Stay Sick!
{{Infobox album
| name = Stay Sick!
| type = studio
| artist = the Cramps
| cover = Cramps Stay Sick.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 12, 1990
| recorded = 1989
| studio = Music Grinder Studios, Hollywood, California
| genre =
| length = 47:51
| label = Enigma
| producer = Poison Ivy
| prev_title = Rockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Look Mom No Head!
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r4684|tab=review |label="The Cramps: Stay Sick! Review" |first=David |last=Cleary |accessdate=September 10, 2011=}}
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/118771/review/5945024/staysick |title=The Cramps: Stay Sick! [Bonus Tracks] |first=Evelyn |last=McDonnell |date=May 3, 1990 |issue=RS 577 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |issn=0035-791X |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106071334/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/118771/review/5945024/staysick |archivedate=November 6, 2007}}
}}
Stay Sick! is the fourth studio album (and ninth overall) by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released on February 12, 1990, by Enigma Records, recorded at Music Grinder in Hollywood, self-produced by guitarist Poison Ivy and engineered by Steve McMillan. It was the last made in studio with long-time drummer Nick Knox.
"Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" was the band's only UK Top 40 single, reaching No. 35 in 1990.
The album name pays homage to a saying from Ghoulardi.{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Martin |title=Stay Sick: Cleveland’s Legendary 1960s Horror Host ‘Ghoulardi’ is Paul Thomas Anderson’s Father |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/stay_sick_clevelands_legendary_1960s_horror_host_ghoulardi |website=Dangerous Minds}}{{cite web |last1=Turovsky |first1=Sophie |title=Psychobilly Monsters: the Cramps’ Threefold Relationship With Horror Cinema |url=https://berkeleybside.com/psychobilly-monsters-the-cramps-threefold-relationship-with-horror-cinema/ |website=The B-Side}}{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Jason |title=Things I Will Keep #8: The Cramps, Psychedelic Jungle |url=https://theconstantbleeder.com/2018/10/31/things-i-will-keep-8-the-cramps-psychedelic-jungle/ |website=The Constant Bleeder}}
The Cramps reissued the album on their own Vengeance Records in 2001. This edition contained four bonus tracks: "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (Live)", "Beat Out My Love," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Jackyard Backoff". It also featured a slightly different cover.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Lux Interior and Ivy Rorschach; except where indicated
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Bop Pills
| writer1 = Macy Skipper; Arthur Melton McNatt
| length1 = 2:24
| title2 = God Damn Rock & Roll
| length2 = 2:38
| title3 = Bikini Girls with Machine Guns
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = All Women Are Bad
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Shortnin' Bread
| writer6 = Traditional; arranged by Ivy Rorschach
| length6 = 2:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Daisys Up Your Butterfly
| length1 = 2:38
| title2 = Everything Goes
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = Journey to the Center of a Girl
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = Mama Oo Pow Pow
| length4 = 2:33
| title5 = Saddle Up a Buzz Buzz
| length5 = 2:43
| title6 = Muleskinner Blues
| writer6 = Jimmie Rodgers; George Vaughan
| length6 = 2:51
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1990 CD bonus track
| title13 = Her Love Rubbed Off
| writer13 = Carl Perkins
| length13 = 2:58
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1993 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = Her Love Rubbed Off
| writer13 = Carl Perkins
| length13 = 2:58
| title14 = Her Love Rubbed Off
| note14 = Live
| writer14 = Carl Perkins
| length14 = 5:05
| title15 = Bikini Girls with Machine Guns
| note15 = Live
| length15 = 3:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = Her Love Rubbed Off
| writer13 = Carl Perkins
| length13 = 2:58
| title14 = Her Love Rubbed Off
| note14 = Live
| writer14 = Carl Perkins
| length14 = 5:05
| title15 = Bikini Girls with Machine Guns
| note15 = Live
| length15 = 3:19
| title16 = Beat Out My Love
| writer16 = Lee Dresser
| length16= 2:15
| title17 = Jailhouse Rock
| writer17 = Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller
| length17= 2:28
| title18 = Jackyard Backoff
| length18 = 3:17
}}
Personnel
The Cramps
- Lux Interior – vocals
- Poison Ivy Rorschach – guitar
- Candy Del Mar – bass guitar
- Nick Knox – drums
Technical
- Steve Macmillan – engineer
- Lux Interior – front cover photography
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Stay Sick! !scope="col"|Chart (1990) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{album chart|Sweden|26|artist=The Cramps|album=Stay Sick!|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|62|date=19900218|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2023}} |