Raw Power

when i had to listen to Funhouse by The Stooges earlier in the generator, i didn’t really like it and i didn’t know how to feel about listening to another Stooges record, but this was a great record, i was not bored at all during this album, all songs were punchy and rugged and o really liked the songs. this makes me want to listen to more of the band and even relisten to Funhouse. i feel this album was better to listen to to get into the band rather than Funhouse strong 8

Was surprised to learn they aren’t a British 70’s punk group. Some head bopping tunes but overall not mine

Fun early iggy pop

As with The Stooges, this album starts well enough with Search and Destroy but runs out of steam and then gets repetitive and dull. No doubting the influence on punk, although these are serious musicians and many of the songs are not dissimilar from a lot of hard rock of the same period. Neither this or its predecessor match the buzz and experimentation of Fun House

- Didn’t like it as much as the last Stooges album - A little more rock focused than punk

- Iggy mix or Bowie mix? - I really enjoy the guitar tuning on this record - iggy is a legend

I had no idea Iggy Pop was in The Stooges nor from Michigan. It was cool to learn about that, and how this album was released in large part to David Bowie being a fan of the Stooges despite their crazy concerts and drug usage. Things kind of fell apart for them after this, and then Iggy took off solo.

Not into Iggy Pop, but for what he does, he does well.

Awful, demonic. The forst couple of seconds were ok butit went downhill from there

better than expected. nice guitar. A+ for creativity. low 4 first 2 songs are the best

Enjoyable 3.5

Love the energy, attitude, instruments, and the album as a whole. A little stronger at the start, but a great time. I listened to it twice in a row.

All style and no substance. Iggy strikes me as a lot of flash with no real talent. However, the manic, driving power of the rest of the band, especially James Williamson’s guitar work, is worth three stars.

I like the instrumentation and some of the vocals, but honestly nothing special and nothing I haven't heard before.

5/5

great singer dirty and powered bass line

It was alright. Had a listen to all the Iggy masters and then one or two of the Bowie masters. Not really appreciating the "genius songwriting" or whatever that wikipedia bangs on about. Other 70s acts like the Clash are much more interesting.

It was interesting and I can see why it's a classic but wasn't particularly compelling for me.

Not for me

Awesome album!

Me gustó este disco, sobre todo las canciones de Search and Destroy y Gimme Danger.

Et af mine 3 ynglings albums. Det er et skud råt skud energi, og en ren hit parade.

Råt og tungt. Både guitar, trommer og Iggys vrælende stemme rammer en lige i smasken

This album isn't doing much for me. I can appreciate the energy on this album. It's raw and frenetic, and Iggy bounces from song to song with different vocal inflections and deliveries on each one. It's an album that sounds like the artists were having a blast putting it together. There's a clear aesthetic to this thing that I wish resonated with me a bit more. The intro "Search and Destroy" is probably my favorite track.

Loved a few of these tracks. Would rank higher if I thought it was a no skipper.

Excellent

Iggy Pop is een levende legende, maar ik kon dit niet heel erg waarderen

Nee deze rock was niks voor mij hoor

Kort albumpie doet het altijd goed. Verder wel oke, maarja ben nooit echt fan van die glam rock achtige muziek geloof ik

51 years later, this is still as awe inspiring as it was in 1973. Iggy and the Stooges were on a mission to take rock to new scary and rebellious places, and this was a typical grenade of glitter and bong resin thrown over the walls of pop music.

"Raw Power" es el disco que reveló todo el potencial de un joven Iggy Pop, incluso siendo vocalista de un grupo que parecía estar en descomposición. Los cambios en los Stooges lejos de llevar a la banda al colapso, dieron con este disco uno de sus mejores tributos al rock duro. Difícil destacar alguna canción porque todas, incluso la melancólica "Gimme Danger", tienen una fuerza descomunal. La apocalíptica "Serch and Destroy" abre el disco y ya anuncia lo que vamos a encontrar: rock feroz, salvaje, intenso e inquietante en sus letras. Además de las dos citadas, me gustan especialmente "Penetration" y la canción que da título al disco.

One of those albums that doesn't sound like it was recorded when it was recorded. As they say, does what it says on the tin. Raw, loud, angry rock. Not all winners here but some crackers too.

Not my thing

Very excited to get this one from the generator. I ride with the Iggy Mix, personally. It's grimy and gritty without losing all of the sonic fidelity. All the compression manages to work in its favor. This opening three song run is maybe one of the strongest in its genre. And then the run continues, for pretty much the rest of the record. 'Raw Power' indeed. Highlights: Search and Destroy, Give Me Danger, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, Penetration, Raw Power, I Need Somebody

for a band that recorded three albums in four years, Their first record fifty five years ago in 1969, it kind of means something that the name Iggy Pop and the Stooges remain such a staple in rock's history. I definitely hear the influence of the Doors and Stones in many songs portrayed here, and am flabbergasted. it's an amazing thought how fresh the album sounds. You could release it today and it would sound like a legitimately good release with a gripping imperfection and urgency to it, played by young and high twenty-somethings who got nothing better to do than do their thing. That thing, of course, is to search and destroy and they goddamned mean it. Let's pressurize the bog into uncut diamonds their apparent credo . There is a raw power to this album, even though i quite like the much critiqued bowie mix for it's accents and balance. Something timeless shot to the heaven of sound and touched the future of music in Mr pop's dirty voice with a grunt here and Mr Williamson's wicked licks, hypnotic accents, furious solos and a group effort humm there. This 3rd album, though misunderstood by most back in '73, became a standard-bearer, just like their first the Stooges and second No Fun albums before. Iggy and the Stooges beat many future bands that wanted to improve on the sexy and dangerous foundation they helped lay. How freaking cool can one be to make music that the kids of the kids listening to this in '73 still find this album relevant and fresh in the 20's of the next century. Maybe i'm getting older and staler, but alas, none can hold back the dials of time. There is only one exception apparently, and his name is Iggy Pop, because for over 50 years he's been jumping in our faces with the energy of young and high 25 year old. Nice one

It’s okay

A bit of a shock on first play. Poor production and an assault of sound took a second to get used to. By the second track, I was all in, and that crappy production enhanced the experience. An album meant to be listened to on a sony walkman with tinny headphones on a school bus wearing a denim jacket as a 14 year-old with angst. OK, the walkman was 10 years after this release, but carrying a record player on a bus is impractical, and besides, I'm not quite that old. I need somebody is the Iggy I know. I don't know if this is a flashback to older work or a premonition of later albums, but this is the sound I expect from Iggy Pop.

This is a bit too heavy for me :D

Chaotic and noisy in a bad way

I think I listened to this too late in life to be fully affected by it. But I still feel the energy of it and dig some of the songs.

Sonido sucio y eso fuerza bruta. Buen disco aunque no sea mi estilo.

Too noisy / raw for my delicate sensibilities. I didn't hate it / it didn't give me a headache, but I could tell pretty quickly that this wasn't for me.

Probably will not listen to again but a 3 out of respect

3.8 Not the best of Iggy and/or the Stooges, but still pretty good. Bowie's mix is more interesting than Iggy's

Not a fan

Еле-еле нашёл этот альбом. Ну вот нашёл, ок. Стоило ли искать этого раздетого мужчину, схватившегося за микрофон? Гитарные риффы и крики. Ау, говорит. Ау! Типа как эмджей, поняли. Но задолго раньше самого короля. Вики говорит что это feel-based punk rock predecessor. Нууу я не большой фан панка. Потому не могу оценить прям высоко. Но при этом я большой фан fell-based ништяков. Может, по этой статье прокатит. Да не. Крикливо, бессмысленно, две звезды.

I usually like this style of music, but not of these songs were very impressive to me

So... I just didn't like or maybe "believe" his voice. In almost every song, it felt like he was imitating someone else's voice and not well. Weird?

Wow. Loved it

This was not good lol. Mostly just noise

Iggy and The Stooges are very cool. I'm feeling a bit of Rolling Stones situation where some songs are incredible and others don't move me much. But with the Stooges even the songs I don't like so much have a sound, an energy that feels like I *should* like it. I can imagine being in a dingy basement club having these songs blasting and dancing around and it being the best thing ever. A bit like listening to early Beatles, if I could be back in that time and place it would be amazing, but sitting here at a desk I'm yet to quite grasp it. And yet I feel the fault is not with me and not with the music! In short, I need to listen to this more than once to know what I feel about it. I was going to give it a three, but then the last song has come on and I'm a sucker for a chunky repetitive riff or bassline so I'm giving it an extra star for that. And I've "liked" just over half the songs on the album which is pretty good going.

The album title says it all. Ahead of its time.

I had already heard parts of all the album's tracks. For me this album is unlistenable. It's not like nobody before the Stooges had performed rock music in this kind of unskilled and unserious manner, such as amateur 1960s garage rock bands. By 1970 and later by the time of the rise of punk rock, for there to have been any demand for this music indicates more than a minimal amount of drug-based alienation and dysfunction in the surrounding society, plus a reaction by music listeners against the uncreative corporatization of the rock music industry.

this is the most three-star of all the three-star albums to ever grace this list. it's fine but uninspiring. lackluster but not frustrating. truly, unapologetically mid to the end. favorites: search and destroy, gimme danger, penetration

forgot the iggy and the stooges existed. one of the better rock albums of this time. iggy mix is nice and heavy can see how this is influential

Wow - this hit me like a train. I cranked the volume up and just am blown away by those crunching guitars. I've genuinely never listened to music before like this, where I got such a feeling of "holy fuck that SOUND!". I've already had their debut album on this list, which I liked, but this was another level. It's easy to see why Iggy was so influential in the 70s, it's a short record but packed with energy: this is a sprint not a marathon, in a good way. Also Raw Power could be the best album title ever, it describes the music absolutely perfectly. I loved it and immediately listened for a second time as I write this. Probably a third straight after too!

Ekki fyrir mig

Classic American rock. Nothin too transcendent on a first go.

I really want to like The Stooges, but I've concluded they're not really my type of band and I don't think they're very good honestly. I mostly like 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' from their self titled album, but that's it. Haven't really found any other song I like, and that goes for this and their other albums I've heard. I'll give this a strong 2 as it's something I will never return to most likely, and the supposed more popular songs were not to my liking either.

I surprised my self by really enjoying this. It was rough around the edges in the best kind of way. Wasn't a great fan of the mixing but it added something to the unpolished vibe. Short, raw and punky. I dunno, I feel like I shouldn't really like it but I do. Forbidden fruit or maybe I was just in the mood for it.

The first few songs are pretty great. 4/5

You can tell that this is a group that is really trying something new, as they've got that unrefined kind of sound. It does get credit from me for that, but ultimately, I don't think it goes far enough.

This is a mess. None of the instruments and singing seems to match up. It's chaotic. A lot of the tracks are just generic strumming and some guy screaming about something, I don't know or care what. I just want that idiot to shut up. 2 stars only for some of the guitar playing.

Iggy Pop is a jackass. This album does rock though.

1. zearch and deztroy - 1 2. gimme danger - 1.5 3. pretty face - 1 4. penetration - 1 5. rauu pouuer - 1 6. i need zomebody - 1.5 7. zhake appeal - 0 8. death trip - 1.5

There's nothing to be said about this album that hasn't already been said better. From the opening riff a damn near perfect album, weird Bowie production and all.

I wanted to enjoy it, but Punk just isn't my scene.

Iggy Pop is one of those figures who, in hindsight, seems almost mythological and Raw Power is his Holy Book, his New Testament. And much like the Christian New Testament, it’s influence has spread so far from it’s intended audience that it turns up in the most unlikely places. Everyone who has picked up a guitar since 1975 has been influenced by Raw Power, even if they don’t realise it. Whether it be through the influence of Johnny Ramone, Tom Verlaine, Johnny Marr, whether it be powerful rhythm playing, impressionistic leads, jangling licks, everything from straight Punk, to Glam Metal, to landfill Indie, directly or indirectly, has come from this album. If we were to put together a list of Rock albums based solely on influence then this is in the top five, and along with The Velvet Underground and Nico, it’s the album with the most oversized influence compared to how many people have actually listened to it. But all this pontificating about influence obscures the fact that this is just really fantastic music. James Williamson’s already been dealt with pretty thoroughly, but Ron Asheton takes a fantastic, underrated turn on bass, Scott Asheton is still a monster on the drums, and Iggy… oh Iggy. Iggy Pop was never so Iggy as he was on Raw Power, a snarling, bestial, sinister, genuinely dangerous presence. He mellowed somewhat for his first two solo albums, allowing the deeper voice he employed on Gimme Danger to shine through. But Raw Power remains the definitive vision of Iggy, and probably the definitive vision of a Punk frontman. And for what it’s worth, I think that the debate about the mix is kinda pointless. Yes, I prefer the Iggy mix, but the Bowie one’s fine too, and it’s the one that everyone had access to before the 90’s, so people must’ve seen past the thinness to the fantastic album that lies beneath. And it is fantastic

Plenty of bangers. Love the half-punk, half-crooner vibe

Garagenrock zwischen Hardrock und Punk, Musik für Ohrenschmerzen, ungewünschter Besuch?, Erfolg garantiert

Raw punky sorta thing. Not super into it

I thought my phone alarm was going off during Penetration. Wouldn't be the first time that happened, to be fair.

Not something I’d choose to listen to, but I agree that it’s good.

Early punk from young Iggy

Iggy Pop - another one of those greats that I've been meaning to really get into. And boy, this record knocked me on my ass. This is ROCK AND ROLL. Ann Arbor Michigan represent! Go Blue baby!

Entertaining for one listen, musically limited a band that realistically can only be enjoyed live.

This is it, the start of punk. An album that spawned thousands of bands, including The Sex Pistols and The Clash. Raw Power has exactly that, raw power. Search and Destroy, Gimme Danger are incredible openers. The album is relentless, has great riffs and just enough melody to keep you listening 8.2/10 4.3/10

I'm listening to the 50th-anniversary version. the first song is kind of just a basic 60s rock song. it's alright. starts to pick up towards the end. pretty mid tbh.

Good but repetitive Some good songs should give it another listen i think

Great vocalist and a really hot guitar - exciting, ramped up punk. Listened ti it twice. But not my style, generally.

All the Stooges albums are five star for different reasons. This one is the most developed rock sound. Search and Destroy is class. Pure Stooges. As is Raw Power. Love the progression on Gimme Danger. Obviously harks back to Gimme Shelter in more than just name. Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell more or less kickstarts glam punk despite raucously thrashing along for almost 5 minutes.

Another album that's famous for the acts it inspired rather than as a stand alone product

Sounded a bit messy. I get the tone they were going for but it wasn’t for me.

Bit rough around the edges, but still had a good time listening to it. Songs were very hit and miss for me though. F.s Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

I defo think they put their best song first. Rest of the album was okay but the first song is a classic. Still a great song.

good background music: incomprehensible lyrics, changes around enough to be interesting, not depressing, sort of feel badass, which helps me feel productive(?) or disappear into myself internally(??)

Where Iggy Pop started

The album title is definitely appropriate. Not very polished, but that is to be expected from this genre. My biggest complaint is that I could almost smell Iggy’s sweat while listening to it.

Not bad

I guess I can see how this was a standout at the time. I like the Iggy mix the best, but both have such a weird sound to me. The vocals sound way too clean and subdued for the rest of the musical context, and there's not much musically or lyrically to get excited about.

raw sound and i can hear the tone that shows up elsewhere. "penetration" really sticks with you

Lo volveré a escuchar.

Really enjoyed it! Upbeat and fun to have on while cooking!

Nr. 113/1001 Search And Destroy 4/5 Gimme Danger 4/5 Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell 3/5 Penetration 3/5 Raw Power 3/5 I Need Somebody 4/5 Shake Appeal 3/5 Death Trip 3/5 Average: 3,38 Good, straightforward rock album.

This isn't my jam but can see why kids would have like this kind of raw straight ahead punk in your face kinda stuff when it came out.

Iggy performs to every person in the house. Great album (go with Iggy’s mix over Bowie’s). The early punk roots mixed with blues and psychedelic rock is a lot of fun.

Bowie is always king.

Really great album, hurt a bit by legendarily poor production and some inconsistency, but great stuff. One of those albums where the album title is a perfect summation of the album sound. Top tracks: Search And Destroy, Gimmie Danger, Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, Raw Power, Death Trip

Perfect name for the album, and when I want some I’ll know where to look.

Each song sounded similar except for two.

Relevant because the the arrangements and post-production is the blueprint for punk and grunge. Not my favorite taste

Meh. I can see how it was influential, given the times, etc. But I just don't dig it much.

Not bad, but today wasn’t really the day for it. I think I’ll need to revisit it.

I have been so thankful for the countless albums I’ve discovered through this project that I probably never would’ve run into before. Then there’s some discoveries like Iggy Pop that I wish had remained undiscovered

Whoa. Now that rocks. It does bash and crash a little longer than needed in some spots, but yeah. It rocks. Best song: Search and Destroy

I had missed this one originally and finally got around to listening to it. I wish I hadn’t.

It has been the shortest album so far, it is enjoyable. The high pitched voice of Iggy felt out of place on search and destroy but then it gets better and better with each song. I can reallly feel this album as a base for bands that came after them.

is all 70s rock the same? but it's clear how impactful records like this really are. without this era, there's no Green Day, Strokes, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, etc.

Raw Power? More like boomer power. Not my vibe

It starts great but there’s so much better psychedelic rock and i just couldn’t get into it. The first few songs were okay and it’s well made but not for me

Ok

Literally IS raw power.

I barely got into this one but I tried.

A few good songs on this one. Search and Destroy is a classic, and Gimmie Danger is good. The title track, Raw Power, is alright too. I could probably leave the rest of the album.

3.5/5

More evidence that Iggy (and Ziggy) had time machines in the 70s (or maybe it was all the drugs). Either way, this is seminal garage, punk, and rock. The Evolution of Music 101 right here.

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Pretty good for being bowie's play thing

I really like this album in theory – I love so many things about the Stooges, and it's a cool, progressive sound. However, I just don't enjoy listening to it so much. Maybe it will change overtime

Pre-punk punk for sure. Good stuff, but didn't connect a ton.

59/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 High three stars. Fun punk rockish album.

Schlechter Punk Rock.

Gimme Danger had a bit of an interesting vibe, but otherwise I feel like I would have missed out on absolutely nothing musically if I never listened to the album. The only song I knew already was search and destroy which is annoying at best. Horrible mix, just noise for the most part really. 2 stars intead of 1 just because Iggy Pop is a fucking character, but that's it.

I'd probably like this if I never heard music before

First 2 songs were my favourites. The rest of the album is alright, got through it without wanting to turn it up or turn it off... solid 5/10

Sounds like The Hives and at time The Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Foo Fighters.

For a remaster, this sounded shit. Another album I didn't finish, another album not worth a review.

this album was redeemed by Iggy Pop going "uhuuuuuaaa nya nya nya nya nya nya"

How can you rate the spark that started the fire that was the punk culture? Can you give less than five stars? Would you be perfectly fine after listening to Iggy and the Stooges cooking what would be the cornerstone of the upcoming underground music and barely murmur, "Yeah, it's fine"? Would you listen to Green Day after that and sign to "Basket Case"? Where would your common sense be in that situation? How about your soul? This album is a total 5.

Not exactly my cup of tea, so to speak, but I unexpectedly enjoyed it.

Not my thing. A bit to electric jam band for me.

Boring and repetitive. I felt only relief that is was over.

How is it possible for Iggy Pop to look in good shape but disgusting at the same time? Anyway decent listen, 3 stars.

Solid mid table album.

You can instantly tell its iggy pop. Which give me some bit of comfort. Never really listen to the stooges stuff. Don't know what I was expecting, but I wasn't disappointed. I'm just so relived that I could actually listen to this album without waiting for it to end like I have for the last couple of albums. Although why spoil it by having a song at the end that was 2 minutes too long.

I don’t really know, it was fine. Nothing really stood out as really good or really bad.

The album wasn't bad, but I felt like it could've been better. I ended up listening to both the Bowie version and the Iggy version, and I think the latter was better.

Decent punk

That's not my taste in musik.

Old school punk

Un espectacular trabajo de la primera banda de Iggy Pop. La colaboración con Bowie en las composiciones brilla como un diamante en medio de un precioso caos proto-punk. Un indispensable para cualquiera que disfrute de la música pesada.

This one was so good! I'm glad Iggy is on this list because I've never listened to much of his stuff besides the obvious few. This is a great guitar album, I grabbed my guitar to play along with Shake Appeal. I went back after and re listened to a couple songs. That deserves a 5.

The power of blues with a punk rock overlay is striking and attractive. The guitar trails seemingly have no direction which only adds the hypnotizing effect.

I like this a lot. Like a heavier non-jammy Doors.

Irritating and inmelodious

not my thing

not terrible. will I listen to it again? maybe. 3/5

Listened to the Bowie mix and started the Iggy mix. Interesting

What else could I possibly say that hasn’t been said about this album already? Few are equal none are better.

omg, like half of this album's Wikipedia page is about the various mixes. I'm not a big fan of any of them -- it does kinda sound like it was mixed in one day from three tracks on a mixer from the 1970s -- but there are some good guitar solos here.

gimme danger

Emh....too raw!

I love when the album’s name has an intimate relationship with the album’s mood-much like Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power. The dirty sound of the guitar has influenced a lot of the bands I like to listen, but there are also interesting experiments such as the vocals in Penetration and the end of Death Trip.

No.

First time listening to a full Stooges album and now I get the hype. Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the album considering this isn't a typical genre or musical decade I gravitate towards. 4/5

not too into it

Great punk album, raw and unpolished.

Is this album good because of the music, or is it good because of Iggy Pop's influential disruption of the musical scene during the time? I was going to give this album three stars, but the blues inspired riffs throughout the album, combined with the overuse of cowbell in Gimme Danger really elevate the album to four stars.

Not particularly good.

Notable track: Search and Destroy // Favorite Tracks: Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, Penetration, Shake Appeal

4/5. Bästa låt: Gimme Danger Lyssnat väldigt mycket på den här skivan, och öppningsspåren på båda sidorna är svårslagna, men Gimme Danger har något mer som gör den snäppet bättre. Jävligt bra skiva.

Not my cup of tea

Good album, fun, raw very punk. Doesn't really go much more than surface deep. Riffs are very rudimentary Repeats: search and destroy, your pretty face is going to hell

Not my genre but it was ok

Why does this album cover kind of creep me out? I can see how this preempts punk and maybe some 90s alternative, but it's not my jam at all. 1*

Iggy has some good energy. The songs are alright

I liked it, but wouldn’t want to listen to an evening of this music.

Don’t like punk. Too discordant.

Liked three songs. Mostly, the album was blah: my mind kept drifting.

Sure. Fine. Just think of Sawyer w/number one, though. In a good way.

Music from another generation. I can rock to it, but nothing catches my ear from this album.

Very simple and sloppy. The kind of music you make with your first band when you’re 14 years old.

Kannste nicht anhören bei die Qualität, aber krasse story

Solid album very high energy. I appreciate hearing one the early influences of punk music. would recommend to others if they want to hear something a little more on the aggressive side from the mid 70's

This remaster is certainly good, has a lot of dynamicness, even though the songs may not be as supercharged as later hard rock like Metallica. Classic punk sound as well.

Yeah, ok

There is no denying the significance of this album in influencing punk and even heavy metal. The attitude, the power of the guitars, it’s all there. I had sometimes viewed this negatively having only ever heard the original mix, which is pretty horrible and completely flat. This time around I dove into the Iggy mix and Bowie mix, and I’d say the Bowie mix is probably the most even, whereas the Iggy mix gives it the punch of Fun House. Both have their merits, and breathe life into all these tracks. Iggy sounds more like a rockabilly singer on this album with his shrieks and squawks, the lineage from Jerry Lee Louis is now more obvious. There is also a clear sense of danger, dread, and devilish fun throughout.

I get it. I get Iggy. I get the Raw Power single. I know it's importance. But it doesn't move me.

Im not sure I’d ever heard this before. An album prefaced by its reputation, but, generally excellent punk in an error that was yet to even know what that was. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Fast, short, and energetic.

Just too much going on for my head

In context, quite excellent, very important and groundbreaking work. Upon listening though, it's good. I liked it.

Nice driving beat and guitar, definitely a fun listen

Hört sich frisch, aufmüpfig coole an.

Réttnefndasta plata sem ég hef hlustað á. Þvílíkur kraftur, Iggy er einstakur.

Not a fan of this style music.

I love the stooge’s

Favorite Tracks: Search and Destroy

Let’s start by recognizing the opening cut, “Search and Destroy” as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The Stooges were inspirations to the Ounk rock movement, and Search and Destroy is one of the signature songs of “proto punk”. But, going into this listen, Search and Destroy was the only song I’d heard on the album. Quite simply, this album rocks, in the best possible way. I’m trying to figure out how I overlooked this for 50 years…. It’s raw and real, and the sharp edges aren’t buffed out. But it is not just noise, these are actual songs, well constructed and performed. It has the loose feel of the Velvet Underground, but has a hard driving passion that VU never tried for. It has the drive and attitude of The Ramones, Band, but a few years before they came to be. Plus a hint of or maybe early Alice Cooper Band. I’ll be listening to this album again, and there’s a good chance I’ll end up purchasing it. 5/5

This was a pretty rad record and was easy to listen to for me. I can definitely see how this could have been such a big influence on the punk scene. I bet for the time it was really crazy but listening to it now it's a good punk record but there isn't anything that really stands out as unique or exciting. Without the context and history I'd just feel like it was a pretty good punk record.

A very good album, with terrible production and some of the worst lead guitar tones I’ve ever heard.

just super bland. it’s only a 36 minute album but i found myself just waiting for it to end. the rock songs were better than the blues but can’t say i loved any of it

Sounds very... raw. Not the deliberate, constructed, delicacy kind of raw like sushi or carpaccio. More like half cooked chicken breast on a salad without dressing.

Great stuff

Didn't love for running, the sound mix seemed off with one headphone in. Pry should be running with both headphones but then I worry about not hearing cars so I guess that's the world I'm living in.

I guess 2023 was a good time to get this album on my list, since it had its 50th anniversary and got remastered this year, apparently clearing up a lot of the clipping issues! Flicking between the two mixes a bit, I settled on Iggy's mix of the album. That raw, muddy sound suits this aggro proto-punk in my opinion. The name "Raw Power" suits this album so well. It has energy, it has aggression, it has grit, it has blues and it has swagger. It's a 34 minute tour de force that does slow a little for a breather from time to time, but then pounces right back into a primal frenzy. It's a rough and messy ride but I'm 100% here for it. Raw Power is an excellent album from beginning to end. Favourite: Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

It's all kind of the same. But a good same if that's what you like.

Over 50 years old, but still sounds pretty fresh. The mix is pretty bad; I preferred the Bowie mix over the Iggy one, but neither are great. But the underlying material is solid, and there's some great guitar on the record.

Álbum foda demais! Iggy Pop é sensacional.

penetration and need somebody are so cool. love this album. Bowie’s mix is fucking dog shit lmao; can barely hear the drums. Iggy’s mix is good but the guitar solos are a bit harsh sounding. i was prepared to give this five stars but honestly the last couple songs didn’t do much for me. still a killer album, and only eight songs! my favourite number of tracks for an album to have.

I try to imagine the context of this record with the brash and irreverent Iggy Pop brandishing his animal aura. The music itself is solidly a rock/punk romp with sneer and attitude. It's also kind of quaint considering how far the boundaries continued to push from that point in time and history. To be fair, Iggy did continue to progress gracefully, or in a punk sense, right haggardly.

Get songs....raw power search and destroy and penetration with the Bells

Poco aterrizado. Lo único que tiene de bueno es la confluencia de los estilos de The Doors y Bowie de una manera muy particular, pero como obra independiente no tiene mucho valor.

Nah

By all means, this album should be a 2/5. However, when considering historical context, it's a begrudging 3. Overall forgettable.

eeh

Certamente non il mio genere, Gimme Danger non mi è dispiaciuta.

Another classics from back in the day. Doesn't sound as raw as I did when it first came out.

Really great listen, lots of energy and personality.

Well now I know why I was never into the Stooges.

I understand the importance of this album. Iggy is a crazy mofo.

I am to old for this shit.

Jag tycker det finns något där. Vissa låtar är sköna, men överlag ojämnt och oslipat.

Nåt i mig vill gilla Iggy Pop. Men detta här är inte så jättebra. Synd att det är så punkigt. Kul att det ska vara "föregångaren" till punk. Men det är tyvärr fortfarande punk. Punk är ju mer än musiken, vilket inte vägs in i denna bedömning. Kommer aldrig lyssna igen. Trist. Vem sjunger på första låten? Iggy? Låter väldigt annorlunda.

Vidrigt

Börjar bra men håller inte hela vägen. Search and destroy, gimme danger och penetration tycker jag är bra, medan övriga är hyfsade/sådär. Är ju inget skönlir så gäller att vara i rätt sinnesstämning också.

Really enjoyed this. Old school interesting punk.

Weirdly slow start for such a short album but by the time Raw Power kicks off its hard not to get swept away. It's not about the music, it's about the feeling of it. So raw. I love it.

Another Stooges album? That's two this week. And all good with me. It's exactly what to expect from the Stooges-hard, fuzzy, fast. Iggy's vocals are right on the money.

Best punk so far

Decent, you can hear what it led to, but nothing particularly compelling.

I like it. I don't love it. The Sex Pistol and Black Flag obviously listened to it. The 50th anniversary edition is too long. Just listen the Iggy mix songs. Everything else is filler. Favorite song: Shake Appeal.

Another great album from The Stooges! Proto-punk GOATs!

kao dobro al nis posebno

No

I love the energy and distortion on this album. Iggy pops vocals are great too, I love it when he’s doing more rough and screamo vocals. Apart from the energy, I would say choruses aren’t as sticky as I’d like them to be. I love your pretty face, shake appeal, I need somebody. Search and destroy is good but the drums are so behind, the mixing sounds weird to me. While the rest of the songs sound full and the bass is punchy and heavy, it’s the complete opposite on the opener. The drums and bass are just hidden I feel. Raw power is fine, the riff I feel like gets a bit tiring bec it goes through the song. However the ending of the song is amazing. Bowie’s mix sounds shrill and I much prefer iggy’s mix. It has more distortion and fullness. It’s a strong 3 to a light 4.

Raw original punk. Awesome!

A muddied, distinct sound of garage rock that is as dysfunctional as it is original

One of the best albums of all time by one of the best bands of all time. Horrible mix though lol

Yeah, Iggy, I can feel it. Thanks for asking.

Very cool album, but a lot of the songs are quite simple. I know this is some of the charm of old punk, but they do this better on their self-titled album.

Didn't care for it unfortunately, and I was quite bored. Maybe it had something to do with me being in the library, but the sound was quite tired *old British lady accent*

This is just not my music. I tried and couldn’t do it.

I knew of this album, but I'd never actually listened to it before. Hey, it's only just over 30 minutes long, so I listened to the Bowie mix, then the Iggy mix right after. I think I preferred the Iggy mix, but both had their merits. It's very difficult to rate this 5 stars, as it's obviously imperfect. However, it's impossible to avoid, well the raw power I guess. It's sludgy, dirty music with the lead guitar standing out alongside Iggy's vocal performance and everything else obscured in the murky production. I guess at the time this sounded like nothing before. There's a bit of a Jim Morrison influence sometimes in the vocals, but it's tenuous at best.

Ok but not my genre

Un poco rollo.

Total rock album. Kinda faded into the background for me.

Those scuzzy guitars we know and love. Primal Scream. Sigue Sigue Sputnik. The production feels muddy, sounds like a tape of a live band, maybe that’s the copy or maybe that’s the idea. Stooges come up time & time again in music autobiographies of my heroes, they were Gods. Iggy has such strong vocals, gravitas. Raw Power indeed, so much energy. I actually don’t know any of the tracks of this. This is wild, dangerous, music to lose your sense to. ‘Pop produced the recording sessions himself and David Bowie assisted with post-production work, though the team were allotted only one day to mix the album and the resulting fidelity was poor.’ Raw Power the track sounds like punk before punk. How good would this have been live. Just 34 mins of this as an LP of this name should be. Production sounds like a garage band so much has come out of this The Fall sound. The LP ends unexpectedly though, feels unplanned, I think there are better Stooges LPs out there.

twas oka

Classic power punk.

pleasant early punk

Classic rock

My appreciation for punk has increased over the years. I like this stuff.

Loud, early punk.

Was not interested

Top quality!

It's rock and roll with the lead singer sounding like they were the early precursors of metal. Not in my alley but can tolerate it

太吵了不喜欢

For whatever reason I expected this to be much more straight-ahead punk and not nearly so glam as it is.

Best song - Search and Destroy

It makes my mood better.

Wasn't super familiar with the Stooges beforehand but holy crap it was like listening to the forerunner of so many 90s and 00s successful alt / indie rock albums. Tracks felt so modern despite being 50 years old. Pretty good stuff.

This album is timeless. The guitar riffs, the energy!

the raw power song is tight

Old school rock vibe, exactly as you can imagine that.

bija ok, bet otrreiz neklausīšos, next plz

Was ok, classis iggy.

nesaprotu, kurš labprātīgi klausās šo mūziku

Not really my cup of tea, but can appreciate its place in history.

proto punk is so polarizing, and i'm surprised i even enjoyed this album when proto punk is typically straight up loud and brash and unappealing. to be fair, this album didn't only have proto punk, and a good thing too because gosh that genre usually leaves such a bad taste in my mouth. i think part of it was the lyrics, which seem to be more substantial than a lot of punk (of any time or variant), but they still have that punk attitude--i sure did laugh at the title of "your pretty face is going to hell." also, raw power doesn't have the same unpolished sound as a lot of other proto punk bands. i wonder if that was david bowie's impact? as a final note, i felt there were some the replacements vibes at times. even though they were more post-punk, both band did infuse rock and focused on their lyrics. "i need somebody" almost sounds like a song the replacements could've created.

For proto-punk, this was super palatable. It wasn't quite as noisy or discordant as a little of proto-punk is, but it still certainly carried the spirit. It was a very quick album coming in just a bit over 30 minutes; it went hard and left it all on the table in that short period. The production doesn't sound great, but that honestly adds to the punk charm of this album. All in all, I was happy with the listen, which I wasn't expecting, given the genre!

Raw Power indeed. Search and Destroy is a tour de force and although the rest of the album doesn’t hit the same level. It’s raw, loud and full of swagger

A little bloated and I wasn't entirely sure which version I was meant to listen to, but it was a pretty good album. 3.5/5 Fav track: Search and Destroy

So much tude in this record. It oozes charisma, in both the playing and vocal performance. A thrill to listen to even now. Fave track: Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

Fun and energetic, easy to enjoy this. Not sure I'll be playing it over and over again, but a solid album. Three and a half. Fave track: Search and Destroy

im not sure how to compare this to their debute, its way too different. while one is the core of proto punk this one sounds as if bowie played with the stones. now, dont get me wrong, this is a great album, im just amazed by the difference, and in a way, i like this one more even more than the debut. it sounds really mean, iggy sounds like an evil son of a bitch, accompained by the precise and heavy rock and roll instrumental.

Na

its good. Iggy been doin this since ever but it had nothing mor too offer than good. I liked it

LP

Better than I thought it would be but still not my vibe.

A pretty straight forward old school punk album. It was a decent listen but not my go to by any means. I enjoyed it enough but probably wouldn't reach for it again. Stand out tracks: Search and Destroy, I Need Somebody

Can you feel it? Raw power! Hits very well. Classic rock with powerful guitar

Soft 4

Low 4 imo. Pretty general punky whatever. It's good and fine but nothing revelatory for me

Wow

Very raw indeed. Very loud, but contains some very cool songs.

Not a fan of this genre or era of music

In your face with some underrated subtlety. Good album

little bit plain not terrible not brilliant

Still holds up. A nasty-sounding punk album with plenty of bite. Damn near perfect.

provavelmente é o tipo de som que vem na mente quando falam de "rock paulera", achei meio paia mas é importante pro punk, então meh

Started with the Bowie remix before switching to the Iggy mix, which just felt fuller and more powerful

Iggy Pop isd great

Good album but not my favorite

Niet voor mij

feel ko may potential pero baka wala ako sa mood

Really liked it, enough to listen through both the Bowie mixes and Iggy mixes. It’s cheating to say that Gimme Danger is my favorite (because of Velvet Goldmine) but also liked Shake Appeal and I Need Somebody.

Listening with the proper historical context, it’s easy to understand why this record deserves attention. I’m sure it was one of the heaviest, ball-busting albums of its era. To these millennial ears, however, it sounds like the proto-punk record it is — big on sound and energy, less so on songs.

Couldn't get into this one. Some good guitarwork though

Uneven

It’s Iggy. Reminds me more of the 80s style than 73’.

Have not listened to this album for a long time and really enjoyed it. 3/5.

Dig that old school garage rock

Problem hodnotenia kultovych albumov je, ze clovek uz predtym pocul vsetky tie inspiracie a nasledovnikov, ktore su navyse vacsinou aj lepsie ako ten novatorsky original, ktory sa vlastne len zahrieval.

Very grungy, raw and powerful. Loved it.

Pretty punchy and some great guitar work.

Didn't know any songs beforehand. It was alright.

All our pretty faces are going to hell, Iggy, and when they do, hopefully they'll play your songs... 👹👹👹👹

3.5/5

I do not like the stooges anywhere near as much as I thought I was going to Search and Destroy is a banger The rest left no impression 2