The Stooges

Ah The Stooges. This should be fun. Just fun great late 60s garage rock. Fun. I Wanna Be Your Dog is a classic sound from this style and era. Great tune. We Will Fall is a weird one. Reminds me of The Doors The End. Just a slow weird out there long vibe for minutes on end. Not a huge fan of it. But i second half picks up again with that distorted garage rock sound. I like this sound a lot. Not sure would be an everyday listen type of album but as a whole there’s a lot here I like. Feels like a 4 to me.

Iggy Pop is really starting to lose me here

nice

10/18 Boring

Þetta er hrátt og flott. Mikilvæg plata og flott hljómsveit. Þetta er ekki allt jafn gott en fyrri 4 lögin eru frábær.

Iggy er snillingur og þetta er mjög gott byrjendaverk hjá Stooges. Misgott auðvitað, en I wanna be you dog tekur þetta alveg á næsta level. Mikilvæg plata fyrir komandi pönkkynslóðir.

This was like a gateway drug for me, I first heard it at university and it helped me to form my very first terrible bands and realise that music could be played by anyone. It’s loud, snotty and punchy. Guitars clang as Iggy howls away. Rock and/or roll at its best

Are you kidding me? This is one of the most low effort albums I’ve ever heard.

4.5. Absolute banger. The best proto-punk band of them all. It’s not their best record, but it’s a searing debut that changed the course of rock forever. Wild to think the Beatles were still a band when this came out. The Stooges were from the future.

Bastante atmosférico e interesante, porque no es un álbum pegajoso si no que uno puede escuchar y que le transmite a uno cierta

I didn't realize these motherfuckers go back to the 60s! This has I Wanna Be Your Dog, which would be 5 stars in and of itself. I'm on track #3 which sounds so far to be some sort of psychedelic raga - I'm diggin it... Yeah this LP is shockingly good, a real oversight, awesome dirty guitar rock...apparently it's proto-punk.

De meeste nummers zijn rauw en ongepolijst, zodat we dit volgens de Wiki mogen beschouwen als proto-punk. Maar af en toe schakelen ze een versnellinkje lager, en dan lijken ze meer op de Doors, vooral in Ann en het tien minuten durende, nogal psychedelische 'We will fall'. Maar dan steken ze weer van wal met die simpele nummers. Wel aardig allemaal, maar in dit tijdperk is beter gemaakt, en de andere platen van dit clubje boden precies hetzelfde. Bovendien, als je over het jaar 1969 klaagt dat er niks te beleven was, dan heb je echt niet op zitten letten.

Als er post-punk is, dan zal er ook wel pre-punk zijn. En ja hoor, hier is het. Nog niet zo ver doorgeschoten ongeïnteresseerd als de hardcore-punk. Maar we gaan toch al wel die kant op, lijkt het. De eerste twee nummers springen er uit. Typische punk-zang en schurende muziek lijken losse elementen. En toch past het bij elkaar. Wellicht toch niet zo ongeïnteresseerd in elkaar gezet? Nummer 3 schiet een ander kant op en biedt (veel te lang) een soort duistere sfeer. Hierna heeft het album echt niets meer te bieden.

De Stooges en Iggy zijn blijkbaar snobfavorieten, want ze staan erin met (eigenlijk alle) 3 albums en Iggy staat er solo nog een paar keer in. Op dit debuut staan wel 2 bekende nummers, waar we gelijk mee aftrappen. Daarna krijgen we een meditatief the Doors-achtige compositie, wat meteen alle tempo eruit haalt. Beetje een gekke keuze om daar 10 minuten mee te vullen, als het totale schijfje slechts een slordig half uurtje in beslag neemt. En zo wisselt het af tussen nummers waar het tempo in zit en waar het tempo ontbreekt. Als album is het daardoor een ietwat onsamenhangend geheel en het lijkt alsof er op dat half uurtje flink wat opvullers op staan. Door de twee hitjes maak ik er nog een 3 van, maar het is allemaal aan de magere kant.

MASTERPIECE

Que rebeldes

[My wife] “God he sounds really stressed out.”

Another undeniable classic by The Stooges, though notably far tamer when compared to their follow-up 'Fun House' and closer to a lot of the blues-rock and garage-adjacent sounds of its time. But regardless, it's still an incredibly predictive proto-punk record, just like its follow-up. Squealing, distortion-drenched guitar solos, very driving but primal-sounding drum rhythms, bizarre tangential experiments - it's all here. Honestly, I think the only thing lacking is Iggy Pop in the vocal department; he's not as animated here, or if he is, it sounds like he's holding way-the-hell back. Not bad or anything; he just gets much better later on. 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' is the clear album highlight, just such an incredible guitar riff that sounds more akin to early '80s post-punk and gothic, like Bauhaus, more than anything "punk rock" like Ramones or Sex Pistols. '1969' has this sort of psych turn early on which was pretty infectious, just wah-pedals driving this tight groove. 'No Fun' and 'Little Doll' are incredible as well. I will say the 9-minute 'We Will Fall', for as neat as it is, is sort of a momentum-killer in the tracklist here. Ambitious, sure, and I do like when that violin comes in deeper into the track, but the trailblazing nature of this record is sort of segmented by this meandering centrepiece. And obviously the biggest punk predictor here is how rough-around-the-edges the recording is; the mixing is certainly questionable. But that's part of the fun: a super filthy debut by one of America's rawest bands to date. Great stuff.

Amazing that this was issued in 1969. Truly cutting edge.

Not very good.

legal essa música de branco We Will Fall é bem legal. Não é um 4, mas não é um 3. Pena que não tem como avaliar com meios termos, mas seria um 3,5

Old school rock. Bit too old school for my taste

Kinda sludge and boring. They get much better two years later when they reconfigure as Iggy and the Stooges and release Raw Power.

Crazy to think this came out in '69 since it still sounds relevant. A great mix of lo-fi garage and psych and something extra from its Detroit roots. Fun record and definitely an influence for generations of bands that came after.

Punk before punk top a

I thoroughly dislike Iggy pop

So this is my third album by the stooges. And probably my favourite.

We will fall goes on about 10 minutes too long

raw. sloppy. powerful. detroit. the dirge one goes on a bit much, but it's cool. and the bass playing is almost painfully sloppy in some parts, but overall it works. a good debut and showing for what would come.

‘i wanna be your dog’ absolutely rips but the rest is okay. still enjoyed overall

I liked this a lot. There is good variety; short, snappy songs that are to the point and longer jams that have a hypnotic quality. It all sits together nicely as a coherent piece. Very close to a 5 but whimsy has counted against it.

This album holds up so well despite its age. Punk rock before punk was even a thing and in reality, shares more of a resemblance to some of their much later contemporaries (gang of four, pixies, wire) than those in the early waves of punk. What surprised me listening to this is how good some of the transitional songs were (e.g. ‘we will fall’) in addition to the more widely played songs (‘I wanna be your dog’, ‘no fun’).

I didn't add any of these songs to my Liked Songs. Because they were all there already. One of my all-time favorites and an easy 5 stars for me.

“We Will Fall”. That’s the song. You don’t have to skip everything else but you HAVE to listen to that song. In the midst of this forward-thinking debut, that song stands alone. I can’t really describe it, you just gotta experience it. A lot of the other material is very good on here too. I can visualize the proto-punk and American punk albums of the 70’s looking back at this record and giving thanks. The Stooges were pushing through brick walls with crushing, heavy guitars, lustful lyrics with scuzzy deliveries. “No Fun” is an homage to the rock of the past, naturally lifting a lot of black American rock influences of the 50’s and 60’s. “Ann” is also noteworthy, those guitars are fuzzed-out and chunky as can be. I’m gonna hit this with a light 4/5. Not one that I’m gonna go back to for constant enjoyment, but The Stooges is (quite literally) an electric debut

The guitar on the first song is incredible, backed by rumbling drums 2nd song is horny and pretty good too then we have a 10-minute Indian chant definitely was not expected album falls of a little after this the guitar is phenomenal all the way through though last song is alright favourite songs: 1969, I wanna be your dog 3/5

Mas o menos, no es tanto de mi gusto, prefiero a Iggy Pop de solista

I have now had all three Stooges records but neither of the solo Iggy records yet. This is just behind Raw Power for me but perhaps had the greatest impact being released back in 1969. Three out of four barnstormers isn't bad to start the record, no prizes for guessing which one I didn't like so much. Everything about it is feral, from the raging guitar tone to Iggy's deranged yelping. My only gripe is once you've heard I Wanna Be Your Dog, you know nothing is going to top it, however good the other material is.

2/5

This is another record that is very familiar to me. I still remember the impact of hearing "I Want to Be Your Dog" on the radio for the first time some time in the 1990's. There have been only a few times when the experience of hearing something new was as exciting and revelatory as that moment. The record itself is quite good. Far from being 'ahead of its time' it sounds very much of its time. There's a strong garage influence on the record and the use of the wah wah pedal is significant. There is a fairly straight line from this to punk, though. That captures most of the songs, with the exception of the extended droning jam We Will Fall (I guess John Cale had to play on something) and Ann, which reveals the debt to the Doors that is a bit more oblique on the other songs. As the years have gone on, I tend to prefer the second and third album a bit more, but this is still a very good album.

A very different album than Fun House. Good

Iconic garage proto-punk. Wasn’t expecting a 10 min, drone-y, meditative chant but still cool. Year 0.1 for Indie/ Alternative Music

Damn this was good I’ve been zzzzzing on The Stooges despite my contemporaries high high regard. I Wanna Be Your Dog hittttttsssss

I understand the importance of the album and the band but it hasn't aged well

Probably blasphemy, but a bit boring in some bits...

Second Stooges album, fourth Album listened to with Iggy Pop, enjoyed them all. One of the reasons I wanted to do this list was to find some new favourite bands, and I think these guys are now up in that elite category for me

Dog!!!

Ok except the long one.

I think I've heard this album before, but even if I haven't I recognize a few of these tracks by title. I'm looking forward to listening to this. I like listening to The Stooges because it feels like a Punk Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal archeological dig. I quite enjoyed this.

The inevitable rise of Iggy Pop has been very fun to follow through the history of his music while participating in this project, and the help of one David Bowie, who’s name I’ve likely uttered more than any other in these reviews, more than any other artist, was a big part of what made him successful in the mainstream. Before his solo act though, there was The Stooges. As far as albums are concerned, this is pretty much just a run of the mill 60’s album. It’s got some sick chords, some filler, a nice and tight 34 minute playtime, and a singer that sounds an awful lot like he’s doing a Jim Morrison The Doors impression. That is to say, it’s definitely a 60’s album. A super high amount of bands were understandably trying to sound like either The Beatles or The Doors back then, and more often than not it was a pretty cool attempt, as the music was still pretty new at the time. Now, listen. I understand why this album is on here. It was the first album by The Stooges, and I agree it has a place on here. My favorite song was the only one I’d heard previously, “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, which should be used as an OP/ED for the anime Chainsaw Man, but that’s way off topic. Those who know, know it would be absolutely perfect. Now, there’s a major caveat with this album that I have a bone to pick with. Of the 34 minutes, nearly 10 of them are taken up by “We Will Fall”. It’s a total filler song with very little going for it. If that song was cut in half, I might honestly consider giving this album a 4 star rating. As it stands though, that’s nearly a third of the album. The other songs on the album all have killer guitar shredding that kicks ass, but that single song really does slow the album to a crawl for me. Now, earlier I mentioned that this album belonged on the list, and I still agree that it does. However, this is the second of 5 albums to feature Iggy Pop that I’ll be listening to for this project. Iggy Pop has 2 solo albums, and The Stooges have all 3 of their original albums on the list. For the fun historical origin of Iggy Pop, one makes sense. This one has the biggest hit and everything, so it’s the logical choice. But I question the inclusion of 3 separate The Stooges albums. I’m still likely to give them all 3’s, but I’d argue that just this one is more than likely enough to have on a must hear list. I also have a feeling Iggy didn’t really evolve his style all that much until he met Bowie, but hey, I’ve still got 2 more The Stooges albums to get through, maybe they’ll surprise me. After all, this one was pretty damn good, and the guitar playing was stellar, even if I wish it was a bit more pronounced and stood out some more. Great album overall though. It’s a high 3 out of 5.

Quite good

Introduction to The Stooges in the full album sense. The popular songs are pretty good but the rest feels like filler. Best tracks: 1969, I Want to be your Dog, No Fun Rating: 6/10

This just sounds sooo good, let alone thinking that it was released in 1969. And a debut album. Real metal pioneers, when the distorted guitars, wild drums and raw sounds made it sound ‘evil’, which is exactly what I enjoy from these albums it seems, like Jimmy’s. And also it isn’t long, wasting time like most albums here with the giggly never ending tunes, making it even more worthwhile. I saved most of them. And again, it sounded overall good, the instrumentals are gorgeous and even the lyrics are cool. Bonus points for appearing in gta iv too. Not fully 5 stars, but I’ve been starved here lately too

this is the debut album of rock band the stooges, considered an early punk group who rose to fame for their cool and gritty sound, along with shocking (and sometimes graphic) performances by vocalist iggy pop. the album was conceptualized by a matter of taking note of what band members liked from other rock groups, with ol' iggy always thinking of ways to act out in gross and strange ways to his audience. think of the stooges as a late '60s equivalent to löded diper. proto-punk. yeah, wow, let's talk about that. the sound and overalls energy this album commits to is a little nuts. all the other 60s rockin' dudes are shaking their hips, singing soft and clear, playing their guitar and encouraging the audience to clap their hands, but iggy pop digs underneath his boxers, drags his eyes down until they're red, coughing and WRETCHING in the microphone. people see iggy pop now and think he's gross looking? i think he knows that. he's doing it on purpose. he's not going to be like donny osmond, slick his hair all pretty, clean up his wrinkles and sick lovely ballads to people. this music clearly is this image. this true anti-normal-rock music. and i think it's fantastic. i love the vibes. on one hand, joe schmoe is calling you baby and singing all la-di-da and lovely, then in comes iggy, shirtless and a mild bulge on his pants and he goes "LEMME FEEL YOU UP TOOTS". this one was really enjoyable.

"We Will Fall" and "Ann" really fell flat for me. The rest I dug pretty well.

Not my jam

It's OK. The Stooges is one of those bands that I feel like I am supposed to like but they don't really do much for me.

This certainly feels like an album you had to be there for, as by all accounts in completely bucked the trends at the time. Sadly, as time has gone by, this style of droning rock has been vastly improved and leaves The Stooges debut as an important, if not underwhelming, listen.

Now THIS is sounds of 69 I can get behind. 4 Boolean: True

Love it all … including the long one 😀

Escutar Stooges é entender de onde nasceu punk, pós-punk, grunge e indie. Banda absolutamente seminal. Grande disco.

Uu, to pa nism verjetn že od najstništva poslušala! Prvedva komada se ful spomnim ("1969", "I Wanna Be Your Dog"), za ostale bomo pa vidl. Naslovnico pomoje zihr prvič vidim. To sm poslušala v obdobju piratiziranja posamičnih komadov. Hm, ja, al se ne spomnim, alpa res nism še ta album cel preposlušala ( "We Will Fall"), ker this doesn't ring a bell. Ali pač? "No Fun' poznam. Sam itak ni fora to. Do I like it? Ja. Ampak, a je zarad nostalgije, al zares? Hmmmm, pomojem dejansko zares. Good talk.

Ok, but don’t love it. The worst song didn’t need to be 10 minutes long.

I found this surprisingly mind-numbingly boring

It’s like Rolling Stones meets the Doors. Album is a little bit of everything rock from this era.

I certainly wanna be a dog

I wanna be your dog was excellent but the rest of the album feels like high school garage rock. 2 out of 5

Pretty rubbish. Not a fan of Iggy Pop and this certainly enforces that view. Dire vocals and nothing great musically.

It's alright.

I wanna be your dog.

normalito, me gustó. no lo vuelvo a escuchar

En 1969 et pendant qu’une bande de hippies patauge dans la boue de Woodstock en croyant que l'amour universel, trois accords de guitare acoustique et des couronnes de fleurs vont sauver l’humanité du désastre, quatre crève-la-faim de Detroit décident d'allumer un feu de poubelles dans le salon feutré du rock américain. Le décor ? Les usines automobiles en décomposition du Michigan, le bitume grisâtre et un ennui que seuls les amplis poussés à fond peuvent dissiper. Sorti chez Elektra, le premier disque éponyme de The Stooges fait figure de déflagration primitive et la critique rétroactive aime leur coller une couronne en carton-pâte sur la tête en hurlant au génie précurseur du punk. C’est vrai, l’album pose sans conteste des fondations immenses mais pourtant, quand je pose une oreille sur cet album, je reste sur ma faim. C’est un bon disque, sans doute nécessaire, mais nous sommes encore bien loin de la puissance tellurique qui nous tombera sur la tête quelques années plus tard. D'où ma note de 3 sur 5. Remettons les choses à leur place, sans la mythologie baveuse des magazines spécialisés qui s'astiquent sur la légende. À l'origine, Elektra débarque à Detroit pour signer le MC5, ces agitateurs politiques à la rhétorique révolutionnaire et au rock survitaminé. Sur place, le découvreur de talents Danny Fields se prend en pleine poire les prestations scéniques d'un groupe étrange, bruitiste, mené par un échalas peroxydé et hystérique : Iggy Stooge. Le MC5 signe, mais Danny Fields insiste pour embarquer ces quatre punks en herbe dans la charrette. Le problème ? Sur scène, les Stooges ne jouent pas des morceaux traditionnels : ils créent un vortex de larsens, martèlent des rythmiques tribales et improvisent des incantations chaotiques. Alors quand la maison de disques les expédie en studio à New York au mois de juin 1969, le groupe se retrouve face à un gros problème : ils n'ont en réalité que trois véritables chansons dans leurs poches. Jac Holzman, le boss du label, pique une sainte colère et les enferme illico dans leur chambre d’hôtel avec un ultimatum limpide : vous avez quarante-huit heures pour pondre le reste de l'album. Pour canaliser ce troupeau sauvage en studio, Elektra a l'idée improbable de leur coller John Cale à la production. Le Gallois vient tout juste de se faire éjecter du Velvet Underground par Lou Reed et si quelqu'un sur cette foutue planète connaît la beauté vénéneuse du bruit et des expérimentations sombres, c'est bien lui. Mais Cale fait un choix de production qui continue de diviser : au lieu de capturer l'ouragan sonique et l'électricité sauvageonne que le gang crache en concert, il bride les bêtes. Il impose un cadre, aseptise les coins tranchants, tempère la folie furieuse d'Iggy et compresse la distorsion pour que ça rentre proprement dans les sillons. Ce disque, c’est le son d’un fauve en cage qu’on force à tourner en rond sous un néon clinique. Dès l’ouverture, le tempo s'installe et le fameux riff circulaire de Ron Asheton sur l’inaugural « 1969 » donne le ton : une boucle hypnotique, minimale, presque morne, qui traduit à merveille la vacuité d'une jeunesse abandonnée à elle-même. Iggy Pop traîne sa voix traînante avec ce mélange de détachement insolent et de morgue adolescente qui va définir l'attitude punk pour les cinquante années à venir. C’est efficace, certes, mais ça manque cruellement de fureur. Vient ensuite le plat de résistance, celui que tout le monde connaît par cœur, pillé, repris et recraché jusqu'à la nausée dans toutes les caves du monde : « I Wanna Be Your Dog ». Ce riff à trois accords joué en boucle ressemble à un bloc de béton qui dégringole un escalier sans fin. John Cale y pose un piano martelé sur une seule note et des tintements de clochettes pour appuyer le côté masochiste et obsessionnel de la chose. C’est une pièce maîtresse, un manifeste de soumission perverse où le rock redevient une pulsion basique, une envie de se rouler par terre et de renifler le caniveau. Mais même là, écoutez attentivement le mixage : la guitare est bridée et tenue en laisse. On sent le monstre derrière la grille, mais il ne mord pas encore. Le vrai problème de ce disque apparaît dès qu'on pose un regard sur la suite. Forcés d'étirer la durée pour justifier un trente-trois tours, les Stooges s'enlisent dans des impasses qui frisent parfois la fumisterie d'atelier d'art contemporain. Le pire exemple reste l'interminable « We Will Fall », dix minutes d'une lenteur mortifère où John Cale vient frotter son alto électrique pour accompagner les psalmodies pseudo-orientales d'Iggy. On dirait un sous-Velvet Underground sous kétamine qui tente de singer une messe noire dans un dortoir étudiant. C’est censé être mystique et vénéneux, c'est juste prodigieusement chiant et prétentieux. Ça casse totalement le rythme après l'urgence crasseuse des deux premiers titres, prouvant que le groupe composait sous la contrainte d'une montre qui tournait trop vite. La deuxième face tente de redresser la barre en s’appuyant sur des bases de garage rock plus traditionnelles, mais l’inspiration tourne court. Les titres oscillent entre des déflagrations brutes et des jams inachevées qui sentent le fond de tiroir rafistolé à la hâte. Asheton sature sa wah-wah, balance des motifs rêches et primaires, tandis qu'Iggy aboie, grogne, éructe des bribes de textes minimalistes. On sent une formation qui cherche sa formule sans parvenir à transcender ses influences immédiates. Ils pillent le rhythm and blues pour en faire une carcasse dépouillée, mais sans la virtuosité ni la transe collective qu'ils possédaient sur scène. L’énergie est là, comprimée, suffocante, mais elle refuse d'exploser. Alors oui, l'Histoire avec un grand H s'est chargée de repeindre ce premier effort aux couleurs de l'oracle prophétique. On dira que sans ce disque, ni les Ramones, ni les Sex Pistols, ni Nirvana n'auraient existé. C’est un fait historique incontestable : ce disque a ouvert une brèche salutaire au milieu de la boursouflure psychédélique et des délires progressifs qui commençaient à gangrener la fin des années soixante. Il a désacralisé la technique pour remettre l'instinct primaire au premier plan. C'est l'acte de naissance du garage nihiliste moderne. Mais un statut d’acte de naissance historique ne dispense pas un disque d'être jugé pour ce qu'il a réellement dans le ventre. Et ce qu'il a dans le ventre, c'est une poignée de fulgurances foudroyantes perdues au milieu d'esquisses inégales et d'un remplissage flagrant. L'ouragan ne fait que s’annoncer. Le véritable tremblement de terre, le cataclysme organique et dévastateur, n'arrivera que l'année suivante avec Fun House, quand ils enverront balader toute forme de bienséance pour enregistrer les conditions du direct, sueur, sang et cris compris. Puis viendra le vitriol pur et les étincelles atomiques de Raw Power en 1973. À côté des deux rouleaux compresseurs qui vont suivre, ce premier album de 1969 ressemble à une mise en bouche un peu timide, un coup d’essai fascinant mais inabouti. Un classique pour la culture, assurément, mais un album moyen dans le casque. Trois étoiles, et c'est déjà très généreux pour un demi-chef-d'œuvre bricolé dans l'urgence.

I'm aware of the stooges being punk legends, but the 60s-ness of this album made it more enjoyable than most punk albums for me. Still a weird album though, lost me as it went along,

REALLY liked this album. 1969 is a really funky song. i can't imagine what it must have been like listening to this in the era it was released. it must've been such a weird one lol. it's dirty, gritty, polished, and cool garage rock.

Guitarists are great. Lots of wah and effect tones that make it very bluesey and distorted. Lots of ostinatos, they were all really good at first but eventually got a little repetitive. We Will Fall was great….for the first 5 minutes haha.

This was close to unbearable

#88 Some of the most uninspired and lazy lyrics I've ever heard. The music itself is just poorly played noise. It made total sense when I saw this was produced by John Cale just one year after he shat out the equally abrasive White Light/ White Heat. Feels like a sequel to that mess of an album. Best song: I Wanna Be Your Dog

Liked this. High 3.

Great album, clearly highly influential

A true classic album. Ignored at the time but so influential.

Not my type

Solidt album. Verdens bedste nummer med bjæller, og et ALT for langt 10 minutters epos, som let bliver en skipper. Ikke nødvendigvis det her album jeg vender først tilbage til igen.

Primært beskidt garagelyd der minder om MC-5. Men også et 10 min. langt messende track der viser at The Stooges kommer ud af 60erne. Det fungere altsammen helt perfekt.

I had not revisited this one in a while, but when I first heard it, it slayed me. I dont think there's a better album to point to and compare to Abbey Road as to the difference in where music shifted in just a few years. Abbey Road was a huge settling of how far the Beatles came from hand holding, but there was this crazy shit going on at the same time! Doesn't quite get to 5 for me, but surely 4.5

The first two songs on this album are impeccable. Unfortunately “we will fall” is terrible and about a third of the album.

Struggling picking between a four and a five, but I do think this is a proper classic, so I'll edge it over to a full five.

ik vond dit best leuk!

het was best goed en ik zie wel dat the strokes hierdoor is geinfluenced

3/5

What a debut with such great seminal proto punk tracks on it; 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog (which should be a 15 minute track), No Fun and Real Cool Time and Little Doll being my favourites. An album that spawned a generation and still stands up today. Fizzing with raw energy and sprawling noise. Each track sounds like it's a live version. Something to get fukt up to.

I dont have big opinions on this one, sounds like 60's rock n roll when guitars sounded like the amps were about to explode mixed with punk Feels like I have heard a million covers of "I wanna be your dog".. or it was in a GTA game, or FIFA, or all?

This was pretty good tbf. The 10 minute track was not my cup of tea but this kind of sound should in theory be right in my wheelhouse. Without further context on impact at the time etc etc I think this is a 3 purely as a review in 2026. I hear it, but I dont think it is THAT good. but closer to 4 than 2 imo

Pretty cool little album 2.8

Rock's greatest debut, only losing a star for letting producer John Cale add a 10-minute drone chant, but at least he knew enough to have Iggy narrate lead the chorus of the doomed. Otherwise: the end of blues, the beginning of punk, the final transmigration of soul into caveman bravado all take place in its grooves.

Lean, mean and following a bastardized, overdriven blues template, the Stooges debut album was too stark for garage- and fuzz-rock fans and followed a very different drug jag than the prevailing acid rock of the era (thought closing track “Little Doll” comes close to that territory). While it was wholly apart from its time, they pioneered a sound that would prove just as influential as the Velvets on its rock and roll descendants.

Raw power is the one you NEED, but this one is good, too.

Cool album that feels like a more punk take on The Doors. Really unique and impressive for the time, plus "I wanna be your dog" is an all-timer.

3.4

bleh

good stuff

Interesting. At this stage it feels like they were pretty heavily influenced by The Doors which I wouldn’t have guessed based on later stuff. Pretty good but always feel like I’m not quite there with The Stooges.