...Off the Bone

...Off the Bone is the first compilation album of previously released material by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1983 in the United Kingdom on Illegal Records. The original release had an anaglyph on the cover and a pair of paper red and blue "3D glasses" inside the sleeve for viewing it.

...Off the Bone
Compilation album by The Cramps
Released	1983
Recorded	1977–1979
Genre	Gothabilly gothic rock[1] rockabilly[2]
Length	45:20
Label	Illegal
Producer	Alex Chilton, the Cramps
The Cramps chronology
Smell of Female (1983) ...Off the Bone (1983) Bad Music for Bad People (1984)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The British weekly Sounds gave the album a 5-star review, calling it "...a hell-fire cocktail of gutter riffing and chattering Rockabilly voodoo strum into which is dropped an electric sugar cube of psychedelic power".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, except where noted.

Side One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Human Fly"		Human Fly 7"
2.	"The Way I Walk"	Jack Scott	Surfin' Bird 7"
3.	"Domino"	Sam Phillips	Human Fly 7"
4.	"Surfin' Bird"	Steve Wahrer	Surfin' Bird 7"
5.	"Lonesome Town"	Baker Knight	Gravest Hits
6.	"Garbage Man"		Fever 7"
7.	"Fever"	John Davenport, Eddie Cooley	Fever 7"

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Drug Train"		Drug Train 7"
2.	"Love Me"	Marty Lott	Drug Train 7"
3.	"I Can't Hardly Stand It"	Charlie Feathers, Jerry Huffman, Jody Chastain	Drug Train 7"
4.	"Goo Goo Muck (Single Mix)"	Ronnie Cook	Goo Goo Muck 7"
5.	"She Said"	Hasil Adkins	Goo Goo Muck 7"
6.	"The Crusher"	Bobby Nolan	The Crusher 7"
7.	"Save It"	Hargus Robbins, Mary Biggs	The Crusher 7"
8.	"New Kind of Kick"		The Crusher 7"

Personnel

• Lux Interior – vocals
• Bryan Gregory – guitar
• Kid Congo Powers – guitar
• Poison Ivy Rorschach – guitar
• Nick Knox – drums

Charts

Weekly chart performance for ...Off the Bone

Chart (1983–2022)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	44
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[5]	95