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Fed energi! Der var flere gange hvor jeg hørte "moderne" musik, så jeg kan jo næsten kun gætte mig til hvor meget det har inspireret og været forud for sin tid.
The Stooges get forever "cool" status for their contributions to punk rock. To be honest, they've done more for punk rock than a lot of the original '76 wave of punk rock bands. No one was putting raw free jazz breakdowns at the end of their albums. No one was harnessing the raw distortion and feedback of their guitar like Ron Asheton. No one had the intense and unfettered energy like Iggy Pop. So they get on the list no questions about it.
probably not an album i will come back to a ton. the first two tracks were aight, the rest just seem to kind of patter on. L.A. Blues is just a real punch in the face, if you like it, you like it, if you don't, meh.
Banger
Struggled to find much to love about this Obviously the sound was revolutionary at the time but can see little reason to want to listen to it now
I love Iggy, but this one was way too much repetitive noise. Stooges have better stuff, and this was not it.
Number one on the list of bands I don't particularly like, but hugely respect/appreciate.
Lively, energetic and interesting. A good listen.
Forgive me if this review lacks detail. I’m writing this at 4am after a sleepless night. I can’t deal with warmth. Let me sleep in a fridge. Anyway, I’m finding more and more that Iggy was great at making the odd track. There’s no denying there are some real gems out there. But I consistently find it difficult to listen to an album in full because a lot of the music is crap. This album’s ratio favours the crap side.
Class in your face and done.
I liked this, in out 30 minutes, perfect time.
My favorite part was when they introduced a saxophone and immediately used it for evil.
The unfortunate reality about becoming something big in the music industry is that it’s never easy. And it can often rely on two things. Being in the right place at the right time, and actually proving to people you are indeed something unique. The Stooges sort of managed to qualify for both of those things at the same time. But maybe not 100%. What people were expecting to hear in 1970 was The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Woodstock had just happened, and hippie culture was probably bigger than ever. So to create something as intense and rampantly out there as this in that year is shocking and impressive. And probably only paralleled by something like Vincebus Eruptum. Both very important albums for their respective genres, but there is a very big jump in quality for me. This is probably one of the most important albums in hard, punk, and garage rock history. In a time where hard rock was really only being led by Led Zeppelin, and where punk wouldn’t take off for another 5 years or so, this represents an interesting period of history. This also represents the roots of Iggy Pop before his solo career took off. And to me, he feels way more in his element here. He doesn’t sound horrible on those Bowie-esque art and glam rock albums, and they aren’t bad. But his maniacal wailing over these heavy distorted guitars just feels like the sound he was meant for. I’m not really familiar with any of the other members, and it unfortunately doesn’t seem like they did much else notable past The Stooges. But their work here is undeniably cool and very influential. Rating: 7/10
The album starts off really strong with down on the street and the next few are pretty good where I thought it was going to be a four but then the longer songs start coming in and it becomes much more of a chore and bore.
There’s definitely some bias because I just started this directly after finishing Kollaps, but hot damn was it nice to listen to actual music. I appreciated it for being shorter, but that’s the best thing I can say about it.
Do I see the relevance and impact this played on later punk music? Absolutely. Is this groundbreaking for the era and an album that should be included on this list? Absolutely. Am I gonna hold off on 70s punk and just skip to the 80s at the earliest? Also absolutely. It’s almost a bad version of CCR, like they got all the songs Fogerty didn’t want to touch. And then having to listen to LA Blues after having Kollaps the day before? Little bit of a nightmare scenario.
I enjoyed "1970", but most of the songs on here are needlessly long, and that's saying something for a 35 minute album. Another album that is hugely influential for a genre that I love, but I enjoy the iteration on it rather than the album itself.
Bitcho, agora entendo pq Stooges é famoso
Chaotic, undisciplined and far too loose. Noisy and disconnected. Maybe good for the rebellious youth of the 70s but not for today.
First time listening, wasn’t sure what to expect. Overall, it’s definitely solid rock/punk rock album. I’ll be adding this vinyl to my collection
Fun House is FUN. Wild take.
The spirit of punk overtook me. I shit on the mayor’s doorstep and lit a cop car on fire. The judge asked ‘Son, why’d you do it?’ I replied ‘Fun House by the Stooges.’ Case dismissed.
Yet another Stooges/Iggy Pop album. Its fine.
Pretty good pre-punk album. It’s not really my thing, but there is some pretty cool stuff in here.
Muito legal! Punk rock baby!
I dunno why but this album seems like it would be good to fuck to. Dirty, drunk, desperate sex you feel icky about after but definitely think about for years later. That being said, some really fucking awesome strums and riffs that are hypnotic. WHERE DID THAT SAX COME FROM? Alriiiiiight!!
2,5
I’ve always thought that I should love the stooges. Somehow never got round to listening to them. I had the stooges first album - which was a bit of a letdown and a real shame. This was a total banger! Right up until the last track. Why take the shine off a brilliant album? Another shame. Albeit a shame at the end of brilliance! Im punishing them for it. Big time. This album was up in the high 4s until that last track - I hope they learn their lesson 3.8
Great album. I really enjoyed the raw energy of this album. I had never really listened intently to The Stooges and this was an excellent entry point. The music has some punk, psychedelic, and jazz elements (some great sax). Iggy Pop’s vocals are raw and supercharged. I thoroughly enjoyed this. ****
A short, punchy 70s punk album. A really great listen to hear where a lot of influence comes from.
Okay
Boy this sure is a heavy hard hitting album! It sure is a precursor to punk and metal! It sure…doesn’t sound very good? You guys know music that’s heavy can be enjoyable right? None of these songs have a hook, most of them drag along, the same bass riff repeated over and over that it gets stuck in your head, never leaving, never improving, never changing, as you wonder about all the much better albums this inspired, and wish you could listen to them, instead of this basic, ugly, and boring album.
Fine enough
This is my favourite stooges album, just has so much swagger about it, while keeping the intensity of their earlier emetic albums. Personal preference but I’m giving this full marks.
One of my personal beliefs when it comes to albums is that the music should sound good. Some might disagree, and those people probably enjoyed Iggy Pop yelling and screeching for 36 minutes, but it’s really not for me.
Enjoyed this.
I think the only people having fun with this were the Stooges; they just made this album for themselves.
I'm glad that I've finally listened to all The Stooges albums on this list, I hope Iggy's solo work is less shit but I'm not holding out much hope. I'm sure The Stooges were impressive and revolutionary at the time but in 2024 they just don't hold up.
Awesome rock n roll, love how it expresses a comedown on side 2 from that rock lifestyle 4.5/5
Not bad of this is your thing.
This album was cool. I did like it however there was really nothing that I loved about. Exactly what I’d expect for stooges with some nice but nothing special. The classic and itll stay that way, but it’s not what my classics.
Sounded feral
flat vocals, strong drives
This album was a lot like Iggy Pop: Really short.
ну лучше чем самые неприятные альбомы студжес / Игги, но конечно вообще не для меня, спасибо
A work of art. 3.5
On YouTube, there is a video of Henry Rollins describing a years-long one-sided feud he had trying to outdo Iggy Pop on stage. In that video, he calls Funhouse one of the sexiest, most violent, genius records ever. I'm inclined to agree with him. This thing is a beast. No one would ever call this an audiophile record, but it is punchy, perfectly squeezed through the neck of a jar to that perfect point of immediacy and detail. It rocks the speakers hard; headphones reveal all of the menacing undertones. More rock than rock, more punk than punk, in the pantheon of music, Iggy Pop is the god of war. This is the beginning of his chaotic character arc. Five stars.
4.5
I started out thinking this was a two-star album -- not my thing, but not unlistenable. That didn't last. Too much yelling.
Too stuck in blues rock tropes that it doesn't have the knack for, and lacking the "raw power" of its successor. Not there yet Iggy
Cool jazz rock fusion. Exciting and interesting
Fijne kennismaking met The Stooges; ik kende ze tot nu toe eigenlijk vooral van naam en wist bijna niks van hun muziek. Maar geweldig, wat een energie en wat een vette en rauwe plaat. 'Dirt' doet qua sound denken aan 'If there is something' van Roxy Music. Die saxofoon in '1970' lijkt David Lynch te hebben geïnspireerd bij Lost Highway. Het titelnummer is te gek. En de laatste track is eigenlijk gewoon een outtro van 5 minuten. Heel dope allemaal!
Gotta be in the right mood for that one. Some cool hard rock from the 70's.
My friend said saxophone works in every song He was wrong
Go back and forth with raw power over my favorite. So good with one of my favorite album covers. Rating: 4.7
Wasn't much fun to listen to.
This is the third Iggy/Stooges album we've had. This one much like the others; which is to say an enjoyable listen, feels ahead of its time.
some good noise
Definitely a fun house. So much style!
some interesting music on here. One of those bands that I imagine would be better live, especially watching Iggy smear steaks, blood or peanut butter on himself. This album sounds like they're trying to capture the live experience instead of creating polished studio versions which I can respect.
Not my favorite Stooges compilation - the first songs are a bit monotonous and the last bit is too frantic, it makes me feel edgy but in a distracted sort of mosquito buzzing around in the background anxious, not "I'm Hip" kind of edgy.
"And how many times have you heard people say of bands: “Man, what a shuck! I could get up there and cut that shit." Well, here’s your chance. The Stooge act is wide open. Do your worst, People, falsify Iggy and the Stooges, get your kicks and biffs. It’s your night! No takers. They sit there, wide-eyed vegetative Wowers or sullen in a carapae carapace of Cool, unafraid or unable to react, to get out there in that arena which is nothing more than life, most often too cowed to even hurl a disappointing hoot stageward. And that is why most rock bands are so soporifically lazy these days, and also why the Stooges, and any other band that challenges its audience, is the answer." --Lester Bangs (Dec, 1970)
It’s ok
Very cool sound
thought this would be awesome its kinda boring dad rock. whatever.
Noise. It shouldn’t be this hard to get through an album. Not my thing.
Ok yeah this is proto-punk for sure. Sounds dirty garage. An angrier Kinks with Hendrix inspired guitar. I dig it!
Picture the scene from Elf when he heard about the mall Santa. That was me when this album popped up.
Long songs - ok but not the best
So this album just invented literally every subgenre of punk – hardcore, noise, no wave, sludge, even fucking jazz punk – and I was completely unaware of how great it was until today? This could be released tomorrow and it would still sound fresh! I’m blown away, and even if some of it is a bit too meandering for my personal taste, I’m still in absolute awe. Historically important, sure, but more importantly, it still sounds amazing to this day. I think I’m about to become obsessed with Iggy Pop.
Energetic. No surprises there.
I blasted this album in the Amazon rainforest and suddenly every single monkey in a 3 miles radius showed up and started dancing, screaming and peeing all over the place. I 100% recommend this album if you hate music or if you just want to feel like a punk chimp.
Better than their first album
All through this album I kept going, "Oh, these guys sound like the Doors..." or, "these guys sound like Nick Cave..." or Black Sabbath or the Rolling Stones or whatever. Then it clicked for me: those guys sound like these guys. This album takes all the things I hate about the Rolling Stones, makes them *good* somehow, and distills them all onto a single album. I don't care if Funhouse wasn't "critically acclaimed" at the time or whatever. This whole album slots so perfectly into its time, a gestalt snapshot of its culture. It builds on what came before, packs it into its most concentrated crystalline form, and sets a template for dozens of acts that would come after. So much to love here, and I adore the absolute batshittery that closes the album with L.A. Blues. Brilliant.
Para mí uno de los mejores discos de la historia, influencia de miles de grupos
Another “not sure why this is on this list.” It’s not bad but it’s not good. 5/10
Once again, as on Raw Power, the band is working its ass off but all for naught. The problem is the phony vocalist. It always sounds like he’s playing at being a rock star; doing what he thinks rock stars do. All that screaming and grunting and one pitch melodies combined with stupid lyrics is just laughable. That’s not just an adjective, I literally laughed at how bad Iggy Pop is. By the end of the album I was just angry that this garbage passes for “music” and that some idiot thinks this should be on a MUST HEAR list. Last album I gave them three stars because of the band, but the fact that they were on board for L.A. Blues negates their contributions this time - five minutes of noise! Really?! Utter trash.
Meh. I was a childhood punk and I appreciate this for what it is, but this was kinda bleh.
First side better than the last Stooges album I had. Second side had to stop. 2.5?
Good! I prefer their debut though.
I have respect for The Stooges and can get into it in the right context, but it’s not music I’ll put on for myself. I’m sure they put on a helluva show back in the day. It’s interesting how often the bass and guitars (and sometimes sax)are playing the same rhythms at the same time. It starts to feel almost like a drone. Those sax features were wild. Sounded like a human screaming. I draw the line at LA Blues though. I don’t have that kind of angst. 3.4
So rough and raw. So much energy. This has some great licks and jams, but I'll pass on "LA Blues". For what it is, it's great. The birth of so much music history. 3.9
Favorite Tracks: Fun House Dirt 1970
It felt grungy with awesome guitars and trumpets!
Gritty, intense, raw and noisy. Slow burningly sleazy in a way no other artist can pull off short of the Doors. The band gradually ratchets up the tension and chaos as the album progresses, to the point where you feel it in your bones. Not always pleasant on the ears, but incredibly brilliant. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): T.V. Eye, Dirt, 1970, Fun House, Down on the Street, Loose, L.A. Blues
Wow I don’t know how to describe this album. It’s hard rock, with blues scales at it’s base but it’s not bluesy. There is a jazzy component with the saxophone. But at its heart is a wildness and rawness that would become punk. Can’t believe this came out in 1970, they were ahead of their time. Love the energy and it would have been wild to see them live.
Pretty cool, reminded me of The Rolling Stones 3.5/5
do people actually like this? like, like-like? it's fine ig.
If substance abuse was a rock album. If you're looking for something primal, this is it.
Nice album unfortunately 75% of stooges songs sound like wanna be your dog to me
Liked this one. The energy of the and really comes through. 3.5/5 Might listen again
I just don't really like rock like this. Nothing wrong with the music it just ain't it for me.
This is grimy. Possibly a little too grimy for me. This album was largely simple chords being played with a guy yelling, and I did not love it. I like the song 'Loose' and I liked when the sax showed up. 4/10
Amazingly raw and raucous. Having seen Igggy and the Stooges a few times, I can only imagine the spectacle of their early shows. This album captures that, the only downside is the last track is just trashy trash.
This was a pretty fun album but I think the biggest thing about it is how old and influential it is. There were only a couple of songs that I liked but the style and the raw energy was pretty unique for the time. Giving it an extra star above my enjoyment level for that.
proto punk so lots of noise, disconnected sounds. not for everyone. personally did not enjoy but I think that could have been more mood related than anything else
grimy and bleak rock n roll, definitely feels out of place for 1970; surprisingly tight set given the arena vibe of the guitars - has a lot of feedback, distortion and noise - can definitely see influences on grunge and later hard rock sounds.
I like the Stooges, and love Iggy Pop's latest stuff, but this album is OK. It has lots of energy, but the album needs some sound engineering; it sounds like it is coming from an alarm clock radio.
Intense and gritty garage proto punk. This would have sounded like a slap in the face in 1970. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would
2 - I struggle to call it boring, even though I didn't really care about it. It's definitely noisy, to an almost upsetting degree at times, so it was probably pretty cool for the time. Just not really my thing.
Sick saxophone solo.
Amazing.
Cool album
Старички раздают животной энергетики. Бодро, весело, задорно. Но поставлю троечку за некий хаос в структурности альбома.
It wasn't my favourite of all time but I really liked it. I loved the experimentation with loud sounds and emotions throughout the songs. A few of these songs are pretty basic in structure which usually is negative but in this case it works in its favour to bring out the ambience and the solos. Very good rock but not my favourite of all time
There's a crazy raw energy about this album, taking inspiration from Woodstock acts and dialing it up to 100. Iggy Pop gives an electrifying performance. Its production is also very impressive for its time. Fav Tracks: Down on the Street, Loose, 1970, Fun House Least Fav Track: T.V. Eye 8.5/10
Good album - listened to this just last week - 4 stars (not my style, but good)
Early 70's hard rock. The Stooges were not great musicians or songwriters and did not enjoy much commercial success. They were dirty, gritty, foul-mouthed and out-of-bounds at a time when peace, love and psychedelics ruled. What they did have was an unfiltered visceral energy that transcended their relatively humble skills (Ron Asheton was a pretty good guitarist). They just rocked. It's hard to imagine any early members of the punk or grunge movements who wasn't influenced by The Stooges and their leader, Iggy Pop. Fun House is the best of their three albums -- loud, edgy and driving with some real creative sounds. Down On The Street, Loose and TV Eye (which might boast the meanest guitar intro... well, ever) are staples of counter culture rock while the rest of the album contains some cool, almost free jazz like, extended jams. You may not like this record but it changed things.
too much for me 2/5
I have always thought that Igyy Pop was an overhyped talentless mofo and this has done nothing to change that opinion. This is just horrible noise, with the worst track being L.A. Blues. The only positive is that it is mercifully short. I thought about giving it 2 stars because I managed to listen to all of it but that would be too much praise.
Highlights: Loose, Dirt. The Stooges wrote most of their debut in a hurry, so you can tell from the recording that this follow-up was different. It's better! Overall: 7/10
erm a bit disappointing as up for the Igmeister usually. Sludgy.
The Doors!
Not my fav but I can appreciate the music
Very high energy. Great songs. Would have loved to see these guys live.
nothing really stood out to me, sounds really quiet, wasn’t what i expected
Foi ok, mas nao curti :/
Blind album, know the artist by name but never listened. Kind of glad I didn't cause this is not my thing or style at all, but it's not the worst thing I've ever heard in the world. It got close to 1 star. Very close at the end...
No music on third album - only horrible noise
Really, really fun album. To call this proto even sounds reductive though...it's like a heavy version of Less Than Jake. And it rules. Favorite track: Dirt
Please tell me I'm not in for more psychedelic rock... Seems like that's exactly what I'm in for. Yay. Okay, it's not like it's objectively terrible but it definitely isn't for me. It's a good thing there's only 7 songs on this album since 3 in a row are over 5 and a half minutes. Track 6 is almost 8 minutes and I'm so done. This dude makes a lot of random noises that seem like they're supposed to be screaming. Instead it's just annoying. This last track doesn't even seem like it's trying to be music. Just noise. Ew. 1/5 No thank you
Really bad. It sounds like the band wrote the music collaboratively and the lead sing said he would come to the recording session with the lyrics, and to not worry. Then he proceeded to sing gibberish on the spot during recording. Does someone feel FIIINEE, because that is half of what I hear in this record. I like punk a little, it I loathe this. Also, the guitar player is basically playing the same melodies through most of the album. He shouldn’t have had a guitar solo. 1 Star
Any single Stooges album can feel lacking compared to a good compilation, until the listener really thinks about how revolutionary their sound and approach was, at the time. "TV Eye," along is one of the greatest songs written, in my opinion, especially in the genre of "rock." The energy, the wild freedom, the disregard for safety or caution are all qualities I think that American Rock brought to the world, and The Stooges are its most pure form and creators.
Awesome!! Ahead of its time!
Greit
This started strong then literally became noise
The Stooges definitely embody punk and influenced many great rock bands.
frábært. eiginlega fimma en fær hálfa til að minna mig á að hlusta aftur og aftur. 4,5
Pretty cool album with interesting instrumentals, but none of the songs really grabbed my attention in any significant way.
Repetitive, chaotic and languid at the same time. The music doesn't seem to go anywhere, its like the artists are just wallowing in the same repeated phrases. I was ready to hate on this album until I read about the cultural influences manifest in this album and the state of the band itself, "taking acid and only writing about the bad trips" as the review notes. This saved it a bit. The album captures an unpleasant, desperate feel well. I don't expect I'll listen to it again.
Don't recall this band? A cross between the Doors and the Ramones?? Just looked 'em up on Wiki and the answer is obvious.... front man is Iggy Lol. Liked the music, but not so much the vocals. Best track? Dirt. Very, very Doors and Jim Morrison A reasonable 3
New to this album, but not to Iggy Pop. I know he's very high energy in live shows and an entertainer, but his vocals are the reason I can't get on board with this album. I've always found his voice grating. The band itself is awesome though unfortunately.
After listening to a bunch of the "influential" albums on the list I was prepared to dislike this. So many of the bands I like also like this band - and usually that's meant I won't like it. This one broke the rule, though, and I was happy about it :D 4.5/5
Scream rock. Not impressed. Can’t say in anyway this music is uplifting or meaningful.
Rock demasiado cañero.
great album which had some Doors-like moments. Amazing sax solo too. Really fun
3.5
Nice album.
Hard and chaotic rock!
Punk and ahead of their time for 1970. 4/5
Loud!
Sounds suspringly good considering the low fi recordings. But the songs aren’t as memorable.
Dirty raw Rock' N 'Roll, the way it was meant to be! The Stooges were very influential and essential for the development of punk in the mid-70's and Fun House captured the band at peak performance. The thing that stands out for me about this record, is the amount of songs I recognize recorded by other artists. Some of them I didn't realize were covers and so many songs on this album are the original versions and in most cases the superior versions. Super strong side one, though side two kind of peters out towards the end, but overall solid.
So terrible.
Stellar record by one of my favourite bands Mad, fun, wild and violent - with an added demented saxophone wailing throughout - lovely.
Very raw and highly influential, I love 1970 and the Damned's version
The Stooges represented a huge step in the evolution of what would eventually be called punk. This album is a bit less listenable than their self-titled debut but it sounds more raw and at times more dangerous.
Don't have much to say about this. I listened to it, it was a bit naff, and I've already forgotten it.
This may be the Stooges’ best album. It comes out swinging and continues with a rhythm forward driving sound accompanied by perfectly placed guitar leads. I am a big fan of the Detroit garage rock/proto-punk scene of the late sixties and early seventies and to me, this album really encapsulates that era. It is explosive, loose, and super charged with emotion, yet knows when to dial it back before plunging back in full force. It’s a cathartic listen especially with Iggy Pop’s wailing sneering vocals.
First off it sounds like there are two guitars running lead. Down on the Street has that one part where one guitar is soloing in one ear and other guitar is soloing in the other ear and that was very enjoyable. I love the crawling bass lines and that the bass is essentially playing rhythm. The random hoots and hollers throughout also make me happy. This album one hundred percent influenced Viagra Boys. I actually think Viagra Boys are paying homage to Loose in Punk Rock Loser. Dirt was a cool slower song. I enjoyed the slower tempo with the guitars wah wah-ing and the vocals over the top of it. It broke up the faster paced songs nicely. This album even has saxophone!!! I love a good rock band with a saxophone. Viagra Boys also has a saxophone... lol. Fun House was a fun song. The sax and the lead guitar just going nuts in the background with the hard vocals was pretty sick. It was maybe a little longer than it needed to be though and that's coming from someone that loves long songs. L.A. Blues is such a crazy closer hahaha. So chaotic.
What a ride. This is one of the records that sounds raw, wild, and intense even 50 years later. I love the energy, the saxaphones, the vocals. Its a wild ride, and definitely keeps you on your toes.
Like it 👍4/5
Classic. Enjoy this album, but nothing as good as 'Down on the Street'
Not my thing. Some decent music but then quite a bit of noise for the sake of noise.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRDD I'll take trowels of your filthy hypnotic proto punk verging on the psychedelic but only if you go on to make several other seminal solo albums with David Bowie.
Starting with a bang, this true psychedelic classic, ahead of its time, immerses listeners in a sludgy, grungy sonic journey full of menace. Its groundbreaking aspirations have inspired countless successors, but for me, the raw energy and rebellious spirit of The Stooges is where they truly shine. STAND OUT TRACK - Loose NUMBER OF BANGERS - 3
Good hype music while cycling in a hurry - musically wasn’t too complex. Scream n shouting, standard chord progression and an elongated bridge or solo. Would’ve been fun to go to a live gig but don’t make for easy listening on a Tuesday morning
Seriously grimy and my kinda haze when my personality says 60's psychedelia. But the mood gotta be right. Yes
Don't think i've ever listened to a Stooges album all the way through before. The production was pretty cool, could feel what they were going for. Never been the biggest Iggyhead either tbh.
Solidan 5/10
Love it, short album but nice fun punk energy
Fine
it really, really is a fun house
Sehr rockig.
Epic! Amongst the key albums defining the US new-wave/punk scene coming up in the following 5-6 years. An as well an album that sounds fresh today some 50 years later.
raw and totally 70s, this must have been a good live show
Surprisingly good! Good rock
Not a fan, music seemed good but a little to screamy
Other artists out there doing the same music better.
Not as good as I remembered. I recall getting this when it first came out and playing it all the time.
I know, let’s keep the drums and rhythm guitar keep a steady sound, while making the most obnoxious, annoying, screeching, unpleasant noises with vocals and a saxophone! How groundbreaking!
Wasn't my favorite, but gets a bonus point for being nice and short.
The stooges are alright at the end of the day. Kinda not that entertaining in the grand scheme of all available rock music
Ranked in order (according to Rateyourmusic... 7. L.A. Blues - This one is kind of like a Punk version of the Free Jazz style. 6. Down on the Street 5. Loose - I stick it deep inside. 4. 1970 3. Dirt 2. T.V. Eye 1. Fun House 3.5
This album didn’t really grab me. I listened to it twice and found myself being distracted easily and not focusing on the music. Although they add unique elements into the songs vocally, guitar solos, saxophone, it just didn’t reach me. May revisit this and give it another shot when I’m not driving around. Just ok.
No
Very influential…… but not for me. God, those last two tracks really made my head hurt.
More enjoyable than I thought it would be I suppose
Yess, love the horns! Pure, raw energy… SO good!
I kind of found this boring. Repetative riffs for 7 mins with stuff going on in the background, but nothing that ever really stuck with me.
Perfects the stuff that started on their debut. Fun House hits a great balance between hard hitting and more jammy/experimental stuff. I ought to listen to more Stooges apparently.
Gritty, raw, ugly and ahead of its time. Who thought that all The Stooges needed was a saxophone? Well, props to that guy.
psychedelic
Raw, exhausting and bursting with unhinged energy. Loses a point for some really bad production but this is punk eh?
Not the best Iggy, but still the Godfather of Punk \m/
Really like how high bass is in the mix. Very reminiscent of the doors IMO. Fun bit with the sax! I like the way it is bluesy but with harder spazzy moments
Not my favourite album and no song really stood out to me.
Fun, somewhat innovative, but ultimately not to my taste. I found it bland musically, and boring lyrically.
Ля, ну Игги Поп - сумасшедший клоун же ахахах. Кто в здравом уме будет петь про то, что он шлюха... Ну и звук на вокале просто хуета ебаная конечно. Понимаю - концепт. Но половина альбома - будто он взял микрофон в рот как Артём. Саксофон на 1970 в правом ухе убил. Не слушайте этот альбом в наушниках, не надо. Ну это культовый щит конечно. Но сам бы я такое на постоянке слушать не стал.
I was glad this came up as Rock History, but only the first two songs held much interest for me.
Reading that this album is “considered integral in the development of punk rock”, I didn’t have much hope of enjoyment. But then I found the first couple of tracks pretty tolerable and decent. Then I took a break and when I returned, I found the rest of it quite difficult.
This was nowhere near what I needed today. A lot of unwanted, uninteresting, screamy meandering. No thank you.
The Stooges are legendary, I hear about them all the time. Yet I couldn't tell you until today what they sounded like, but I didn't think I would enjoy it all that much. I was wrong. I loved this album. Raw and energetic, this left me feeling like Wile E. Coyote after a TNT misfire. In a good way, if that's possible. I especially loved when the album was wrapping up to the crazy noise at the end on L.A. Blues another member of the household arrived home and stood there looking perplexed. The music stopped and he exclaimed "What the hell's going on here?!" Made my day.
Dudes will really listen to this and just think “hell yeah”. ((It’s me, I’m dudes)). Favorite song: Fun House (the sax was doing it for me) Least favorite: 1970
First half: damn this 70s punk is significantly more chill than I expected Back half: jk, found the punk
This is what The Doors could have sounded like had they not been so married to Ray Manzarek's synthesizer and Jim Morrison eschewed shirts and alcohol. Although I wonder if the Lester Bangs and Robert Christgaus of the world would have lavished so much praise on The Stooges had they been as popular as The Doors were. Also, this is how to use a saxophone on a rock album.
Not my style of music
Totally different from the punk I listen to today but real interesting nonetheless I found it rather bluesy at multiple moments. You already know how I feel about those horns on fun house 🤝💦 they made me feel alright. Album covers dope. I do feel like the songs were a little long especially if it’s not really something you’re super into so full disclosure I did have to skip a few seconds every few seconds sometimes. I do like that it feels like the last three songs just lead up to this implosion of the album I can see why this has a cult following. Not sure id get this on vinyl but maybe it’d something cool for the collection and come back to maybe one day and listen to their discography. -B
Enjoyed this more than I thought I was going to. Crazy this came out the year it came out it is no surprise it has such influence on punk
The sounds that happen when the guys screams is cool and they’re all different 3:50 on fun house, wow I guess also 5:50 2-3 min on L.A. Blues bro Weird sounds but see how it’s internal to punk rock
Raw, loud, feral; way ahead of it’s time
Fair
Just for the influence on punk, metal, altetrnative, new wave ect, this album is a 5/5 minimum, but there is more, this album is magnetic, shockingly good, violent, raw and crazy. 7 pure rock songs, some of wich are improvised, with brutal lyrics, loud riffs and the howlin screams (voice) of Iggy Pop wild charsima are what make this album so good. The best critic i have ever haerd about this album is this: "Now I regret all the times I've used words like 'power' and 'energy' to describe rock and roll, because this is what such rhetoric should have been saved for. Shall I compare it to an atom bomb? a wrecker's ball? a hydroelectric plant? Language wasn't designed for the job." -From Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies The track are: Down on the Street: A wild proto-punk song, talking about paranoia, maybe drugs orthe feeling of being high i think its the best oppener possible, the tone is set, the riff is groundb reaking frl. Loose: Here the pure talent of Ron Asheton show all its potential, the intro is just crazy, the riff, bass, drums and lyrics are perfetc, i will say its the best track on the album and my favorite. T.V Eye: The most "metal" song on the album, this song was played by metalicca in 2017 with Iggy and its one of the best live perfomance i have seen (on Youtube), Duff Mackgan from Gn'r as always said this reccord is one of its favorite and in live perfomance he sing it. This song is just great and show all of Iggy's wildness. Dirt: Just the feeling of being horny or maybe high, but in such a raw manner and a dirty (of course) way of saying it with the rythms sectyion like always with them. THe cover by Depeche mode is even better i would say and its difficult to do. 1970: the following of 1969, execpt its not at all the same thing, more hard, reckless and mad, with Iggy's screaming "I FEEL ALLRIGHT" during literaly all the song with a little verse anyway a maybe too long song but its ok. Fun House: The eponym song feature a saxophone part that is allright, featuring also the "HUH" that iggy screaming in the song, the song is often describe as boring but i like, maybe a bit too long for what it is (7.45). L.A Blues: Ok this "song" is madness, first of all its refercing the fact that the album was reccord in Los Angeles, but all the crazinest, madness, rawness and improvisation is condenced in this "song". Its hard to call this a song, is just impriovsed instrument with Iggy's screams like he is a fucking werworlf its kinda scary. and its pretty long liek enarly 5 minutes of that, but they still manage to make it look like its part of the thing, like its not the kind of song you make listen to your friends, but without it, the album wouldn't be complete. Anyway i'm pretty sure you can tell this album is one of my favorite of all time, i know it since 2021 or something and its the kind of album you will either pay a cult to it or never listen about it at all.
This is a perfect album and it rocks harder than almost anything else from that era. There is just nothing else like this.
i get its early punk, but i didnt hear a song i "got" more then lust for life until L.A Blues and that song clicked
Proto-punk with some bluesy elements.
This album must have sounded so fucking alien to the people that heard it in 1970. I can understand the elements present in this music, and how this group came to be, but it still feels so early for when it was made. I'd call it similar to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic in that way. I think I like the first Stooges album better than this, but this is still a great album that helped to absolutely revolutionize rock music everywhere it landed. The production is gritty and blown out, but that's perfect for this band. Every piece of the band fits together to perfect to produce one of the most revolutionary albums of all time 4/5
Still didn't have a great deal of time to listen to this one, but based on the early part of the album, it's immediately the style and energy I love. I will be diving into this on a non-holiday day when I can get into the garage sounds!
This feels like bro rock from another era. The singer to me is pretty mid and the album is horny in a cringy way. I think someone who wanted to be edgy and say they knew real rock might point toward this album, then tell you that actually men are really the more oppressed gender. Guitar was good though.
Ok.. hate the last song
4.2 + One of the best-sounding records on this list - I’m unfamiliar with the alchemy involved with mixing and mastering a record but to me this record seems to reach a pinnacle. Iggy’s vocal performance on “Dirt” is some of the most memorable of any rock era. I also enjoy the hedonist excess of “Loose” and the chaos that turns “L.A. Blues” to rubble.
This is some good stuff right here. This is a pretty short and focused album. It knows what it wants to do, and it does it in 7 songs throughout 36 minutes. This is just a really solid punk album all throughout. The writing fits the time period while also not aging too poorly (even if some parts can be made uncomfortable if you think too much about Iggy Pop's history). I really like the instrumentation on this album. One big problem I've had with some of the punk albums I've listened to is that they get pretty repetitive. Fortunately, with only 7 songs, this album doesn't have the time to get repetitive. The songs actually stand out from each other. I do think this album could've been a bit crazier though. With a name like Fun House, you'd think that this would be like an actual circus. This album is not that, but it's still pretty good. The vocals could've been better, but could've been a lot worse. The screaming was pretty good when it happened though. Overall, a pretty good punk album. 4/5.
Always down for Stoogin’ around. Not the best but still solid
Well, this brings a lot more of the punk sound I expected from this band. It's just really boring and drags on, which is kind of crazy for a sub-40 minute album.
Hey kids, look! It’s everything Matt loves about music wrapped up into 36 tight minutes. Man oh man do I love this record. It’s punk, it’s simple, it’s the rawest of the raw. Give it to me straight and let us be, please. Thank you.
36 minutes and 26 seconds of pure, uncut snarl and low-down, unadulterated sleaze.
This was was a riot and I'm hear for it!! Fun listen
I wish I could have been around when this felt revolutionary. Love what Iggy represents, love some of his la Ter albums, but the Stooges always sound a bit basic to me, but not in as fun a way as the Sonics, Monks or Ramones. Still good though, just... I always hoped it'd blow my mind.
I feel fine, im a shaking leaf The most interesting part of this album is that it was written in 1970. Super influential in the punk rock scene or whatever, but even if it's a super influential album, that doesn't mean it gets a free pass to be mid. It has cool guitar, some good musical ideas, kinda just boring and misses the spot it tries to hit. I guess it had to walk so other bands could run. T1- Down on the street gets the playlist track.
I don't listen to the Stooges enough.
Thought it was a good punk though no songs jumped out at me like crazy. I'm hot and cold from this era of punk but otherwise think its fine. 7/10.
I listened to this and don't remember anything about it.
I honestly wish I liked Iggy Pop; he seems like such a punk icon. He sounds like a demonic(er) Jim Morrison. I feel like for the time, this was probably mind-blowing with it's grungy and loose nature. I just don't particularly like his style. Wish there was a 2.5 star option.
What a classic punk voice this guy has! You can tell he’s really into the rebellious, rule-ignoring punk vibe. Definitely a lesson on why not to do drugs haha. Sounds like everyone in the band was a drug-addled dirtbag. After reading the Wikipedia and band bio I thought I would hate this album but ended up not. I like hearing rock from the early 70s in a genre I’m not too familiar with. Amazing how much variety there is in the 70s. I’ll give this two stars.
Its alright, I think I enjoyed their slower, less manic songs better and I wished there were more of them. Reading the history of the bad was really interesting. The members seem kinda crazy, like covering themselves in peanut butter and cutting themselves with glass. Also Heroin got involved which may explain some of that. Im at 2.5 stars but I'll go for 3
albuminmeni äkkiä ohi... luulin että vihdoin alkaa hyvä jammaillu ja hohhoijjakkaa olikin mennyt jo ihan jonne muille listoille.. huomaa että albymi influential kuitenkin semmonen aikainen hard rock meno päällä no annetaan piste siitä down on the street
Loose yourself in the Fun House!
some badass proto-punk. Good stuff
Not my cup of tea but there is no such thing as bad music just different tastes.
Some good tunes dirt and tv eye. Some meh like la blues. What a bad end to the album not as good as the other 2 stooges albums probably why I've not listened to this much. 5/10
WTF is a TV Eye Iggy?
4.5/5
Best Song: L.A. Blues. I liked the jazz chaos of it. Worst Song: Dirt. Iggy Pop doing his best impersonation of a vacuum cleaner on this one. Overall: Mostly noise. The wikipedia page indicates that Jack White considers it one of (if not the singular) greatest rock albums of all time, which should have given me an indication of what I was getting into. Aggressively meh.
cool down on the street loose dirt 1970
Fun album. Iggy lets loose here. The rest of the band is tight. Solid stuff.
This is another personal all-time favorite. The raw energy on this album, recorded "live in studio", is almost unmatched in rock history. "Dirt" is probably my favorite track on this album, although all fo the tracks are killer.
Uhh ne znam.. previse dzenerik zvuci i bejzik ali par pesme su kul. Loose, TV eyes i 1970. Not my cup of tea
Fun, good old rock, gets a little loud and clashy but I think that was new at the time and still sounds freah
Better then the first album
Grunge, dirty, punk. Great record with many links to bands of my generation. Short and easy listen too.
Pure and energetic. I could hear the mix of old school rock evolve into a sound that is more in your face.
Strong
Love that Iggy Pop energy
Not bad, a little too much for how early in the morning I listened to this.
A little self indulgent, but mostly fun
Sometimes an album comes along that transcends time and place. Sometimes an album lays down the blueprint for 100s of artists to follow and build an entire career from. Sometimes an album really, really DOES need to be listened to before you die. Countless times over. 5 lightnings caught in 5 bottles ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
This is the album that to me perfectly sums up what The Stooges were all about and is their peak as a group. It is a near perfect proto-punk record with that ironically raw and experimental sound that was really key to the sound. The vocals by Iggy are pretty good throughout and are improved from their first album as are the basslines and drums. I also like the saxophone and think it was a really unexpected place for the Stooges to go and I think it worked out pretty good. Overall I really liked this album and think it deserves the credit it gets but I do think it suffers from some of the same flaws that their debut suffered from. At times tracks can be a little stale or drawn out and at other times it feels like nothing is happening on a track which can make it feel a little stagnant. That being said it happens a lot less on this album and it is made up for by better written and better sounding songs throughout imo. Solid 9-9.5/10
love the genre already so not hard to enjoy this. The songs in this album had a good flow, but don't really pop out to me. Love the grunge style though.
Pretty good, I liked the vocals and the style. Not enough for 4 stars though.
Meh
I'm not particularly into it
Annoying. 1.5/5
Hella noisy. Borderline chaotic. But I could hear some harmony in all that chaos.
Wild uncensored album Had not expectations, pleasantly surprised.
6.9
6/10 - Album starts strong but starts to unravel through its tracks.
Loved it
Pola sata glupog urlikanja, ko te jebe iggy.
Just like yesterday’s Talking Heads album this just worked as a whole compilation. Don’t know if, after one listen, it was trying to tell a story but it was coherent & consistent.
Some funkiness which has nice foreboding of post-punk. Iggy’s growling/yelling sometimes good, but can get a bit much.
Never heard of them before. Great album
This album just doesn’t do it for me.
Meh It was fine, I liked some of the proto punk themes and sounds. But honestly the whole album just made me feel like I'd rather be listening to the Doors
Jammy, fun upbeat, a bit repetitive
Real good. Aggressive.
It all sounded the same to me. Noise. This might be classic punk but nothing perked my ears up
Idk man. I was a 3 all up until the last song. Some of it is long and for some songs it works. It's a shame cause I love punk so much
Songs blend together. Punk version of the Doors.
Stooges! Unique sounds. Loose is a great track on this album. Lots of energy-always-with this band.
First album of the 70s delightful punk and rock. Some songs were interesting but the back half got a bit repetitive and then it just devolved into noise.
The album that sits between 'The Stooges' and 'Raw Power'. It also seems to be the half way point between the two in terms of style and quality. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Down on the Street Date listened: 04/10/23
meh. It's ok.
I feel sorry for anyone that doesn't appreciate the Stooges. They were powerful, raw and primal. They embodied rock and roll. This album is interesting because of the longer songs and the use of the sax mixed in with the hard driving rhythm. 4 stars.
This is heavy duty, man.
One of the foundation stones of all punk and heavy music, linking The Doors and The Beatles to Sex Pistols and the Clash, while also being interesting and engaging on its own merits. I really liked it, enough to round it up to five stars even though some of them are more to do with influence and legacy!
Surprisingly heavy for when it came out, but very unpolished. Almost like they discovered a new sound and recorded quickly before they lost it. This sound is in my wheelhouse so it was nice to discover something that seemingly is an original. Dirt is a great track, as is LA Blues.
Abrasively raw in the best way. There is zero polish on this record but it is dripping in a distilled rock-n-roll ethos.
Some good gritty rock and roll.
Not a huge fan of Iggy Pop and his vocals ok this album. Like some of the backing music 1970 was a tough listen, felt like too much going on.
Guitar riffs are fun. Iggy Pop’s singing isn’t my cup of tea. Can see the historical significance to punk, but probably won’t revisit this album
Too much guitar and a bit noisy
Heftig!
Have managed to never listen to The Stooges before now (despite clearly being aware of the Iggy link). And .......... yeah, kinda like it. It's dirty and scuzzy and rumbles along.
you must realize that this is coming to you straight from hell
Great First song, rest is meeeh
5/5. An awesome and chaotic record, full of energy and fight. Each song is more wild than the last, exploding into a wall of noise by the end. Not only that, but each song is just so good, a driving force of rock and roll.
Good quality punk/rock album, but mostly I didn't like it. I recognize why the Stooges are so loved.
Never knew there were so many Stooges on 1001. This is like the rest of them... Though, LA Blues definitely belongs on a stage while destroying shit, and not on an album.
This is the third Stooges album we've gotten, and though I never wrote reviews I think I listened to both and liked them. And I enjoyed the less Bowie-fied Iggy Pop solo album we listened to. "Fun House" again continues the quality proto-punk from Iggy and the Stooges. Enjoyed the raw energy a lot.
Do I overlook LA Blues? Would have been a solid 4 without it.
A home run until the last track, L.A. Blues. Punters gonna punk. It does highlight the importance of ordering the tracks when constructing an album. If LAB had come in the middle, or even first, I would have lost interest in the tracks that follow. Instead I had put the first six tracks of enjoyment in the bank already, and LAB didn’t ruin the album for me (something about the primacy bias). It was a 4.5 before and LAB solidified my opinion.
GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME!
A bit full on for me, but it's not a waste of time.
Pretty good. Short but consistent.
Orígenes del punk. Un 4.
Hmmm. I don’t have strong opinions on this album honestly. I think it progressively got more obnoxious. The last song just felt like screaming, the first first felt like music I guess. I like the length of the whole album. There really wasn’t must to go on with this so…
As if it's not bad enough that it's a Monday morning, now I have to listen to another goddamn zero-talent repetitive sludgy 3-note-faux-blues unimaginative bullshit platter topped with the shit-frosting of Iggy Pop's voice Stooges album. I'll admit that it is better than their first album in the same way that a stray dry cat shit is better than a puddle of wet vomit in the carpet. It's easier to clean up and move on with your day. 2/10 1 star.
I can see how this is influential, but by today’s standards it’s a little boring. Hair Metal took a lot of notes from this.
The least critical of the 3 Stooges I've heard
Definitely one of the first punk albums of all time