Smell of Female

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Originally release in 1983, this completely remastered Vengence reissue was recorded at New York's Peppermint Lounge with Powers on guitar, the quartet slams out a then mostly entirely new set of songs with, as expected, appropriate covers as needed. The wonderfully profane take on Hasil Adkins' 'She Said' surfaces here, with Interior sounding like he's about to die more than once. The Count Five's 'Psychotic Reaction' and the perfectly appropriate 'Faster Pussycat,' taken from the legendary Russ Meyer film of the same name, also give the band more than a little something to chew onA studio cut, 'Surfin' Dead,' surfaces as a ringer at the end; if not quite the Cramps go Beach Boys. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Thee Most Exalted Potentate Of Love
You Got Good Taste
Call of the Wighat
Faster Pussycat
I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound
Psychotic Reaction
Beautiful Gardens [#]
She Said [#]
Surfin' Dead [*]

Customer Reviews:

Stick that knife in the crimson jenson and twist!.......2007-06-11

I own pretty much every cd you can get by The Cramps when you are stuck on planet earth, but this one is my personal favorite. There's a lot of songs on here that you won't hear on other releases. Great songs to blast in your car or at home. All around a superb disc full of energy... There's nothing like seeing them live but this does come pretty darn close.

Ladies and gentlemen, live from the Peppermint Lounge, the Cramps........2006-02-21

This was originally a six song EP released in 1983. It was recorded live at the Peppermint Lounge in February of 1983. This CD features two additional songs recorded at the same concert. The songs consist of Cramps originals plus a cover of the theme song from "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and a cover of the Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction". This is a decent live recording, but not really the Cramps at their best. The CD also includes the song the Cramps recorded for the movie "Return of the Living Dead", "Surfin' Dead" (one of my personal favorite Cramps songs). I believe this was also the first time that Poison Ivy posed for a "cheesecake" photo for an album cover.

First Post-IRS release.......2001-04-09

After their lengthy court battle with IRS (Miles Copland), the Cramps immediately released this EP. The prominent sexuality that would become their image started with this album. The original release included just the first six songs. Since then, with each new re-release they've added a new song, and each time, that track has done little to improve the quality of the recording. In fact, I think these extra tracks take away from the original idea and concept of a short and snappy album. A vinyl release (4 7" records) included the best track--Weekend on Mars, which is not included here. Why not put that track on instead of these inferior cuts (She Said, Beautiful Gardens, Surfin Dead)?

These songs are much more 60's-rock influenced, and there's very little rockabilly here, compared to earlier releases. Much of them fall in line with the Count Five song, Psychotic Reaction. And it must be said, Surfin' Dead is the absolute worst Cramps song, ever. They should bury that one, not Weekend on Mars.