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Not a bad record although I think it could be better under different circumstances rather than listening while working at 8 in the morning on a Tuesday. Felt longer than 35 minutes because it kind of drones on at parts. I appreciate the significance and influence of this record though. Up until today I thought Tropical Fuck Storm wrote Ann instead of it being a cover.
What a rad album. I love how punk and psychedelic this is. It's almost as proto-punk as you can get, but it also sounds like LSD. I love how raw it is. The static on the guitars is super cool and something that has been repeated for year. It really feels like they were listening to Hendrix and The Doors and were like "lets just make this more raw." Fuzzier, angier, heavier, and totally unique for the time. Its wild this came out in 1969. I think Raw Power is still my favorite Stooges album, but I really like this one. Also, I didn't realize that John Cale was a producer on this record. That's super cool to see the cross over with the VU. You can definitely hear that influence.
The intros for the first two songs had me so excited, but the lyrics were so blah. It was repetitive over and over and he didn't have any passion in his lyrics. Then We Will Fall was just weird...it was trying to be cultish (but not enough passion), trying to be druggy (but not trippy enough), trying to be sleepy (but just kept going). There were redeeming moments (guitar and drums on first two songs) but really it was just blah.
I like Now I Wanna Be Your Dog. It's a rock classic and Sonic Youth does a pretty good version of it. But the rest of this album kinda blows.
We Will Fall seemed unnecessarily long. I dug the first couple songs and like the instrumentation but overall it felt middle of the road for me.
And that's all three Stooges albums. This is the best one. It's slower and that actually makes it feel harder. The better they got, the worse they got, I guess?
not for me
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.
The Stooges deliver that delicious raw energy as usual.
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."
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.
Mix of paces, psychedelic at times
Good proto-punk, worse than Fun House, ‘We Will Fall’ sucks, end.
Ez 5 without We Will Fall. I Wanna Be Your Dog is top 5 songs ever. Ez 4.5.
Fine
Best be your dog Worst - we will fall
Rock and Roll nihilism finds a friend in me.
Not wall to wall but high highs
ughh
Some really good songs - I Wanna Be Your Doll being one - but they're eclipsed by We Will Fall. A 10-minute song on a 35 minute album, it is repetitive and not a fun listen. Otherwise, this is a good listen.
Some great songs and some strange ones. I wouldnt listen again but it was enjoyable.
Este primer disco de los Stooges sonó en 1969 como no lo había hecho ningún álbum de ninguna banda hasta entonces (incluyendo sus influencias: los Stones, los Troggs o la Velvet Underground). Quizás por eso muchos críticos lo han definido como el eslabón entre el rock duro y el punk (muchos lo encasillan en el género "proto-punk"). Pero, para mi gusto, es un rotundo álbum de rock en el que unos jóvenes, poco conocidos entonces, dan rienda suelta a la furia y la rebeldía juvenil con una arrogancia y un desparpajo antológicos, riffs de guitarra brutales y melodías machaconas. El resultado son algunos de los clásicos del rock de todos los tiempos, de los que me gusta especialmente "1969". Pero qué decir de "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Real Cool Time" o "No Fun". Canciones que sonaban adelantadas a su tiempo, y que hoy siguen sonando intemporales.
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.
I Wanna Be Your Dog // We Will Fall //
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.
So raw and dirty. Does not feel like it's from 1969. Love it
Solid late sixties rock album. They use the distinctive distortion of the era lending to a time capsule feeling.
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.
Love the sound of the stooges, although this is not my favourite of their albums
A couple of good songs, then it went wierd and moody
So long ''My Sharona'', I found a new song to masturbate to! 4 tissues out of 5
I bet a live show was off the chain
Bien. Estilo Rolling
1969 & I Wanna be your dog are brilliant tracks, the rest of the album is so-so
Shows great promise, not nearly as exciting as later work
Hard to rate. For the 60s this was apparently super influential and I believe it, that being said I think it's a couple of good songs and a bunch of meandering. I need to stick with did I enjoy listening to this without context, so probably just a 3.
No Fun and I Wanna Be Your Dog are two of the best songs ever.
I was never a big fan of Fun House or Raw Power, but I at least understood the importance of each album as a display of aggression and noise that was a major player in the shape of music for the rest of the 20th century, but this is just lackluster. It doesn't have that subtle groove found on Raw Power, nor the angst found on Fun House, just a vaguely bluesy Mick Jagger impression with some sparse production that can leave the album feeling noisy but not aggressive, as if playing with blown out speakers is the only advancement needed to be seen as visionaries. Sure, the lyrics are blunt and forward and the instrumentation is crass, but it doesn't feel punk, it feels amateur, and when up against its two younger siblings, it hardly holds a candle. Add in a frankly unnecessary cultist chant that nearly runs 1/3 of the album's runtime, and you've got yourself something that just feels hollow. Perhaps in 1969 I'd be blown away, but there is very little reason for this album now, and I feel Iggy Pop's solo ventures really trump above all.
If you've heard 30 seconds, you've practically heard the song. Some songs are fun, some songs are boring and 10 minutes long. Still pretty cool considering the era it was released in.
Classic proto punk. Dirty ugly and hits the spot. The long slow song is a bit dull.
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.
Proto-punky acid trip… Kinda weird, kinda boring. Wouldn’t be on here if it was any other band.
Some of these tracks are cool as hell
Explore nos zones sombres en ce qu’elles ont de désirant, d’immature, de malicieux, d’agressif, et parfois d’un léthargique presque méditatif
I can’t believe I’ve never listened to this. It’s a nastier, dirtier version of The Stones - so raw. I love Iggy’s vocals. “I’m Wanna Be Your Dog” is my new favorite song.
I can't tell who the biggest "Stooge" is: me for listening to this album, the band for making this album, or the record company for producing this album. Maybe it's able to be more appreciated within the context of when it was released, but I think this album is horrible frankly
Track 1. Fine. Track 2. Lock stock. Track 3. No, fuck off, velvet underground drug shite Track 4. 2manydjs. And also 2minutes2long. Track 5. 2 chords. Track 6. Dirge. Track 7. Guitars. Track 8. And thank god that was short. Some good riffage but that's about it. Suspect being high would make it more palatable?
An interesting album in a historical context, but personally I didn't enjoy it as much as their Raw Power album.
There are three MASSIVE jams on this debut album that are impossible to ignore: "1969", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", and "No Fun". They're massive, era-defining hits. But they're doing a lot of heavy lifting. In fact, those three tracks kinda carry the whole album on their backs. Don't get me wrong: I like them ALL. Even the 10-minute slog that is "We Will Fall". But, even though I like them, they're not all winners. But "I Wanna Be Your Dog", though. Hard to argue against it being worth at least a star on its own. Maybe two.
Not really my flavour but I appreciate it's place in music history.
Suitably Stoogey.
Liked it all except We Will Fall, such a waste of 1/4 of the album.
For some reason what I’ve discovered is that I’m not much for the 60s sound unless it’s The Beatles. This was ok but once again I’ll never choose to listen again except for one or two tracks. But there’s nothing overtly bad either. 3/5
"It's 1969, baby...it's 1969, baby!" With that catchy intro and swagger, The Stooges' debut album slinks between songs between tracks that are straight blues rockers and sticks in the disarming, drugged-out, Middle Eastern-meets-Velvet Underground-inspired 10-minute track We Will Fall. The first half of this 8-song original album version is more enjoyable and interesting than the back half, which I found fine but sort of forgettable jammy blues rock. Given how seminal this debut is to garage rock and especially the punk movement, I'll give this album as a whole an extra star to move it from 3 to 4 stars. Interesting Factoid from Wikipedia: *The main guitar riff to "I Wanna Be Your Dog" was inspired by the opening guitar riff to "Highway Chile" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the song arrangement to "No Fun" was inspired by Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line". Interesting Factoids from SongFacts: *In this punk classic [I Wanna Be Your Dog], Iggy Pop sings about how he wants to be used sexually by a woman. Songs like this helped establish Iggy as a punk icon known for unpredictable and outrageous behavior...Yes, those are sleigh bells that play throughout the song. Iggy Pop was always looking for unusual instrumentation - on "Search And Destroy" (featured on 1973's "Raw Power" album) you'll hear swords in the background. *"We Will Fall" is a 10-minute ethereal piece that is completely out of place on The Stooges' first album. It's driven by a yogic background chant and the viola of producer John Cale. The spoken word lyrics are Iggy Pop describing a night at the Chelsea Hotel waiting for his girlfriend (Nico from The Velvet Underground) to arrive. *According to Iggy Pop, the riff (from "No Fun") came out of a jam session when the whole band was stoned and Iggy made up lyrics to go with it based on "I Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash. Standout Tracks: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, We Will Fall, No Fun
Great songs, loud guitar and a real Doors influence.
Extra star for I Wanna Be Your Dog and the Lock Stock connection. Otherwise pretty much meh
Classic Detroit beginning of punk rock sound. Thanks Iggy et al.
Nothing special, but it was good.
look sometimes it was really good and i understand why it’s on this list but overall just wasn’t a huge vibe for me
No music, just noise
Fun in t begin, beetje jammer daarna
It might be a 3 or 4, but We Will Fall is so dumb. Why is it a third of the album???? First two tracks are great, and it closes strong, but come on man
Back in the day, I was a prolific creator of mixtapes and mix CDs. I made them for everybody. I received just as much joy from sharing my favourite music as I did from listening to it. If you were anything like me, you'll understand that a worthwhile mixtape not only had a great collection of songs, but the order in which the songs played was vital. I believe they call this "sequencing". It needed to have the correct balance and flow. With this in mind, The Stooges' decision to place "We Will Fall" immediately after "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (an all-time banger!) is completely misguided. "We Will Fall" is a 10-minute snoozer that derails the momentum of the opening two tracks. Plus, they run the risk of people abandoning this album before ever reaching "No Fun" and the remaining gems that follow. It's completely out of place. At a push, "We Will Fall" should have been the closing track on this record. Otherwise, it should have been excluded altogether. It's the only low point in this kickass collection of songs. But like Meatloaf said, "7 Out of 8 Ain't Bad". The Stooges knocked it out of the park with their debut album. It's fucking awesome. 👍👍
We will Fall kinda puts a cramp on the flow of the album.
This was a cool record. Really dig the vibe and production. Favourite tracks: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, We Will Fall.
It’s neat that this is early Iggy Pop but this is not my thing at all.
I really hated We Will Fall and was then fed up with the whole album and refused to give it the benefit of the doubt at any other point
In my opinion this music was too simple, too repetitive and not enough soul in it Just the most basic cookie cutter songs and chord progressions 1/2**, wouldn’t listen again and nothing stood out
Was ok - some quite atmosoheric tracks.
dark and groovy
Meh. Typical rock of the era.
Probablement l'album des Stooges que j'ai le moins aimé, mais ça restait très divertissant, très en avance sur son temps. 7/10
This is what I’d imagine an album would be if a band chugged 10 beers before they recorded in the studio.
Why is We Will Fall 10 minutes long? That's almost a 3rd of the album. It contributes to making the album kinda boring... At least there were some wah wahs. That was fun.
The Stooges sound quite ahead of their time. Great stuff for the most part. I'm not sure how I felt about "We Will Fall"; I don't think it quite worked for me on today's listen, but I could see myself really getting into it on another day.
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.
Pretty good first album for seminal punk band.
Notable only for its place between rock and punk, and for introducing Iggy Pop in such an explosive fashion. Imagining myself as a listener in 1969, I’d be completely taken aback by the viciousness of the production while recognizing themes that, today, are tired and loathsome — almost every track is about some girl or woman, or spending the night with a woman, or drugs. So late 60s, but angry and somewhat whiny rather than purely hedonistic. As a listener today, it fails to capture attention as much as derision, but such is the case for all pieces of art outside their time. What’s more unforgivable is that modern bands like The Strokes and White Stripes try so hard to recreate this sound, as some sort of homage. MOVE. ON. Won’t listen again but glad to have done so.
Really good album, enjoyed it a lot
Gear: Letshuoer S12 PRO Mix (2019 Remaster): (nicht nur) laut und scheiße - teils mit faszinierenden Stereo-Späßen Musik: der rohste Diamant 💎 Wertung: 🐶🐶🐶🐶/5
Please let this be the last album by The Stooges I have to endure on this list. I can't stand Iggy Pop and no amount of exposure to his music is going to change that. The first two songs on here were maybe not terrible, but after that I was over it. The 10 minute song "We Will Fall" didn't help either. 2/5
Nice enough. Started out strong, lulled in the middle, ended decent. Funky would give 2.5 if I could
Just finished a Byrds album from 2 years prior to this and it's another world. Only VU can compare with this and the impact it had. This is crude, energetic and in your face.
Was ok. Liked the second song.
Amazing for 1969
Not really feeling it
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.
Opening with 1969... that distorted guitar, the perfect proto-punk lyrics, and that Bo Diddley rhythm... moving into one of the best songs of the 60s with I Wanna Be Your Dog. The sleigh bell and constant single piano note.. I've heard both songs a million times but they never get old. It was my first time hearing the rest of the album, and I liked it (aside from the mediocre attempt at riffing on the Velvet Underground with We Will Fall)! One note in many ways, sure, but it's still good, and that can be ignored because it's short and tight. A very strong 4 for me!
Classic punk pioneers
Not bad, but a bit forgettable.
Thoughts before listening: Proto-punk from Detroit led by Iggy Pop. It's really fun primitive rock n roll with a wild man singing. Good stuff. Review: I really like most of this album. "1969", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", and "No Fun" are absolute classics. "We Will Fall" however is a completely unnecessary 10 minutes that hurts the album as a whole. 3-stars for a mostly fun album.
interesting
Arguably among the founding fathers of Punk. To say that this album isn't very good is kind of like arguing that the Wright brothers didn't make a very good airplane: true in a vacuum, but it misses the significance. You should listen once then move on to better music.
Hmmm… I can hear the punk sound, like with other albums in this project, appreciate the influence it has on later albums and groups. But not a fan overall. Lyrically meh.
Listened Before: N I had no idea what to expect going into this one and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it has it's moments of abrasiveness, but overall it's a great record and an awesome history piece foreshadowing the coming punk rock movement. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Where the hell did that third track come from...?
I am not always in the mood for "We Will Fall", but when I am, the run of 1969-I Wanna Be Your Dog-We Will Fall-No Fun hits like a sledgehammer. Back half is a little more slight, but it still rips.
It's funny that no matter how boundary pushing the rock album is, if it came out around this time, you'll always hear the blues in it whether it's Sabbath or Stooges.
1969 offers up a psychedelic screamer to open the album, giving the wah a workout and the rhythm section holding a steady, repetitive beat that hearkens to a darker version of the psychdelic soul starting to come out of motown around this time. I wanna be your dog eschews any sort of pop leanings and goes hard into the proto punk, and we're off to the races. Wah tinged guitars appear throughout the album, as is Iggy's distinctive snarl. We Will Fall is a 10 minute spoken word doom spiral. Ann is a sad sludgy love song. Little Doll closes out with a familiar sounding vocal delivery and some guitar heroics. Overall the album dances with greatness but always in the shadows, afraid to come out of the basement.
So my first thought was... shouldn't there only be 3 stooges? Then I remembered Shemp and spent some time pondering which one was Shemp. Then I listened to the album. I was expecting to enjoy it and found myself sorely disappointed. I don't think I'll ever revisit this one.
This entire album and group was new to me, but I enjoyed most of it!
This was fine. 2.5.
So delightfully raw and wonderful.
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.
Curate’s egg, one really long boring song though
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
The Stooges came up quiet a bit on the Velvet Underground podcast that got me into this whole thing, so I'm a bit familiar but haven't actually listened to much of them. Like the Velvets, a good bit of their appeal at the time was their live shows. Iggy Pop was wild on stage (huge understatement), so obviously that doesn't quite come through in the recorded albums. This is still super raw though in a great way. It's also produced by John Cale (after he got kicked out of the Velvets), and his involvement is clear from the sound (though his mix was actually rejected by the band). I guess they had been playing live shows in NYC for a bit with 7 songs, and they originally intended to just record those 7 songs for this album. Elektra didn't like this though so they had to scramble to write and record a few other songs pretty last minute. They got it done, but it's interesting how sometimes things just get thrown together. This starts super strong with "1969" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog", both awesome songs that are straightforward but raw and great. Then there's the 10-minute "We Will Fall", which is not my favorite on it's own, but it creates this really dark brooding type mood. The drone sounds in the background of "We Will Fall" are so clearly John Cale inspired, he has his fingerprints all over this one. A 10-minute chant song is also a great way to kill some time if Elektra wants more music (the whole album is under 35 minutes). The B-side starts with "No Fun", and then there's 4 shorter songs to round it out. "No Fun" is back to the formula, simple, raw, building intensity through the song, strong guitar on the second half. "Real Cool Time" is a bit of a miss for me, but "Ann" (which I think was the last song they added to the album) is awesome, it's got this really understated, slow-burn intensity. "Not Right" and "Little Doll" are both solid to wrap things up. This is a really strong album top to bottom that just falls a little short of perfection to me. I think the album format doesn't quite fully capture what they were about, and while "1969" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" are both great, it's not the most deep album. "We Will Fall" is fine for the mood, but if you take that out it's only 25 minutes long. Still, a really great album and a pretty notable departure from a lot of what was getting made at this time. I think Iggy is going to continue to grow on me too, so I'm excited to get more of their music. Favorite song: 1969 Other: I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Ann, Not Right, Little Doll 2/17/24
a little too clean (eg, i want the guitar solos to get crazier, nastier)? repetitive? to be interesting enough for me to want to listen again
American Rock, nothing pops out necessarily
Yeah
I found this one hard to listen to. Sure it has some good stuff on it, but overall? I was there - in 1969, Junior year in High School, and I’m wondering why this album wasn’t in my sphere … well … look at the music that was coming out that year! Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, CCR, Dr. John, Iron Butterfly, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac - and that was just January! Look it up, the year was epic, and this band, for me, just wasn’t.
Noch so eine lärmige Band aus den sagenumwobenen 69ern. Und schon wieder aus Detroit. Aber was soll ich sagen, es gibt richtige Songs, mal laut mal leise. Find ich gut.
Meh
Really good! 1969 is my favourite track off the album.
Not my thing, 2 stars
schöne 60er punk rock bevor punk
Love the amount of edge these clowns brought to music at the time. Unfortunately, the sound has evolved so much since then.
Didn’t care for the style
Not so sure about this... 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' is a really cool song, but the rest is not up to par. I can imagine this was quite fresh when it came in '69 though. I think with that in mind it's going to have to be a very weak 3.
Sounds surprisingly fresh from being from 1969. Especially "I Wanna be your Dog" which has something so menacing and cool about it, it even manages the bowl cuts to nearly look cool. The rest of the album is not quite as good but still decent given when it was made. "1969" is the second best track and then the rest kind of fall off.
Saved 5/8 songs. Some great fuzzy, psychedelia. Couple of tracks just didn't do it for me.
We Will Fall is way too long and goes nowhere for 10 minutes; completely uninteresting. Most of the songs fail to justify their length, just repeating the same 4 bars, the same riff, and the same vocals. Even the shorter songs like Ann are boring. I Wanna Be Your Dog is by far the best, and it isn’t great! 1969 isn’t even the best song about that year!
I Wanna Be Your Dog is a banger, but nothing else really stood out. Simpsons reference: not really.
Enjoyable album. Not sure about the 10-minute track. Some of the guitar reminds me of Jimi Hendrix. Will have to listen to more of them in the future.
OK album, one of the songs was well too long
I just found it really boring. Sorry. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Stooges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't.
From 1969 - amazing!
Thanks for the opportunity. Been there, listened to that. I can see where folks would love to see the history of artists and how they came from space/place/time/occasion. This is one for them, not for me. 1 star.
Hell yeah
Ok
not a fan. kind of creepy, rolling stones rip off
This stands out a bit from some of the early punk albums, in terms of sound. They really took what the Velvet Underground were doing and went even grungier. Apart from that, it's not super interesting though. Really basic lyrics and kinda creepy in places, given what we know now about Iggy's fondness for underage girls. That slow jam song is really boring too.
Mantienen una armonía y no son tan estridentes.
Great
Yes! More of this, please -- going straight on the "to buy" list
The band name and album cover do not match the music 3
Classic album. The Stooges are the band that to this day inspire modern artists.
This must have been back when Iggy Pop still wore shirts because it's something of a drag, a couple of songs notwithstanding.
I'm not sure if the Stooges really rise above the noise. It's solid late-60s-early-70s psychedelic, pop, punk - but I'm not sure they did it better than most other bands at the time. Good album, I'm just not sure it warrants being on the list as a "must listen"
Enjoyable album
Perhaps infamous Iggy Pop with his band of raw rockers have their most well-known songs from this album. Of course they don’t have many albums to choose from and they made more of a name for themselves from Iggy’s wild live antics. But I can get down with this.
Interesting - melodic punk
gar nicht meins
I like garage rock so I was totally on board with this until We Will Fall. Way too long and indulgent. They bounced back to some degree with the rest of the album but still
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.
Good, wasn’t expecting a 10 minute track by the guys who did “i wanna be your dog” (only song i knew from them)
more and less intimidating than i always thought it would be
the album didnt really do anything for me but i get the significance of this music heavy driving music in 1969
my fav
Classic, cant believe it came out so long ago
schlecht. so schlecht. einfach gar nix. Eher 0/5 Sterne!
Punk, pre-grunge and psychedelia with anger, angst and humor from the fountain head.
Some fun.
the stooges
Given the era and general cultural goings-on at this time, this album could be considered way ahead, if not just “ahead” of its time. It’s both genre bending and inventive. Classic sound but with something still creatively unique in 2024. Production is crisp, layered and clean. The architecture is on point.
I recognize many tracks there which have been sampled, such as from 2manydjs. Great, raw album.
The birth pangs of punk. Raw and unfiltered.
I'm pretty done with the Stooges. Their music is just boring to me, and this one has that weird 7 min chanting song that really made this one drag.
Not my jam but not bad
“We Will Fall” sounds like a bad doors song. I can hear the influence this record has had on other bands, but I didn’t find most of the tracks very memorable.
Hvis det er noe jeg har lært av dette eksperimentet så er det at jeg ikke like punk. Syntes det bare er bråkete, masete og uten talent for musikk.
I’m always amazed that music like this was being made at the same time as the Beatles.
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.
Liked it! Similar to Alice Cooper vibes, but doesn't quite hit the same. Would listen again, but not my number 1 or 2 so far from the list 💜
it's interesting and there's some nice songs but there's also some weird songs like "we will fall". was a pleasant listen but wouldn't put it on myself again
very hard to believe this came out in 1969 - pioneers in using this type of distortion and sound in music pros: - starting point for early punk can definitely be heard and i like the bands that were inspired by the stooges and velvet underground. - is not afraid to get gritty and experimental - that review about shirtless iggy pop cons: - while some repetitive tracks are normal on a rock album, there is simply too many - i am not currently a heroin user
Keywords: Vibrant Alt Rock Notable Song: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Solid
Love Iggy Pop. I see the Detroit skyline everyday. He's one of the many legends to come from the motor city.
Fuzzy guitar punk sound, def a classic
The infant stages of punk. The Stooges were still finding their feet here— they wouldn’t hit their stride until their next album. There are some great songs on this one, but there’s also the tremendously dull We Will Fall (Asleep?), a ten minute momentum killer that feels way more like a John Cale song than a Stooges jam. (Hey, I like John Cale. It just feels out of the place on this album.) But let’s all agree that I Wanna Be Your Dog is one of the greatest song titles in rock n roll.
Täydellinen garage levy! 5/5
Täähän oli kova, huimat soundit! Selvästi enemmän mun juttu kuin vaikka Ramonesin ja Clashin debyytit. Toivottavasti Fun House tulee myös, ehkä ymmärtäisin sitäkin nykyään.
Virkistävästi brittirock-aikalaisistaan poikkeavaa saundia. 4/5
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
An okay listen and starts well with 1969 and I wanna be your dog. I didn't realise that No Fun was a Stooges number, I actually think the Pistols version is better. After that it gets very samey and to my mind lacks the spark of the superior Fun House.
Well, they say that the first taste is with the eye - what an album cover! lol I fucking love the track - wanna be your dog - and came across it on the lock stock soundtrack. I love Iggy pop but don’t listen to him much
This has some great tracks on it - and I quite liked it! Not one that I think I'd listen to as a full album again, but 'I wanna be your dog' is a great track that I'll continue to come back to again and again. I'm not sure why Iggy Pop isn't labeled a sex offender - "At age 23, Pop had a relationship with 13-year-old" - it's pretty messed up. Fave track: I wanna be your dog
Huh, The Stooges really made an asian-sounding post-punk album a good decade before everyone else? Impressive and wild, but also dragging a bit in the extended jam parts.
An important lesson on album structuring. . It’s obvious that Side A & B should’ve been switched. I’m emotionally and mentally exhausted when the first three songs are over. There’s no reason “We Will Fall” is not the final song of the album. Tha being said it’s still one hell of a debut album. Had Side B not been this good I would quickly have lost interest. But it’s hard not taking an interest in whatever The Stooges are up to.
I'd only previously heard "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and loved this. Reminds me a lot of the Velvet Underground and I got into them the more I listened, so I will give this more spins to see if it grows on me. Docked a star because We Will Fall is long and nonsensical
Honestly I just don't like Iggy's voice or the looseness of their songs. I know he's like Punk Jesus and the music reflects progressiveness for the time, but I just don't like listening to it.
I knew of The Stooges and the later named, Iggy Pop and The Stooges. This is my first listen to the album, and while I knew Iggy was from Michigan, it was cool to learn that bassist Dave Alexander grew up in the Whitmore Lake, mere miles from my hometown. I really dug the opening track, 1969. Oddly, the more well-known songs didn't do it for me. I really wanted to love this, but besides 1969, the rest of the tracks blend together. I'm giving it a four, but only because of their Michigan roots!
Highlight: I wanna be your dog Quality late 60s rock
Yes indeed-always been a fan of Iggy's vocals. Love this album.
Not what I was expecting. Legend is a strange thing. Was expecting 35 minutes of Anarchy, but there are a lot of flavors here. Some funky groove, and the aggression is measured.
This is fine. Experimental psychedelic rock at its finest. A 10 minute track with some moans and groans. Guitar work is pretty great throughout.
Nearly not as bad as I thought it would be. 3.5/5
3.5
Ok
good album, but kinda forgettable
Voornamelijk harde gitaar en drum, teksten geschreven door iemand van de basisschool: simpel, kinderachtig en repetitief. Zolang de zang niet geschreeuwd wordt zit er hier en daar nog wat muzikaals in.
Some long songs. That will probably grow on me. I liked the singles a lot. Some of the songs sounded similar. I am glad they contributed to proto-punk, but no songs that I will add to rotation. Probably a 6.8/10.
Some decent songs but overall not very enjoyable
GOAT album
Not my style.
Enjoyed this album couple of stand out songs better than the rest.
Prefer the punk parts to the meandering bits.
Not my favorite album. Good instrumental
I liked 1 song. Half liked 2 others. Best part about the album was the length… short. (2.2)
Actually enjoyed this quite a bit and the guitar playing was sick. Not something I would listen to often but I enjoyed my listen. 3.8 or so
listen to this when you want to feel like a badass walking down the street
Kinda meh on this one. I enjoyed parts of it but a lot of the songs were pretty one note and dragged on. Especially the 10 minute song. I did appreciate the brevity of the other songs though. After going through a few long albums recently a 30 minute album felt nice. I expected to like this more than I actually did.
Good but expected more
It was okay. The 10-min song dragged and lots of the lyrics were just very repetitive.
Big missed opportunity with the production on this one. Would have loved to hear these songs recorded in the funhouse style. Still pretty good but the least of the Stooges original work.
The Stooges, otherwise know as, The Rolling Stones *psych-rock version.
'I can't stand the sound of the Velvet Underground, I can't stand that sound the second time around"
I really enjoyed Lust for Life last week, so I was hopeful for this one once I realized that it's also Iggy Pop. But I was unfortunately not a fan. I found a lot of this to be pretty grating and way too long and repetitive. This really deserves a 1.5 — I'm not repulsed by it, but I do find it generally unpleasant to listen to and not a single track made it onto my "would listen to again" list.
Never sat down and listened to this album as a whole. . . Iggy Pop is a legend and the Stooges are so influential! The music is ahead of its time. It feels hard, a little groovy, but with an edge that is in direct opposition to the hippy aesthetic of the time - sign of the decay setting in and an omen of what was to come in the mid-70's. Meh. . . The album is not worth re-listening to, imho.
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
We Will Fall was way too long. Actually, most of the songs felt a bit long. Otherwise I enjoyed it a bit.
Boring, all the songs blend into 1.
1. 1969 - 1 2. i uuana be your dog - 2 3. uue uuill fall - 1.5 4. no fun - 0 5. real cool time - 1 6. ann - 1 7. not right - 1 8. little doll - 1
cool album and a few of the tracks familiar (i want to be your dog from the cruella movie), but a few tracks not as interesting. 3.1/5
Good stuff. Grungy relaxing angry
Saying that they were ahead of their time doesn't even make half the point.
The Stooges.
The album was solid; but nobody told me The Stooges decided to put a weird Gregorian chant song that takes up 1/3 of the entire length of the album…
Would have liked a lot more if the dirge had been split up and interspersed between other tracks in the album. An otherwise solid album with a 10 minute egg splattered right in the middle of it.
Pretty solid album with a couple of real bangers. l enjoyed the music side of things more than the lyrics or vocal performances though
60’s rock. They sounded like they had fun recording it.
Honestly better than I was expecting. Pre punk rock and it shows. Great diversity and I dig the fun aspect of the songs
The instrumentation was okay but I don't find Iggy pop's voice very appealing.
Nothing mind blowing, but still groovy. We Will Fall felt so out of place, but that makes it fun!
Was not my favorite genre.
Absolutely the start of a revolution. Glad there are multiple Stooges albums on here to hear the path from Rock to this proto-punk and at times psychedelic album. We Will Fall really caught me for a surprise; I would never have expected a 10 minute song on this album. This album isn't perfect, but it is a landmark
Fav track is NO Fun
Good
The Stooges is the debut album by American rock band the Stooges. This proto-punk / garage rock album was ahead of its time. The punk rock sound was still new, so critics were calling this album loud and boring garage rock, although charged with tremendous energy. This debut album and The Stooges second album has since been considered landmark releases within early punk music. The production of this debut album is well done and the music is rockin'. But I did not find much I liked on this album besides the high energy punk rock music, which faded into the background as the album's songs progressed.
Pretty cool, my my thing though, but I enjoyed the production
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
Great album, never realised significance of the band (and that it was Iggy Pop’s band). Felt very Rolling Stones etc. Whole album start to finish flows very well, will be added into playlist rotation. 4.2/5.
high ist es bestimmt besser als sober
Gloriously juvenile garage rock. Sometimes they sound like a filthy rolling stones tribute act, sometimes they're inventing punk, sometimes they're off on a psychadelic adventure. The guitar is way stripped back and basic, like a kid who just got a fuzz pedal and a wah wah going nuts with it. Some quick and nasty solos and some pretty straightforward but thoroughly effective riffs - I wanna be your dog especially. Iggy Pop is basically a fully formed punk front-man on his debut, a limited singer but all drawling-snarling throat shredding charisma.
I’d say this album was ahead of its time as I don’t actually believe it was released in 1969 since it sounds more early 70’s. Iggy’s haircut would suggest otherwise.
Brilliant! Barely aged in all this time
Excellent sounds.
meh
a few good songs here but nothing to write home about, for the most part. much of the album sounds pretty dated.
The darker and broodier songs were great. The music on everything else was great. But outside of those couple of darker songs it was just really simple, repetitive stuff with lyrics that were written by a 6th grader at lunch.
I thought I sorta liked Iggy Pop. Then I heard two of his albums on here and now I’m totally fucking out. This is such a drag.
Yeah ok
Summary: An album that was surely ahead of its time. Monotony of chords (monoharmony?) isn't normally my jam, but it's incorporated into a sort of proto-punk/proto-grunge style here that works excellently. All tracks except the 10-minute slog "We Will Fall" are very strong. The vocal, bass, drums, and guitar (particularly the latter) all have chances to shine throughout the album, and the band is consistently a cohesive unit. 1969: Wacky panning - very distinctive. Intensely late-60s rock sound, but with an almost proto-grunge/punk feel. Progressive sound, but anthem-like in structure. The lead guitar is intense! A fantastic song. I Wanna Be Your Dog: From the beginning, strong drumming and guitarwork. Simple riff that I'm hoping won't grow stale (it didn't). Vocal inflections are a lot like Mick Jagger (mid-60s era) and Lou Reed from the Velvet Underground. Definitely an inspired style. We Will Fall: An unusual atmosphere - like a group of old men chanting in a cave. The percussion even sounds like water dripping onto cold, hard stone. Not sure what to think about this track, other than that it's out of place and the novelty wears off quickly and brutally. The casual, matter-of-fact "g'bye!"s near the end are pretty funny, though. No Fun: Again, very Velvet Underground inspired (I'm Waiting For The Man!). That grungy distortion on the guitar is tasty. The singer gets strangely excited at around 2:45 and it's really entertaining. Nice guitar solo, although it being in the left ear behind the vocal going all-out "Come on!" on loop means it's easy to miss at first. The five-minute track length flies by, and it's all jolly fun. Poorly named. Real Cool Time: The triumphant return of the wah-wah guitar. The lyrics are silly, but this can easily be forgiven because the track is just great. Adventurous bassline is especially noticeable from 1:45 onward when the vocal halts. I imagine an extended version of this would be great to play live. Ann: A change of atmosphere that actually makes sense (unlike a certain earlier track). The vocal is fairly low in the mix and panned entirely to the left channel. Actually, the panning feels entirely wrong, and after noticing this I flipped my headphones around. It felt more normal after that. Slow, moody little song. Not Right: The lyrics get goofy again. They're also delivered pretty slowly, with plenty of time between lines to ponder how goofy they actually are. Lead guitar with a low-resolution, slightly goopy texture that differs weirdly from lead guitars on earlier tracks. A good (albeit forgettable) track. Little Doll: Nice repeating drum lick - absolutely the star of this track. Melody stands out as being almost too brashly rock'n'roll. It works, though. The chords aren't anything special (but still better than the 10-minute We Will Fall, which was exactly 1 chord).
Ihan ok
nau ai wana pii jo doo
Historically important. Incredibly powerful. Very interesting. But sonically jarring - which was the point.
Part garage rock, part psychedelic rock. I like the garage parts. The psychedelic parts are boring. Favorite song: I wanna be your dog.
Me ha gustado, no me ha encantado. Vivan las drogas de los 60.
Much fun. Diverse but similar but not but quirky but fun!
1969 - I Wanna Be Your Dog - We Will Fall - Bijzonder nummer, klinkt als een offerings ritueel ofzo No Fun - No fun inderdaad, nee valt wel mee, maar niet geweldig Real Cool Time - Ann - Not Right - Little Doll - Bijzonder album, gevuld met niet de beste muziek. Naar mijn mening. 2.3
Solid album. I dig this type of music. You can really hear the influence this had on other bands.
Iggy Pop yes.
eeeehh
first two songs are great, rest is whatever
Solo Iggy way better than this
1- put “69” somewhere in song title 2- ??? 3- profit all in all the album wasn’t bad, wasn’t great. didn’t like the 10 minute song (which was 1/3rd the album so that didn’t help). the album was kind of like a roller coaster in the fact that you started high then went down a hill
Fuckin sick
Pretty good. But felt bit dated.
lite kort men bra
It's not really for me, but I can see the greatness
How have I not heard of this group?
Not my taste
Some of the longer songs dial back the aggressive mood, but solid all around.
A highly influential classic but just wasn't feeling it this time for some reason. A little samey-samey.
the audio mixing is surprisingly good on this album (notably track 1)—I guess it's just stereo, but it almost sounds like atmos surround sound. track 1 (1969): it sure was 1969. track 2 (I Wanna Be Your Dog): ummmmmmmmmm... ig they're saying they wanna chill about all day? track 3 (We Will Fall): i like the spooky amp noises at the beginning. it's looooooong though track 4 (No Fun): this one's kinda fun track 5 (Real Cool Time): forgot to listen to this one track 6 (Ann): saaaaaaame deal track 7 (Not Right): some fun guitar things goin on here, relatively chill (its not that chil its just the rest of the album is soooooooooo not chill). The fade out was NOT subtilely done. track 8 (Little Doll): title reminds me of 'little freak' by Sir Harry Styles. Why does singer have a southern twang now? overall: pretty cool rockin album, not my usual style but i enjoyed.
Imma take my shirt off just like Iggy; Actual: not bad if you're into Fuzzy guitar riffs and such. Iggy is an icon so worth a listen if you are into classic rock. Raw Power is where you start to get into Iggy being Iggy, but this is a nice precursor to what is to come.
Like at most, I think this was fine. Some songs were stronger than others, and I can see the value of an album like this, but I don't know if it holds up.
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
A clever way to sneak another Iggy Pop album in here? Anyway, the album was definitely ahead of its time, yet that does not make an album great - the music does. And it doesn't.
It starts off strong with 1969 and the firecracker that is I Wanna Be Your Dog Then rather fizzles a bit but is still pretty strong
Loved it! Heard of The Stooges, but never gave them a listn. Classic Rock with garage band styling and a great sound! The spacey jam (believe it was 3rd track) was a bit much, but thought the album was great!
There is such a thing as being too high to make good music. What the hell is We Will Fall and how does that pointless garbage make it on an album? I expected much more emotion to come through on this album but it was mostly indifference. I mean, how are you in a studio, chanting ran ji ran etc, over and over and think somebody needs to hear this for 10 minutes? No Fun at least picked it up for a decent melody and riff. Not enough to save this so-called punk snoozefest.
Listened to this shopping on muscle relaxers. Really good album. 1969 and I wanna be your dog are very fun.
will will have a real cool time. music: appreciated. (⌐■ ̮ ■)
It’s the Stooges!
3.5
That one song long af
3.5
It’s a vibe but not for everyday, situational
psychic rock... jos osa alukea ajatuksia..heh.. tietäisi että huono albumi.. perus räväkkää rokin nytkäytyksiä. paitsi yksi biisi, 10minuutin stintti hitaampaa höllöstelyä..mahtava biisi. ja joo hörhöilytuotosta mutta ei se siitä pois mitään vie we will fall
Just not for me.
Cat: cool vibe, classic shit, pretty good AJ: I’m all for some distortion. Rhythm section doesn’t quit. Iggy is useless. 10 minute “song” of the same noises and grunts in the 3 spot? Stupid. Some cool sounds, not for me.
This feels like the missing link between the psychedelic rock of the Doors and the garage rock/punk of the Ramones. Primal, raw, flipping a middle finger to melody. I can appreciate this album's influence on indie rock in the coming years, but this just ain't my bag as a person who is a sucker for a good pop melody and more sophisticated chord progressions. "We Shall Fall" has a "Riders on the Storm" feel but seems a few minutes longer than necessary. "Little Doll" is the best sounding song on the album, sticking to a catchy bass line and narrow structure.
meh
1969 has a cool intro
Gritty rock at its best.
This is an album. I can here how it inspired but honestly this album is empty in itself. The most notable thing about this album is the the year it came out.
Feels like I listened to a Stooges album recently. Did I need another one? Probably not.
had some gnarly guitar parts, i liked some of the slower bits but his vocals were not my favourite. imagine this is a slower burn to get into
Forgettable: can't really remember that much from this record but from what I can it was just meh. I'm not going to completely write it off my musical listening but I kinda of want to listen to more. Just ended up feeling underwhelmed expecting some more deep-cut rock music.
3,7 fordi det er sådan ret godt, men ikke sådan vanvittigt. Lidt ensformigt måske
Pretty good. Might come back to this one.
Great pre-punk.
"I wanna be your dog" is okay. Rest is not to my taste.
It's basic, but powerful and 1969 and I wanna be your dog are brilliant. Had not realised John Cale was involved (and plays sleigh Bell on I wanna be your dog).
The Stooges went on to do much more interesting work. This record works well, but somehow drags on even with a reasonable run time. We Will Fall is 10 minutes of the same drum beat and baseline, kinda kills side one. Most songs suffer from monotonous melodys.
I wanted and expected to enjoy this album but it is a bit too juvenile. The first two songs do have some clarity and charm. Unfortunately that charm runs out rapidly and pretty soon the songs are just repetitive and tiresome. That said, this album definitely still belongs on this list, I have no quibble there.
Albores del punk. Un megahit. Un 4.