Reviews (page 7 of 8)
What a great album. The Stooges are new the me and a great find. I didn't find anything spectacular that stood out on this album, just 7 solid tracks. A pleasure to listen to
Provides nothing new from the other inclusions. Raw rock and proto-punk.
Not a bad album, just not that different at all from all the other Stooges and Iggy Pop albums for it to be needing to be on this list 🤷🏼♂️
A perfect second album
First go I thought this was just a shouty ugly mess. I relistened and found there are some occasional funky grooves buried away in there but they get over shadowed by the horrid ugly mess.
Raw and romping
Slightly odd: I wouldn't say this album was absolutely awful but I won't be racing to listen to it again and again. I loved the very heavy guitar, sucker for bands who go in that direction, but also some of the songs became a little overwhelming and confusing at times. Overall it wasn't awful and had a couple of songs I like but I wouldn't immediately listen to it again.
poggeroni
Late 60's early 70's rocker with a sprig of psychedelia thrown in just for flavor. Yes, I'm old and, yes, I enjoyed this, even having never heard it before.
Seminal
Like their first album better, too must bluesy and freakish for me.
Started strong... then got a little odd. Overall it was OK.
This was a strange album. It sounded familiar but had its own unique sound. Overall I liked it
Quality little album, hits a groove early and holds it throughout. Tight, listenable, great stuff.
Our second Stooges album, but probably the worse of the two, I think? Decent energy to it in places, but most of the tracks (definitely the second half of the album) drag at least a little for me. No obviously bad songs, but no real standouts for me either - a good listen overall, but not a great one. As per the last one, influential and ahead of its time, but not one of my favourite listens on its own account. 3/5.
This is my third Iggy Pop related album out of the 71 I've done so far. Can't really complaining, love the rawness and grunge of this record. Sign me up for more. 3.5/5
I enjoyed this alot more than I was expecting to. Never been a massive punk guy, but iggy just gives this thing so much personality. Also, there's alot of creativity in the tunes. Was not expecting saxophone, but the vibes go from jazzy to pure heavy rocking out. And for an album from 1970 I can see why this thing hit as hard as it did. Very nice
Yeah... nah, not that much, sorry
Wasn't a fan of "T.V. Eye", like, at all, but otherwise this was a pretty good time. Considering the vocals, I'm surprised I enjoyed it this much. Wouldn't voluntarily listen to it (especially since there is SO MUCH music out there to hear!!) but wouldn't necessarily skip it if it popped up on shuffle.
Cool garage rock Worth a listen but I’m not crazy about it, some songs were quite repetitive and overstayed their welcome a little
this is raw as shit. loved this upon the first listen. perfect for my ADHD punk desires. definitely coming back to this one soon.
I listened twice on the plane and then forgot everything about it
I like their first album more, but this is still incredible and essential. I've done myself a disservice not giving The Stooges a proper listen before this year.
Raw Power, mij toen volledig onbekend, gaf ik uit het niets een 5 omdat ik zwaar verrast en onder de indruk was. Dus je verwacht niks, je wordt verrast en dat levert een 5 op. Het nadeel bij dit album is dat ik dus daardoor wel iets van een verwachting had en die verwachting kan het niet waarmaken. Het is niet slecht of vervelend, maar wel een tikkeltje saaier dan ik had verwacht. Tussen de 3 en 4, afgerond naar 3.
Amazing energy, raw and powerful. When the sax comes in is the biggest musical twist of all time and I loved it. Goes over the edge into noise for me in some places, but if it wasn't too much for some people what would be the point of it?
Just noise. Enthusiastic noise, but still.
What a phat bore. I only midly liked 1970 from the album. Iggy Pop scares me
T.V. Eye is fun, lots of screaming 😂 L.A. blues sounds like someone is in a fight with an angry jaguar whilst playing grade 1 sax 🎷 Loose - Take 22 is probably fave track Overall not my kind of music really
I liked this more than I thought. Maybe it's because it's sunny right now but feel like I'm in a hazy US street. The album is short in tracks but the whole vibe is very cool. Standout Track: T.V. Eye
Not a fan of this one
The stooges are iconic. Punk isn't my genre, but as I learn about it I like it more.
Punkrock som faktisk er fint at høre på
wow that rocked! never would have sought this out on my own. obviously familiar with the name and with iggy, but honestly nothing beyond that. this freaking rocked.
This album has all the grit and grunge of a live punk show in a dirty 'ol club and that makes it great
Decent early punk rock
Messy, fun rock
Epic!
The Stooges are one of the first punk bands (proto-punk, technically) but their first album (listened to, not gotten) wasn’t the best, mostly due to ‘We Will Fall’, a song so atrociously slow that it reaches 10 minutes without any structural or musical changes. Granted, I know that was sort of a middle finger to the record label who wanted the album to be longer, but it still sucks. On the other hand, this album is a quality listen from front to back. The first few songs are loud and brash, with some dirtiness. The last 3 songs are the best, though. ‘1970’ is a frenetic burst with a great chorus. The title track stands out in the crowd in that it throws horns in the mix, adding a touch of uniqueness that makes it great. Closer ‘L.A. Blues’ ends the album with the insanity at the end of the song (I think there were horns on this song, too, but I don’t remember). An amazing album.
Good album. Enjoyed it
Didn't get me going
Exactly as expected from the Stooges, some proper shouty garage. A band to see live, I suspect, as on record it lacks much substance.
It's iggy at his ridiculous, cool psychedelic best. Wonderful
Love Iggy Pop but this is not great
excellent
Not great. I know The Stooges are revered in punk circles but I just don’t get the hype. The songs are mostly forgettable.
Obviously seminal but he never never seems to hit the five star mark for me
Liked the style overall but few particular songs stood out as exceptional
rocking, raw, inventive (clearly porto-punk-y), interesting, powerful. Lots of guitars and swagger and craziness. Definitely my kind of record.
It’s surprising to me that these stooges albums were being made way back in the 60s and early 70s
Sleazy and dirty. Good to play loud with alcohol. This is tremendous stuff.
Own on Vinyl
4.5/5. Lives up to its title, deeply influential in the punk scene. TV Eye is my favourite song on this one, especially its explosive opening. Much like their debut however, side two just isn’t as strong as side one.
Excellent stooges album, influence everywhere
It's alright, but really repetitive.
Great Pre Punk album. The rawness and power is incredible.
Não identificaria como a banda do Iggy Pop.
This is how some freaking rock should be! You could argue that there are some highlights missing here and there but hey-ho - this is fun.
3.5/5. This was pretty good and I enjoyed it, except the last song, "L.A. Blues".
Could have been a five but for LA blues being shit
Good fun, but all rather the same. Still a decent listen though.
meh 3 stars or less.
Fun House is the second album by American rock band the Stooges. It was initially unsuccessful commercially, but gained a cult following and is now considered an important album in the development of punk rock. The album features raw, unpredictable rock music with glimmers of jazz through the use of a saxophone. The powerful and primal sound on this album was new to critics at the time and could be confused as chaos, but then the punk genre exploded and Fun House seemed to have laid the ground work. In retrospective reviews, this album is coined as "one of the greatest rock & roll records of all time". I loved the heavy-hitting sounds on Fun House and enjoyed the chaotic nature of its music. It was nostalgic to listen to the early days of punk rock and hear how much it has developed since then. Any fans of rock or punk music should like this album.
Its what I imagine is just rock. not classic rock, not stoner rock, not punk rock, not fusion, not anything else. Just rock. which is kinda weird tbh.
Stooges fun house I can definetly hear it’s influence on other bands. Super repetitive but that repetition is the probably best part of the first half. Second half is way more interesting .I like that noisey rock sound with the saxophone- It got me in the mood to listen to Naked City by John Zorn. 2.5
This was ok, I get why it’s on the list but didn’t really enjoy listening to it
They really didn’t hook me in. Even the chaos of 1970 should have been right up my alley but it wasn’t.
muddy and pretty shite. 2
While I can appreciate this album as a stepping stone to punk music, this album didn't really strike any chords for me.
I really like this - loud, fast, fun. They seem like they're having a good time. Really great for running, etc.
I didn't expect so much bebop saxophone in a punk album, but I was not disappointed.
Not bad. 6/10.
"T.V. Eye" is one of my favorite rock tracks of all time, but I wasn't familiar with the rest of the album. I'm stoked to discover that its energy matches that of "T.V. Eye." This album's primal, raw, and a bit unhinged. Iggy's screaming, the guitar's wailing, and the drums are banging, and I love all of it. This is proto-punk perfection.
Classic punk
Can't go wrong with some early Stooges.
HL: "Fun House/L.A. Blues", "Loose", "Dirt" Alright, I won't try heroin! God! Liked it somewhat more than the Stooges' debut. The wailin' sax doesn't let up in side 2, and the noise & improv builds up to a colossal finale. All this to say I get why others love this album. March 17, 2023
Solid album. After the first two tracks...I was legit thinking its a 4 or 5 star record. Great energy. It fades a little from there but its still a good listen.
- Classic punk rock sound - SAX - Some songs were a little long - Would be a 3.5 - Favorite songs: Down on the Street, 1970, Loose
- Incredible bass lines - Can hear where grunge got it’s influences - I like the length of the songs, allows the creativity to flow - What a chaotic ending to the album
This was a Jamming session. Enjoyed.
Great follow up to their first release. Reading the background on the recording process, the band made the right choice in recording their raw, live sound. Definitely a sleeper in comparison, but a great punk album. 3.5/5.
Iggy's cool and crazy wild and everything, but one has always considered this band of screamers and bangers to be hugely overrated, given one's preference for musicians who prioritize talent over just screaming and banging.
Discordant guitars are dumb.
Só posso atribuir a existência desse álbum na lista a minha falta de noção do que significa 1001 álbuns. Não eram necessariamente ruins mas apenas desnecessários, um som que nos 70 se chutasse uma lata lixo caia 5 bandas iguais, o diferencial era o vocalista que tentava de tudo para parecer distinto e icônico nas musicas.
Sembra rock normale, poi si perde in giri strani, non male comunque.
Jammy blues roc, decent but very samey
Iconic punk rock.
What the actual fuck, punk was invented 5 years before I thought it was. Grrrr
I can see why people like it Not my taste though For me it was Quite mid
iggy pop looks like a pregnant gollum
Undeniably the sickest . Drum beats for days, I don’t think there is anything wrong at all with this record start to finish. Smokeeeeee
man what a slog. the only reason i gave it a second star was bc down on the street slaps. tacky ass saxophone solos
I can definitely hear a lot of influence in the album. Got a little screamy for me towards the end and I had to shut it down.
If you like the sound of just bunch of dudes who meetup In a garage and just start playing then look no further.
A damn good time. A house i can't wait to revisit. A great record.
3.75
Cacophoned
qui se réveille un matin en se disant que ca c'est un album a absolument avoir écouté avant sa mort pas moi en tout cas
I have never listened to The Stooges before, but wow! This really was something! For instance, listen to Dirt and Listen to the future. Greate!
Frenetic energy pulls you in and gets you down and dirty in the pits of sweat and a pool of unknown bodily juices on the floor. Animalistic songmanship which I normally would count as a a downside but Iggy's raw magnetism weaves his voodoo he doo so well and puts you into a psychedelic trance as you bliss out and groove to the music, far out. Favourite tracks Down on the Street, T.V. Eye,1970
Well, I wasn't a big fan of Iggy Pop before, and I actually dislike The Stooges even more. They have a pretty interesting style of going at one riff for the whole duration of the song, slowly descending into madness of Iggy's vocal. The problem is, it's not really entertaining to listen. The songs aren't crazy enough, the riffs aren't too original, or exciting and I just simply don't like the vocalist. The recipe kind of worked for a while in "1970", but in that case throw something at the wall 8 times, maybe it will stick. Good news - it's a short album.
He’s overrated
Superclassic Stooges album.
Ok, you can shout and you got the groove, Iggy, but the songs were lost on the way.
1970. Down on the Street, Fun House
I didn't like their debut album when it came across the list, but I liked how weird and energetic they got with this one
2/5 Drugged up, self indulgent, dog shit.
Garbage. Toneless tuneless garbage. would have been a 1 but ateast they kept it brief. Didn't enjoy and won't revisit.
First two songs are ok with grooves and form, then it becomes scuzzy, messy and noisy. I've now listened to the first three Stooges LPs and I only like one or two songs from each album. Disappointing, given the excellent Bowie produced Iggy albums, but I can see how they and The MC5 are seen as influential proto-punk.
Best: Down on the Street Worst: Dirt Pretty good but I don’t love the screaming
A decent album, it had one or two songs I may go back to. I liked the feel
Could’ve done without LA Blues but fine otherwise
Le début est bon, plus ramassé, nerveux. Dans la deuxième moitié les morceaux deviennent interminables, s'étirent plus que nécessaire, jusqu'à L.A. Blues, impro bordélique, inutile et inaudible qui laisse sur une impression de soulagement quand ça se termine. Jamais bon. 1970 est bien, par exemple, mais j'enlèverai bien une minute de mec qui s'epoumone dans un saxo à la fin
Boring
Much better than i have been waiting from it
Stooges rock
Very good
lots of early punk-y fun here. iggy pop (who actually made a pretty decent album this year, funnily enough!) is clever and charismatic. this is definitely essential in the greater music cannon
Does anyone rock harder than The Stooges? I don't think so. I would like to know how something this explosive was born in Ann Arbor Michigan.
Absolutely primal rock and roll. So pure and raw that it feels legitimately dangerous. This album is like a punch to the gut right before the final uppercut of "Raw Power" completely knocks you out. The live in studio sound suits them perfectly.
Another crazy intense and raw Stooges album. It feels jammy in the best way, although no tracks really stood out to me as "this is the one". L.A. Blues is hilariously indulgent and chaotic but I can get behind it. I think I like Raw Power more, but this is good stuff regardless.
first half of this is god awful, second half is fantastic. suddenly everything that didn't work starts working - vocals are grungy and raw rather than annoying, frantic guitar is matched by the cracked sax, whole thing sounds real. best tracks: dirt, fun house, 1970
Enjoyable enough and interesting to see where so many other bands that I listen to regularly got some of their influence, but a lot of the songs just overstayed their welcome. On more than one occasion I found myself enjoying a song, spacing out a bit, refocusing, and realizing "wait, this song is still playing". Best Tracks: Loose and L.A. Blues.
Ok back from a sabbatical. Listening through the computer. Wow the first song has 10x the listens of any other. Could be a bad sign that I found it only decent. I'm not minding this tbh. Dirt is a nice track, moody low singing kinda hits. Fun house a bit too messy for my taste, painful listen. LA blues also painful, low 3.
I little bit of punk, a little bit of prog, and a whole lot of fun.
Wild, vaag, rock, jazz & punk
Like Black Sabbath, this album was before its' time. Songs were not particularly notable but are the core of punk rock
I like the first song a lot. It's got a lot of manic guitar energy, and driving jams. The middle and end felt like it dragged a bit to be honest, and was just a bit too loud and brash. (It's a really clever album cover. I had no idea about the face until I saw the deluxe album cover turned the other way around)
80 / 1069 Listen from last year - amazing! So much energy.
Rock
A great album!!
IGGY POP! The perfect music to start your day.
An abomination
I really enjoyed this, relaxing at times, some really good tracks
Essential listening for any Punk enthusiast!
Brutal, terrifying, but still weirdly fun? The record does a fantastic job of capturing what I imagine a Stooges-in-their-prime sounded like live. It wanes here and there, but it's still a massively good album. Call it a strong 4.5. Favorite tracks: "TV Eye", "Loose"
Not in the mood when I listened to this. On reflection, maybe it was a mistake to play it back to back with Randy Newman. Clearly, it's very good, though a couple of the tracks sounded too much like Cream's 'Born under a bad sign'.
36 minutos y 26 segundos que podrían haber sido invertidos en otra cosa, no conocía a The Stooges e introducirme a la banda con este álbum fue bastante decepcionante. Muchas veces se siente repetitivo, las vocales de Iggy zafan y medio que hasta ahí. Si se notan un par de elementos que más adelante serían utilizados por el punk rock, pero siendo algo así como una versión prototipo del género es un álbum poco memorable. Dirt es lo único que rescato del álbum, el resto de temas no volvería a escuchar.
Si bien considerar cualquier disco de esta lista como una pérdida de tiempo, Funhouse definitivamente entraría en una categoría de "pasá de largo, no te perdés de nada". Disco de origen de muchas tendencias que veríamos en los '70 pero mal implementadas, repetidas o incluso, simplemente, fuera de lugar. Lo que puedo destacar es su atmósfera, bastante opresiva a pesar de la decisión artística de que todo sonase como un concierto en vivo en cuyo caso podríamos esperar algo más airoso, eso acá no existe. No hay libertad, no hay espacio, no hay oxígeno. Solo distorsión, alaridos agónicos y mucho ruido. Destaco también el tema Dirt, que es como una joya oculta entre tanta mugre. Más similar a un tema progresivo y suave que a todo lo escuchado hasta el momento. En sí, un disco safable, mediocre a lo mucho y que, salvando lo ya mencionado, no tiene motivo para ser escuchado salvo que quieras hacer un estudio en profundo de las raíces del garage rock, punk rock o, también, hard rock.
Gracias a Dios esto tiene solo 7 temas y de pedo me gustó uno (Dirt). Un aborto mal hecho de Led Zeppelin y un garage rock, que encima te digo hasta Greta Van Fleet pega mejores alaridos copiandose de la parte linda de L.P
El menys canònic dels discos que van gravar originàriament, però segueix sent protopunk de primer nivell, amb una força de la naturalesa com Iggy Pop en el seu format de portent juvenil arrassant amb tot el que se li posava per davant
First song hit so hard---love the stooges. But the rest were kind of bland. You could see the wheels turning, but their next album, Raw Power, has much better songwriting. Right here its just somewhat forgettable protopunk.
Meh. Started alright and then seemed to descend into random noise.
Overall okay, nothing super memorable. Good in the background
This felt shorter than it should have, but really great stuff. I didn't pay too much attention to the lyrics, but I love the guitar and instrumentals in general. I felt that a lot was blended together, though. Besides that, if there were more variation throughout I might've liked it more. Fave track(s): Loose, Dirt
Doesn't do anything for me.
Nope
Pretty chaotic. Almost reminded me of a throbbing headache. Can definitely see punk/grunge/heavy metal.
fun. weird. early grunge/punk
l.a. blues очень нравится
Very loud and raw with some songs that were fine but some that were just absolute noise. 2.5.
A bit shit. Went a bit jazzy towards the end
I mostly really enjoyed it but it had one too many long freak out towards the end. I like Iggy but he’s got too many albums on here.
Some good. Some just annoying and repetitive
Decent proto-punk album. The A-side has the better songs, but both sides are decent overall.
Good start, but lost interest. Not the best choice for focusing on work so might listen again later.
Generic rock that is probably listened to by white guys who can't satisfy their girlfriend. This was probably great during its peak, but the type of people who listen to this in 2022 are insufferable hipsters. Drums are groovy though.
I regret to say this record doesn’t reach me. I know it was a relative earthquake compared to the rock of its time, but the benchmark of heavy for me is Live at the Star-Club Hamburg and Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols which this doesn’t touch. I didn’t study physics in secondary school but I do know that Force = Mass x Acceleration, Fun House has the mass, but it doesn’t have the speed to be forceful. ‘1970’ is pretty good though and I have fond memories of catching air listening to it on the Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 soundtrack.
Perfect length great mood
-energetic, great grooves -at the edge of garage rock bordering punk -punk and grunge seem logical progressions from here - fun!
This album is incredible. It's a little rough at first, because from track to track it definitely seems like the mix is different and changing quite a bit--it feels a little off sonically. But the more you listen to it, the more you get used to it's intention. Some of these tracks rip super hard and The Stooges obviously rule.
It’s an improvement on their debut (as a case in point I prefer the grungey chaos of ‘1970’ to the scuzzy ‘1969’), but I’m still not completely convinced. There’s a lot of repetition on each track, and one seventh of the album is just noise. I do get that it would’ve come into its own live ’n’ loud, and that it was probably an important hard rock/proto-punk milestone… I’ll give it a generous 3 to encourage the lads to keep making progress on their next album.
Not my favourite record by The Stooges, which means only almost a masterpiece, great album.
sonzeira demais. pra aqueles que curtem um punk dos bons. direto ao ponto. mto bom!
Stooges play StoogeMusic
Ahead of their time. A masterpiece.
Klassisk rock, I like it.
Yeah, The Stooges. This is the album of theirs I return to the most. I love the crazy skronk on side B. 1970, Fun House, yeah!
Punk-rock clásico de inicios del movimiento. Guitarrero y muy apegado al estilo, no me ha terminado de convencer
Protopunk at its finest. Although I prefer later punk like the Clash and the Ramones, this lays a strong foundation
Really cool proto punk
Really strong, aggressive punk. Iggy is legendary, The Stooges are just punk masters. Loved the saxophone on the track Fun House. Great release.
Not really a punk fan...but this was better than most punk albums I've tried to listen to.
Hated it
meh
I am on record as an unabashed Iggy Pop fan so it's no surprise that I enjoyed this one. It's fun, raw, and full of energy and attitude while still displaying a significant amount of actual musicality. It's clear that The Stooges got chops. That said, it has its problems. For one, the production quality is wildly inconsistent from track to track. for two, there's a startling (and I mean STARTLING) amount of saxophone that shows up on the back half of the album. And don't get me started on that last track. I mean, what the hell? Drugs are a hell of a thing, I guess. Even with all of that, it was still a good enough album to earn four stars from me. What can I say? I'm a sucker for this.
taj naziv žanra - proto-punk, ne znam, obožavam taj naziv. jeben je, inače dolazi od toga kao da garage bendovi (sirovi pjesnici hh) sviraju punk, drugačije od punk rocka, raw.
Pretty good album, band had good energy. For some reason some of the songs sounded a lot quiter than others. 7/10
This is the second studio album by The Stooges. It flopped commercially, but achieved a large cult following later on, unlike the bands debut album, and third album. Iggy Pop brings such energy both in his vocal delivery, and his stage presence. Listening to how gritty and raw this album is, it is no wonder The Stooges are credited with starting the punk rock movement of the 70's. The guitar playing is fast and sludgy, the drums are played hard, and Iggy just belts lyrics like something from another dimension. At one point, towards the end of the album, they bring in a saxophonist, who plays the living shit out of the instrument!! It is played so fast and high it almost sounds like a trumpet by times! This album has a lot of experimentation on it, which is probably why it flopped commercially. The first two songs are traditional Stooges songs, and basically the rest of the album is Iggy yelling and guitars being abused while various feedback loops are created and drums smash along in the background. All very good stuff, but not in a "radio top 40" way, more of a "I can't really play an instrument, but I can thrash on it for a long time and make it sound really cool" kinda way. Overall, an interesting album. It certainly has its place on this list, but isn't something I would necessarily gravitate to all the time. Favourite songs: Loose, Down on the Street, T.V. Eye Least favourite song: Dirt 3/5
Jonkun verran aineita käytetty levyä tehtäessä.
actually bad
Cool as a midpoint between classic 60s/70s rock and punk...messy but it holds your attention!
Much better than the first The Stooges album. This had some good late 60s early 70s sounds to it that were enjoyable.
It got a little chaotic at the end but I really like this album. The classic guitar sound of the late 60s/early 70s rock shines in this record.
Like the self-titled album, still repetitive, but in a more interesting way. I feel like the singer was just "we've got music, I'm gonna step up to the mic and we'll see what happens!"
Ok
ahahahahhah stark 4
Wow…. chill
Very groovy and absolutely demented. A strong combination
Detta hus... det är såååå lustigt
I’ll probably listen to this one again. It sounded like early punk and was raw without being overly discordant. Plus the radio suggested for the album is pretty good too
I love these guys. The only minus is that if you've heard the first 20 seconds of the song, then you've heard the entire song. However, these songs were written to be performed live more than to be listened to on a stereo.
A classic. My favorite from The Stooges.
This album is ok. Another day, another punk rock album. At least the singer for this album isn't as annoying as some of the other punk albums. But still not my jam. Favorite song: 1970 Worst song: L.A. Blues
Similar to my last Stooges album, Raw Power, I didn't think all that much of this one. It was full of manic energy and most of the songs were pretty blood pumping, but most of them also felt more like live renditions of songs, with lots of noise but not much back bone. Works in a setting where you're jamming in some sort of crowd, but not sitting and listening in an office or car, like many are when they listen. Just can't see myself choosing this over different energy filled songs when I'm in the mood.
Mjög mikið kaos, eins og Iggy er einum lagið. Ágætis orka í þessu.
Almost gave 3 stars, but good lord that last track brought it down.
som massa
Okay
Felt really repetitive.
Love The Stooges
Was only a 3 star album for me until the last two tracks. Unhinged sax work on "Fun House" and I only got more impressed when it went straight from that to the free jazz freakout of "L.A. Blues". The double-tracked drums? Dude. Wild.
Enjoyed this one.
I know they’re iconic and all. I just didn’t feel super excited about it like I thought I would. Seemed like a live show would be amazing but no song would be like YES THEYRE PLAYING BYE BYE BYE!!
ok
I’ve accepted that all my reviews aren’t going to be perfect since I’ve only listened to it once and don’t remember it like I would if u listened to it for a week. But after the first listen I was extremely happy. I was not expecting a 70s album to sound like that. I’m not a huge punk fan, but this changed my mind a little. Late 60s and 70s rock mixed with punk is a great combo. Every band member is also great on this. I think the guitar on this album made me enjoy the punk aspect more. Anyways good shit. Added it to my playlist. #fortnite
Never not fun. The volume is oddly mixed though.
Powerful, primeval and other p words
Last song is screaming as I expected from the whole album so pleasantly surprised
Down On The Street is a great opener. Nice 36 mins run time Decent - high 3
Had a quick at look at British punk v American punk in google and saw American punk described as 'less overtly political and more just edgy in the sense of singing about sensitive, tender, or previously taboo topics.' And i think that sums up this album - just edgy. It's not that wild really. It's like when Eric Cartman meets Bart Simpson. Bart cut the head off a statue (American punk), whilst Cartman murdered a kid's parents and then ground their bodies and cooked them into a chili and fed it to the kid (British punk).
Some alright songs here. Again I think listening through speakers and not headphones has impacted the score as Iggy sounded a bit like Vic Reeves on Shooting Stars especially in ‘Dirt’. I will deffo check out more albums by The Stooges
I LOVEDDD this album!
A fun garage rock album, but it can become a bit overwhelming. The album should be listened to when moving, either through dancing, walking, running or driving, but sitting still is doing the album a disservice. Funhouse is a protopunk album and is somewhat too much of that, but fortunately, there still is a late 60s garage rock feel.
The superior stooges album
Hell yeah. Favorite track: Loose
10/10 - super fun I love how much energy it had for a studio recording
Another one of those albums I was realllly late getting around to. I blame Iggy's solo stuff from the late 80s/early 90s which didn't make me want to go and check out his earlier work. As with its predecessor, when it's good, it's amazing but then there's a long song or two for filler (We Will Fall on the debut, Fun House and LA Blues on this one). And when you have short albums with a small number of songs, it's detrimental and means you only have 5-6 amazing songs
Primitive genius.
The disdainful pout that Iggy is pulling on the album cover says it all: this is a sleazy cesspit of punk and it's bloody glorious. 'Down on the Street' is straight into it with no messing around. The rest of the album follows suit - full of filthy riffs, dirty bass and wild screams. Finished off with the appearance of an obscene saxophone all over the closing chaotic crescendo that is 'Fun House' & 'L.A. Blues' Seeing them live during the early '70s must've been something else.
In Carry On Again Doctor there’s a scene where Jim Dale tumbles down the stairs on a hospital trolly. The sound produced as he crashes to the floor is more nauanced, subtle and artistic than any part of the five minute mess at the end of this record. Other than that, it was an enjoyable listen. Best Track: 1970
Great album, sounds like you’re in the rehearsal room with them, final track hilarious.
oooooooffftttt - run me a bath of this so i can soak it into my pores
Struggling to find the words for why I didn't like it... maybe cause I listened to it 3 times and nothing stuck with me at all.
never listened to any Stooges albums before. I liked it. Dirt is great, some sexy guitar in there.
Chaotic and brilliant.
Not surprised by all the accolades and the esteem in which it is held, but not much I actually enjoyed. Can't figure out why I hated the repetitiveness on much of the album, but why on Dirt it sounds sublime. Prime cut: Dirt. And what a cut that is too.
Certainly their weakest album - pushes their sound to its limits with lots of jams, 7+ minute tracks with lots of screaming and squealing saxes. Worth a listen but do not go in expecting stuff like I Wanna Be Your Dog or No Fun!
Missing something, didn't enjoy
Hard hitting filth, nitpick would be the last song was too long, but still great stuff
This was an early punk album I actually somewhat enjoyed up to the very end. Initially, the vocals weren’t annoying and the production was pretty good but then it devolved into like free jazz trash at the end which came out of nowhere. So I’ll probably end up remembering this album by it’s last track more than anything tbh
Punkrock aus den 70ern. Stellenweise schon melodischer als ich erwartet hätte. Stellenweise coole Riffs. Insgesamt aber nichts was ich nochmal hören würde.
Ugly, sad, lost, despairing. Don't need it.
Tuned in and out of this, untill I realised I was listening to some random growling. Listened again, most enjoyable.
Börjar jävligt bra. De tre sista låtarna är dock för utdragna och skräniga.
Definitely before it time. Would never guess this was 1970. But ultimately, not quite my style.
Great bit of punk from Izzy and the boys
Alright album that I quite enjoyed. It's very gritty for being 1970.
cool
2.5 stars. Like a more rowdy or punky version of The Doors or the Stones. Less polished in a not great way though.
Rockin fun. I’d love to go back to 1970 and see them play this live.
Tentative rating, I liked this quite a bit but it could go down. But... I like the style. I'll revisit this one later.
Solid early punk album
Yeah man I dig it
I like the stooges, but probably won't return to this album
A raw, dirty, aggressive, primal, shirtless howl. Possibly the greatest American rock & roll record ever.
The first half is hard and fast, the second more raw and bluesy, the first one definitely carries the whole record for me. First Listen?: Y Fav. Tracks: Down on The Streets, T.V. Eye, Dirt Rating: 3.8/5
Wantlist
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Down on the street, TV eye, Dirt
If listening to Motorhead was like driving a motorcycle down a highway, this is like riding a wild boar, among a herd of other riders on boars, with a skinny shirtless guy on the lead boar, screaming something incoherent and bouncing up and down. Leading us on to... oblivion. The oblivion of LA Blues. This style of music always feels like it's going so fast that it's going to end up falling apart. On this album it does fall apart on the final track. And when it does it's transcendental. What a ride.
Loved the frenetic energy on this, really cool to hear this sort of proto punk rock music from as far back as 1970.
Best song dirt
It was fun not memoriable though
amazing energy from the unstopable beasts, all hail Stooges
m,eh
That was one of the nastiest albums I've heard in a long time, and I really mean that in the best way possible. I wasn't totally in love with the title track, but other than that, this is easily a 5/5 album for substance and historical value
It's not "Raw Power" or "The Stooges". Soooo... Just feels like it's missing the hooks that are both of those albums. Didn't hear a song on this album that I couldn't get out of my head (like "Search and Destroy" or "I Wanna Be Your Dog"). Still, it's cool to think about this album released in the context of the time. Very original and can hear how it inspires others. Tom Morello definitely listened to "TV Eye" when working out "Sleep Now in the Fire".
Orígenes del punk. Un 4.
raw and powerful
Blast to being of punk
How did I ever miss this album all these years?!? This is an amazing work which clearly is an progenitor of the late 70s and early 80s punk sound. The title track in particular is a wonderful amalgam of genres and influences and is just fantastic.
Glad to continue to be introduced to more Iggy Pop/Stooges' material. Pretty wild to hear the basic elements of that which would be known as "punk" for decades. Also really cool to hear the influences of 60s garage rock and some surf rock in here, as well as Howlin' Wolf and other amazing blues musicians who were hugely important in shaping the 60s rock resurgence and British invasion.
Dirt
Not a big fan. I had no clue what any of the songs were about, so I got a little bored by it.
Holds up amazingly well. It's hilarious to think how raw and out there The Stooges were at the time. Anyone now can't possibly understand how radical they were given everything that's happened since.
Always the best.
Almost Punk, very Vietnam. Love it!
some of these songs so smexy like dang boi 😳
I have to go back and finish listening to the album, but from the few songs I heard and hearing other albums by them, I am sure it is another punk classic.
This is a good album, punk themes and good standalone tracks. 4/5
I was really mad at my ex so this album sounded real good
Raw, explosive, grimy and lovely. The gateway to punk rock, this album was amazing.
This is like Rock Punk, instead of Punk Rock. I really liked it.
Good album, quite iconic, they were punk but more melodic, pretty wild. I Enjoyed it. Iggy Pop is great.
Very short, but likeable
Raw, edgy, classic, fun, brilliant. I loved it.
Good rock.
To my ears, this album is nothing much but a noisy clatter of aggression and repetition. Fortunately, Iggy's later stuff really rocks.
Good but forgettable.
Tony Bourdain loves the Stooges. They're good and have an edgy feel. Maybe I need to listen to it more to get what it's all about. I guess if you listen to something enough, you'll understand what it is.
It’s energetic, though I like my punk rawer and cleaner. It feels like there are leftover pieces of the late 60’s with muddy, experimental bass lines, guitar solos and a bit too much funk. Down on the street and dirt stand out.
Heard before: no Good stuff- sounds a bit dated now, but at the time probably had a big impact.
Struggle to rate this two stars. Couldn't find any good vibes. Maybe it was the extended version of original album.
Enjoyed this one overall, but it does start to get a bit samey after a while and so I don’t really see myself revisiting it for now Great instrumentation on every track though, my favourite was the title track
7/27/2022 - ALBUM #181 Today's Album: "Funhouse" by The Stooges - The opener Down on the Street opens up pretty strong with a chugging punky bass, strange abrasive vocals, and a breakback drum beat. I believe that whatever punk I have been exposed to in the past months since I last reviewed a stooges record has helped me to place them in the history of punk rock as one of the most important influences in the genre. The rawness, yet complete control of their sound is what have inspired much of the punk sound going forward. The second track, Loose, is much more melodic than the first and it feels like they use a more usual chorus structure as a handrail for the album to hold while the guitars really start to go nuts with some classic shredding and improvising. The track T.V. Eye is much more spastic and frantic, with the flanged sound of the guitars feeling like it’s barely keeping up with the pounding bass and chugging drumline. There’s also some very interesting and creepy augmentation done to the vocals in parts of this track that I really like. Things cool off for the beginning of the 7 minute track Dirt with a swaggering bassline and howling guitar chords surrounding the most normal vocal performance of the album thus far. The way this song sort of just slowly unravels with jaw-dropping guitar solos and more and more complex bass rhythms is super impressive and makes for a super powerful statement in the middle of the album. The next track 1970 feels almost like a punk Bob Dylan track, with a groove and vocal performance reminiscent of Tombstone Blues if it was passed through a woodchipper (in the best way). The track is a real rollercoaster, though, ramping up at the end with an insane sax solo. Maybe it’s the way they’re mixed further back in the mix or maybe it’s the great instrumentation around them, but Iggy Pop’s vocals on this album really strike me as way more listenable than I remember them being on Raw Power. The title track of the album is the penultimate one, and it’s pretty much a bunch of solos being traded between the sax and guitar (sometimes soloing simultaneously) surrounded by the rest of the band just throwing down a hypnotic groove and not letting up for the whole track. It’s the longest track of the album, but because of the thrilling solos going on the whole time, it feels much shorter than almost 8 minutes. The album closes off with the track L.A. Blues, which after the insane build that is Fun House, cranks things up to 11 with a 5 minute avante-guard noise piece that really traps the mind in this cage of noise and, the more I think about it, serves as a perfect transition into their much noisier and much punkier following album, Raw Power. All of the instruments soloing together tastefully out of tune is just a really cool sonic experience and ends the album off on such a glorious note. As a whole, this album has managed to join a place in my top 5 favorite punk albums so far, with a sound somehow both raw and clean that is so enjoyable, it makes me want to revisit Raw Power, since I know I didn’t enjoy that one when I reviewed it. Maybe it’s a growing appreciation for punk as a genre, or maybe it’s just actually a really good album. Who’s to say? Overall, this is probably the most early example of an album that perfected the sound and energy of punk rock, all the way back in 19-goddamn-70. Give this one a listen if you enjoy punk rock that’s well thought out and masterfully executed. Highlights: Down on the Street, Loose, T.V Eye, Dirt, 1970, Fun House, L.A. Blues Score: 8.25/10 A distillation of raw, yet well performed punk rock
I like the Stooges but this isn't my favourite album.
2 stars for having the courtesy to be really short.
Disappointing
Good stuff all round
Raw, heavy, and full of energy. Great record!
Early 70s hard Rock. RATM did a cover of Down on the Streets that was a faithful recreation of the original on this album. Overall it was a decent album
I can appreciate The Stooges and their influence as the godfathers of punk, but MAN a lot of this was so hard to listen to. I like “T.V. Eye” and “Dirt” L.A. Blues was just obnoxious noise.
Out of the three Stooges' albums, this one is my least favourite. Still, that doesn't mean I don't like it either! Where The Stooges and Raw Power came up as each one a statement (their first being their first, and the third being... Well, raw power!), this one sounds to me more like an assessment of the first, and almost but not exactly a transition towards the third. What the album seems to do well is to capture the live feel of the band as if we were witnessing one of their shows. Side one kicks off with Down On The Street, a typically wild performance of the band, and doesn't slow down until just before Dirt, which sounds like a slow burner without letting go of the energy. Side 2 incorporates some novel elements: 1970 is not 1969 (which sounded more like the Velvet Underground) but introduces a sax that will stay there for the remaining two tracks, sometimes sounding like a jazz player who landed in the middle of the show and is just jamming along and having (right!) fun. Then Funhouse picks up where 1970 left and we close with L.A. Blues, with its riotous finale. These last three songs together almost seem to be a one piece, as if they just made up the whole side two in one session. A really great, lots of fun, garage album but I am still to decide if really is essential.
Raw, energetic, and somehow not that interesting to listen to.
Fun album
Haven't heard this one in years
classic
Yeah, right, well Ok.
I'm much less familiar with this album than "Raw Power", but there's still a lot to like. Fave track - "T.V. Eye" - I swear Monster Magnet lifted almost their entire sound from this track, it's awesome....
Pretty fuckin' rad Love how intense Iggy's vocals are and L.A. Blues is such a sick closer for this project
Pretty cool