Fun House

Nowhere near as good as their debut album. I appreciate that they really swung for the fences on here but it’s just ok.

#277/1001 🇺🇸 An absolutely visceral attack on the senses. Heavy distorted guitars, Iggy's primal scream, sleazy saxaphone. One person in my household loves this and one hates it. Best Tracks: Down on the Street, Dirt, 1970, Fun House.

Dirty, sleazy rock and roll at it's finest. Music that makes you want to revolt against everything nice.... Fabulous

It's alright....nothing blows me away here. Crazy that they were the first punk band (*citation needed) yet this sounds pretty tame. Guess you had to be there...or at least see them live.

Primal punk rock

It’s OK, nothing that has wowed me. 2.4.

Sound more modern rock-like than I expected for 1970, understand why they are often referenced by other bands as an influence. Is fine but nothing really stood out

The Stooges are one of the best 60s bands to ever do it. This album sounds exactly like my kind of fun and chaotic house.

What a fun record, it actually is such a huge energetic one full of great songs. It sounds raw, and so full of different layers too, so aggressively wonderful. It's been such a great time listening to it.

In and out like a demon's whisper, efficiently good album

What a funhouse, tryna be crazy raw. AAAAAHHHH HEAVY METAL PUNK PGOUHEPOGIJAE

Loved it, never heard anything by them other than I wanna be your dog before, never even knew Iggy Pop was in the band before.

Wild for 1970... proper proto-punk stuff. I struggle to imagine the reaction to this - many must've considered LA Blues unlistenable. Still, Raw Power is 3 years away and that must've been absolutely incendiary. Nonetheless, I really enjoy this; such swagger, so crude... it's good, dirty fun. And yes, I know that sounds off, but I'm sure Iggy would concur; a souped up Mick Jagger for the 70's... this one goes to 11...

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Kind of what I expected having heard the debut; it is similar, but just amped up and even heavier and rawer. However, I really did not expect the saxophone on here. This really flies by and the longer songs don't feel like 7 minutes at all. And I have to mention the album cover, it is so sick. Possibly one of the coolest ever. "Dirt", "1970" and the title track were my favourite songs, but honestly these are all bangers.

Wow, this was good. Not sure why I previously dismissed this as the lesser middle of the 3 albums, preconceived incorrect bias?? This (probably because it’s fresher) has been my favourite of the 3 while doing the list. Raw, dark, sleazy, garage energy. Don’t loss the fact this is 1970, because of everything you have heard in the vein ( followed) since. How fresh and raw must it have sounded on release? 4 Star

It was meh

Wikipedia says this is a cult classic and important to the genre of Punk emerging from the psychedelic psychosis that drugs had on the industry through the 60s. I am going to just get to the point: This sucks. Notable turds: "1970" with its screeching sax, "T.V. Eye" with the singer's blown out voice rambling on about something incomprehensible, and "Fun House" with his random seal noises. 1/10. Absolute gutter-wash.

This got worse and worse as it went. Noisy mess.

3.5

Great energy! I especially like the track Dirt and the excessively noisy final track L.A. Blues, but they’re not exactly the type of thing I put on my liked list. I’ll come back to this album and explore the rest of this band’s oeuvre, for sure.

they were losing their fuckin minds here omg. cool shi tho

Good instrumentals but overall it disappears into a forest of better rock of its time.

It sounds ahead of its time - I was surprised to see, after listening, that this was released in the 70s. It’s primal, raw, and experimental; I’m sure it was influential to many successors. That said, I didn’t enjoy listening all that much.

A lot of the bands I listen to are listening to this, I can tell. The music is raw and driving; there's a great energy throughout. Things get a little lost on a few tracks, especially the last track, but that's not a major detraction from an album that sounds much more recent than 1970. A few tracks have some really great use of the saxophone. I'll probably come back to this one again, and maybe upon doing so I would shuffle around my rankings of the Stooges' albums. Favorite track: "T.V. Eye"

A good one

Pretty sick I see why these guys are so loved. Some jazzy points but a lot of craziness overall

jarring

Good punk

RAAAAAAAHHGGGGHHH

No thanks - mainly just annoying noise. Probably important from a music history standpoint, but not something I want to listen to for very long.

A very impassioned Iggy Pop screaming like an enraged Miss Piggy. Went from "this is cool" to "holy moly, get those guys some help"

Fun House sort of has a reputation for being your favorite rock band's favorite rock band's favorite album. Mostly because, especially for it's age, Fun House is uncompromising, searing, and noisy. Iggy Pop's vocals are fucking unhinged and it sounds like the songs are all falling apart. Personally, my tastes in rock skew substantially noisier than this at times, but I do love this record and absolutely respect it. And honestly, I could see it really growing on me if I give it some more listens. Even if it's hard for something like this to compete with later noise rock by sheer noise factor, there is something about noisy stuff from the late '60s and early '70s that feels legitimately dangerous. I think the album that embodies this most is White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground. But here, The Stooges manage to make a hell of a lot of noise while keeping it a little more street level. The Velvet Underground's loudest moments were pretty art house. This is a *rock* album. One that just so happens to sputter and grind it's whole way through. Immediate highlights are songs like the utterly unhinged TV Eye, and the *deeply* menacing, almost post-punk-esque Dirt. But something in those two songs seems to break something in The Stooges, and after this point, The Stooges are pretty much completely redlined. 1970, Funhouse, and L.A. Blues are pretty much all fucking insane. And the intensity gets cranked song after song. The saxophone on 1970 may be the exact moment The Stooges break the throttle off and we're just left careening wherever they want. L.A. Blues is the natural conclusion of the escalation. Just everything at all moments, almost free-jazz in execution. Getting through this listen, I found Fun House far more exhilarating than I thought. In particular, I have realized that the first two tracks are really the only ones I haven't been sold on enough to give this a 5. The rest of this album is a masterwork of raw rock intensity, boiling over into an impossible fever pitch.

A wild fiery sweaty whirlwind of rock music. I can see the influence it had on punk, but it feels like something totally apart from that, like a fusion of garage rock with free jazz that was never followed up on or realized beyond this recording. A great album, if not exactly an everyday listen.

The songs, the riffs, the production, the rhythms, the energy, all rolling and slithering together. Incredible. Hated it when I was 13

they'll never become my favorite band but ok to listen to

Um bom disco de rock, clássico e tal, mas é mais um daqueles que não vou ouvir outras vezes.

Solid. Crusty sort of hard rock but a bit weirder and more abrasive. Love those horns.

Dangerous.

Raw punk energy for a hald an hour. Unwavering. Nothing I come back to much besides 1970 but still very well done

GOOD

I bet this guy eats pussy like a fucking maniac

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Pretty nice

Punk starter, probably more enjoyable than minor threat

Loved this. Proto punk

Noise that I don't want to repeat

Fine. Nothing special. Might have been ground breaking for 1979 but unsure

"Funhouse" and other Iggy/Stooges albums on this list are fine albums but they don't hit my ears as essential listening in the way that they do for others. The Stooges are undoubtedly good and have some great tunes here and there but as an album artist they've never clicked for me. Side one 1 "Down on the Street" (3/5) 2 "Loose" (3/5) 3 "T.V. Eye" (3/5) 4 "Dirt" (3/5) Side two 1 "1970" (4/5) 2 "Fun House" (3/5) 3 "L.A. Blues" (2/5) Total - 21 Average - 3.0 435/1001 230/435 albums reviewed were new to me.

Kicking down the door and tossing you a beer. Easily 6 out of 5 stars.

Not bad, but I found it a bit boring.

Two Stooges albums back to back for me? I must have been a VERY good girl. I gave the self-titled album 5 stars yesterday. This one gets 6.

Decent. Knew 'Down on the Street' was covered by Rage Against the Machine, never knew it was The Stooges. A high energy, proper rock band, although sounds like mostly Guns and Roses with (bizarrely) a hint of the Pogues. Solos start getting a bit weird as the go on longer, not a fan of the trumpets as the album went on. Surprised I haven't heard The Stooges ever mentioned anywhere. Have clearly heard of Iggy Pop but not as this.

Ive had a good few Stooges albums so far and i've always found the hype and the style overmatch the actual albums. Maybe i've recalibrated my expectations or maybe this is just more my taste, but i thought this was the best so far. It was driven and forceful and fun with less inconsistency and more cohesion.

I can understand the appeal. A whole album is a lot though. Pretty grating by the end. As an aside, how many albums do we have to listen to that are early proto punk, early punk, beginnings of punk, etc. Punk is popular and important but this list gives it such an imbalance of attention. Its not like the majority of people are walking around listening to punk all day. If an alien saw this list hed think my granny was listening to The Clash in the shower and the Ramones to go to sleep at night

I love the feel of this album. I love the sound of this album. Is this album good? I don’t know. Some days I’m thinking that I love it, other days I think it might be bad. Maybe this album is really good but thinking about this album is really bad. That’s probably it. Goodnight.

What a treat for this morning! Probably quite close to 5 stars, we will see. Yeah,. this must be 5 stars for me, incredibly influential and massive work, containing no big hits or singles but who needs them anyway? Raw garage rock at it's best

Like watching someone insert a lit firecracker up their arse. Strange, chaotic, loud, intense, concerning for everyone involved, yet weirdly captivating. As someone who has only really listened to Iggy's solo work, this was not what I expected, but it ruled. Also, how the fuck did this come out in 1970?

Yeah good album

Never really gave this one a real listen, always listened to the debut and Raw Power because this one didn't have any "hits". But damn, this is sick. First 3 tracks and like a 3 punch combo to the stomach, then it gets a bit sleazy with the sax (and there's nothing wrong with that). Do prefer the first 3 tracks to the back 4, but this is all some pretty great garage rock.

Es ist ein verschwitzter, roher Garage‑Punk‑Abriss, der klingt, als hätte man ein völlig überhitztes Proberaum‑Konzert einfach direkt auf Band geknallt. Iggy brüllt, die Gitarren sägen, und das Saxophon stolpert wie ein besoffener Gast durchs Chaos. Energie ohne Ende, aber auch ein bisschen eintönig im Dauer‑Rausch.

Great early pop/punk.

First listen. Fun and fast.

Just amazing primal energy throughout this record. It seems not many albums sounded like this in 1970. I’ve seen this album performed live during their reunion in the mid 2000’s and it was incredible.

WHOO! YEAH!! I just listened to this album with the volume way up and I feel like I just pounded six shots of espresso. I’m ready to run a marathon! I’m ready to rob a bank! I’m ready to challenge some tough guys to a fist fight! Gonna have to ding the album one star for the copious amount of annoying saxophones in the back half. But remind me to listen to this album next time I’m feeling sleepy but have a million things to do. They’ll get done.

I'm glad there is so much from The Stooges/Iggy Pop on this list. I do feel like he was probably one of the most influential artists from the past 70 years or so. The things that he and his various bands did had such a huge impact on entire genres that followed. And he's like 80 years old, looks like a crooked old boot, and is still performing and giving it all he has. What a legend. This album, like the other early Stooges stuff, is raw, driving, and exciting. Some people hate Iggy Pop's voice on these early records, I get that but it fits the music so well. This record manages to be loose and really tight at the same time. You can just imagine this being played live and the amount of energy pouring out and to me, that's one of the marks of a great album. There aren't a lot of records where every song is a banger, this is one of them. LA Blues gets a pass because it's basically an extended outro for Fun House. 5/5

Strip it down to the short riffs and chords, and what you have left is this.

I didn’t enjoy one minute of this. Then again the time this album came out I was listening to Elton John. I don’t understand the enjoyment of unbridled screaming.

simplesmente iggy pop

acho que eu uivei escutando esse aqui pqp pedrada absoluta saxofone do mal quebradeira num nível transcendental o professor dr. iggy pop e amigos realmente criaram um monstro nesse aqui pqp lindo

ou, fiquei surpreso hein. cruzão e visceral esse aqui. a produção é bem boa, parece que eles tão tocando na obra (bar dançante). além da guitarrada, entra UM SAX DO NADA QUEBRANDO TUDO, bem jazz punk que delicia, coisa boa demais!!!!!!!! pior que a segunda metade eh das melhores coisas que eu ouvi em tempos, hein. nao que a primeira seja ruim, mas a segunda eh um ABSURDO. barulheira boa. tô generoso e darei 5

This was not for me. I don't like smash guitar and all the dissonance. LA blues was awful.

It was ok. Until the last track.

Exquisite rock and roll. I had Raw Power on this list just two days ago. I like Raw Power but this one benefits from having such a powerful, gritty, sleazy production where Raw Power suffers from a poor original recording. I did give Raw Power four stars so obviously this deserves five. I’m going to bring this up for every repeat artist. It’s lazy writing if you can’t find albums from unrepresentative artists and just list multiple albums from the same artists. Here’s how you do it. If you like Funhouse by The Stooges, listen to more Stooges. There, just freed up a spot for Yo La Tengo who deserves to be on this list.

Okay I admit I was a bit stressed at work while I listened to this, so I wasn’t in the best frame of mind.

Recorded live in a de-cluttered studio, this album captures something of the frenetic and unfettered energy that defined the Stooges. Extraordinarily influential on the punk scene that would develop a few years later.

Krawall. Sonst nix! Nur Gebrülle.

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Timeless and great as always - still so funny to me that out of all the musicians from this era iggy pop is still rockin My fiancee's review "is he ok??"

Niente di che

Owned for a few years Probably a 3 and a half...just lacks that one killer track. The whole album is decent but doesn't really have a proper Iggy classic on there. Loose is great, the title track is great... it's like an entire collection of very good songs without any of them being excellent!! Favourite track. Loose

Really very cool. Punky and angular and grunty as I expected. I did not expect the expansive, experimental expressive sections. There are a bunch of trance-like jammy sections. Kind of reminds me of fela kuti almost weirdly in parts.

My first time listening to the album in full. I love TV Eye (because of Velvet Goldmine) but other than that I didn't find the rest particularly interesting which is quite sad 2/5

Had never heard this one before and it is a wild ride. Deranged and brutal in the best way, Iggy Pop and company take us on a tour of a subterranean hellscape. It sounds like what Charles Manson might have been listening to at the time. I'll have nightmares about "LA Blues." But, beyond that, it's sludgy garage rock at its finest. I wonder what the record executives thought when they first heard it.

Almost mantra-like in its repetition at times. But unlike a mantra, it's also nightmare fuel. The soundtrack to a mentally ill punk on shrooms trying to escape a twisty and turny hall of mirrors. Had to have been insane to hear in 1970, especially LA Blues

Not my thing

Not bad, if not a little screamy at times. 3.5/5

4.5/10

I'm not sure this group needed 3 albums on this list, but out of all 3 I liked this one the most.

Another one of those classic albums which is just... Well.... Normal... Nothing standing out for me in it.

Eh. I didn’t love a lot of it but it wasn’t offensive 3/5 ⭐️ 247/1089

The Stoooooges!

I usually like 60s rock, but this album REALLY rubbed me the wrong way. I’d be happy to never hear another The Stooges song ever again. Couldn’t wait for this one to be done. 1/5.

More less.

L.A blues goes hard on the Jimi Hendrix Experience

It’s got TV Eye which has always been a cool song. That being said way too many of these songs repeat the same short sections ad nauseum.

GOATED

Exactly what I expected. Nothing here really cut through, nonetheless I still quite liked it.

Early proto punk. It's not good, but it is iconic.

Nope. Punk has come a long way. I can appreciate the roots, but it’s just not something I’ll ever week out or enjoy myself.