By: The Stooges Average Rating: Binding: Audio CD Format: Original recording remastered Label: Elektra / Wea Number of Discs: 2 Release Date: August 16, 2005
Album Description: Long before the raw power of punk icon Iggy Pop became legend, his first incarnation as Iggy Stooge of proto-punk trailblazers The Stooges roared into being. The essence of punk years before the genre existed, The Stooges' furious music was a howling, visceral, fuzztone-drenched, and unprecedented vortex of sound, as evidenced on their revolutionary self-titled, John Cale-produced 1969 debut album. Their bracing follow-up, Fun House portrayed their evolution into a fiercer, stronger band with Iggy's primal vocals and mad brilliance more potent than ever. Each immortal album is now remastered and twice as amazing with a second disc of rarities and previously unreleased tracks.
Good times,... good times.. Raw, simple, raunchy, hard, what you see is what you get goodness. Light years beyond thier time, music for your guts. Thank you Stooges, BFF!
some love it, some hate it Not as monumental as Funhouse or Raw Power but still great. All guitarists need to study Ron's playing on this - simple but not simplistic, great tone and completely unique. Many have tried to imitate his style but nooone comes close. And Scotty, Iggy and Dave aren't too bad either!
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Really does not do the band justice I like the Stooges, but this album did not do it for me. I just cannot get into it. This album is really not that great, and I strongly believe people are giving it a galaxy of stars in its ratings just because it's a Stooges record.
When I first heard this, I thought: this album sounds like it was written in a hurry. Turns out years later that my assumption was correct after reading interviews from the band! This is especially noticeable on "We Will Fall" (talk about filler material), and all of the tracks after "No Fun". The amateurishness of the band is really captured on this album.
In fairness to the band, maybe these songs would have been a little better if they were recorded the way Funhouse was like stripping the studio of its sound proof carpeting, etc. The energy and power of the band was severly emascualted on this album (again as they stated in interviews). It really does not do the band justice. This is too bad because it sounds like a typical rock album from 1969, instead of the powerhouse that was captured on Funhouse and Raw Power. Not only that, the songs are far more superior on those two albums. Buy only to complete the Stooges catalog.
A great debut! This self-titled debut from The Stooges is a remarkable album, heavy at times, atmospheric at others, it defies any "punk" label that is flung at it.
great heavy cd THE STOOGES 1969!!! the stooges were reveloutinal they were like one of the first heavy rock bands ever can you believe this kind of sound came out in 1969! i mean the whole music scene then was pretty much psychedellic this album is the opposite of psychedellic its a good hard rock album. like mc5 they were the two only bands in america(at that time) to have this heavy sound too it. some key tracks are, 1969, i wanna be your dog, no fun, not right, little doll, etc. this album also was when the stooges were the stooges before they changed their name to iggy pop and the stooges this is before iggy pop took over the other album you need accsess to besides this is raw power another classic buy this album today if you like heavy music
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