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The genesis of Punk, Hardcore and almost every other relevant rock genre of the past 50 years. This album is a great collection of noisy somewhat pop-tinged songs. The songs feel a little unbaked and unrealised compared to their later 2 albums, but they are great to listen to nonetheless. I love listening to the stooges and even something like the awfully positioned We Will Fall doesn't deter me.
Biased given familiarity. Like Raw Power is lags a bit at the end but the mixing, the sound of the guitars, the percussion is iconic. Then the break with We Will Fall into No Fun. Great stuff.
This is pretty mad for 1969. Essentially a punk album years before anyone even considered this. It's a great mix of strong riffs and more Avant garde noise which sits together really well.
magnificent, canonical album of songs about being bored and frustrated, from the surliest punks
John Cale produced
Genius
The beginning of the master. An epic album that has influences across all your favorite bands. One for the ages.
Very fundamental in influencing many follow on musical genres that's why I have great respect for the punk movement.
Gives arctic monkeys vibe s
The can never make me hate the Stooges (minus the Iggy Pop accusations.) 9/10
Absolute masterpiece
Ah, now this is a stone cold classic. It is one of the foundational albums that gave rise to punk rock in the USA and in the UK. After many tribulations, James Newell Osterberg is now the grandfather of punk. A short, concise album, it's full of great tracks .
5 out of 5. Proto-punk classic.
Maybe the record that started everything I love. This is just a perfect record and contains only hits.
Classic punk record that provided the foundation for a genre
Крутой альбом с одним из моих самых любимых треков!
Holy shit what a ride. I said that for the first Stooges' album I had (the sequel to this one) and it still applies here. The sheer innovation on these albums alone is insane. It would be really easy to listen to these and assume they came about in the late 70's, but no. This is from 1969 and I could hardly believe it. I'd describe this album in one phrase alone that I feel just conveys how I experienced it: raw power. This takes the idea of playing everything as loud and hard as possible and just runs away with it. The Beatles did that with "Helter Skelter" and still did it with some sense of containment, a sense of structure and like they knew what was going to happen next. There are moments on this album where you can't even tell if the band knows exactly what's going to happen next. It's an absolute ride that you go on with them, not that they take you on. Neither you nor the band knows what's coming and it's really fun to discover that together. I can't say enough about this album. The one thing holding it back (though not enough to lose a star) is "We Will Fall." It's ten minutes of what feels like some kind of funeral dirge, or some kind of meditation. I don't know what it is and I don't particularly like it. I feel like it must've been recorded and included to pad out the run time of the album because without it the album isn't even half an hour long. Take that out and you have what might damn close to a perfect debut album. But even still, I can forgive it as it was clearly an experimental leap for the band, and I'll never hate on that. Five stars. Standout Tracks: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Real Cool Time, Not Right, Little Doll
Pioneering rock Heavy, pulsating rhythms Led with voice of steel
Proto punk, yet it is better than any punk that came after
The highlights are plenty. The infectious handclaps, tambourines, piano drones, the catchy riffs, the growling and grunting. I don't mind We Will Fall as much as some others.
The first punk record
I make an alternative Christmas playlist every year, and for a while now I’ve included I Wanna Be Your Dog on every one, following a discussion with my father about Jona Lewie’s ‘Stop The Cavalry.’ I maintain that it is a Christmas song, he says the only thing that makes it Christmassy is the sleigh-bells. I think I’m actually reinforcing his point by picking a song that’s so obviously not a Christmas song, just because it has sleigh-bells, but it also pisses just everybody off and that’s the main thing about Christmas isn’t it? If I’m being honest, as much as I like The Stooges and recognise their influence in general, and of this album specifically, it’s always been my least favourite of theirs. Outside of 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun and yes, We Will Fall, it’s largely unmemorable, and although the unmemorable tracks are all important and good guitar tracks, with Iggy Pop being as charismatic as ever, the largest influence clearly comes from the 4 big tracks. If this were a base 10 rating system, I’d give it a 9, so that the greatness of Fun House and Raw Power shines through. But the greatness of the best tracks is enough that it deserves the full 5 despite my misgivings
Every post punk band wishes they were this. The raw unvarnished sound that comes from Iggy and the Stooges is as good as what the VU were putting out at the same time.
Loved this. Didn't expect to 5* it but honestly it blew my expectations sky high. What a fun, interesting album.
Super! Früher Punk mit Iggy Pop, was will man mehr! Vor allem in der damaligen Zeit.
This is definitely a good album to listen to when exploring the early days of proto-punk. It’s a great starting point, but I personally enjoy some of the follow-up albums from The Stooges more than this one.
Iggy and the Stooges. The Fathers of Punk Rock! How he’s still kicking is beyond me, but I love it!
4.7
Great to hear where it all started. 4.5 stars.
Fantastic work.
It's a pleasure and a privilege to listen to this album. Thank you, may I have another? I fanboy the Stooges so I can't give a proper review. I've just loved this record since first hearing it. It is what it is. That's it. You either take it or you fucking don't. My cat is named Iggy BTW.
VMP
Iggy rules. Good punk and pretty innovative and creative. Iggy voice and delivery are unique
Album 446 of 1001 The Stooges - The Stooges Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Tracks : I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969 Such a fun album, though I wish they had just left the track "We Will Fall" off as it was long, drab and just didn't fit, in my opinion. Even with that, this proto-punk album rocks. One of those that should be required listening for any melomaniac.
Yes, there are a couple of instances where they mimic the Doors' sound. The difference is that they don't stay there too long. The rest of it is great stuff. To "sort of" quote Lester Bangs: Jim Morrison was a drunken buffoon who thought he was a poet. Iggy Pop had the courage to be a drunken buffoon, and that's what made him poetic."
Rock and Roll nihilism finds a friend in me.
I unexpectedly got to listen to this album for the first time this morning on making love to my girlfriend. We both enjoyed the album.
Arguably the weakest of the classic Stooges era (The Weirdness and Ready to Die are not recognised in this house), but it's all relative - this has so much swagger and menace it's impossible not to get lost in it. Incredible stuff.
Raw, psychedelic, and in your face, this is one hell of a debut album. Unlike Raw Power, this has a more balanced-mix for a Stooges album. I got the deluxe Third Man Records pressing and that sounds fantastic, at least. Even further, it's got more of a range in aesthetics as they were still figuring themselves out to some extent. As a result, we get the sprawling 10+ minute drone-note-driven "We Will Fall" which I quite enjoy. This is a great proto-punk showcase of their talent for crafting super hook-driven grit capturing all the angst & alienation to disenfranchisement & desparation you can ask for in a record that you can party to.
Arguments are made that this is the first punk album. I say it's still proto-punk but it doesn't matter because this album is just a great time.
Explore nos zones sombres en ce qu’elles ont de désirant, d’immature, de malicieux, d’agressif, et parfois d’un léthargique presque méditatif
While I think “Raw Power” is a better album, the impact of this album and the Stooges in general cannot be overstated. I’m going to give it 5/5.
Amazing for 1969
When asked what he thought his legacy was, Iggy Pop said he wasn't sure, but he thinks he helped wipe out the 60s. That along would give this five stars, but I also happen to love this album. It’s not even my favorite Iggy Pop, but it’s still worth all the stars.
HELLLLLLL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! This is a monument wheter you like it or not, even i found a lot of those song boring and repetitive, but they were so influencial, brutal and raw that it's good anyway. The legend tell us that they enter the studio with only a few unfinished songs and they write all the rest of the album them all in just one night. The album was produced by Velvet Underground's John Cale, wich have done a mix accused to be too similar to the Velvet Underground eponymus album. The songs follow all the same path, short lyrics, simple lyrics, brutal rythms section, distored guitar and raw vocals by Iggy Pop. The best song are: 1969 an song about the disilusion of that generation after the colored summer of love, it set the stage for a more dark and brutal decade. I wanna be your dog is perhaps the best Stooges song, his riff is just out of this world, intense and incenssent. The definition of proto-punk rock with and distroted in the red intro, lyrics that tell a tourtured love (bdsm) and Iggy's voice that ript us appart. No Fun is also a song that explain why the punk mouvement simply exist, this is thei moto, long before No Future. Again, simpel lyrics, distroted and brutal riff, and repetitve in general, but that's the spirit. They are a coupple of psychedelic injspired songs: We will fall, a 10 min experimental song, that reminds me of the Doors and the Velvet, almost like a monk on acid kinda sounds. And Ann, a hypthonic song that al,so remind me of Jim Morrison vocals in album like The Soft Parade, but more aggresive. The other song are more in the veins of No fun and 1969: Like Real Cool time, Not Right and Little Doll, i don,t finf them special. It's easy to understand why this album has failed at the time, completly against the tide of popular music a the time, but defenitly ahead of their time. I think this album set the stage but its not The best. I Think FunHouse and Raw Power are way more important and simply better but its just my oppinion without this album, a lot of band and song would never touch our ears.
This album has been getting it's due much more over the past couple of decades, but I think it's a strong candidate for the most underrated album of all time. It's hard to overstate its importance on the history of rock n' roll starting in the 1970s. Every early punk band lists them as a major influence, and it's very likely that the punk music and all of its subsequent genres would look incredibly different without the Stooges In terms of the music itself, this album fucking kicks ass. It's gritty and sexy and doesn't sound like anything that came before it. It's like what The Doors could have been if Jim Morrison was really into acid instead of the smell of his own farts 5/5
Yeah
schöne 60er punk rock bevor punk
Hell yeah
Great
The best thing I heard about this album was in an interview with Iggy Pop where he explained that they wanted '1969' and songs like 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' to be played faster than you hear them on the album, but that the entire band was too stoned to be able to pull it off.
my fav
This was incredible. I don't know what I was expecting. I just didn't expect it to be as great as it was. The track We Will Fall did seem to drag on a bit too long for my liking though.
Love Iggy Pop. I see the Detroit skyline everyday. He's one of the many legends to come from the motor city.
Täydellinen garage levy! 5/5
Do the Stooges sound more or less alien than their weirder contemporaries? While Iggy's voice usually makes for an easy less (and we love him for it), the self-titled feels like it's on both sides. Anything but fence-sitting. Cale's viola is the obvious high point. Thirty minutes of this stuff is somehow still imposing.
10/10 some of the greatest pioneers (or maybe even inventors?) of punk rock they knew exactly what they were doing and executed it perfectly
Yes indeed-always been a fan of Iggy's vocals. Love this album.
GOAT album
So messed up, I want you here In my room, I want you here Now we're gonna be face-to-face And I'll lay right down in my favorite place And now I wanna be your dog 5/5
5/5 klasito dojebany proto-punk, iggy jaki seksiak uwu, oczywiście klasyczek i wanna be your dog, i jeszcze są bardziej psychodeliczne momenty jak we will fall. No ugułem całe te dobrze przyprawiłem
Brilliant! Barely aged in all this time
Excellent sounds.
Solid album. I dig this type of music. You can really hear the influence this had on other bands.
Fuckin sick
Some of the longer songs dial back the aggressive mood, but solid all around.
Just glorious. the stooges and sabbath both kicked the living shit out of what was left of the 60's and i'm so glad they did
Listened to this shopping on muscle relaxers. Really good album. 1969 and I wanna be your dog are very fun.
Iggy founded his legend status with this. Too rough for me.
I have a nephew who has started collecting records. In the lead-up to birthday and Christmas, I always ask him "are there any records you want? Because, if you don't tell me what you want, I'm going to buy you records that I think you need to have." Bless him, he usually defers to my picks, and this album is one of the LPs I bought him. I _think_ he likes it... I love the Stooges. "I Wanna be your Dog" was the cover song my old band played more than any other. Our attitude and stagecraft had a fair amount of Stooges in it (not to the point of cutting ourselves with broken glass and smearing our chests with peanut butter, but there were quite a few on-stage fist fights, and lots of getting into altercations with the audience). This album is classic, classic Stooges, and, probably has some of the best written songs in their oeuvre. The attitude is fast and loose, and they are rocking out fiercely, but there are proper songs in there under the sneer and fuzz. I Wanna Be Your Dog and No Fun are my favourite tracks. We Will Fall is a reminder that this album was recorded in 1969 (extended raga-like psychedelic jam) and how significant an influence Jim Morrison was on Iggy Pop. Iggy takes the lessons of the Lizard King and, at his best, distills it down to pure Id, jettisoning (most of) Morrison's faux-intellectualism and cod poetry. He is still learning how to do that on this album, but the blueprint is all there. Christgau described this album as "stupid-rock at its best", which is right on the money. It steals all the best bits of rock music that came before it, pushed it through their own dumbed-down and unfiltered performance until it is just a burst of raw power (hey, that could be a good album title. Note that down for later, Ig).
Had not registered before how We Will Fall sounds so much like something from a Swans album for the 2010's...
good
In a Beatles review on here, I mentioned The Stooges as a band that were actually important and influential, and made music that can still be enjoyed today. Listening to this just makes me even more sure of that, it's insane what they managed to come up with in 1969, nearly a decade before punk actually blew up. So much energy, the guitars are screeching and squealing the whole time, it's so easy to listen to. I feel like I would be wrong to give it less than a 5, even though their next 2 albums were somehow even better.
Album #9 It is sometimes difficult to be objective with these reviews. I love everything about this album. It's short and sweet. It was incredibly influential as a "protopunk" album by bridging the gap between psychedelic rock and punk rock. The lyrical content is simply rebellious and cynical. I Wanna Be Your Dog is a nasty classic that I've always loved, and We Will Fall is just an amazing 10 minute experience. And of course, there's 1969's guitar sound that just needs to be heard by everyone. These 8 songs breeze right by (even We Will Fall). It's like listening to the Rolling Stones give everyone the finger, and I'm here for it. 4* for content, but bumped to 5* for personal taste and influence.
One of the best rock albums ever.
I was enjoying the album a good deal. And then We Will Fall played. Then I was loving this album. What an epic stowed inside a tight record.
Raw power
to be perfectly honest this album drags a bit but i don’t care it still gets 5 stars
it's everything and more
"The Stooges" is the debut album by American rock band The Stooges. The band (vocalist Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander) came to NYC to record with seven songs. Their record label Elektra told them they needed more so they wrote four more songs within a week. It was produced by John Cale who also played viola and piano. Cale initially did the mix but it was rejected by Elektra and then re-mixed by Iggy and Elektra president Jac Holzman. I remember a similar thing with David Bowie and The Stooges "Raw Power." What is it with rejecting mixes? On the positive side, I guess it led to multiple re-issues later on. This album was not initially liked by critics but now is considered a landmark proto-punk release. Yeah, this has the punk attitude for sure. The wah-wah guitar and Iggy's "Well alright" and we're off with "1969." The guitar was lifted from The Byrd's "Tribal Drumming" and the drums from Bo Diddly. Who cares? This song rocks. About boredom. A distorted guitar and piano begin "I Wanna Be Your Dog." Hypnotic bass and guitar. Punk. Heavy Metal. Well, Iggy will do just do about anything for...yeah that. The 10-minute long "We Fall" ends Side A and contains a good chunk of chanting and droning pyschedelic guitar. This had to be John Cale's doing. Side B begins with groovy guitar and "No Fun." The handclap becomes a primary instrument. It's no fun being alone. Wow, The Stooges go into ballad-mode on "Ann" all the way up until about a minute left and then Ron Asheton gives a chaotic guitar ending. Thank God; I was losing faith. Is this about a girl named Ann or their home town Ann Arbor, Michigan? I'll say both. The album ends with " Little Doll." Supposedly, it's about a girl they saw in the audience once. Definitely, the most unique drumming on the album. Nice grinding rhythm guitar and another chaotic and pyschedelic guitar finish. This has two essential rock and roll songs. Everything about this album is punk. The lyrics are minimal with very few complete sentences. Iggy's bored, looking for a good time and, of course, wants sex. Some fantastic guitar solos to finish songs. A classic.
Classic precursor to punk rock
So good!!!
Not the best Stooges album but still crazy good.
Whether this is proto-punk or the first punk release is beside the point. This is awesome raw, rock and roll and belongs in every collection. The facts that it is a debut (one of the best of all time) and introduces us to Iggy (a treasure) are icing on the cake.
Wow! It's hard to believe this came out in 1969! I can imagine this kind of sound must have been terrifyingly new back then. This is a real proto-punk classic with plenty of psychedelia mixed in for good measure. Contrary to a lot of reviews I liked the dark psychedelic droning dirge of We Will Fall a lot, but I think it could have done with being at the end of the album for the best effect. 1969 is an absolute banger though, although the whole album is just great. Possibly my favourite album from the 60s that I've heard on the list so far. Favourite: 1969
excellent album, really enjoyed it. Would like to listen more!
This album frikkin rules. it's so yum. it's sleasy and grimy and more musical than i remembered. and i can really relate to it because they're 21 soon turning 22
Another album I've never listened to in full but, of course, knew a fair amount about and has clearly informed a huge amount of music I listen to on a regular basis. It's difficult to not pick up Velvet Underground vibes, I guess that makes sense. I'm familiar with I Wanna Be Your Dog, of course, and it's definitely the best song on the album but I really enjoyed all of it. I'm really really stuck between a 4 and 5 for this but after a second listen I'm gonna nudge it into 5 territory.
Very tight rock and roll
The more I listen to The Stooges the more they become my new favorite band.
This is brilliant. Difficult to believe that it is over fifty years old. Playing it now, it feels fresh and vibrant. Well. Mostly. Five stars for the music. Five for what it went on to inspire.
Raw rock 'n' roll. A new sound was gestating, and this album had its mark. 1969 sure was special!
Great! This is a classic. Iggy Pop is amazing
First time listening to a full album by The Stooges. Obviously very familiar with "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - heck, I even re-wrote it as "I Wanna Be Your Doug" a bunch of years ago for my friend Doug Koyama who was an absolute stalwart of the B.C. summer festival scene, and is one of the best damn huggers I've ever met. Listening to "We Will Fall" now and it's nothing at all like I expected anything on this album to sound. The slow dirge of this is absolutely awesome! Yeah, this is fucking awesome. 100%. I want more!
There'd be no punk as we know it without this album. Gotta give it up to Iggy and the boyz.
Dirty garage rock and psychodelia of the 70's. Somehow the Stooges evade all of the dirty hippie shit that I associate with 1969. Michigan is a long way from NorCal and the west coast, I guess. While everyone was busy being anti-war the Stooges were just enjoying getting fucked up and smearing hamburger meat on their chests. I appreciate the wry unrefined sound and loose play. We Will Fall goes a little too deep for me, but the 'don't care / fuck all, ethos is exciting and fun.
This debut studio album of The Stooges is their best and the start of punk rock. Majestic songs like "1969", "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "No Fun" make it an absolute masterpiece.
Peak brilliance.
Tense, muscular and tough as nails, with twisted, fuzzy guitars and a frontman who is equal parts charismatic and menacing. This is a band with a sizeable chip on its shoulder and they make you feel it. Years ahead of its time and still crackling today. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969, No Fun, Ann, Not Right, Real Cool Time, We Will Fall, Little Doll
Ajajaj!
Still as fresh today as it was back in the late 60’s. Hugely influential album.
From the other side of the coin that was the druggy decadence of the Aquarian dream, The Stooges hit the nail on the head of the increasingly artful, psychedelic style of rock, reveling in the blood oozing from the temple and dancing around it. With its tapestry of proto-punk freakouts and drone influenced meditations, this debut from four Detroit kids served as the catalyst of what would become of downright dirty rock and roll in the coming decades, being as prescient in this day and age as it did back in 1969.
C’est vraiment sympa mais sans plus pour la plupart des titres. J’aime bien Ann et I wanna be your dog et surtout We will fall. Ce remplissage psychédélique de 10 minutes est incongrus et parfait à mes yeux.
Another stone-cold classic. It's been 1969 okay for a long time now, all across the USA, but also inside the head of so many obsessed rockers, there and elsewhere. Likewise, fans have wanted to be Iggy's dog for decades due to those three insanely simple yet ravenous guitar chords every *loud* band has at least once practiced in their rehearsal space. And from that other cut that sneered about having "no fun", a whole genre spewed forth: punk rock. It's as if you're witnessing its lurid conception here, Iggy's lascivious howls and yells teasing with Ron Asheton's erect guitar riffs--sharp as a blade, driven like the pistons pumping in those Detroit factories, unrelentless. And this until *your* brain melts. With three cuts like that on your very first album, how can you lose? Of course, said album must not only be summed up by those three monsters, as sly "Ann" and that dark psychedelic, slowly entrancing, heroin-laden number, "We Will Fall", can prove it. John Cale's production is spot-on--meaning that you have the feeling that he didn't really intervene to change any part of that gorgeous sonic chaos, and just got the tape rolling to catch lightning as it struck inside the Stooges' bottle. This, folks, is how you're giving birth to an incredibly influential record. Such lightning would strike two more times, with *Funhouse* and *Raw Power*. I can't wait to give a 5/5 grade to those other two masterpieces. Good luck to the album that's gonna pop up tomorrow, ha ha. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 780, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter
A musical onslaught
One of the best. Just a nuanced raw reaction to rock n roll gone astray. Just a killer record and a killer vibe and a killer sound.
One of the foundational leaders in the punk movement. This is a solid album which keeps a certain chaotic sound that counters to the hippies of the 60’s.
My favorite Stooges album. Perfect mix of melody, noise and sleaze. How many great (esp. debut) albums has John Cale produced over the years?!
4.5 I didn’t know much Iggy Pop beyond what appears in Tony Hawk games which were always cool punk songs. This was also a really fun punk album to listen to. Surfy and fast which is my favorite kind of punk. The 10 minute chant in the middle was surprising and overstayed it’s welcome by about 7 minutes though. Short of that it was perfectly serviceable. Favorites include: Pretty much all of them except We Will Fall
Did they have pogo'ing back in 1969? That's what I'd be doing!
Bowser's kid Iggy basically created Punk, so that's pretty cool
Excellent
Легендарный Игги Поп Простые тексты, но как раз простотой и честностью цепляющие 3 песня выбивается из всего альбома. Ритуал шамана; пляски языков пламени в темноте Этот альбом я добавила в свою медиатеку
we will fall очень крутая! к тому же солист зе стужи явно сергей перегудов (в этой песне точно) если еще что-то выделять, ann запомнилась короче, отличный роцк, сказать нечего больше
Wow! What an album! It took my by surprise, unexpectedly awesome
Fun to listen to this album while I’m visiting Ann Arbor! The Stooges are a great garage Rock proto-punk band. I’ve always been an Iggy Pop fan. The album starts with a bit of youthful cynicism — 1969 is just another year with nothing to do. Driving drum line, cool guitar effects, and Iggy’s assertion of not caring all make for a great classic tune. Moving on to the one that got me listening to the Stooges: “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” This song is strange and perverse, but it’s clear that the musicians are just being shock-value teens (or perhaps making an incisive, tongue-in-cheek critique of sexual monogamy). After those two short and rather simple tunes, we move to the ten minute “We Will Fall,” which has a dark psychedelia vibe to it with deep drones, a dirge-like tempo, and another language at the beginning. This piece definitely differentiates the Stooges from other garage/proto-punk groups — I wonder how this sounded live. I also wonder how this particular song was perceived at the time (perhaps it was perfect for smoking listeners to get high to) as it is clearly influenced by Indian drone music. Regardless of its cultural context, I thought that song was a pleasant surprise! Next, we move back to the punk stuff. That fuzzy guitar sound is so classic Stooges. The recurring theme appears to be teenage boredom, harkening back to “1969.” “No Fun” has been my least favorite so far; I think it drags a little. “Ann” has a different feel from the other songs, and it’s nice. This song feels somewhat more sophisticated lyrically than the others. The third half erupts back into fuzzy garage goodness. The band blinks back into crude garage punk on “Not Right.” Though the lyrics on these types of songs aren’t as sophisticated as those on “Ann,” Iggy’s stilted phrasings simulate a conversation or scene creating a kind of musical realism against the backdrop of musical chaos. The final song on the album is “Little Doll,” again evoking a kind of perverseness like “Dog.” Classic grimy rock ‘n’ roll with musical and lyrical surprises (drone, fuzz, perversion, and the occasional tenderness). An easy 5!
Already knew many of the tracks - 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun - all proto punk classics. We Will Fall was a surprise - could have fitted on a Velvet Underground album as it's a 10 minute drone! Basically, a classic album that deserves your full attention.
After 330 albums on this list, things start to get a pattern. Sometimes I enjoy finding out some cool non-English albums (even being so few in the book) and sometimes I spent the whole week listen "the same thing". Then...this! It's very strange to note how a 50 years album can be so refreshing. I don't know if it's a pre-punk, metal, or anything, but it's very good!!
We Will Fall should pull this down to 4 stars, but the rest of it is so damn good.
Masterful early angry rock, with elements of psychedelica and punk. Pulsing, driving, hypnotizing tracks.
Perfect end to end.
Really cool! Bem anos 70. Super vou buscar mais. Melhor música: No fun e Ann
Raw and drug fueled. Sounds awesome.
This is a strange one to review. Do you review it knowing everything you know in 2022 (when this review was written) or do you try to think of what 1969 was like? I choose to go with the later. It rules, and it would've blown my mind in 1969.
I love how stripped down the Stooges sound. It's like they looked at rock'n'roll, and said I don't need this, I don't need that, alright good enough!
Notes: listened to this album at work, and at home. Man, this album oozes energy. I've read that this album precedes punk by a LOT, and it shows; 35 minutes of pure noisy rock, all killer, no filler. And to think, this came out the same year as Abbey Road and Tommy! What a counterpoint to those two. Favorite track: No Fun
Entonces esto es protopunk? todos mis respetos. Cuando inventas algo y tu invento empieza a crecer como bola de nieve hasta llegar a límites que nadie sospecha, es que hiciste algo bueno. Este disco es tan influyente que la música de hoy no sería lo mismo sin él. 5/5
Krachtige riffs met veel distortion. "We Will Fall" is op zijn minst speciaal te noemen, maar"Now I wanna be your dog" en "No Fun" blijven meesterlijke nummers. Even dacht ik af te ronden naar een 4, maar het krijgt het voordeel van de twijfel
Un. Lassique ? 1ere ecoute mais je suis seduit vraiment. Tres explosif, mais un album a ecouter et reecouter.
Impactante, além do punk-rock.
Don't even really need to isten to this album again as I've listened to it so much. But then again, I'm always looking for a reason to listen to it again. I love this album, 1969, I wanna be your dog, and real cool time. There isn't really a bad song here. I can feel the influence of this album in a lot of music. Proto-punk for sure. It's awesome, and not even my favorite Stooges album. I highly recommend their music to everyone.
best album ever, period
Well this is just awesome. There's not a bad track on here. I like to think I would have been all over this had I been a teen in 1969, but the truth is teen me had nasty taste. 1969 must have been really shocked by this album, it still sounds relevant today. Lovely stuff.
Just excellent, raw and at times super psychedelic.
More depth to the music than I expected. Production is excellent meaning it sounds simultaneously raw and warm.
Love this album
Really enjoyed this one, particularly I Wanna Be Your Dog. Not sure how I've never listened to this album before, considering the similarities to the Velvet Underground
Lots of resounding classics on this album for me. Not without it's flaws but the early garage sound has always worked for me across this band's whole early catalog
I listened to it on repeat for days
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Enjoyed this
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Well this is just awesome. There's not a bad track on here. I like to think I would have been all over this had I been a teen in 1969, but the truth is teen me had nasty taste. 1969 must have been really shocked by this album, it still sounds relevant today. Lovely stuff.
So good.
Great album and band.
1969: even though the chord progression is the same, it’s still pretty captivating. I think I need remember that when I make songs, they don’t have to be complex, simple is sometimes better
Deze plaat was weird. Funky, jazzy, underground? Echt zo’n 70s plaat, waar je als heroïne junk naar luisterde. Er zat een chille flow in
Proto-punk debut album? Yes, please!
Blind album, know the artist from another album on the project. Pretty good! I like the raw style and rough effects, and the chord progressions.
So surprised. This rocked. Tempted to run it back again.
Love this
One of the best debuts ever. Twitchy, nervous and full of energy.
Stronger and weirder than I remember
Top album.
modern classic. All tracks are pretty good, the album is a bit too short.
The album that launched 1000 bands. Brilliant except for the overlong 10 minute track.
It would have been five if it wasn't for that 10min dirge
classic
deres bedste
Kan komme i tanke om et par pladerne fra 60erne der ville have haft godt af den her mængde fuzz
How i think the 70s would sound like
Any album with I Wanna Be Your Dog on it is nearly by definition excellent. This lacks some of the oomph of Raw Power, though, so making it a 4.
This album is behind Funhouse and Raw Power in the Stooges discography. They haven't fully unlocked what makes them great. Still, it contains I Wanna Be Your Dog and No Fun.
Curioso. Pioneiro, extremamente influente, quer dizer, pai de todo o gênero punk (VU é a mãe). Mas ele por si só, removido de seu contexto, é um álbum estranho. Você abre com duas canções explosivas em 1969 e Dog e segue elas com a gélida We Will Fall com a duração agonizante de 10 minutos… Extremamente punk, de fato. Muito audacioso. Mas a canção não me comove de forma alguma, sendo sincero. E posso dizer o mesmo pro disco inteiro. Legal. 4/5
Mostly great, some filler.
Always satisfying. I didn't know it was produced by John Cale, but it definitely has its VU-esque moments.
Very much an iconic band and their first albums influence resonates down the years.
I wanna be your dog is an all timer. What a fantastic song. 1969 is pretty great too. The whole album is really good but those two songs are incredible.
An early punk album? I really think it’s more of a heavy garage rock kind of album. I do hate labels though. It just rocks. To come in and just playing so hard and loud it made them dangerous. The songs that I enjoyed I wanna be your Dog, Ann, No Fun. I think the whole album rocks. The world wasn’t ready and as they continued we would get a fully realized version on Raw Power.
This sounds a lot different than other music I've heard from the '60s. I'm aware that my favorite band, Queens of the Stone Age, was influenced by The Stooges, so much so that the guitar riff for their song "If Only" (one of my personal favorite songs) is very similar to the one for "I Wanna Be Your Dog". So, in effect, I quite enjoyed "I Wanna Be Your Dog". I also loved the distorted guitar throughout all the songs. This is a lot better than the normal psychedelic fare from this decade.
Punk music before it was invented. Iggy sounds great on this and the band sound good. My only issue is some songs overstay their welcome.
In terms of being years ahead of its' time, The Stooges self titled album is a project I think continues to hold up like some of the finest wine from its' time despite being well over 50 years old. This project feels like something that could have been released today with just how punchy everything here sounds and with just how killer at the guitar parts are. It may be a simple release at times, and a confusing one with We Will Fall slapped in the middle, but I have to say I really dug this album despite having no previous experience with The Stooges. Even We Will Fall, which seems to be the black sheep of the album, I was honestly able to get down with as the band showed a lot of range, energy, and fun that really made this 34 minute project feel like such a breeze to get through. I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969, and No Fun are by far my favorites here. This album is very snappy (for the most part) and is definitely going to be an album I got back to plenty of times this year. Not bad for your first ever album Iggy!!
Still holds up
The power and the glory, The Godfather and still going - 1st time I’d listened right through “We will fall”, of course John Cale🤦🏻
album poznat otprije! solidan, solidan. pjesmu »we will fall« prvi put čuo napljugan za šetnje kući, ne mogu ni pokušati opisati kakav je to osjećaj bio. album sadrži i više nego klasične pjesme »1969«, »i wanna be your dog«, pa i »ann«. druga strana albuma malo je slabija i usudio bih se reći monotona. no sve skupa zvuči jako dobro, glas igija popa meni je ovdje naprosto divan i ne mogu dati manje od četvorke
+1 for its influence and place in history. Surprisingly modern given the release date. Have never heard anything from them before
I listened to this album just after learning that two of my poems would be published in an upcoming literary magazine. I came into The Stooges' self-titled album with expectations of some pretty standard classic rock, and to an extent, that is indeed what I got. However, the band would go on to make many riskier and bolder artistic choices which I found incredibly interesting and compelling. The tracklist is full of warbly guitar solos, steady drum rhythms, and even some moments of hazy and distorted production. The more classical song structures also give way to some more experimental long-form songs, all of which were incredibly pleasant surprises after having thought I had the band pegged. The lyricism is generally a mix between the young innocence typical of early rock music and some dirtier, more risqué sentiments, while always remaining simple and to the point. Some songs here even indulge in a waterier and more languid sound, which is not meant as an insult; this melancholic soundscape is incredibly captivating, and all-in-all just serves as yet another example of just how surprising of an experience this album was. Highlights: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, We Will Fall, No Fun, Ann
No conocia a The Stooges, el album comienza algo suave con We Will Fall como un tema muy abajo, con una energia fuerte y un sonido psicodelico. Es un album para escuchar, cantar y bailar tipico de la musica de los 60 de rock. El inicio de la carrera de Iggy Pop es aca, mas que meritorio que este en un Top 1001 y posiblemente en un Top 101. Este album es una joya que no habia escuchado y que me da curiosidad incursionar en estos sonidos que hoy en dia no son tan comun de escuchar, tal vez en la musica indie mas punk pero no se suele escuchar. Top Picks: 1- No Fun 2- We Will Fall 3- ?¿
How the fuck was this made in 1969?
Incredibly groundbreaking and influential album, first of the Stooges both in their career and on this list for me. And it looks like the book has all 3 classic albums here which is great. Despite all of that, this is not my favourite but probably 2nd favourite Stooges album, first side is a masterpiece and 2nd side blanks a bit. Strong 4 stars.
It's not a 5 but damn close. I also think the sides should be flipped. End the album with We Will Fall.
Served best with a joint
With the exception of We Will Fall. 3rd favourite Stooges album next to Raw Power and Fun House.
A genuine classic
Does the album cover remind you of anything? We've seen something similar somewhere... That's right, The Stooges' debut was also recorded at Elektra, the same label behind The Doors (pun intended), which was in dire need of fresh blood because Jim Morrison was starting to act up. The label hoped the newcomers would continue the band's psychedelic blues lineage; in a sense, that's what happened, but the management didn't take into account the band's wild concerts, where the noise reached an unbearable level, and vocalist Iggy (then) Stooge would dive off the stage, smear himself with peanut butter, and cut himself with glass. They managed to calm things down a bit in the studio, but no one else had ever produced a sound like that back then. While the blues motifs remained, they were augmented by fuzz guitars and primal drums. The band would later be dubbed proto-punks, which is debatable: there are no political manifestos, and the lyrics are at times banal and silly. I'd give it five stars if not for the drone-like ten-minute "We Will Fall." If you're making a song which takes a third of an album you're better be sure it's a good one.
The first punk album according to many writers. The quicker compact tracks like ' I wanna be your dog', '69' and 'No fun' are superb seminal songs but I find some of the looser abstract jams a bit tiresome. This was the first instance of a band whose limitations was the basis of their success.
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Liked the guitar a lot. Singer was sometimes good for me, sometimes less so. Really liked some songs, some not so much. Overall a solid album and I think I would listen to it again.
The introduction of punk. All good besides the 3rd track, which reminded me of Killing Joke, as in, it should've ended three minutes earlier to make a good song. 4/5
An absolute proto punk classic. Dirty, sleazy, unreliable. I couldn't think of a better vehicle for Iggy Pop's weirdness. The filthiness and abrasiveness of the guitars are just beautiful. I love how they went on a completely different direction with the meditative We Will Fall.
Man I totally forgot about these guys. This thing is good.
Iggy Pop is a weird dude, and so is this album, but like in a cool way.
Hearing this in '69 just have been so damn cool
Kooky
5/4/26. Cool album, didn't realize it was Iggy Pop until a couple songs in; his energy is unmatched. The instrumentation and arrangements are also engaging, the third track was a nice surprise.
Better than I thought it would be Fave Tracks: I Wanna Be Your Dog, We Will Fall 3.7/5
Hell yeah! Mostly pretty cool!
kind of badass in a way im struggling to articulate. punk as hell. maybe the iggy pop vocals just carry it? but the sound does get around in a neat way. favorite song is maybe Ann, but We Will Fall as a big overblown 10 minute intermission somehow didn't put me off. strong 4
I like the smoldering anger underneath the entire album and the guitar work.
Surprisingly enjoyed this one, felt pretty heavy for the time period
Like Iggy
Not quiet the behemoth that Raw Power is. More slow drawn out psychedelic vibes on this album. But proper good proto punk again. Kinda dingy, dungy, and a bit grungey ahead of the 1990s but I dont know if I'm reaching.
Strong start, later numbers are a bit average, but very enjoyable.
The Stooges? More like the Stupids, am I right? I'm sorry, that was a dumb joke. This album's good. It's pretty cool. This is not my first rodeo with the Stooges. I got their album Fun House over 2 years ago at this point, and I have gotten 2 solo albums from their frontman, Iggy Pop, in the time since. This is the band's debut. As such, the album is noticeably less refined than later releases, but I think that that does this album a bit of a favor in a way. It's not really a favor in the quality sense. I can't say that this is better than Fun House, but I can say that the more rough and rowdy production of the album makes this album more interesting from a contextual standpoint. I mean, this thing was released in 1969! Could you imagine being the average music listener in the 60s hearing this for the first time? The edge on this thing must've been mind-blowing at the time! This album is a true pioneer of what would eventually grow into the punk genre. But, the album does feel a little primitive in the present day. That's not the say that the album's aged poorly, but it's not exactly timeless either. The writing is fairly basic and Iggy Pop's vocal delivery isn't his best work, but those aren't really the focuses of this album. That would be the energy, which holds up pretty well to this day. Songs like "I Wanna Be Your Dog" are just cool, okay? I even liked "We Will Fall" decently enough despite it being on the slower side. So, yeah. The Stooges did a pretty good job on their first go-around with the whole album thing. While these guys would go on to do more impressive things later in their career, the band's debut still serves as a cool piece of music history. Low 4/5.
It took me a solid two minutes of staring at the cover, studying every face, and trying to figure out which one was Iggy Pop. I knew he was connected to The Stooges, but for some reason I wasn’t expecting this to be that band. It’s strange to think that Iggy Pop and The Stooges began their musical journey at the tail end of the psychedelic 1960s, because this album feels like it’s already pushing toward something rawer and more confrontational. I didn’t expect to recognize anything from their debut, so hearing “I Wanna Be Your Dog” was a welcome surprise. I was even more caught off guard by “We Will Fall,” an almost eleven-minute track built around droning chants and meditative repetition. Oddly enough, I really enjoyed it, even though it felt like I had to push past my own internal programming—installed at birth—to get there. Vocally, Iggy sounds like a slightly unhinged hybrid of Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison, and somehow it works perfectly. Overall, this album was far more enjoyable than I expected, and at just 35 minutes, it almost felt too short. There are plenty of filler albums on the 1001 Albums list, but this definitely doesn’t belong in that category.
Dark & Cool!
Good stuff. I knew of The Stooges, but never really explored any of their music. I had heard I Wanna Be Your Dog on the Lock Stock soundtrack, but the rest of the album rocks.
Iggy Pop, the legend
Kind off insane that this was released in the 60's, its do abbrasive and noisy. It sounds like 70's punk (like The Rammones for exemple). A big middle finger to the Hippie movement. Very enjoyable and fun althout makes my head hurt a bit. I wanna be this guy dog too.
Solid, raw, visceral and poignant. Banger of a punk classic
Classic, informative album.
I really like this album. It's ahead of It's time. Great guitar work. You can hear The Doors influence on a couple songs.
Time to re-read "Please Kill Me" for the hundredth time. I know way more about The Stooges and their history than I do their music. As much as I enjoy them - I've never heard this record all the way through! What am I doing with my life? This one rips. I even like "We Will Fall," but I really enjoy the Doors, so that tracks. But yeah - the standout has to be "I Wanna Be Your Dog." There just wasn't anything that sounded like this in 1969, and people have been trying to recreate it ever since. The menace, the insistence, the power behind it. Just incredible stuff. Sounds fresh even today. Great record. FOUR STARS
4.0
Great first shot across the bow
Classic. Still hits hard.
Killer proto punk front to back. Amazing to think about this being from 1969! Slamming album.
Goes much harder than I expected - I was expecting something Beatlesesque like most of what you get from this list. The guitar work is masterful and I get the sense that a lot of music I enjoy today stemmed from this. That being said, the production kind of comes off same-ish across the entire album leading to a bit of weariness at about the mid point of the album. Unexpectedly We Will Fall was a great listen and nice reprieve after I Wanna Be Your Dog. 4/5 since because the middle of the album didn't quite stand out to me.
I Wanna Be Your Dog is such a great song and one I’d heard prior to listening to this album. Funnily enough, on the day this generated I was heading to city with my parents to help my brother move and I put that song on. Dad loves sharing music knowledge so I got a small history lesson of The Stooges. They basically broke every rule in music (too raunchy for radio etc) but they didn’t care and made music like this. It’s dirty, raunchy, almost Porto-grunge like and it’s great!
4 star
Like a shot of energy. Such a brilliant, straight-ahead rock album yet so wildly impactful and influential. I just love how mental it is.
Really solid album, I can see this being a start to the garage rock and punk sounds. 4 stars
Finally got to listen to the album, thanks to this generator. I really liked it. I liked the vibe of We Will Fall, but in the end it took a bit too long.
Still sounds urgent and surprisingly modern. 3.5
1969 I Wanna Be Your Dog No Fun
This is a decent album, better than I expected for the 60s. Plenty of fuzz and punk. Some weird songs, but overall pretty good.
I always liked this record and love the stooges. This record was a staple in my life when I was traversing a very rough patch. I love this record.
Stone Roses yesterday - from I Wanna Be Adored to I Wanna Be Your Dog. Whole album's all killer all the way though. Obviously the real standout is I Wanna Be Your Dog, a timelessly sleazy proto-punk anthem with more fuzz than a pile of tribbles, but I even liked the Velvet Underground-esque self-indulgent 10-minute dronefest of We Will Fall. The whole album's so overdriven that it borders on ludicrous, but it never quite hits that absurdity and so it just rocks. Some really aggressive panning on the mix, but maybe that was the style at the time. Fav tracks: I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969, No Fun, Not Right
ok. points for being experimental.
Loads of energy, some mystery to their sound too - a touch of the Doors mixed with punk. I liked it.
The Stooges was certainly a fun listen. It is always nice to hear another album by Iggy Pop as even though the guy's music is rough around the edges, it's still some very fun punk music and this album shows that perfectly. The general punk songs of this album are all fun listens with that incredibly charming 60s distorted guitars which could have been annoying but were used pretty darn well here. Even the 10 minute long track "We Will Fall" was a cool listen because it felt so different from the rest of the album to make it feel like a breath of fresh air. This may not be the most perfect album but it is still no doubt a really fun listen. Best Song: Real Cool Time Worst Song: Ann
Good guitar work, slightly angsty vibe, catchy songs.
Not the best Stooges album, but pretty good. Can't decide if I like We Will Fall or not; kind of drags on too long, and I love long songs.
wooo just found out how to edit - so what I was gonna say was that when it comes to this really scuzzy end of 60s rock, you really need the right vocalist to make it work. Like with Janis Joplin, all the guitar freakouts and thudding rhythm don't land for me unless you've got the frontperson who's gonna sell it, which both Janis and Iggy do really really well
Really fun 60s/70s rock with a 10 minute long dirge right in the middle? And the album is only 30 minutes?
oh this actually feels psychedelic. really rough, as all good garage rock is. side A incredible omg
fuzz de cabuloso, dronada maluca, iggy pop já sendo meio doidinho de bairro = incrível
i wanna be your dog eh pedrada DEMAIS ce tá maluco 1969 e os cara metendo só efeito cabuloso nas guitarrada. um ABSURDO, um dos albuns mais influentes que tem. bão pra carai, iggy pop começando a endoidecer é d+ pqp
wow that comes out ripping! lyrics are nothing to write home about, but the delivery is good enough, and they don't detract from the star, which is some lovely guitar work. good range too, from wall of distortion to background noodling.
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Near Perfect - They might be the most criminally overlooked band ever. I fucking love The Stooges man. Nothing but great tunes here, I even love the 10 minutes of meditative chanting on We Will Fall. I hope Funhouse is also on the list as I think it's even better. This is fantastic though.
I loved "Fun House" so I was very interested to listen to this record and see how things have changed, and I'll say, while keeping the very distorted garage rock sound, there are some differences between these two albums. First of all, one of the most surprising aspects is how young Iggy Pop sounds. He doesn't project as much volume with his voice and neither he screams, but he already had a great attitude. Another big difference is the track "We Will Fall". While all the songs in "Fun House" could be considered garage rock in to some level, this record features a 10 minutes song that consists on a mantra being constantly repeated by a choir, Iggy reciting some lines, a handclap marking the rhythm and both a quiet viola and psychedelic guitar giving a little bit of texture and atmoshpere. I really liked this song as it feels like being part of a ritual, even thought the lyrics don't really imply so. One more thing that this record doesn't have is the same level of experimentation, and I'm talking about every song that is not "We Will Fall". For example "Fun House" has some cool saxophones in the second half while in this project the songs feel to be more straight forward, which doesn't mean is a bad thing, because they still rock, but they may not come across as interesting. An additional point I want to bring up is that I have being listening to the 1969 release. In the last listen, I decided to switch to the 2019 remaster and I'm glad I did, because it sounds even louder. Some of the mixing problems that the original had with burying some instruments are fixed here, and makes the experience more rewarding. In the end, a great album. Not as bold as their following one, but still super fun.
Wowsers... the 60's sure was a wild era. They certainly don't make albums like this anymore - Iggy was something else! Epic Album.
Imagine stepping into a time machine that feels impossibly modern, it is hard to believe this raw, aggressive sound actually debuted in 1969. I really enjoyed this, particularly the standout track "I Wanna Be Your Dog" with its iconic fuzz and primal energy. And getting two Stooges albums in the last three days definitely feels like I’m doing something right, it’s the kind of high octane, proto punk that makes you truly appreciate the lineage of alternative rock. The album is a fascinating bridge between psychedelic rock and the punk movement that wouldn't fully arrive for another decade. While the ten-minute drone of "We Will Fall" is a meditative departure that tests your patience, the rest of the record is a masterclass in garage rock power. Iggy Pop’s snarling, disinterested delivery paired with the distorted guitar riffs creates a god-tier vibe that remains influential to this day.
Figo
Lite four
The second song is a bop. Iggy's vocals are interesting, has an accent maybe? I liked this, I will revisit when I am feeling edgy.
Solid punk album. I Wanna Be Your Dog was fun. Lot of good songs. Surprised to see a 10 minute one here too, which I enjoyed. Cool album.
This one slaps. At first I listened to it on high-end headphones with a clean tune. I didn't really like it. Few days later changed to a lower quality iem with a warmer tuning, turned it up, and that's when it hit the right way. I can hear a lot of artists i love on this. Reading about it confirmed the fact that this was one of the favourite records of everybody who made "rock music" as good as it is.
Pretty good.
I’ve been looking forward to listening to The Stooges / Iggy Pop on this challenge, somewhat of an untapped resource as far as I’m concerned. I Wanna Be Your Dog is an absolute banger and the best song on this album, at least on my first listen. It certainly felt like an essential album, I can hear the influences on bands I like for sure. There was quite a bit of weirdness and edge to the album that suggests I should spend some more time appreciating it.
Класика.
iconic
This is one of those albums I ended up liking because of this list. Solid 4 stars.
Garage punk psych-rock with sneering vocals. To think this came out in 1969, real heavy distorted guitars. H̶a̶n̴d̶c̴l̴a̷p̸s̷ for everyone! The album opener 1969 is an infectious h̸̼̪̀̑͘â̷̟͈͋ǹ̸͍̫̯̓d̷̢͎̮̊͠c̵͎͂̔͜l̵͎͖̎ḁ̸̠̖͝p̶̲̩̔͑ś̴̩ stomper, followed by the droney hypnotic psych track I Wanna Be Your Dog. Rounding up side A is the 10-minute drug stupor jam We Will Fall. Side B starts out with a simple two-chord h̶̦͓͙̖̍͂͊̄ā̷̢͇͚̼̏n̷͍̹͈̓̌d̶͈̑̃͐c̷̖͎̟͑́́ļ̷̝̲̟͛̾ȁ̶̦͉̣̙̆̄͛p̴̧̀s̵͓͛̊͠ ditty No Fun that could have used the h̶͇͖͗̎à̸̙̙̳͒͝ṉ̸̨͕̰̰̎̈́d̴̞͛c̴̩͒̂̇͐͆l̷̹͍̗̓a̷͍̓͂̑p̶͉̻͇̦̼̓̆ŝ̷̢̝̯̘̅̄͜ distorted guitar higher in the mix - it sounds a little thin, and I've heard covers that improve on it while staying true to the jam. The rest of the tracks are either droney psych rock or jammy rock jams. Little Doll finishes the record with a droney jam over a groovy jungle drum riff. The songs here are noisy and lo-fi, sounding relatively restrained, but suggest that a live show would be wild and h̸̡̧̩̮̳̞̠̲̯͈͙̙̯̯̝̜̖͈͙͇̺̮̫́̈̈́̇̍̓̓͋̕͠ͅà̶̢̲͔̭̲͕̳̫̜͕̭̮͇̭̬͖̥͐̽͐̅̚ͅń̵̩̼̰͖̣͋̀̽͛̕͝d̵̢̧̞̳̠̦͚̱͍̩͈̪̗͚̩͎͖͆̒̒̐͆̀͂̀ͅç̷̡̛̫͇͙͔̠̯̖̻̫̰̞̫͍̗̭̽͒̈́̄́̽̍̃̎̀̌́̿̃̉̃̾̇̒́͌͋̈́̃́̚̕͠͝͠ͅl̴̢̢̨̨̯͚̜̰̥̳͇͔͕͍̱̟͎͖̻̳͇̦̜̫̯̳̘͙̟̫͙̓̏̀͑̀̂̚͘̚͝ͅͅą̸̧̘͚̫̩͍̝̜̓̉̇͆͐́̐͌̓͘ṕ̴̡̢̨̨̛̛̤̲̲̥̤͓̥̘͈̥̜̱̯̯̳̹͈̪̠̟̣̩͍͎̦̈͛͊͌̅̆̽͌̄̈́̾͌̓̀̈́̍̽̄͂̿͛̓̆͂̒̍̕͘̕̚̕̚͜͝͝š̶̛͚̦͓̪̮̱̻̦͕̠͖͉̓̈́̏́͋̊͐̊̂̄͂̃̒͗̅̑̈́͒̀̒ͅ off the chain.
A brilliant album
Kinda love the Stooges, always love Iggy. Cool first album in the days of going into a studio and making up the filler really fast. Sick guitar nearly every song.
Despite being a fan of a lot music that was inspired by the Stooges, I’ve never listened to this album. Loved it. So easy to see the blueprint that this laid for tons of music to come. I can also completely understand the more negative reviews - I agree with a lot of the characterizations there as well. But I enjoyed listening to this, and respect the artistry behind it.
The 10min song is to long for me personally. But overall a good album.
A really hedonistic mix of fuzzy guitars, wah-wah effects and vocals that swing from laconic, woozy chanting to wild howls. The album sounds like they are letting it all out, opening with 2 bombastic tunes including the infamous 'I wanna be your dog's, followed by a sudden change to a slower, almost meditative chant in the 3rd. But they kick the doors down again with the 4th & 5th, chill again in the 6th, etc etc. It's brilliant and I can hear why David Bowie fell in love with them. They sound like the real, hedonistic deal.
I like how this album sounds, and I can definitely tell it’s from 1969. A lot of music from that time kind of sounds like this (I can her the drugs), but I think its really cool! The songs are simple, but fun and interesting!
Pretty much essential, 4 Star
If they switched Ann for where We Will Fall was or put it at the end, I would have given it 5 stars
Better than Coldplay
Nice album
Grimy, gross, dirty, rough (all in a good way) Very fun to listen to and enjoyed the consistent guitar fry throughout the songs!
A lot of my favorite modern bands claim to be influenced by The Stooges. Early punk. I liked it.
Quality proto punk.
Well now, here's a horse of a different colour. After several conversations with Mr L this was pretty much what I had come to expect. The only thing that dates this is the production, but personally I feel that makes it better than its modern imitators. And yes I did like it, and yes, if I came across a copy for sale I would probably buy it. Now as for the scoremy initial reaction was that it would be a very high 3 (3.8 or 3.9). But as I have already admitted that I would buy it, it will have to be a 4.
The best moments on here are stunning. But I have to knock a point off for the 10 minute nothing of ‘We Will Fall’.
8.5
Not something that I would buy but it's quite good.
Is it weird that I find some of their stuff sexy? Such a strong start but then it dips with We Will Fall. I’m detecting a John Cale influence there and it really doesn’t fit with the vibe. The album would be a possible 5 without it. The rest are bangers, so ahead of their time and massively influential
I’m usually able to identify whether an album piques my interest due to its lyrics or its music. Usually it’s the music. Sometimes (rarely) it’s the lyrics. And every now and then, even more occasionally it’s neither. It’s just the pure attitude. This is The Stooges. I don’t think these songs are technically very strong. There are moments it sounds like the guitar solos are entirely made up on the spot. But you don’t get to have both I Wanna Be Your Dog and No Fun on your album and not sell the whole thing on dirty, rock’n’roll attitude. There are also hypnotic seedlings of what would eventually become post-rock that you can just sit with if you have the patience.
Great, apart perhaps from the long track which didn't do much for me. I hadn't heard this for ages, and Iggy's delivery was more reminiscent of Jim Morrison and even Mick Jagger than I'd remembered - the songs, obviously, having more of a punk energy and construction, and more raw production, than The Doors or The Stones. Ultimately I like the nod to old-style rock n roll but combined with a disaffected, punk outlook.
Perfect album.
Me encantó lo agresivo que es el álbum, es un estilo de rock que no había escuchado antes se sintió muy único. Me gustaría destacar la canción de We Will Fall, 10 minutos de un sonido experimental del que me gusta. El álbum completo es una experiencia muy agradable, muy encaminada al tipo de música que disfruto escuchar.
Scho banger dabei
Hatte ich überhaupt nicht auf dem Schirm Super album
It's mind-blowing that this game out in 1969. I mean, I get it, there's a damn song called "1969" but it's so ahead of its time that it's staggering. It drags a little here and there, but "No Fun" "1969" "I Wanna Be Your Dog" all whip so much. Iggy is a king, and they got even better from here with Funhouse and Raw Power.
Second track - I wanna be your dog is such a tune. Another old rock album on this quest so far!
A pleasant surprise! I was not familiar with The stooges before this listen, but they have a new fan. A really great encapsulation of the time, and some very good rock and roll. I also super appreciate some of the pace changeups. It helps the album stay fresh throughout. Would recommend.
The Stooges are all over the place with this one. Starts rockin, gets dumb, gets weirder than weird with a 10 minute track, cycle continues. Interesting and fun listen, definitely earns a 4.
I Wanna Be Your Dog is one of the best punk songs, and it was one of the first punk songs ever. The 10+ minute song reminded me of Swan, and I think Swans are super overrated and kind of boring, soooooo.... (There are plenty of 10+ minute songs I like, this one is just too repetitive). Besides that this is a pretty great proto punk album. it is insane this came out in the 60's. High 4.
I started the album and was really digging it but like what the hell was that weird third song that was over ten minutes long lol. Psychedelic.
Really fun proto punk, like I would expect from early Iggy Pop, but We Will Fall threw me for an absolute loop.
I went into this one with zero knowledge of these dudes, I listened to the whole thing without realizing iggy pop is part of the mix. Pretty great and long, never know what the next song holds.
4.5 (genre birth - Punk) (34:33, 8 tracks, 1969, debut) Pre-punk Includes I Wanna be Your Dog, 1969, and a 10-minute version of We Will Fall. For anyone that loves punk and everything that followed - these are your grandfathers! So hard to understate how important this album was to the development of punk which led to almost everything good in the 70's and 80's (even if you don't like punk - to include hard rock, no Stooges, no Van Halen.) A lot of this album is in the same general genre/sound as The Rolling Stones and The Doors et. al. 'rock' at the time but moving rock to a more unpolished 'garage sound' (1969 for example, great song, but not groundbreakingly new sound, almost Stones-like in the beginning) and then out of almost nowhere they recorded the 2nd track "I want to Be Your Dog" and this was a "Smells Like Teen Spirit" moment where basically a generation of pre-teen, and young teens musicians who became the punk artists 6-7 years later said "what the fuck was that?!? I need to figure out how to recreate that sound." It's hard to understand looking backwards why this song was so groundbreaking as soooo many other songs sound just like this punk riff/beat but that is EXACTLY why this song was so important (they invented it). Out of all the garbage experimentalizing of psychedelic era that NO ONE copied (thank God see some of my 1's reviews) The Stooges created a sound no one else was recording at the time, seemingly out of nowhere. And almost singlehandedly (this is hyperbole for effect) created punk. It would be like if in 1969 The Bee Gees suddenly recorded Saturday Night Fever out of thin air creating a whole genre (e.g. disco) Note - they did NOT, listen to some of their work in the late 60's good, very experimental, but nowhere near disco. Typically, a sound takes many years and a whole scene to develop but . . . every once in a while, an artist just picks up an instrument and decides to play it in a way no one ever has before (Hendricks, Eddie VanHalen with tapping, et. al.) and this was one of those moments. Rest of the album is great but the B side is just more moving rock to punk through a heavier, dirtier, garage sound. Thank you Stooges for your contributions!
Guitar driven, john cale produced, proto punk I wanna be your dog No fun
When your album cover is this hilarious your star-rating can’t go below 3. Add a few groovy tunes, and you may be on to something.
I have an unwritten rule that four (4) stars requires four (4) bangers. I wanna be your dog obviously counts as two (2) bangers
Pretty cool record, you can hear in the lyrics that they are just young dudes trying to get laid. I could live without the track We Will Fall.
Fun album
Imagine listening to this is 1969. Beyond cool. It's a 3.8 for me
Fantastic, formulative album. Ebs and flows with some misses but overall fantastic
damn
On the 3/4 border, rounding up for the trippy We Will Fall. Vocals can be a little grating but weirdly entrancing instrumentals that feel like a cross between counterculture rock and early funk
Really appreciate their effort to push rock forward. Really raw recordings
Pretty crazy album for 1969. I don’t know much about Iggy Pop and the Stooges, but enjoyed every track aside from We Will Fall.
It's 1969 ok. A strong four - but there's a ten minute psychedelic wigout to just kick it below 4.5
Punkens Black Sabbath, før punk og før Black Sabbath! Før jeg hørte dette hadde jeg bare hørt om The Stooges. Jeg trodde ærlig talt at det var et litt kjipt 60-talls popband alla the Monkeys. Så feil kan man ta.