Raw Power

Iggy Pop is a little hottie. If you told me they're a Kinks revival band I wouldn't be surprised. Very punk British invasion, pretty good.

Stooges on aika cool bändi, oli ehdottomasti aikaansa edellä. Ehkä jossain vaiheessa alan fanittamaan bändiä ihan tosissani. Tämäkin albumi on varsin hyvä. Tästä puuttuu kuitenkin se tietty Wau-efekti, joka oli aiemmin listalla olleella Fun house-albumilla ja tähän albumiin tuskin ainakaan kovin nopeasti tulee palattua. 3/5

Love the rough energy but probably not an album I will return to too often.

Raw Power is very apt, because these are proto Punk tunes at their most raw and uninhibited. You can see why, in 1973, this was considered so essential and groundbreaking. You can feel the energy from Iggy, and almost nobody was doing music like this at the time.

Highlights: Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, I Need Somebody, Shake Appeal. The Stooges are a rarity in punk/garage rock- they got better with each album and they still kept their sharp edge. Not even a poorly mastered album like Raw Power could get them down. Wait. What do you mean poorly mastered? The band's production team were "allotted" one day to mix Raw Power. One day. From what I've learned from this project, it takes a week or so to mix and master an album properly. The "Iggy Mix" tracks are louder than the original (ie the Bowie Mix). Look it up. Overall: 5/10

This was cool garage band punk. Nothing exceptionally special but had fun headbanging at parts. Highlight: Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell

Not bad at all - not familiar with and if the tracks, but enjoyed so that is a good indicator - a strong 3

This is a very middle of the road kinda album, some of it I thought was meh the rest I enjoyed. I will say that throughout the guitar was a consistent highlight and quite enjoyable, the fellas lyrics were very hit and miss and on the earlier tracks left a lot to be desired. Highlights: Raw power I need somebody Shake appeal

Not my favorite thing ever. The music is of a consistent quality and vibe with decent rhythm and energetic instrumentals. However the vibe isn’t really to my tastes.

Maybe not to everyone's taste, I enjoyed it though.

I love the stooges, I love the stooges first album so much, I like the other album but it never seems to hit the same I don't know why they don't pose anything that makes them great I think I just listen to them so much I'm forced to love the rest.

It’s kind of repetitive but I liked it. The songwriting is pretty basic but there’s something to the power of it that it just works

If this album had been released in 1977, it would definitely have been considered a punk record. An obvious touchpoint for the Sex Pistols. “Search and Destroy” and “Raw Power” are timeless classics. Also, David Bowie is given a “Producer” credit on the album.

Is this the first punk album? Maybe... but if punk were about sex and not anarchy. A wild album almost throughout with Iggy's "this one goes to 11" attitude to mixing - I remember hearing this for the first time and thinking something was wrong but little did I know. Bowie's mix sounds so sanitized in comparison (can you imagine them both out on the town together? Would've been insane!). Raw Power is a primordial clash of rock'n'roll and punk all underpinned by Mr. Osterberg's distinctive growling, snarling, wailing and hollering. Power is right.

Not for me.

Gritty and potent, a fun and energy-packed early showing of the aggression offered in rock to come

This album is a little inconsistent, but it is still pure aggression - raw power. It is known as an influence for punk, rock, even metal for a reason. It's beautiful in its chaos.

Iconic. All time classic.

If you knew nothing about music whatsoever and someone handed you a record called Raw Power by the Stooges, the chances are you'd immediately have an idea of what to expect, and the chances are you'd be right. It's a pounding, gritty blast of onomatopoeic energy. There's a frenzied mania to it that's absolutely nothing like anything else around at the time. That this came out over 50 years ago is just unbelievable, and the influence it's had on all that followed is extraordinary.

Sick-ass rock music, it loses a few points for the bad-sounding vocals on Search and Destroy and the random-ass noises the guy made on Penetration though. Otherwise it's a great album, definitely check this one out. :3

This one didn't do much for me. Sort of faded into the background, not in a good way. I was surprised, thought I would like it more.

It’s raw. It’s It’s our face. It’s where Iggy started.

okay

It's a very catchy album that took a spin on hard rock that ultimately helped define "proto-punk", influencing some of the most important acts to follow such as the Sex Pistols and Nirvana. It doesn't grab me fully, but it's a good listen.

Favorite Track: Search and Destroy

There really isn’t much of a reason to listen to this especially with songs like Penetration, but its like a time capsule of the genre before its full potential.

listened to the 2023 remaster of the iggy pop mix. sounds better to my ears than the david bowie mix but still pretty terrible production-wise. surely incredibly influential but just such a tired sound

it was fine. i wasn’t in the mood for this vibe today. i need somebody was my fav because i have been feeling anxiously needy lately. 💓

Raw is a good word for it. It's fun in the background, too.

Придумал панк и был панком, горжусь

It’s cool

Perhaps I am not a punk rocker.

Really good album as a whole tbf, good old rock n roll! Top bops: Search and destroy Gimmie danger Your pretty face is going to hell I need somebody

Iggy Pop has always reminded me of my uncle. He looks and move like him. Makes similar faces. This is fine, overall I don't really care about it. The part I liked best is all the weird noises he makes during "Penetration"

For me this album is at the border of I will defiantly listen to it again and I don't think I am into this 3/5

rocky and chill 🎸

Little rageful for a Monday morning, but here we are.

Search & Destroy Gimme Danger Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Raw Power Shake Appeal

I liked Fun House. This album just lacks that crazy over-the-top edge that I heard there.

not my type of album, some good songs

Great listen. The Stooges are definitely an acquired taste, like bitter coffee or brown liquor, but beneath the scuzzy exterior of Iggy Pop there's a fittingly raw power. At first I felt like the starched-shirt Dad from the Twisted Sister music video, or a Jackson-esque "Turn that noise off!"; there was just this wall of filthy noise. But eventually you warm up to its scrappy, loud sound and there's a perfectly pleasant album there. And obviously it's raw and honest as hell in presentation, absolutely bursting with manic energy. I listened to the Iggy Mix, which I think could arguably have been better. Second half was also better than the first in my amateur estimation, which is quite unusual. Fav tracks: Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, Penetration, I Need Somebody

8.5/10

A band ahead of it's time. Great power chords and rhythm with the Sales brothers. Iggy is an awesome front man. Good lyrics on social distortion.

Iggy Pop is, yet again, not for me. A lot of rambling and shouting, nothing that really resembles a good song. Not the worst album I've had, but definitely one I won't be listening to again.

stop speaking big dawg

3.5

If I was filming a movie where I needed a bad high school jam band for the plot I would make them sound like this record.

Creo que el nombre le viene de locos. Es sexo, es sucio, algo animal y desgarrado. Aun asi creo que prefiero a Iggie en solitario pero los albumes de estrellas del rock que vuelven despues de un tiempo suelen tener algo potente. Me hace gracia que la versiom de Bowey sea mas calmada. Buen album

The most "goes to 11" album possible

Zapraŭdnaja «syraja moc» — vieĺmi chaosna. Alie j raznastajna... Vakal Iggyka: «Search and Destroy» i «Raw Power» — vakaĺny maner padpizdžany Derekam Jarmenam dlia persanaža Lounge Lizard (Wayne County) z «Jubilee» («God Save the Queen!»); na «I Need Somebody» — užo «Idiot»; «Death Trip» — pad Jima Morrisona kanca 60-ch (asabliva na «žyvych» zapisach) — na jaho Iggy Pop, padajecca, i aryjentavaŭsia. Karaciej, vidać , heta byŭ uplyvovy aĺbom u čas vychadu. Jašče ŭspaminajucca New York Dolls... Chaliera! Jany ŭ tym ža 1973-m vypuścili svoj debiutny aĺbom! A, tak! «Paranoia Paradise» — voś i ŭvieś vobraz: Iggy + Dolls.

4/10

Know and respect is influence and certainly likes Stooges three decades ago, but has nothing to say to me now, it entertain me.

Albums like this are so wonderful and heartwarming that I really don’t tend to write much of a review. The tunes just speak for themselves.

Day 58 Iggy Mix was considerably greater. Unfortunately, upon saying this, Iggy Pop now refuses to leave my house and sees this as a sign of gratitude. "Why don't you get a real job?" I say. He responds by screaming in my ear and proclaiming that he's the godfather of punk which is not true considering Roger Waters exists. I can't take my word back now. Four stars. Fav track: Gimme Danger

I kept having to restart this album because none of the songs stuck out enough for me to remember where I was.

Another straight ahead rock and roll album that despite the technical shortcomings was a decent enough listen Obviously I listened to the Iggy mix because I really dislike Bowie. And it was pretty decent without being something I’d listen to regularly

Not bad, but don't think I'll be re-listening to any of these anytime soon. Fucking hate Raw Power though, the constant beeping hurt my ear and pissed me off. 4/10

I liked 1 song I liked how it picked up musically but lyrics stayed similar

Late 60s and early 70s and I've never heard of them. I wonder why? Maybe it's because there was so much good music around at the time and this album just couldn't compete.

Incredible front-to-back. It has a real attitude problem and I love it.

Perfection. Iggy Pop will forever be my musical god.

2⭐️

I had only really heard Iggy Pop in The Idiot, which sounded a lot like Bowie, so I was excited to hear his more punk stuff, but this was kinda boring. Favorite Songs: Raw Power

4/10

Pretty fun album, seek and destroy is honestly amazing song. The rest of the album is good, but not quite to that level. But I could put this song and listen to it, four star.

Old rock and some punk shouting

What a bloody good album. Iggy Pop is a phenomenon. I give the slight edge to Funhouse but still an incredible Stooges album. 4*

Album cover ate. Sounds cool but not for me. The titles are eye catching for sure. Search and destroy was a standout for me though.

Probably the best guitar you’ll hear in a punk album. Odd to think punk wouldn’t explode until 1976 when the stooges already had that 3 album run by 1973. This album is Iggy at his best, and the best version of the stooges from a strictly musical point of view. I prefer Fun House, but this is still a classic of that proto punk sound from the 60s and early 70s

Что-ж, а вот и альбом, на котором история "классических" the Stooges - заканичивается. Поскольку, все что вышло в 21 веке, я воспринимаю не более чем "деды собрались ностальгично побрынчать". А вся магия была в этих трёх первых, поистине великих альбомах. Если подумать, все имеют свой характер и особенности: Одноименный дебют, чутка раздолбайский и психоделический, не в последнюю очередь благодарю легендарному Кейлу на продюсере. Funhouse - великий и ужасный, предтеча и батя жанра джаз-панк. шедевр. Raw Power - не менее интересный. Сырой как никогда, жёсткий, бескомпромиссный как и предыдущий релиз, но уже под чуть другим, более хард-роковым углом. Как по мне, НИ ОДНОЙ проходной композиции, Search and Destroy была практически гимном моей юности, столько раз прослушана! А более лирическая Gimme Danger выбивается своей необычностью среди всех трех альбомов, и оттого и столь замечательна. Этот альбом - словно ты проглотил грохочущий усилитель, а Игги взял тебя за глотку, крича прямо в лицо. Альбом который вдохновил ваших кумиров на их творчество (например Кобейна, Sex Pistols или Марра из Смитс) Ну и наконец, альбом с одной из самых iconic обложек в истории музыки. Фанфакт: Фото было сделано в том же месте, что и легендарная обложка Lou Reed - Transformer. К слову сказать, настоятельно рекомендую вам слушать именно Iggy Mix, поскольку сведение от Боуи слишком уж деликатное, и по моему мнению, совершенно не подходит этому альбому.

34 musiques, mais ils sont inspirés !! Je n'ai pas pu tout ecouter. Du rock, des voix qui changent. C'est pas mal. Un peu brute de décoffrage mais bon c'est voulu.

Au moins je sais que j'aime pas the stooges maintenant

Great album!

Bom demais

Yawn, another punk album. Punk really isn't my thing.

how very punk of them

I can see why this was influential….sick guitar

Is “I'm a street walkin’ cheetah with a heart full napalm” the best first line of an album in history? It puts up a good fight. “Search and Destroy” is probably a perfect early punk song, but mostly listening to it right now i'm thinking of Iggy's voice now, the three or so octaves it's dropped since this album. The production in general is all over the place, but this is the sort of album where that is actually probably a bonus and not a drawback. Because it is raw. And it is powerful, “muscular” one might say. It starts refining Iggy Pop into someone who can carry a structured song. Getting from something like “1969” to the bluesy plod of “I Need Somebody” is vital to the growth both of the genre and the artist. This launched all manner of mediocre copycats, to this day. Few come close. This is a sometimes listen for me. I'm not always up for a whole album of this. But when I am, it hits just right. Probably ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ territory.

For all intents and purposes, I'm basing this review on the original mix done with David Bowie. I know there have been later attempts to correct this mix, most notably by Iggy Pop himself in 1997, but I have to assume the album in its original form was the one that made it into the books. In fact, I might as well address it now: the original mix is not good. I do not blame David Bowie; he did the best he could with Iggy Pop in post-production. Instead, I blame Columbia, because the label gave them only one day to clean up the whole record, and clearly that wasn't enough time to do it properly. Ron Asheton's bass and Scott Asheton's drums often got pushed far into the back, while Iggy's vocals and James Williamson's guitar leads take turns being too loud to tolerate. Some elements shine through, such as the echo on the acoustic guitar on "Gimme Danger". But more often than not, the haphazard toggling of instrument levels resulted in such an uneven listen throughout. It sucks to say that, because the songs as written are pretty damn good. Obviously, it's not a repeat of the decrepit jazz-fusion of Fun House, but the switch-up to a more hard-rock-driven approach with James and Iggy co-writing made for a kinetic record. Songs like "Search and Destroy", "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell", the title track, and "Death Trip" possess such unabashed energy. Even the acoustic tracks "Gimme Danger" and "I Need Somebody" kick ass, and the sinister mid-tempo rocker "Penetration" has such snarl. Honestly, if the mix weren't so bad, this album easily would have been another slam dunk for The Stooges. As it is, though, Raw Power is still a good record, just unfortunately hampered by behind-the-scenes issues. The Stooges would break up for a second time and wouldn't reunite until the mid-2000s. Raw Power still left its mark on the early punk rock movement, which is at least commendable.

Very raw and very punk, but I feel like there is so much room for more. They were among the first, so I get it. highlights: search and destroy penetration shake power death trip

It's like when your headphones aren't completely in the jack so you hear half the channels. Good tunes though.

7,50/10 Buen album, divertido. Movido y ruidoos pero sin ser molesto, divertido y armónico en cierto punto

Raw talent defined

amo. bowie & iggy se amando e se odiando

bacana mas nada memorável

esse álbum é tipo uma pessoa não tão bonita, meio bruta, mas que é muito boa de cama. não sei explicar, só acreditem.

Good album, I’m starting to enjoy Iggy more and more.

It's fine. Never really gotten Iggy Pop or The Stooges. I do like Search and Destroy though.

Very rough sound. Lots of energy but it gets a little tiring.

I like Rock also old Rock but thats just not good. Mayybe live but on stereo and headphones the Mix is awful

This one certainly lives up to its name.

Non mi dice niente

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The music is good, but Iggys voice is pretty grating. Not a horrible listen, but maybe just not for me. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

Good album. Has a raw live recorded sound to it.

liked iggy remix better

Raw early proto punk

Pretty enjoyable but not life changing.

Meh, nothing really stood out to me from this one

2,5