Reviews (page 3 of 13)
Fantastisk punk, eller som David Bowie kaldte det: nihilistisk rock. En kavalkade af velskrevne hårdtslående numre.
It was fine, not my favorite, but I refused to listen to the album twice as it was presented on youtube.com, so I checked amazon and it was only the first 8 songs.
Uninteresting
So the only song that I didn’t like was penetration. I’m not sure if my knowledge of how creepy and depraved Iggy pop can be ruined my enjoyment of that song, but I will say it’s legitimately the only skip on the album for me. Iconic album cover, insanely good energy on the album. I just sorta got put off by the one track and it made me remember that Iggy as a person is an annoying sex pest. Seriously though this is probably one of the most important albums of all time when it comes to influencing punk and unground music for generations.
Sounds like all the same, even though the Bowie and Iggy mixes are very different.
Tu nununun
Iggy Pop ja, Stooges nein
Bit weak from a decent band. Love Iggy but this was drosh at times. Started well then just dialed it in and didn't really get out of second gear
fine
Not as good as some of their earlier stuff, but search and destroy is a bop.
Boo to this screaming
I am not a fan of punk rock and this is the band that apparently started in all in the US. A terrible listen.
Some gay British child prayed for their Barbie doll to come to life and the monkeys paw curled
Not even Iggy Pop's anti-charisma can save this eight-song trainwreck that contains loads of distorted guitars but nothing resembling an actual song. There are virtually no melodies and the chords sound like they were glued together at random. Do yourself a favor, stick the cool cover up on your wall and toss this unlistenable disc.
It's no wonder there's so much debate around the *mixes* of this album. Every instrument, on every song (even the "ballads") is a white hot thunderbolt -- I can't imagine how anyone could appropriately contain and balance such an aggressive, psychotic monstrosity. I can still remember the first time I heard this album, when I was 16 or 17, and how the opening notes blasted out of my speakers and completely shook me. Raw Power is probably the best hard rock album ever made -- I can't imagine anyone will ever top this.
Lives up to its name
A bit disappointed? Like, it's rock, punk rock, but I am not vibing with it ? The instrumentals are very good but I am not much on the vocals. - I need somebody Bruh, guy keep talking about his ass in lives. I'll definitely prefer the studio ones. Tbh, none have wowed me ? Sad.
Classic 70s. Lots of potential, but just overdone instrumentals and bad lyrics
This was fantastic. It was both harder and softer than I anticipated, but it had edge and grit throughout. Iggy's voice sounds great, the band sounds hungry and ready to tear shit up. This is a great example of punk/proto-punk/whatever from the era. Plus, we love a Michigander around these parts!
absoluteltly fucking hate this album
choosing to blame my dislike of this from when i first listened a while ago on hearing the wrong mix. because like. that's gotta be the explanation right? this is pretty great! it's what Jack White thinks his music is. sounds like a bunch of maniacs. deserves to be one of the 1001? yah but i wouldn't be upset if you cut it and just left Fun House on
As foundational as this album is to the punk genre, all the imitators that came after forgot the most important thing about it: this kind of music can be weirdly sexy as hell.
just don’t think it’s for me
Album 94 Top 3 favorites off the album: I Need Somebody, Death Trip, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell Some hits, some total misses. Whichever one had a crying baby for a minute in the mix made me deeply uncomfortable. Not a fan of crying babies. Especially not a fan of crying babies in music. I liked the vocals on I Need Somebody and the time signature. Vocals solid overall. Would give this an extra 3/4 star if I could, so consider it a 2.75 that doesn't round up to a 3. This has been a rough run. I wish I could point to one thing that made it clear why I don't really enjoy so much of this. I don't like the 70s, I guess?
(97/100)
For most of this album I was hating it and thinking "put a shirt on, you disgust me." With all the weird noises he was making "ngyah, ngyah, ngyah". The last few songs were a bit better though. At least it was a short album.
Vocals are a bit exhausting, not quite my style. But I liked Seek and Destroy.
FUCK YEAH!
harder
Det er ok. Er ikke blæst bagover, men ville ikke hade at have det kørende i baggrunden til øller. Fed guitar.
*71 Det var slet ikke dårligt, men det blev heller aldrig top-top content for mig. Iggy blev mere og mere træls og mindre og mindre betagende. Højdepunkterne var uden tvivl spaden, som var super tight.
Stor 3'er.
Sådan cirka hvert andet nummer er rigtig fint, men det er også lidt for fjollet til tider. Tror ikke, jeg har fundet mit nye favoritalbum 2.8
Alene det faktum at han har kørt DEN bar kas'-hardcore rock&roll-livsstil i næsten 60 år (and still going strong) er nok til, at jeg får løst til at være rundhåndet med stjernene. At albummet derudover er røv fedt og virkelig meget forud for sin tid gør det ikke mindre imponerende. Efter at have hørt både Iggy's eget mix og Bowies, er jeg helt klart mest til Iggy's - også selvom det nok er Bowies mix der tydeligst kan høres i eftertidens punk. Iggys udgave: 4 stjerner Bowies udgave: 3 stjerner Samlet: 3.5
Enjoyed the raw emotion and heavy guitar
Great but didn’t capture me.
Other than “Search and Destroy” this just didn’t land with me.
ok album
I've heard his stuff before, even saw him once. Guess I wasn't feeling it this morning ... had to stop the music(?) half way through.
I've heard some songs from it before and knew I like them but wow listening to the whole album was so crazy? Something clicked really hard in my brain. This is such an amazing album. I knew Stooges made bangers but wow 4/5
Awesome rock music
Great
fav songs: your pretty face is going to hell raw power shake appeal raw, influential, visceral 70/100
An amazing final album in their three album run! It has the psychedelic and hard rock sound that they've developed through their first two albums. Search and Destroy is the hit from that album and I can see why. Truly masterful!
Hmmm not my bag, bit samey
An absolute stunner out of the gate. Ironically, by the end it suffers from precisely the kind of bloated self-indulgence that we all worshipped the Ramones for deflating. But when it comes into focus, it’s stunning; literally as well as figuratively.
Pretty solid rock/proto-punk. Can't say I'll remember much about it, but I also can't really fault it for anything. Good album.
A more apt album title is hard to imagine. This is rock and roll at its most primal - the template for the punk explosion just a few years into the future. The first five or so songs are all terrific. Raw power indeed.
This album oozes testosterone and honestly, I’m not into it.
Lo disfruté mucho. No sé si lo volvería a escuchar recurrentemente, pero es un muy buen álbum. Por alguna razón Iggy Pop me hotea mucho.
Some songs are hard to listen to, but other's aren't bad
lekkaaaah
More like The Snoozes, you know what I'm saying? Whatever, it's fine, I'm sure it was great when it came out. It wasn't offensively bad, but I'll never willingly listen to it again.
Anything Iggy does will always have a soft spot for me. The fact that The Stooges were influenced by The Doors and then went onto influence so many other bands I also love confirms their place in shaping and evolving the beautiful big genre of rock n roll, and punk rock specifically. The perfect album cruising down a highway with the windows down feeling the breeze. Also works to bring your energy up no matter the mood. At times it gives off strong desert rock, but then blends with Californian swing, to then more psychedelic, Jimmy Hendrix style guitar. Immaculate guitars to accompany Iggy’s vocals, which come from the same genus as Lou Reed and ol’ Mick.
Bien
Im stooooginnnnggg I didn’t enjoy myself here. Just not really a fan of Iggy’s vocal thing he has going on here. Maybe it’s just a case of it just hitting me in the wrong time and place who knows. There are like 3 different versions of this album, I listened to the Bowie 2023 remaster. Feel a little hypocritical disliking this when I really enjoyed Lou Reed’s weirdo vocals. update: Just listened to Gimme Danger, which is a song I've liked in the past. Didnt realize it was on this album. I really liked it! But this was the Iggy mix??? So I don't know if it's because of the mix or that I've had more exposure. Maybe this album will grow on me in the future, but for now i need to keep moving.
3.2 3x short but fun
Um pouco mais meu estilo, a cultura punk é muito interessante.
A guitarra entrou e eu pensei "interessante, um rockzinho da hora", mas a voz dele entrou e me deu uma sensação de "não combina... parece forçado...". Achei fraco, mas pelo ano de lançamento, deve ter sido inovador e inspirado vários que vieram depois.
I understand it now. I heard both mixes of the album and I tend to enjoy how alive Iggy's version sounds compared to Bowie's original. Nonetheless while I do miss the loose approach employed on their albums before this, this record is greatly put together. I am proud to give Iggy and the Stooges a firm handshake this time. Also, thank you Wemby for beating the Thunder (9/10, 5/5 on this scale)
Good
Listened to both the Bowie and Iggy mixes for posterity, even though i've listened to this album multiple times before. Iggy's mix is just categorically worse. I wrote an essay on the Loudness War back in uni and this was one of the albums I used - Iggy just sat on the mixing desk until it was 10 on every dial. Bowie's version has it's faults - it doesn't quite ever get the power side of the album, and you can barely hear the bass at any point, but at least it has dynamics that aren't just make it louder. I love this album despite the engineering issues, despite both productions being inadequate, but tell me you don't go for it when Search and Destroy comes on and I'll call you a liar.
4.5, and really close to a 5. I just need to calm down a bit. An extraordinary proto-punk record from the kings. Long live Iggy!
No where as hard as I expected
This reminded me how obsessed I was with Dark Shadows (2012) A three point something
Three chords and a razor blade. Great seminal punk album.
The mixing sucks and the drums sound like shit, also not a fan of the vocalist. Basically it's some of the most ordinary dadrock especially with the guitars that kind of randomly decide it's time for a lick or solo that doesn't really fit with the rest of the songs.
Sympa juste pas le genre que j'ecoute tous les jours
it's not bad, was confused by the bowie/iggy mix nonsense though 💥search and destroy
NOT for me. irritating. but iggy pop looks so good in the album cover photo. i need somebody wasnt bad
Kind of boring to me not a huge fan of vocals Favorite song: search and destroy
4/10 Tried with The Stooges before, I can appreciate it but it’s never clicked. I like Iggy’s solo stuff though. Favourites: Search and Destroy ⭐️ Gimme Danger I Need Somebody
I like Iggy, makes me feel like I'm listening to early 70's Bowie. I do agree with other listeners that this dude is way too overrepresented on this list at the expense of a more diverse experience.
I think this is another album that has fallen foul of the too-many-albums-by-the-same-musicians frustration of mine. We've had 4/5 from Iggy, or Iggy and the Stooges, or the Stooges. And I get it, they're pretty good, but not 5 albums good.
solid album
mwah
Nothing that I didn't like. 4.2/5
Rock and roll mal. No se le entiende nada. No me gustó mucho. Parece un vómito de palabras y guitarra.
I'm not feeling this. It's culturally significant, but not my style.
The power. It's very raw.
The guitar riffs make my toes tickle in the best way possible. I found that punk and grunge vibe to be quite optimal for the gym
Not much of a review here. I liked this, but I’m a little surprised I didn’t like it more.
My first reaction when this got recommended was "Hell Yeah!", but with more listens, the less excited I feel about it. While this is a very fun album, what I'm missing here that was on "Fun House" is its echoic sound that made it feel so big. This project might be as incredibly distorted, even more than "Fun House", depending on the version, but still misses that sensation of being in a concert from hell. Talking about versions, I need to clarify that this review is based on the Iggy's Mix, which is louder and rawer than Bowie's one. So as I was saying, I think this album is not as powerful as "Fun House". It has some really fun guitar riffs, but I don't think they sound as amusing or striking. What I can say about this album is that there is more variety in the sound. Starting with Iggy's voice, in songs like "Search and Destroy" and "Raw Power" he sounds very young, while in "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell", "Penetration" and "Death Trip" his singing becomes incredibly raspy. Even when singing in different styles, his singing always shows a lot of character. In terms of instrumentation, the album does also offer more than than super distorted rock riffs and solos on top. "Gimme Danger" features an acoustic and a piano that add a nice touch, "Penetration" has a cool sounding celesta and "I Need Somebody" has a very bluesy tone. Overall, I think the album is super fun and has a lot of power, despite me not being able to avoid feeling a bit underwhelmed when compared to "Fun House".
yllättävän ykstoikkoinen, hieman pettymys
Never liked Iggy
My introduction to the Stooges was around 78. Was a punk my Zepplin inclined friend said I should listen to the first Stooges LP. I made a few disparaging remarks about 20 minute drum solos and long hair. Anyway I borrowed said album and everything made sense. The true inspiration of punk. On safer ground here with the grandfather of punk. Iggy in fine voice and blistering riffs.
And with this, we have reached the final album from Iggy Pop and/or the Stooges for this project! Pretty cool, right? Anyway, this album's cool. At this point, I'd be surprised if it wasn't. Raw Power might be one of the top contenders for the winner of the "Album Name that is Most Accurate to the Album in Question" award. This album sure is raw and powerful. Iggy's showmanship is as strong as ever and the addition of James Williamson on guitar is very welcome in giving these songs a greater melodic strength. Songs like the opening tracks "Search and Destroy" and "Gimme Danger" are made very memorable by the guitar parts. The writing is just as debaucherous as you'd expect. Rather shockingly, the biggest source of controversy among this album actually has nothing to do with the lyrical contents of the songs. No, Raw Power's biggest source of debate is actually in the album mixing, or rather the various mixings that have been released over the years. I am, by no means, a music production expert, so I don't think I can comment that much on the mixing debate, but here's what I will say. I did listen to the Bowie mixing for the full album listen as it's closer to the original album, but I have heard a few of the album's songs through the Iggy mixing, so I can give thoughts on both versions. I think I prefer Bowie's version, but I can see why some might prefer Iggy's version. At the end of the day, regardless of which mixing you listen to, Raw Power is still the same album, and said album is pretty freakin' great. High 4/5.
Seek & Destroy is literally one of the best songs of this era. This album itself is raw, it's early punk, and it's everything it was supposed to be.
really upbeat, and quintessential Iggy/Stooges
Gimmie Danger, Search and Destroy
It sounded alright, it came out in the early 70’s so I think it must have been a phenomenon in early punk music.
I have no idea why people complain about the production of this album. It's nasty, dirty and filthy, just how I'd expect a proper punk and rock album to sound like. If anything, I wish it'd be even noisier, more similar to Fun House. That's really the only reason why I'm dropping one point from a perfect score.
I listened to both mixes and they both sounded like shit but this album transcends them
Great punk, high energy music
It’s super good!!! I feel on the right speakers and the right environment this is a perfect album
There was nothing special about this album to me at all. It was all a bit boring, with nothing interesting me in any of it. It was all kind of just noise to me, and unless I was concentrating to my highest level, all of the songs would just sort of mush together with nothing memorable in between. I wasn't a fan of this; however, it wasn't the most horrendous thing I've ever listened to. There were no real standouts to me...
Light years ahead of its time. Can absolutely see why this is on the list and why so many rate it. Doesn’t mean I enjoyed it though! Ultimately not my thing. 3
Energetic and raw are the only words for this
People always complain about Iggy's mix for this, saying things like "this is the most brickwalled album I've ever heard" or "he literally just pushed everything as far into the red as it can go". To those people, I have just one thing to say: what, exactly, did you think he meant by "Raw Power"?
A Classic - I've never listened to Iggy Pop prior to this album; I can hear and feel the early brit rock style in this project. A lot of the tone and vibes of this project reminded me of the background music of a tony hawk or skate game Best song - Death Trip
Badass rock record, would probably never have listened if it didnt pop up here. Almost makes me nostalgic for a time 20 years before I was born. Gritty, unpolished, fun. Favorite Songs: Search and Destroy, Gimme Danger, Death Trip
Didn't really connect with this one. Very loud, agressive, unpolished. Foundational proto punk album but not one I see myself revisiting in the future.
Search and Destroy is a great song! The rest of the album doesn't quite live up to that one, but is still decent.
Decent but I wish it had I Wanna Be Your Dog
Pretty fun
this is pretty boring, did not connect with me at all
Na
Well titled album with vocals that sound like Strummer and Jagger. Big influence on punk.
I think this album managed to invent punk and sow the seeds of glam. It’s also brilliant start to finish.
Absolut gar nichts für mich
Eric Cartman ass vocals. Not really for me, and tbh I don't really get it.
Favorite songs: Search and Destroy, Gimme Danger, Penetration, I Need Somebody
Dope
Mice
Okay I'm so confused by all the different versions of songs they have bc wdym there's a Bowie, Iggy, or live version. This album is soo weird lol. I do like a few songs though- 3/5
To begin with, I was confused in whether to listen to the Iggy mix or the Bowie mix. Listened to both and the Iggy mix was compressed to hell and distorted so badly, but added to its charm. The Bowie mix sounded really tinny and thin but was a lot clearer and crisp. I carried on with the Iggy mix. Overall it sounded generic glam rock and wasn't that engaged with it but it wasn't a hard listen. 3/5
Listened to The Stooges' Fun House a few months ago. Raw Power by contrast has more calculated rock songs than the jam-based ones in their previous album. Their raw-sounding guitars, provocative lyrics, and Iggy's stage persona probably helped form the modern, rebellious rockstar archetype. Not much really captivated me here, since I know how the ingredients in this album were all mixed together by other artists to create the punk "cake" I'm familiar with. Raw Power is more of a historical artifact I can listen to once and appreciate how it helped shaped a new sound in the years to come.
Raw, gritty, dirty, primitive, visceral, raucous, rock. I love this album.
Best first lyric in all of rock and roll. Another record that launched so many more.
I have so many drug fueled memories wrapped up in this album that sometimes I struggle to hear the difference between the good and and not so good parts of this album.
Too front loaded to be a five... And Iggy's mix is great but some guitar leads get buried in the mix which is a shame.
Just ok,
Raw power is of its time with a slick guitar peppering every song and a pop-rock sound throughout. I didn't particularly feel moved by any song so it's difficult for me to give it a good rating as it overall sounded pretty generic. Fav song: I Need Somebody Least Fav: Penetration
In a decade absolutely bursting with perv rockers, Iggy might have been the king. You can practically taste his weird goop all over this record. I get why this was a big deal at the time, but listening with a modern ear there's not really anything that makes this album stand out beyond Iggy's lecherous vocal fry. It's a 2.5 from me.
When I first heard this album, I was 16 and really high on meth, and this thing hit so damn good. Gotta be one of the best drugs to listen to this album to, though I can't honestly recommend doing meth (plus this was the 90s when meth was safe). I have to admit that I find the notorious production on this a bit grating. It's so thin and tinny. And the tracklisting here isn't my fave Stooges. There's a stronger rock 'n roll feel on here, which is fine and fits in with other stuff at the time like Ziggy Stardust. I don't really ever put this on (same with Ziggy Stardust honestly). Gimme Danger is one of the greatest songs ever made.
This is not for me
Interesting production crew - I know the story of the Bruce Dickinson (more cowbell) but David Bowie was a mixing engineer? Very interesting. Yeah this is pretty cool and yes very raw. Lot of attitude for 73.
Another punk album! Not super familiar with The Stooges work but enjoyed listening to this album while working on Friday. Raw Power was a stand out for me. Happy listening all!
tossed up on which mix to listen to- listened to search and destroy once with the 2023 iggy mix, once with the 2023 bowie mix, then again with the iggy mix and stuck with that one. guitar loses a bit of the edge but i do like the loud bass. its nice in my ears. i should read about the loudness wars classic rock album. nothing for me to write home about honestly, this kind of rock isnt really my style alas i need somebody is nice. i would love to learn how this kind of slow rock is done because i tried composing some recently and it was hard!!!! highlights: penetration (crazy vocals!!)
Must have in collection
Like a punch to the face
Una vuelta a las bases donde no hay trucos digitales, solo el sonido crudo, visceral y orgánico de los instrumentos chocando entre sí.
Not bad but won’t go out of my way to listen to. I liked the Bowie mix better.
el album esta bien, es un disco de corta duracion, con 8 temas de 3-4 minutos cada uno, lo que esta bastante bien. Es facil de escuchar musicalmente si soportas a iggy dando halaridos jajajajaj bastante memorable, sobre todo el lado A con los primeros 4 temas. del lado B solo Death Trip me gustó
Proto-punk. Evidently one of my favorite genres.
Ok
Absolute pure unadulterated rock n roll. Incredible. Love the heavy guitar, unhinged solos, tambourine shaking thru every track, and love how relentless it is. Also the Iggy Mix saved this album
One of the quintessential proto-punk records. I do prefer fun house but there aren’t alot of records like this one. Iggy mix all the way as well. Bowie butchered his version imo.
Raw power indeed! Reminds me of a dive bar I used to frequent in Manhattan. Rip Grassroots!
I actually enjoyed this way more than I expected. Thought this was going to be a hard listen but it was overall very nice and I quite liked it. I'm still going to give this a mid 3. this is not quite my genre but I am pleased with this vinil want: No
First two songs were pretty good but I didn't really enjoy the rest
Iggy mix >>>>>>>>Bowie mix
This whole thing about multiple, competing mixes of this album is very weird. I'm just sticking with the Iggy mix. They both have their problems. Oh! There's a celesta in this garage. Yep, I can see that this guitar sound influenced every punk guitar that came next.
A classic punk inspiring album, with catchy tracks to boot. What's not to like? Iggy gets into the high and low registers, so it's got that charm to go along with the raw energy.
Essential proto punk album. Loved basically every second of this and listened to it three times. The Stooges walked so hardcore punk bands of the 80s could run.
If I had heard it earlier I'd have liked it more. It's fine! Was distracted listening during Hackathon too...
Trying to finish an album right now so i didn't get to listen to this
it was ok. i preferred the previous one what we reviewed.
I think this is the best pre punk album ever made. Just so good on so many levels. Search and Destroy is INCREDIBLE. My biggest challenge is the production. I think David Bowie is HANDS DOWN the worst producer of all time, and it's not even close. Just terrible. It's a shame he produced albums for The Stooges, Mott the Hoople, MC5, makes powerful bands sound like they recorded in their mom's basements.
I can honesty saw this is the first time i listened to an entire alblum with Iggy Pop. Not sure when it will concur again
Better than I expected
Des musiques très intéressantes, notamment Your pretty face is going to hell et Gimme danger
The Iggy mixes are better than the Bowie mixes but the songs are still mediocre. Billy Idol owes a lot to Iggy for the trail he blazed.
Klassiker.
I like this without loving it. I like how raw and punky and scuzzy it is. It's got a real attitude to it. 3.5 rounded down.
It's been some time since I last checked in on this list, about a month or so. Life gets in the way. As such, I don't have the luxury of having listened to this album within the last hour or day to better inform what I normally like to make a good and chunky review, I only have the hazy recollections of listening to it on a train heading south. That those memories are so hazy must be treated as a mark against this album. I settled on this being a 3/5 at the time, with nothing particularly gripping or rancorous; I can be a bit too forgiving with my "mehs" normally being given a still solid score. I just no longer remember exactly why I wasn't gripped. A shame to leave it at just that, but I'd prefer to push on with the remaining 1000+ albums than dredge back through an album I've already ticked off the list and found just okay.
not bad!
Yeah it was fine Like gimme danger
Hardcore garage rock, they took rockabilly and made it hard. Punk before punk existed. It has some killer rock and rolls songs but the mix is not great and it has a really muddled sound.
Im conflicted.Its good but its not great. I like noise, but this is sometimes noise for noise sake. Their first album is a masterpiece shame they couldn't back it up
Enjoyed it. Was interesting to hear what Iggy used to sound like
This is honestly a very impressive project, it sounds fresh enough to come out today, while punching all the classic punk-stops. The influence here, this being an album from 1973, feels immense when you tie all the pieces together. It's a solid effort on its own, front to back, though I can argue personally that not a lot of the lyrics stick with me, but the details in the composition can be memorable. Maybe after a few more listens I'll readjust my opinion, but the melodic aspect of the vocals wasn't terribly impressive to me. It's got stunning album art, that with the historic significance would make this a potential buy when crate digging. There's nothing to hate on, either. The vocal aggression is perfect for this type of rock, the guitars definitely know what they're doing, and the drums are cementing punk DNA into basically every second of the record. I'd appreciate a song or two that felt like they carried the weight of the project, because it feels like a solid album with no singles. 3.5/5
I mean I didn't mind it, not something I'd listen to again personally but not too bad at all
Iggy! Short and sweet
Never have previously listened to this album. Was quite impressed. It needs a few more extra listens.
3/5 Ok cool
I like this
Raw and powerful
Fairly tedious and boring. Neither the Bowie or Iggy mixes of the album are all that great, but if I had to pick one, I'd go with Bowie's versions. Seems like you have to be a huge punk fan to get much from this. I generally can appreciate heavy and / or punk albums, but this didn't strike me as being raw and heavy, but rather just flat out sloppy (in a lazy way, not in an intentional way). At least Iggy and The Stooges goes for variety instead of giving you the typical punk boredom of the same carbon copied chugga chugga power chords of their imitators. Most bearable: "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" Well, that is the third and final Stooges album from this list for me. Unfortunately I didn't really enjoy any of their albums.
Wish this clicked more.. some hard rock is pretty soft
ABSOLUTE POWERRRRRR
- very 1970s rock/punk, something very different than what I listen to - I didn't know which version to review, the Iggy Mix or the bowie mix, so I just listened to the Iggy version - Favourite songs would probably be Gimme danger and Search and destroy - sounds like ive been transported to the 1970s and im a junior/senior in high school listening to this album on a car radio with my friends - not something I would listen to daily, but definitely something that I wouldn't mind listening to if it come on my playlist! - 4/5
not bad. overall a 3.6
wow the mix on that first song was crazy faves: Gimme Danger
Meh! I am not as into this as I would think I should be.
Here’s some early hard rock/punk music from Iggy Pop and the gang. This album was remixed several times, and there is much discussion about which mix is the best. I listened to the remastered Iggy mix. I’m curious how the other mixes compare, but not curious enough to listen to all of them. “Penetration” and “I Need Somebody” were my favorite tracks. Both of them have a Howlin’ Wolf vibe.
This is a meh for me. I know my ratings are trending harsher, but I'm simply uninterested in this much guitar! Disclaimer: I listened to the 2023 remaster, which I guess is a different mix than the original (which I could not easily find). So, maybe my rating has an asterisk (but I kinda doubt it).
I've heard worse but my ears are still bleeding a little. If I have to listen to this whole thing it will be a bit torturous
Alright did expect to enjoy it more though
Respect to Iggy for breaking ground but not great if you don’t like punk
I really liked this, having never heard it before'--solid guitar, bass, drums, vocals. After listening to that garbage sh*t yesterday, (napalm death/scum) this was like Yeah!
This album is very ronchy.amost fells like a old horror movie.
A great album from the Stooges. It’s a classic for a reason. Iggy Pop is great in this.
Just sheer & utter filth. Just Filthy. I love it!
A glorious noise - tight and dirty. Fundamental. Favourite tracks: Search and Destroy, Gimme Danger (fuck yeah)
Iggy Mix. 5/5, felt cool asf listening to this.
temores la verdad muy buen album que suena bastante contemporáneo para ser del 73
Solid album. Listened to the Iggy Mix version
Raw, fun and powerful
Very cool, love iggys voice, fav song is Shake Appeal
This is a good early punk rock album. Having listened to Iggy (happy 79th birthday!) solo albums before I still prefered those better. There was also a Bowie and Iggy version to choose from and I chosed Bowie. There was a good enough variety in the songs but I was not the biggest fan.
Хард-рок 60х-70х прям моя тема, обожаю G'n'R, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, последних послушал благодаря для этому сайту, спасибо ему
Seems like a bit of a power move to put yourself on the album cover, shirtless, for a group act.
8.5/10
6/10 A bit rough around the edges, but a decent listen
Ganz gut, wenn auch matschig und auf geistlose Weise monoton
Punk, pushing into post-punk. Gimme Danger is a move into the more subdued and melodic. Quite nice. Your Pretty Face is Going To Hell is back to a more classic punk sound. Mix is good, can hear nice and clear the guitar licks. Penetration has some kind of xylophone/glockenspiel/synth which is a welcome introduction Oof Raw Power. All I can hear is that right-panned single high piano note. It's too distracting. I Need Somebody is a diversion to almost delta blues. Can see that there is a good variety of tracks here. But it's just not incredible is is? Best track - Gimme Danger, Penetration 3 stars
Two diff versions of this record - I mostly listened to the Bowie mixes but comparing a few songs from the Iggy version was interesting. The whole thing is mostly not my jam though.
Mix was so jarring at the beginning but by the end I felt like it was quite cool. Def enjoyed the back half of the record a bit more. Ironically doesn’t have the raw power of the last stooges record we listened to imo. Iggy still cool and the riffs are so fuck u. Favs: penetration, shake appeal
Found this one tough to get through. Listened to the Iggy mix. It’s just not for me this early punk stuff. Like learn to play guitar and sing you degenerates?
Buen disco con algunos temas míticos
For Search and Destroy alone, this album deserves five stars, and we have the bonus if the rest of it kicking ass, too. The recording quality is weirdly, famously, shite, which lends a little bit of a documentary feel to excite our anthropological urges. Like you start speculating what the scene in the studio was like. What the conversation with David Bowie was like when they brought him in to save it. But make no mistake, this fucker rocks. Hard. Even if some lyrics hit different in the age of AI: Look out, honey, 'cause I'm using technology Ain't got time to make no apology
The first Stooges album of three in this collection (first for me, last chronologically of the collection), and I must admit I'm a little disappointed that we got more Stooges and less solo Iggy Pop, if this album is much like the previous two Stooges productions. "Search and destroy" is an interesting choice to start off the album, as it set me up to expect that the album would be kind of a harsh proto-punk sound, but other tracks are mildly more entertaining--"Gimme danger" has an almost Doors-like sound (assuming the Doors chose to record in a wind tunnel from far away), and "Penetration" is another promising direction. Unfortunately, despite Bowie's efforts to recover from Pop's apparently abysmal mix, the production quality is really mediocre (even with the 2023 remastered version), so much so that it distracts from the music, such as it is, and I'll admit I would never have guessed that Iggy Pop was singing the songs (except for "I need somebody" and bits of "Death trip", he sounds a lot more like Darby Clash from the very recent Germs album, which isn't a good thing). I'd be inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and an extra star (and respect the apparently unanimous critical love of what this album represented) if there weren't two more Stooges albums ahead of me (and one Germs immediately behind), so two it is. Sorry, Stooges!
Another delicious Iggy album. Chef's kiss to the subtlety of "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell." I could listen to this album on repeat for a long long time.... the tone varies and the guitar solos casually blister.
This is another great album from Iggy Pop with the assist from David Bowie. It’s crunchy, sexy, and punk all at the same time. It starts off with the hard rocking search and destroy, then settles into a more familiar proto punk sound. Really good album. Iggy pop might be the artist I’ve gained the most appreciation for in this album project so far. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rough as but the songwriting shines through
I dont fucking care, bring me my homunculus that I flick cigarette ash towards, this album bores me.
So many remixes all so different. I think I found the original 1973 release which is certainly better than the Iggy remix. The guitars on this are outstanding.
It's objectively a mess, but it's rad so I don't care.
Tough as fuck!!!
- A banger but I can't go over a 4 because both mixes suck and, dispute it if you like, that DOES take away from what otherwise would be a perfect album. Calling it Punk doesn't excuse bad decision making or presentation. It's a hill I'll die on. -
Not my favorite
Enjoyed a few songs but was a bit heavy for me.
Banger upon banger, really enjoyed this one. Added a few picks to songs that I think define me!
Some great, some not so great.
Kinda meh, but not as bad as I was expecting
I liked this a lot more than the Iggy solo album I had earlier. What a response to hippie culture this must've been. Very raw and powerful.
Rock that doesn’t do it for me.
_Raw Power_ opens like a record that has somehow arrived three or four years early. Not because punk guitarists were about to start playing like James Williamson — most of them couldn’t — but because the attitude is already there: impatience, insolence, speed, contempt for respectable rock behaviour. Williamson is the key to why that comparison only gets you so far. He is one of those guitarists who creates a wonderful can/can’t-play illusion. He clearly can play. What he refuses to do is enjoy the social advantages of sounding like somebody who can play. His technique is used to make the guitar sound nasty, unstable and faintly disreputable. “Gimme Danger” is the first moment where that becomes properly fascinating rather than merely exciting. The song broods, but underneath Iggy there is that repeated manic little guitar figure worrying away at the arrangement. It does not really behave like a lead line. It twitches. The surface of the song is slow, druggy and controlled while something underneath appears to be having a nervous episode. That is Williamson all over: musicianship used to increase unease rather than demonstrate mastery. “Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell” is simply an insolent noise. The guitar sounds as though it has been deliberately made less respectable than a guitar ought to be, but there is still definition inside the filth. That matters. _Raw Power_ is never just undifferentiated racket. Somebody has thought quite carefully about exactly what kind of racket this should be. Then “Penetration” turns up with a celesta. A celesta, in a song apparently preoccupied with sex and drugs. That is a wonderfully perverse arranging choice. It adds this brittle little tinkle above all the grime, and rather than making the song prettier it makes it stranger. More guitar would merely have made the record heavier. The celesta makes it feel faintly wrong. The title track is where I can hear a road leading towards The Damned. There is a ghost of “New Rose” somewhere in the forward rush and the sheer enjoyment of bad manners, although it is not remotely the same song. The missing ingredient is Rat Scabies. His great contribution to The Damned is that the drums are themselves disruptive. He does not simply drive the chaos; he creates another layer of it. That exposes the one criticism I would make of _Raw Power_. For a record so committed to sonic disruption, it does not always seem to have considered the disruptive potential of the drum kit. Scott Asheton drives everything hard enough, but the drums are generally propulsion while Iggy and Williamson get to destabilise the music. Keith Moon would solve that problem instantly, but would create a worse one: you would spend the record listening to Keith Moon. _Raw Power_ does not need another star. It needs the violence to feel collective. “I Need Somebody” changes the gait entirely. It limps. Zombie blues is the best description I can find for it: an old form dug up and persuaded to walk again, except something is wrong with the legs. The blues structure is still recognisable, but it has lost its healthy swagger. Then “Shake Appeal” manages something almost even stranger. It sounds like pre-Beatle dance music for degenerates. There is something wonderfully old-fashioned in its directness: beat, hook, repetition, instruction to the body. Before pop absorbed so much of the Beatles’ older show-tune grammar — the harmonic turns, the major/minor shifts, the bridges that change the emotional weather — plenty of dance music had a much simpler job. Hit quickly. Make people move. “Shake Appeal” has that innocent structural logic, except the Stooges have dragged it through several bad neighbourhoods. That is really what _Raw Power_ does best. It is not primitive because the people making it lack options. Williamson alone disproves that. It is primitive because the band keeps deliberately throwing away the civilising options. Intelligence is applied to impact, filth, movement and bad manners. And then “Death Trip” finishes the album by refusing to finish it properly. There is no comedown, no summing-up, no final piece of wisdom. It just keeps attacking until eventually there is no more record. Anything more elegant would have been a betrayal. _Raw Power_ is routinely described as proto-punk, and obviously it is, but that undersells the strangest thing about it. Punk inherited its nerve much more readily than its musicianship. This is a record made by people capable of considerably more respectable music who have instead decided to use that ability to make rock sound dangerous, stupid, funny and slightly diseased. Controlled degeneracy. That is the trick.
This album was the start of the punk rock movement and it still absolutely rips 53 years after its release. Iggy Pop will forever be a punk icon.
Okay…I totally missed out on this album and really enjoyed it. It’s keeper, it’s a rocker, and what was I thinking! From the opener Search and Destroy to ending of Death Trip this album lives up to it’s title of Raw Power and kept me Rockin’ all the through. This album must have opened the doors from many other bands to step through in the mid-70’s 80’s and 90’s. From Punk to Grunge.
An influential record that still manages to sound menacing and vibrant 50 years later. Now we're talking. Here's the thing: I still vastly prefer the bands that came after, but this is still listenable. You can hear where this goes in the future, but it's still a self contained thing. Kinda makes me want to take some unidentified pills, punch somebody and get an STD (complimentary).
1973... I was 2. But this album kills it! So fuzzy and Iggy sounds young but on the edge of every razor. Great record!
how fitting that we go from gimme shelter right to gimme danger lmao. this kicks mick jagger's ass
I should like this more, but I don’t.
This is what I thought the Rolling Stones would sound like. Love it.
B+
interesting i guess 6.1/10
alright
raw power
pas mal mais déjà il n'y avait que la version d'anniversaire sur deezer avec les différent remix (Bowie ou Iggy) mais pas mal franchement je réécouterai maybe not we'll see 3
Fun listen; maybe was groundbreaking at the time(?) but just sounded kind of like a standard good rock album to me.
I fear this one is too much raw and dirty for me to enjoy it.
Excellent proto garage rock. I am not quite sure how I have never listened to this before.
Okay, but did not find a song to save to my personal playlist. Maybe I need another listen.
Catchy - thx
A great album. I don't really recognize much punk in it, but there's plenty of top-notch rock. I'll definitely be listening to this album often. 5/5
So so seminal. Raw Power indeed
Love that, actually honestly and raw. So fresh in comparison to the radio rock bands of this time 4+
Ta guapo
I am clearly teetering on the edge of some sort of fatigue when it comes to this list. I hate to feel like I'm maybe not giving enough credit where credit is due, but this is another album that just left me wholly unimpressed. And if it ends up that I'm not fatigued, then maybe I just don't care for much punk or Bowie in many senses. The mix on this album doesn't hit me, just like its aggressive but non-melodic songs. It doesn't lean too far into deconstructing music to make me uncomfortable though, and at least it's nice to know where Iggy Pop is from now. Highlights: N/A
nice feels like a billiards and ace of spades type of vibe
Best Track - "Gimme Danger"
Went for the Bowie Mix, opinion seems strongly divided which is better so went for the OG. Raw Power is certainly apt. I know Search and Destroy quite well but hadn't heard any of the others. Didn't do much for me unfortunately. If you want rawer power "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a crazy sound for 1969
Fine, was pretty uneventful but wasn't offensive or anything either. Nothing here that makes me want to come running back any time soon. (2.5/5)
This keeps growing on me. On first listen, I was like this is good, but also nothing groundbreaking. Which is true listening to it so many years later. But there's actually a lot more texture, even nuance, to the songs, and with ~four listens now, I'm growing to like it a lot.
Badass. Hearing Search and Destroy live a couple years ago was fantastic.
Hade glömt hur jävla bra den här skivan är. En klassiker. Och som han sjunger! En femma!
21/04/26 voz irritante e capa consideravelmente ruim chato desculpa aí iggy pop
Loud, aggressive, fast. Punk before the word was used for marketing purposes.
4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/iggy-and-the-stooges/raw-power/ Cool stuff. I can usually only take so much of the proto-punk screaming the same line over and over again over increasing noise thing, so it’s good this album 1) has plenty variety still and 2) is not too long.
I can feel the influence radiating off every track on this album. Intense.
Didn't love it.
I just found out how much I love the Stooges a few years ago. I'm not sure how I missed them in my younger years. This album has so much energy. I think 'Fun House' was a stronger album.
Didn’t like any
Meh
I'm starting to realize that the loud, distorted messiness of punk is really not for me.
Nice
I feel like his voice goes so well with that raw, grimey guitar sound, but the album itself felt like it was missing something
scho bitz mit den augen gerollt woni gseh ha dases NOMEL es stooges album het aber ich han gad seeeehr spass a dem. sie sind huuere wild und tight und punky und hässig und relaxed glichzitig. würkli geil.
soooo es ikonischs foti! SOO ENDLICH SORRY LUCA s isch chlii wemiger chaotisch aber de iggy pop gaht immerno ab wienes zäpfli hahaha shake appeal isch reecht rock'n'roll han eig scho spass gha aber das verdient wiedermal s prädikat "schona coolio aber au alles echli ah mier verbio"
I guess I just don’t see it. I was bored for most of this. The guitar sound is cool enough but the songs it’s being used in service of… it just doesn’t feel like there’s much there
Buenísimo, un rock en estado puro como tal dice su Nombre
It’s clear this album was one of the forerunners of punk, which had to make it fascinating for listeners at the time. It’s pretty interesting in retrospect too. Search and Destroy definitely feels like the album’s mission statement. The energy is fantastic right from the beginning… but the overall sound feels so thin. It’s about here that I saw there was a “Bowie Mix” and an “Iggy Mix.” After reading a little about them I decided to listen to both, and then tried switching between them mid-song a few times. Frustratingly, both of them have different problems. Bowie’s is too thin, Iggy’s is too loud. Goldilocks never really arrives. The songs themselves are all good without any of them being particularly memorable. Iggy has a lot of vocal styles — I like some and don’t care for others. I dig the repeated celesta melody on Penetration… it almost feels like a post-punk track. Raw Power itself seems to be the blueprint for the Sex Pistols. I liked this record without really loving anything about it. Perhaps if it had production that could make it feel as visceral as a live performance I could get behind it a little more.
7/10 - It’s hard not to compare albums from the same band and use that as the standard. I think Funhouse was a better record but that shouldn’t reduce the score of this album. It’s a good early punk rock record and was worth the listen.
It's good but I think the wildness of Fun House is more appealing. I could do with a bit more noise. 8/10
5/5 best stooges album
It is what it is.
Like the title, very raw, pretty powerful. Search and Destroy and Death Trip were my favorites. I wish it was a bit louder tho. 5.8/10
Not their best
Middy pop
Not for me. 1/5
most of the music sounds like ass i need somebody is probably the best idk
Oh, okay, first repeat after joining a group, we'll see. TOMMOROW DAY: Well, i hated it last time, i don't like it now
i only listened to the bowie mix favs: i need somebody (bowie mix) rating 0.5/5
I like the Stooges, I don't find my substance in them though. I can admire it for it's foundation on punk and the general sound of rock at the time. Raw Power is the perfect name, because that's really all it is: driving rhythm and lyrics that are pure rock for rock's sake.
Pretty solid for the most part; Iggy Popp’s energy/performance was probably the standout for me.
The title of the album exactly reflects its content. Full of energy, protest (I guess) and joy. However, I only enjoyed listening to the first two songs and rest of the record for not that great. Thanks a lot for keeping the record short !
Pure swagger. I was obsessed with this in my teens
pretty alright. i like a lot of iggy's performance. gimme danger was my favorite track
Not my favorite Stooges album. Feels overly tame by today's standards
Each song has this raw feeling. It’s definitely a good rock/punk album. His rough voice makes a nice addition to the album. The album is also very loud. The name fits the album. Favorite song: Search and Destroy
Forgettable but fine
Gotta love it when an album's title is a perfect match with the album's music. Pure energy bursting at the seams with this one. Good tunes all around.
For some reason, completely grating and unlistenable to me.
Notable Textzeile: I move to master my machine And I will not stand in line Sick boy, sick boy, going wrong Memory losing grip Energie, Energie, Energie. Aber auch Dumpfheit im Sounds, manchmal falsches Abbiegen, dann wieder große Zeilen und große schreiende Gitarren. Das ist groß und für ganz vieles was kommt wichtig. Da es mich aber auch immer wieder stresst kommt es nur in die zweite Reihe der Rotation und daher "nur"
So wie die Stones dachten das sie klingen: roh aber soulful, sexually charged, unberechenbar. Es wurde viel über die Produktion diskutiert, ich habe ein paar der Songs in allen drei Varianten gehört und finde alle gleich flach. Aber das ist ja auch Musik, die für Konzerte gemacht ist. Sonderlob für das unfassbar gute Gitarrenspiel. Abzug weil klingt wie Bootleg auf Kassette aber sorry, das Album ist
Album-Name = Programm! Kann mir vorstellen, dass Jagger neidisch auf das Album ist.
it was fun but I didn’t care much. I like the following one much more
standard-faire rock album, would give a 2.5
I really thought I'd like this one more than I did. I think I might have to come back to it some other time and re-evaluate how I feel about it but yesterday it was not hitting.
This felt so grimy and disgusting, I loved it. Especially after reading about the live shows where Iggy Pop would cut himself with glass and smear various fluids on himself before crowd-surfing. This does significantly reduce the "would I go to this concert" rating, however.
We’re only one week from British daylight savings so albums will go back to generating at 11 instead of midnight hooray One time I was buying some iggy pop records from cd central and a bus driver leaned out his window to yell at me and try to have a conversation about them and I hope that bus driver is doing well.
This one was polarizing! Loved some of the songs, was irritated by others. Really liked the guitar parts, and some of Iggy’s wild energy. Disliked every time he made that sucking air through his teeth sound. Def an acquired taste that I’m working on
Iggy version > bowie version
I've never really "got" Iggy - the lyrics are great but just not a fan of the sound. I think I'm missing the context that this music was likely novel when it landed.
Okay! Not my favorite. I'm realizing I have a trend of not liking when musicians make random noises in the middle of songs, and that carries through here. The energy just wasn't my favorite, and also was a little too horny for what I want to hear these days. I will say I was jamming the whole way through regardless!
wow! Absolutely awful. raw crap. -1
5.5/10 I'm all for separating the art from the artist (otherwise half of the albums on here would have to be 1/5), but knowing Mr. Pop was having sex with 13 year olds at the time does make some of these lyrics appear a lot more cringe.
Cool.