Smell of Female

Live album by The Cramps

Released

1983

Recorded

February 25–26, 1983

Genre

Garage punk, psychobilly

Length

32:54

Label

Big Beat, Enigma Records, New Rose Records

Producer

The Cramps

The Cramps chronology

Psychedelic Jungle
(1981)

Smell of Female
(1983)

...Off the Bone
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Smell of Female is the first live album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983, and issued the same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France. It was also released by New Rose as a quadruple-7" box set, with an additional track, "Weekend on Mars". It was later expanded to album length with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love"		3:03
2.	"You Got Good Taste"		3:26
3.	"Call of the Wighat"		3:47
4.	"Faster Pussycat"	Bert Schefter	2:47
5.	"I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound"		3:16
6.	"Psychotic Reaction"	Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne, John Michalski	3:54

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Beautiful Gardens"		3:07
8.	"She Said"	Hasil Adkins	5:18
9.	"Surfin' Dead"		4:12

Personnel

Lux Interior: vocals, harmonica, percussion
Poison Ivy Rorschach: lead guitar, bass
Kid Congo Powers: guitar
Nick Knox: drums

References

↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Cramps: Smell of Female Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

The Cramps

Lux Interior Poison Ivy Harry Drumdini Nickey Alexander Pam Ballam Bill "Buster" Bateman Jim Chandler Slim Chance Candy del Mar Scott "Chopper" Franklin Fur Dixon Bryan Gregory Julien Grindsnatch Jen Hanrahan Touch Hazard SugarPie Jones Ike Knox Nick Knox Miriam Linna Click Mort Kid Congo Powers Jim Sclavunos Doran Shelley Sean Yseult

Albums & EPs	Gravest Hits Songs The Lord Taught Us Psychedelic Jungle A Date with Elvis Stay Sick! Look Mom No Head! Blues Fix Flamejob Big Beat from Badsville Fiends of Dope Island

Live albums	Smell of Female Rockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand

Singles	"Surfin' Bird" / "The Way I Walk" "Human Fly" / "Domino" "Fever" / "Garbageman" "Garbageman" / "TV Set" "Garbageman" / "Drug Train" "Drug Train" "Goo Goo Muck" "The Crusher" "Faster Pussycat" "I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound" "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" "What's Inside a Girl?" "Kizmiaz" "Get Off the Road" "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" "All Women Are Bad" "Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" "Eyeball in My Martini" "Let's Get Fucked Up" / "How Come You Do Me?" "Ultra Twist!" "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs" "Like a Bad Girl Should" "Big Black Witchcraft Rock"

Compilations	...Off the Bone Bad Music for Bad People How to Make a Monster The Secret Life of the Cramps

Related articles	Discography Psychobilly

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