Reviews (page 7 of 9)
Iggy founded his legend status with this. Too rough for me.
I think this hasn’t aged well.
It is time I heard this . Quite the Ouvre from the taught skinned naughty little doggie. Genetics are cruel. an intersting listen
There are really only 7 songs here - Little Doll is basically 1969 with different lyrics. Excellent bookends all the same. The highlights are definitely the opening cuts on Side 1 - 1969 & the distorted-guitar classic I Wanna Be Your Dog ; and the opening track of Side 2 - No Fun, which less than a decade later would be covered by The Sex Pistols. As for the the ten- minute elephant-in-the-room, We Will Fall, I love Seth Jacobsen’s description of it : “..a ten-minute slab of druggy stupor straight from the Velvet’s canon”, complete with viola courtesy of producer John Cale. I’m extremely fond of this - Iggy’s first album.
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).
Solid album
“We Will Fall” was a trial on my commute to work but there are some solid songs here.
Had not registered before how We Will Fall sounds so much like something from a Swans album for the 2010's...
Did this really came out in 1969 ??
Fair bit of noise in this one
3.0 Kinda boring tbh, the singles were fun but all the songs were the same and while this is a revolutionary album that pretty much took what the kinks were doing and put distortion onto it to make it punk, it doesn't do much else. Fave songs: 1969, i wanna be your dog
I'm a fan of Iggy Pop, but I don't think this album holds up anywhere near as well as "Raw Power" and the like. Obviously, "I Want to be your Dog" is a stone-cold classic, and there is stuff to enjoy here, but it's not one that I'll find myself going back to all too often.
good
nothing to write home about but nothing outwardly terrible. more bands should throw in a 10+ minute song into a 35 minute album
Weird and dark. World music influenced (We Will Fall seems to draw some of its key, chant and hurdy-gurdy drone from India, but it's hard to say), introspective and navel-gazing. Fuzzy guitars are fully incorporated. Songs are more rambling and less focused than '73's Raw Power, but the march toward punk is fully underway. The writing is simple and draws on 50s pop and rock structures, including chord progressions, call & responses and lyrical content in many places (seemingly teenage love, for example). There's no effort to keep the vocals or guitars clean, though.
Guitarist plays the guitar like how a car plays a car crash
didnt like it, the mixes were bad. -A
3,5.
Half good songs half shit
Nice
Love the Stooges. This one is a little flat for me but interesting for the time.
Better than I expected, some thing I liked some I didnt
Bien. Estilo Rolling
Mehhh, not even the drug abuse of the 60s made this good
Surprisingly underwhelming. I guess they were all about the stage show?
It had its moments but I didn’t really enjoy it
I started off liking this but they lost me in the middle. I can appreciate that this was probably crazy back then but it doesn’t hold up today.
not much to say
IGGY POP! i loved his album this year and he came a long way too. tbh only 2 songs were really stcking to me
3 y haciéndoles el favor
okiii 7.5/10
A milestone record and one that set the scene for so many others. How this must have been received by the masses must have been one of shock. I Wanna Be Your Dog has one of the greatest riffs ever written, a dirty and toxic sound.
Good old music, it's not in the middle of my heart, but it's not in the bottom either.
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.
This album was rough almost stopped after song two. I would be happy if I don’t hear them again
I don't think I cared for this as much as the last Stooges album I heard on this list. It wasn't all bad, but "We Will Fall" was rough and I ended up skipping half of it. 2.5/5
Not a terrible album but the 10 minute drone of We Will Fall was basically the worst part
I've never been a fan of The Stooges music.
Wtf is We Will Fall? Tien minuten door een woestijn lopen zonder water ofzo? Verder best een aardig album her en der, en vooral een interessant stukje muziekgeschiedenis, als overgang van de Rock n Roll naar Punk. Maar zoiets als We Will Fall is onvergeeflijk voor mij, echt een Revolution 9 gevalletje waardoor een hele kant onluisterbaar wordt.
Very good punky disc, with some being top song and other being mid. The kind of album that serves for a playlist and not by its own
Albores del punk. Un megahit. Un 4.
Bien. Estilo Rolling
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.
Classic album
raw but powerful
I guess it gets an Xtra star for being kinda weird and ahead of its time, but that doesn't make it good. Apparently it influenced many others to make crappy music (AKA punk) in the future
"We Will Fall" kind of ruined the vibe, but solid
Hämmästyttävän hidas. Olis ees enemmän stoneria. 10-minuuttisessa biisissä ei ole mitään ideaa tai hienoa. Ei toivoton kokonaisuus - haluaa olla "todistelematon" ja pohjaa sille on, mutta toteutus jää pinnalliseksi. Pitäisi vähän todistaa arvonsa.
Muutama saatanan tehokas biisi, mutta ihmiset rakastavat enemmän Stoogesin ideaa kuin heidän ideoitaan, millä on omat rajoitteensa. Ehdoton suosikki: 1969.
One of the best rock albums ever.
Decent enjoyable album
1969 doesn't start off as revolutionarily as you might expect but you know that you're into something else by the end of the title track. It is further confirmed once I Wanna Be Your Dog comes on. The record might suffer some from the sequencing that puts the next track on deck at 10 minutes. The song also reminds us that we shouldn't reimagine the Stooges as an only a proto-punk band forging some template of bravado and brevity but rather a band from another era who helped usher in punk rock with some of its songwriting and attitude.
blah blah blah bleh boring boring boring. not offensively bad so it gets a 2.
Distorted fuzz tone, shitty vocals, shitty lyrics, and shitty songs.
I get it
I always thought they were a British band so was surprised to read that they’re American! The music is alright-typical late 60s/early 70s radio to me. Listen again: nah Purchase for my collection:no Favourite Song: I Wanna Be Your Dog (thanks to the Forrest Gump soundtrack as a kid haha)
Très bon album qui allie psyché et punk. Un peu de mal avec la voix d'Iggy Pop
Några bra bangers men också lite tråkig imellan legenda though no cap
I love that one of the most interesting songs on the album was literally made as filler lmao
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.
pretty fun album, middle song called we will fall is on a completely different level for some reason
Not as good or as dangerous as Fun House, but 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog and No Fun are so mandatory that it justifies its inclusion here. I just can imagine hearing this for the first time in 1969 and think "this is my life now".
So great for 1969. I rarely listen to them, but everytime I do, it's a blast!
Innovative record for sure, but with only a few great moments overall. Nothing compared to something like Fun House. I mean... The worst song of the album last 10 minutes out of 30.
Very raw sound, I can see why this is so influencing album
Some interesting guitar solos on this album, that's for sure, but otherwise very average record. To be honest, I didn't like anything else other than solos. Definitely a relic of olden times, that happens to be on this list, because 1000 albums is an enormous number, so some mediocre stuff has to make its way in as well. On to the next one.
Þetta er allt í lagi. Ekki þeirra besta stöff.
Psychedelic rock gone 💩
I liked the first few songs well enough, but I got progressively bored listening to this. It’s not terrible, I just didn’t find that it grabbed my attention, even in a negative way. I’d probably rate it a 2.5, but I’m rounding down since I probably wouldn’t listen to this again.
Great album!
Best Song: I Wanna Be Your Dog. I guess it was high energy enough to be interesting. Worst Song: Real Cool Time. This sounds like a drunk guy who has cornered you at a bar and is wetly and vehemently letting you know about the "good time" he's about to give you. Overall: Pretty awful. Nothing stands out as unique or interesting. No reason for this to be on the list or to ever listen to it again.
Lots of seeds being planted here, and I have huge historical respect for this album. That being said, there's a lot of fat to trim off the true meat of this album.
I saw these live in 2011. I wonder how many of the lads on stage actually played on this album
Starts strong with 1969 and I Wanna Be Your Dog. Then it wanders through a variety of oddities. Some hints of Pink Floyd influence.
Some good, some a bit depressing
Some good tracks
4.5 really, great proto punk
it was short and sweet and consistent, but some of the songs were meh to me, like 'we will fall', and 'ann', very slow
Duller than expected. All a bit samey and Iggy didn't seem to be connected to what the Stooges were doing at all.
First listen and it's a great album. Very 1960s to its core.
Meh
I love The Stooges and Iggy Pop in general. This is a really strong debut album and an awesome first few tracks in particular as an introduction to the band. There are a few tracks on here that tend to skip cause they're more low energy and just feel a little like filler to me, which is the only thing keeping this one from a full 5 for me. Standout Tracks: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Real Cool Time
Massive
I wouldn’t go any more than fine for this.
I have been relatively new to the Stooges (courtesy of Luke of course) and really like them. Hadn't heard a full album yet and I thought this was weird and wonderful
This was a belter. I generally like the Stooges and Iggy Pop but can't say I listen to albums much but this was really enjoyable.
Fun album, reminded me of Velvet Underground at times, but also not lol. I'll lean high ang give it the 4
Lots of psychedelic drops, a few decent, timeless songs that really show the influence of The Stooges on bands from the early 00s. I wouldn't listen again but was torn between 2 and 3 stars, mainly for it's influence.
more of a Rolling Stones clone in the 60s musically their look is pretty ahead of their time though
When I listened to this back in 2019, I remember it having a much bigger impact than this most recent listen. It is decent, and for 1969 way ahead of its time, but for some reason it isn't resonating as much in 2023 for me
Raw power
Gnarly
to be perfectly honest this album drags a bit but i don’t care it still gets 5 stars
There's raw power in the simplicity, but there's an overall effect of simplistic-ness. It's not hard to believe they wrote the songs in two days. One suspects Cale saved them from themselves, and perhaps even made the record. Iggy sounds like he's channeling Jagger and Reed, and Mark Smith of the Fall, doubtlessly imitating Iggy Pop sound more like Iggy Pop than Iggy did – or rather, how Iggy should have sounded. Stooges would be downhill from here.
4.5
Ajoittain aika psykedeelistä settiä, mutta parempaa stoogesia. We will fall jännä ja I wanna be your dog kova
Where it all started
I’m so messed up I want you here.
Iggy Pop igår och The Stooges idag. Denna är bättre än gårdagens skiva.
Not their best album. A couple of good songs but also a couple of bad ones.
In general, my enjoyment of punk-related albums is inversely correlated to its similarity to punk. This punk-precursor didn't sound that punkish and was thus somewhat enjoyable. The guitars were even pretty good, although the vocals definitely weren't. Would give this 3.5 stars on its own merits, but rounding down to its influence on horrible music through the decades.
Très Velvet Underground. J'aime bien, plus 3,5/5 mais j'adapterai le baréme.
Semilla del punk-rock, primera banda de Iggy Pop. Tiene algún tema que safa pero no es particularmente algo que me guste tanto. La calidad es buena.
You forget that before bands find their sound, many have a terrible first album. They don’t know what they want to be yet.
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.
Really dig that 60s blown speaker guitar sound. The writing is pretty elementary, but it's still makes for some pretty good tunes.
Good sound overall, you can tell it stood out for its time but just didn't hit the same levels as other rock bands of the time.
The fact that the worst song takes up 10 out of the 35 minutes is inexcusable, but the rest of it is a solid early punk album.
All over the place but what you’d expect from a great early punk album with some high highs and low lows. Distortion was amazing and drums were perfect accents to iffy pops unique vocals.
Another good Stooges album. Songs are a little more hit or miss on this one, but I love how raw it sounds, and I never realized some of these songs were from the late 60's; crazy!
I really liked this one. It was enjoyable all the way through. 4/5
Still sounds as raw as it did 50+ years ago and it might be my favorite Stooges album. Sadly it loses steam on side B, but you can’t take away its legacy. B+
Good enough sound but the lyrics were pretty bad
When they are on they are really on, but some of these tracks were certainly not on.
not for me
I was expecting this album to be too punky for my tastes but it was actually pretty great. More mellow than I was expecting but a great sound.
This was Iggy before he really became Iggy Pop and that is a very good thing. I don't like Iggy Pop but I do really like this album. Especially the 10 minute gregorian chant that was something else.
An album that sounds much more recent than the year suggests... until you get to track 3! Some ionic songs!
Quite enjoyed this - way ahead of its time and must've been very influential.
Very pointless and boring album to be honest. The fact that each song went in one ear then out the other as soon as I listened to it shows something. Very weird. It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard just boring.
"Real Cool Time" was actually kinda hard to get through"
Classic precursor to punk rock
A few tracks are up there, but others make it average. Not my favorite album, but glad I listened to it
Strong 7
Still so fucking great.
bon classique, mais pas trop dans ma palette
It was alright. Nothing really noteworthy. I don't believe I knew any of the songs. It was better than a 2, but not a 3. I will round up.
Not great.
I listened to all of We Will Fall in the shower and thought my Spotify was messed up. I’ll never get that 10 minutes back. Hard rock doesn’t have to be this dumb, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and company at least bring more interesting instrumentation to the genre.
This is a cool album. I like listening to this infinitely more than their second album with Search and Destroy on it, because with that one the mix makes it unlistenable. This has a lot of the proto-punk harshness of that one, mixed with the always confounding, earnest and boyish delivery of Iggy Pop, which still sounds captivating. It's like, what combination of brain cells caused The Stooges to exist? I'm still wondering. I listened to this a ton a few months back without penning a review, and now I'm here to say that I really enjoy it. 4/5
So good!!!
If if wasn't for the bullcrap 10:18 long boring dirge called "We Will Fall," I'd probably give this a decent 3/5 rating, but it's on there, so I have to lower it by a full point. The rest is just OK, I didn't love or hate anything.
Instrumentals were fine, but vocals were fairly reminiscent of Ian Drury, and that's just not ok.
The 10 minute Gregorian chant they threw in there really ruined it for me.
C- 1969 - 2 I Wanna Be Your Dog - 3 We Will Fall - 3 No Fun - 2 Real Cool Time - 1 Ann - 3 Not Right - 2 Little Doll - 1 The only thing memorable about this album is that it came out in 1969 aka the most important year for Rock. At least these schmucks agreed to make it less than 36 min. I hate The Stooges due to the fact they are not talented. However, every now and then they miraculously string together sounds that aren’t terrible. This album had more not-terrible moments than I could have ever imagined. Thank you 1969 (the year) for sprinkling some quality on what would’ve been an otherwise poor album.
I really like the guitar work and fuzziness of the guitar.
Very good varied album, was surprised to hear songs that I recognized. Strays a little close to being brit rock but keeps itself unique enough to enjoy without thinking of Brit Rock all the time
This is the third Stooges album that I have gotten, and by far this is my favorite. I listened to it twice.
You can tell a boomer made a majority of this list because most of the albums are from before 1990. If you told me that this album was made in a day I would believe you. Most of these songs sound like they were made almost on the spot. Especially the lyrics. This feels like "Baby's first rock band" This isn't offensively bad, but man if it isn't super shallow and boring. The instrumentation is the saving grace, and even then it isn't anything to write home about. I actually enjoy the less popular song on this album more because they feel more focused and have a less "I just put this together" sound. For the 60's this is pretty out there and experimental I guess so it has merit for paving the way for a lot of bands that have used their style Was going to give this a 2, but might just be a low 3
Never listened to the stooges, enjoyed this though! 3.5
I would like to thank this exercise for showing me that I do, in fact, enjoy Iggy Pop. 3.5/5
Not the best Stooges album but still crazy good.
Pretty average other than the one good song.
A few good tracks here.
Strong start but quickly got ugly and messy. Definitely pioneering but maybe dial the drugs back a notch?
Like a surprising number of us, I'm not a huge Iggy Pop fan but this had more appeal than I expected. I was not even bothered by the 10 min long song. Maybe its cuz I decided to listen when I was already pretty worn out and it was mellow in a way that felt sympatico? Idk if any of you know the Aussie band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard but they definitely take a lot of inspiration from this Stooges album
This was good. First two tracks are standouts but I was also fascinated by how dark We Will Fall was. Will listen again.
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.
This is the most prepunk punk album I think I’ve heard. I generally don’t like Iggy Pop but I have admit that this is the version of him. Would like the 1/2 star option but I’ll round up.
Interesting half-way point between psychadelic rock and punk rock. Cool wah guitar effects much more similar to Hendrix than I expected. Not my favorite music in the world but this was certainly a cool record and it's crazy that it came out before the Beatles even broke up. Did not like the 10 min long song. A record ahead of its time for sure. Fave Tracks: 1969, Real Cool Time
Great protopunk.
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!
bleak and repetitive even when they are winning on the first two tracks running my fat ass around princes st the other day i thought 'we will fall' was rather boring and felt bad skipping it. now thats just not cricket is it my darlings when the whole point of this is to listen (of course i went back and listened later). then i realised its 10 minutes long. terrible. i reckon they didnt have enough material to cut the record or something. this cult record is not for me.
I think this is super cool! The fuzzy proto-punk stuff is fun, sometimes it can feel a bit confused but that's ok. "We Will Fall" is super cool and I really shows the album's great psychadellic influences, which i think work super well in this context actually.
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
Ignore the cover which is very dated and these songs are timeless. Massively, gloriously adolescent and rough at times but they ‘were’ young and basically having a laugh. I could recognise the John Cale production values - I hope he had fun doing it. I certainly had fun listening to it.
I didn’t know any of their songs by name except ‘I Wanna be Your Dog’ and I forgot that Iggy Pop was in the band. The album was fun.
The Stooges is such a great name for a band. I like Iggy Pop plenty and appreciate his place in rock n' roll lore. I enjoyed lots of this album as well, the opener is probably my fave. I also found it a little tedious and just a little too raw and simple to turn me on. And Iggy seems to have sex on the brain just as much as Def Leppard wants to ROCK. This is one of those bands that is over-represented on this list (three albums). I'm going out on a limb to guess this isn't the best of the three.
A great debut, years ahead of its time. Yes, the band is sloppy as hell. Yes, the production is weak. Yes, there are two clunkers. But the other five songs are brilliantly messy and bold. There is no punk without I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969, No Fun, or Not Right. Great stuff, if flawed. They got it right on their next album.
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.
Pari ekaa biisiä lupaili enemmän kuin toimitti. Jotain taas kakkosen ja kolmosen välistä on tämänkin levyn arvio.
Pari ekaa tuttuja ja ihan hyviä kipaleita, mut loppulevy lopahti
Pretty heavy. Didn’t grip me, but I might try it again.
En el año 1969 esto debió reventar cerebros!!! Son 38 minutos intensos teniendo en cuenta que "We will fall" dura más de 10 minutos imaginad lo que queda pra las otras 7 canciones. Hay que escucharlo y hay que quitarse el sombrero ante "I wanna be your dog".
Very tight rock and roll
I’m getting a crash course in the early rumblings of punk on the generator this week, with this album arriving one day after The Sonics’ debut album from 1965. Both albums are heralded as influential for the wave of punk bands who eventually rose from the ashes in the mid-1970s. In particular, The Stooges appear to be changing the game here: Iggy Pop’s snarling, sneering, half-sung-half-shouted vocals, guitars drenched and slashed with fuzz, power chords hammered out alongside metronomic drums. John Cale’s stark production places The Stooges firmly in the “early Velvet Underground” camp of trailblazers who could just as easily be heralded as the second coming or written off as a lot of old noise. It‘s easy to call it a landmark moment now, but does that mean I should enjoy the album any more than its songs allow me to? Well, the Stooges’ mission statement to the music world begins with a bang: “1969” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog” are a promising 1-2 kick to throw psychedelia to the curb. This is a new, hard edged kind of music, grabbing listeners by the unmentionables and telling them all they need to know about why the Stooges must have been groundbreaking to the right ears at the time. But then in comes “We Will Fall”. A ten minute dirge centred around one repeated phrase, influenced by raga rock and Indian drone music. Seriously? It wasn’t at all what I’d expected from the Stooges and, while I admire the ambition here, they don’t seem like the band to pull it off. Wallowing through this murky bog without any climactic build or chaotic attitude tanks all the momentum the album had been gathering. No wonder it took punk an extra seven or eight years to really get going. The rest of the songs are a mixed bag, from “Ann”’s dull drop in energy to “No Fun”’s lively guitar solo (but poor mix) and “Little Doll”’s toppling drums. I appreciate “The Stooges”’s place in music history, but- like other albums I’ve heard by this band- it just doesn’t grab me as much as it wants to, or perhaps as much as any punk fanatic would expect it to. I’ll gladly skip to my pick of the bands this influenced if it means a better listening experience.
As this project shows me that I have an appreciation for punk, it's interesting to listen to one of the OGs. It really wasn't what I expected - it sounds a lot more like the Doors or Hendrix than I would have anticipated. Makes sense for the time. But has less of a crushing impact than their live shows must have had with Iggy up there bleeding on people.
This is a very weird album. In one aspect it is a great proto-punk record that is clearly inspirational to much of the genre and rock in general but on the other hand it feel sort of flat to my ears. The 10 minute dirge that is "We Will Fall" is completely out of place on this album and really sucks the life out of a third of this record. The rest of the songs are solid and it has some outstanding tracks like "1969", "Ann", "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "Real Cool Time" but the inclusion of "We Will Fall" completely baffles me to the core. I see the appeal of the song to an extent but not in the context of this album. Also to some extent I feel like some of the songs sound a bit similar to each other but not to the extent where it takes away from the listening experience of this record. I personally think this album is really good still but it would be much improved as a full work if that song was removed. I would give this an 8/10 despite that track.
Sort of basic. Songs seem short and similar. Not bad, but nothing special.
Meh. Not my cup of tea. 2/5
Iggy Pop is a creep
Would have given 3.5, smackhead drone ruined the vibe tho
Fuzzy groovy proto-punk goodness.
Bloody classic, love it. Get rid of We Will Fall tho.
Punky garage rock album that has a certain grit to it with the vocals and guitar tone especially. Starts off with a couple of classics before the momentum is ground to a halt with We Will Fall which is so long, plodding, and goes nowhere. Other than that the rest are not too bad while retaining the feel of the first two songs.
Can anyone who listened to "we will fall" in all its 10 plus minutes honestly say this is a good album?
I wanted to like this better, but everything seems so basic to seem to be parroting when a band learns 3 chords and starts to craft numbingly boring songs. The lyrics seem of the same quality, and though i try to find some raw energy to appreciate, it just is overall pretty boring.
Would be a riot of an album if it didn’t include a 10-minute funeral dirge in the middle
This album is a very strong four for me. If we hadn’t been listening to such great albums recently, I might give it a five. The proto punk is cool to see and the album still feels pretty fresh
I’ve been disappointed by the majority of “influential” albums we’ve gotten so far. Very happy to be surprised here — it’s entirely listenable, and even though it’s not my ideal thing, a really cool album i wouldn’t’ve encountered otherwise.
The more I listen to The Stooges the more they become my new favorite band.
Birth of punk rock right right here in 1969 Detroit. Biting and stealing everything they can get their hands on: Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Bo Diddley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, you name it. Some really great songs here like "1969," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "No Fun," and "Real Cool Time," but this is getting docked a star for the monotonous chanting drag on the album that is "We Will Fall." Maybe if they had saved that one for the end it wouldn't have been so bad, but third song in really kills the vibe. A little unfocused in their infancy but still absolutely vital rock and roll.
Yeah, always slept on The Stooges but love the proto-punk going on here. Some parts are down right experimental/noise-rock. I'm into it. Lovely counter-point to everything else in 1969 for sure. Strong debut.
Score: 80 Album art: 60 Well I didn't expect a 10 minute drone song when I booted up this album. It's so weird that it's the 3rd song and not at the end. Whoever did this track list was on crack. That being said it's a beautifully dark and harrowing song. The sound of it is amazing and it really elevates the album to something more. Some of the songs are mixed like demos and don't feel as clean but there's a lot of rocking moments and the performances are really good. I don't think you could really do much better than this in 1969, I can definitely see why it's on this list.
This is my second Stooges album, I liked this one more than Raw Power. As their first record this one sounds more classic rock than the more punk sound later. Still has the same authentic and garage band sound. I can hear the instruments and Iggy's vocals more clearly and you can feel the influence this probably had for later music. Some of the songs are cool and rockin' but then you have the dreadful 10 minute death chant in the middle of this short record, which I'm sure some see as delightful, but not for me... but pretty neat for 1969. (2.5/5)
Old school punk rock, et par nice numre, iggy
Pretty good listen. I like Iggy's voice a lot. That iconic punk sound from New York. I knew a couple going in but I found a song that I like.
Not bad, not great. Still not really in the realm of music I like, but not quite as bad as some of the others 60's stuff we've gotten. His voice is okay but gets old pretty quickly imo. Okay sound. Nothing added from this one 4/10
2/5 I didn't like the first album that came up and I didn't like this one. Although, this one was much more tolerable, maybe because it was shorter?
Shite. And the ten minute song really took the biscuit. I've heard worse and so no 1 rating, but this was dirge for the most part. 1 point was given for the overall brevity. In the bin.
Disappointing The album started strong with "1969" and "I wanna be your dog", it then just collapsed. "We will fall" is just awful and the album never really picks up after that
Completely forgot about this band. Love the sound but completely forgettable apparently.
Not really my cup of tea.
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.
Ähmmm...nein nicht mein Geschmack. Am Anfang war ich geschockt von der Länge des Albums, aber ich hab es in der Hälfte der Zeit durchgehört, weil ich oft geskipped habe. Waren ja auch viele Versionen der gleichen Songs... Die Art zu Singen mochte ich auch irgendwie nicht...idk
There was nothing really special about. No song really catched my attention attention. And the guitar was a bit annoying sometimes.
So freakin’ cool. It’s hard to believe some of these tracks were made in 69 as they feel so contemporary. A great listen. Some tracks didn’t do it for me but the bangers banged.
Interesting album. First couple of tracks are reminiscent of the Rolling Stones, but then you get the haunting We Will Rock, and then it morphs into a proto-punk, some years before "proper" punk arrived on the scene.
Grunge in the time of bell bottoms. I Wanna Be Your Dog is such a banger, it almost makes up for the weird 15min chant thing in the middle of this album. Almost.
I can understand that this would be ground breaking at the time. With the way pedals and heavy distortion guitars shreeking and groaning. The vocals are mostly conversational and commanding. This is definitely reminiscent of early Rolling Stones and you can understand why British rock reused this formula for decades. It works. For me personally it became repetitive and droned on for more time that I could engage myself in it. 1969 and I wanna be your dog were personal faves, but unless the album kept on like this I am resigned to a middle score. Perhaps if I had been born in a different time.
Raw rock 'n' roll. A new sound was gestating, and this album had its mark. 1969 sure was special!
Very important, and not quite what I expected. Good, but not great, but with a clear place on this list for its importance and for being such an influential work.
Not going to add it to my playlists, but I feel like a lot of the tracks would be good if I were adding music to montages in nostalgic films. I like that each song has its own character.
I can see how this would have had an impact in 1969 but I don't think I need to listen to it again.
We Will Fall sucks so bad, meandering 10 minute repetitive song felt like a YouTube video that has to be 10:01 just for the ad revenue. Besides that, the album was pretty good. I did listen to the bonus track Asthma Attack and that was definitely something. Overall decent besides the one big strike against it on we will fall
It's okay
Some good songs, not for me though
my favorite era of rock
I really just did not like this much. It wasn’t cohesive and more than one song was super weird. I couldn’t get through it.
Great! This is a classic. Iggy Pop is amazing
For how short this project is, it accomplishes a lot and blends together so many fusions of rock, punk, and psychedelic music in general. Saying that, parts of this album do drag and go on too long but really appreciate the risks it takes and when it hits, its really good. Worth the listen
1969 - this seems way ahead of it's time. Rough and raw, I can't imagine how that would have sounded up against the country folk coming out of Neil Young etc. Not one I'm going to listen to again, but can hear influences on a lot of music I do love.
What is the point in an album if you're just gonna place the two singles (and easily best songs) right at the beginning? A dissapointing record.
DETROIT LEGENDS!! 😍😍
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!
HL: "1969", "Dog", "Real Cool Time", "We Will Fall" Last thing I expected from this album was 10+ minutes of drone music! Huh 3.5 February 15, 2023
Great 60s vibe
Iggy's introduction to the world, and he came out swinging. The first two songs here still sound so modern. Things hit a brick wall with "We Will Fall", featuring John Cale. I have nothing against drone music per se, but this song goes nowhere. Following it, though, things pick right back up, and feature the Stooges doing what they do best.
I've always had a massive amount of respect for people who are anwsering a question that no one asked and that certinally holds true for the Stooges. Yes there was a lot of interesting stuff happening in 1969 but you get the impression that the Stooges had a vision of the future which just didn't exist in anyone elses head. In this 30 minute album you get punk (which didn't exist) but also a full third of its runtime is taken up with this avant garde drone chant. Thats quite the juxtaposition and from what I hear their early live shows had that same energy but amped up to 11 with bizzare homemade instruments and extended jam sessions which decended into walls of feedback and noise. Iggy Pop was also doing transgressive punk style performances half a decade before GG Allin came on the scene and the best part of a decade before Sid Vicious. Ultimately it feels like The Stooges were hooked into what would happen with noise and punk subcultures many many years before it had even occured to anyone else that could be a thing and they were making some bloody good music while doing it.
Solid album, nothing crazy.
the first few songs rocked so hard i still haven't made it through the entire album. another one of those foundational bands i didn't have much exposure to. i'd be happy if every dive bar i ever walk into ever again is playing the stooges.
This band is definitely important, but not everything clicked on their debut. They wear their influences on their sleeves, sounding like a half-rate Doors (Ann) or MC5 (1969) at times. It has its moments for sure, but they didn’t really come into their own until Fun House, which is miles ahead of this.
good good good
2/10- Driving to School
There'd be no punk as we know it without this album. Gotta give it up to Iggy and the boyz.
What a fascinating and cool album. Really a different early punk(?) sound. We Will Fall was the standout for me. Just weird and like chanting monks meet Apocalypse Now. I thought the album was definitely worthwhile.
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.
"The Stooges" is a pretty remarkable statement in a debut album, and stands out tremendously amongst its 1969 peers. "We Will Fall" is a misstep, but I was in such a good mood coming off of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" that it can be mostly forgiven.
There is so much potential here and a lot to like. Ultimately, I bumped this down from 4 to 3 because it just didn't feel like a cohesive album. More like a starting point that could go lots of different directions.
This seems like a softer version of their later, full developed punk sound. Parts of this I like a lot. Others are just so so. This is a solid 3.5. We Will Fall is a great concept, but 10+ minutes is too long. At that length it’s a slight detriment. If it had been 4 min, what a bonus! Liking anything Iggy Pop was involved in is still one of the biggest surprises of the 1001 experience. This one is pretty good, but after three listens it didn’t quite make it to a 4.
NO 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.
ja wel nice, niet helemaal mn vibe die dag
On this album Iggy was testing waters that the rest of the music world wasn't testing in 1969. Nonetheless, one still hears some 1969 flavours like psychedelic. I wonder what the San Fran summer of love types would have thought about this album. The first two songs are insane and are the highlights. We Will Fall reminds me of the quieter spooky parts of The End. The End, unlike We Will Fall, built to a crescendo which is what made that song so amazing musically. We Will Fall could have been as good if The Stooges put a little " meet me at the back of the blue bus" into this song. I could say the same about Ann although it thinks about hopping on the blue bus near the end but then changes its mind. No Fun is pure punk. It's crazy that Iggy was doing this in 69. No Fun and Not Right are pure fuzz fests and it really works It's telling that Spotify algorithm played Janie Jones after this album.
The first two songs are such classics, especially the guitar intros, which are real waker-uppers. The third song reminds us that we’re still in the sixties and speaks to the fact that they showed up at the studio without enough material for an album. Speaking of the sixties, the first half of “Ann” sounds like it could be a throw-away track from Soft Parade. This LP reminds me of what the so-called punk artists kept saying a decade later: it’s just rock n’ roll. I think their following album is more consistent with better overall song-writing but without the signature tune(s). This LP had my vote as the “first punk album” until I heard The Sonics.
I would have thought a notable proto punk album like this would have been more exciting. Overall it was quite meh.
Songs are drawn out slightly too long. Feels like the most interesting parts are at the end and never stick around long enough. Lyrics are a bit repetitive which makes the songs feel slow. Second half of the album picks up the pace but not enough for this to be in my rotation. Will probably come back too when i need a good punk fix.
The second Stooges album I've reviewed on this generator. This one feels less polished than the other one I listened to (Fun House). I was never a huge fan of the Stooges, but understand that what they were doing was mind blowing at the time. Imagine living in early 60's America, listening to the swinging rock n roll of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, then hearing this! It must have been crazy! These guys were creating the beginnings of punk rock with their fuzzy guitars, heavy drums, and almost screamed vocals. That coupled with Iggy's predisposition to self mutilation at his live shows! Overall, a revolutionary album, but not my favourite. I do, however, understand how important this album and band was to music. The first half of the album was stronger than the second I thought. Favourite songs: I Wanna Be Your Dog, 1969 Least favourite song: We Will Fall 3/5
I think the streak of 4 and 5 star albums has come to an end with this one. The vocals were boring but the production was great for the most part. That we will fall song was god awful and ruined any chance this album had of getting a 4 but the rest was alright.
The stooges Their debut album came weeks after James Newell Osterberg Jr changed his name to Iggy Pop. Inspired by a practical joke by a band member who wants to remain nameless, Osterberg noticed how funny it was that a sneaky, inconspicuous bifter exploded in his own face. Watching all his peers literally shit their trousers with laughter and feeling Ciggy Pop was too on the nose, he made the decision there and then to drop the C and change his name. So to was born, Iggy Pop - king of the human terrapins. Iggy (artist formally known as Jay) was said to have found the inspiration for his first song in the bottom of a Sour Cream & Onion Pringles tin. Noting how, if he gently spoke into it whilst tickling the bottom, it would reverb in a G Minor Diminished Sparkle. No such note appears in 1969, but it made him wonder “what if?” Pop wrote the majority of the album in the back of a Citroen Xara that had been converted into a really small, but reasonable air BnB. He used a banana with lead punched into the bottom as his pencil, and a sheet of bounty for his paper. Both We Will Fall and Real Cool Time were written in Wing Dings, size 14. Pop went on to try and nab the talents of world renowned music producer Rick Ruben for his input on the latter half of the album. The band though, found his input lacking, partly due the creative differences and also because Rick was a 5 year old child at the time of recording. The album itself received rave reviews - not necessarily amazing, but all conducted during a rave. An approach that music critics soon abandoned in the mid 70s due to discrepancies appearing in most scribe notes that used the method. Following the success of the album, Iggy Pop fancied a name change again and it wasn’t too long, in fact - In nineteen ninety eight, where undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer’s table. 3 stars out of 5.
Yeah alright nothing special. We we fall was different.
First Stooges album I have heard. I have never liked 'I Wanna Be your Dog' and I don't know why. I prefer Iggy's voice as he got older to be honest. It's more unique and raw. Anyways, onto the next.
This is a huge inspirational work for all Punk, Garage and Rock & Roll to come. At times it sounds like a punkier Doors album! This album features some of the gritty themes The Stooges would write about, but still lacks a bit of the power and energy, later records would have. Still it's an amazing record and one I can't recommend enough for lovers of Punk and Rock & Roll. And I love the psychedelic influence brought by John Cale. Key tracks: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, We Will Fall, No Fun, Real Cool Time, Ann, Little Doll. 8,5 out of 10
first listen it's alright
tough vocalist cool riffs
Aika monotonista
4.2 + Lots of bands purport to be about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. But few write songs like "Not Right" that convey that lifestyle so succinctly ("She wants something tonight/But I can't give it/Cause I'm not right"). Other highlights: "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "We Will Fall" (10 minute dirge with Indian raga influences). Proto-punk is best punk!
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
It's amazing to hear this and see where so many bands got their ideas from. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" sounds like a Damned song, "No Fun" has them sound like the Ramones, along with "Real Cool Time." It's amazing to see (or hear) where this all started. Having said that, "We Will Fall" I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. But 10 minutes? Yikes. "Ann" is the same, way too much there. "1969" kinda reminds me of Pearl Jam for some reason. The vocals have that Vedder vibe. Except the scream at the end, which sounds goofy now. The shorter songs work better for me than the longer songs, as they begin to meander a bit. Pretty interesting to hear one of the beginning documents of punk, coming out 6 or 7 years before that explosion. So I would pick the few shorter songs, but a lot of it was just blergh (like "We Will Fall." That's half of a side right there. Com on guys, tighten that up some.
Once again The Stooges produce an album with so much promise in the first couple tracks...and then F it up with their self-indulgent crap after that. 1969 is a great tune - it's as if they took psychedelia and twisted it into something new. I Wanna Be Your Dog is my favorite of all Stooges songs - almost has a Velvet Underground feel (which isn't my scene) but more melodic and punchier. And then the heroin kicks in and we get the terribly strung out We Will Fall. 10 minutes of it to boot. Ugh. Side two starts off ok with No Fun, but it too is longer than it needs to be. Real Cool Time, Not Right, and Little Doll are decent but Ann is another tragedy - they are better when they try to reinvent psychedelia not embrace it. So really we're talking two brutal tracks and two killer ones, with some good tracks in between. I think I'll mostly pass on any Stooges album and just take their greatest hits (not sure it can fill a whole album).
All a bit samey really - not that I was expecting prog-style landscapes of sonic magic, but I guess, as garage music goes, it's pretty good. Really dirty grooves with some wonderful touches of guitar magic
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it’s cool, we will fall is a vibe favorite songs: i wanna be your dog, ann
It's gor that dated reverb and wow sound
This was a fairly solid album. Some of the experimental stuff droned on a little long, but it was an inspiration for many bands and has been cited numerous times as one of the most essential albums to begin the punk era. Personally, I enjoyed most of the tracks and will listen to some, not all, again. It was pretty enjoyable, but I don't think it really deserves to score that high. 3/5
Listened to this in high school
Iconic album that's earned it's place in history, even if it's one I'm not interested in hearing again. Really looking forward to Fun House and Raw Power. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding
ok
It was alright, kind of disappointing. Their next album is definitely way better in my opinion. This one literally has a 10 minute song that doesn't build up whatsoever.
3.5 stars. Again pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed a Stooges album. Skipped through the rejected John Cale mix for comparison and have to say I have clear preference for the original release. (justice for the Glyn Johns mix of "Let It Be" though!!!)
Oh Iggy. A little slow.
I mean they seem cool and everything. There’s just nothing I wanna listen to again
I was surprised by this album, it had more of a 60s pop style than I’d expected.
Not quite as good as their other albums that I've heard, but a solid debut nonetheless
Always interesting to see what these guys were creating almost a decade before punk in the modern sense came to be. But not special enough in songwriting to take it higher than 3 stars.
A very Rolling Stones-esque album by The Stooges which has a good runtime however fails to leave any lasting impression with any of their songs to justify more than 3 stars.
Must be seminal, doesn't appeal to me
odio el mixeo de los álbumes de los 60
Never fully listened to a Stooges album before. Love the drones mixed in with tight songwriting. Ahead of its time.
iggy pop, nuff said
From the center of the Venn diagram of garage and punk, a legendary figure will rise.
Still as fresh today as it was back in the late 60’s. Hugely influential album.
Great band, but not that great of an album beyond I Wanna Be Your Dog honestly
Better than I expected.
Favourite song: I Wanna Be Your Dog
An album that kept surprising me. Eight tracks and thirty eight minutes indicates a level of brisk efficiency. And yet, mixed in with the short, sweet protopunk classics are these eight minute sort-of-psychedelic-rock tracks. It didn’t shock me to hear Iggy Pop was a Doors fan. Not the typical style of music I gravitate towards, but was pleasantly surprised!
1969 committed many crimes, because there is no other year that would convince a band like The Stooges to record We Will Fall. It is supposedly 10 minutes and 18 seconds long. It seemed like hours of my life passed before I pressed skip. That's right. I didn't even finish it. The Stooges save themselves with the next track being No Fun. It is a lot of fun, with Iggy doing his best Jagger, finishing with a couple of barks. Ron Asheton is a killer guitarist. He gives his best Hendrix on Real Cool Time.
Wow, i wasnt feeling this one at all, dont like the vocals and the songs felt bland to me, maybe i just dont get it, had some solid guitar solos tho 4/10
Yeah, nah. Nothing that makes me say "Let's listen to this again just now"
It's all about the live show but this stood up surprisingly well to listening.
amazing how many songs from this album are still in the mainstream today. full of attitude, style, grunge, and cool.
A strong start that really took a turn. I wondered what happened and then I remembered heroin is a thing. Influential for sure.
Following the groundwork laid by The Sonics in the 1960's, The Stooges would close out the 60's with their own raw sound that is no fondly remembered as "proto-punk". Key to this is singer Iggy Pop, who would go on to make his own mark in music history after The Stooges. His electric personality would set the bar for many punk singers to match that same energy in performance. I will also give credit to Ron Asheton and his knack for interpolating other bands' riffs for The Stooges songs. There are some bonafide classics on here that would go down in history as some of the greatest punk songs before punk even existed. Opening tracks 1969 and I Wanna Be Your Dog are powerful, noisy, and memorable. Side A is, however, grounded to a halt with the 10-minute slow psych jam We Will Fall, which does very few interesting things during it's runtime. Listeners at the time were either switching to side B pretty quick or were too stoned to bother. Either way, it's not very good. Side B straddles the proto-punk/psych rock line as The Stooges struggle to find their sound. While many of their songs are still good, the huge psych influence of the late 60's caused things to lose focus. Their followup in 1970, Fun House, would be more focused and refined in it's noisy sound. For now though, this is still a fine album and certain one worth listening to.
Opening track was frightening compared to what I usually thought of as music from the 60's. More distorted than what I am typically used to from that time period. Loud, aggressive, early version of what I consider punk.
Punk with a dark and brooding edge, with We Will Fall really setting this apart stylistically from other albums of this scene. The first side is much stronger than the second but it's still an enjoyable listen throughout
What a weird short album. These guys feel out of place like they should have been born 20 years later and been a heavy metal band. Enjoyable weird listen
shit from a butt how this got into the top 1001 albums idk, must just be nostalgia cos this sucks man.. the melodies itself are nice enough, but the singing is atrocious he sounds squeaky and whiny, like hes purposely singing to annoy you was a hard listen
I didn't know what to expect from this album and I was presently surprised. Couldn't say I was a huge fan of the 10 minute long dirge. It was interesting, but a huge shifting of gears.
More Psychedelic than I was expecting
I like 01 1969 Knew 02 I Wanna Be Your Dog Didn't like Track 03 Lots of fuzz n wah Wouldn't listen to the whole album again
Great! 4/5
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.
I guess that proto-punk > punk. "Raw" is the word that fits this record the most and I enjoyed a lot of it.
Ok psychedelic rock. Some fun riffs, would listen again
Raw energy. Great one. One of the greatest.
Good vibes
Brilliant