelic Shack, Thousands Oaks, California. America's--nay, the world's--greatest exponents of trashcan psycho-rockabilly return to business as usual here, albeit with a big new instrumental sound courtesy of Beach Boys engineer Earle Mankey. This doesn't translate into slickness, however; Lux Interior's over the top faux-Elvis vocals and Poison Ivy's mangled guitar stylings are merely reproduced with more in-your-face clarity. Songwise, FLAMEJOB is double entendre heaven ("You kissed my hand my love began to expand"), except when the band opts for directness ("Let's Get Fucked Up," a Cramps manifesto of sorts). Elsewhere, they appropriate the guitar riff from "Shakin' All Over" in "I'm Customized," and conclude with a sepulchral rendition of "Route 66" that splits the difference of the Rolling Stones' and Depche Mode's versions. Great stuff.

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