The Stooges [Original recording remastered]

Product 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.

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The Stooges [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: Some really good tracks, liked earlier Stooges better Raw Power! RAW POWER to the people Why the Hype? STAY AWAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A QUALITY PRODUCT

Raw Power Iggy & the Stooges Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fun House The Stooges New York Dolls Lust for Life The Idiot ASIN: B000002AP1 Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Search And Destroy
2. Gimme Danger
3. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (Originally titled 'Hard To Beat')
4. Penetration
5. Raw Power
6. I Need Somebody
7. Shake Appeal
8. Death Trip

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Iggy's torturous, red-lined remix puts the claws, violence, and danger back in grooves first cut in '73 (and supposedly botched in David Bowie's far more tame--and somewhat more listenable--original mix). Result: Sublime Motor City mayhem. --Jeff Bateman

Album Description

Limited edition reissue, in a digipak, of the band's historic 1973 album. The booklet features extensive sleeve notes, including an interview with Iggy. Eight tracks, including 'Search And Destroy', 'Penetration' and 'Raw Power'.

Album Details

Limited Digipack Release

Customer Reviews:

Some really good tracks, liked earlier Stooges better.......2007-07-25

I bought this on a whim. I had read in my "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" book that this was good and I was looking for some music that had more of an edge than to what I was normally listening too. When I put it into the CD player I was shocked at how dirty the recordings sounded. I'm a huge progressive rock fan and was used to very clean and polished music and was not used to this. After my intial shock, I found that I loved the tracks "Search and Destroy," "Gimme Danger," "Penetration," and "I Need Somebody." They're such great tracks. Unfortunatly, rest of the tracks aren't as good, but are not bad, and so I rated this album lower than the other Stooges albums. If you like this, then I recommend Fun House and, if you feel brave, the rare live albums, like Metallic KO (which I just purchased).

Raw Power!.......2007-04-24

Iggy And The Stooges-Raw Power *****


If you were to make a list of the one hundred greatest albums of all time Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges would easily be in teh top ten, maybe even in the top five. No other album in the history of rock n' roll has captured a moment in time so perfectly, and brutaly. 1973, music was changing, things were not so happy an more, the 1960's were long gone, and rebellion was begining to rear its head once again as it did in 1953. A new nature was coming, a new style, a new attitude. Punk took the thoughts of the 1960's and gave them actions. Iggy And The Stooges put that on display for the entire world to see with Raw Power.

'Search And Destroy,' one of the single greatest moments in music history opens this historic album. With guitar from another planet and a swagger to match Ron Asheton and Iggy Pop created one of the most anialating songs in history. 'Search And Destroy' has been cited by many punk legends as the moment they changed the way they thought about music. 'Gimme Danger' which is another killer song. Some Iggy Pops best vocals can be heard here. Part acoustic, part electric 'Gimme Danger' is one of the best songs Iggy ever lent his name to. Its so dark and dangerous, no pun intended. This is one of those rare songs that is just so good it cant be described in words because it must be heard to fully appreciate. 'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell' which was originaly called 'Hard To Beat' is another yet killer song. Only Iggy would have the nerve to rename a song thirty some years after it was first released to the world. One of the best guitar riffs I have ever heard is in this song. Superb. Fast, loud, unapologetic, and ferocious. All the makings of a excellent song. 'Penetration' has the coolest piano work ever. Simply Amazing. A very sexy song, which Im sure was what Iggy was going for. The lyrics are the most unattractive thing ever but the bands overall performance makes the song very sexy. Very slow, and slimy. This song is reminicent of 'Loose' from the Fun House album. Once again guitar, guitar, guitar. Asheton is one of the most underrated and overlooked guitar players in history. The title track 'Raw Power' may be the best song on the album, maybe thats why they decided to name the album after it. Great lyrics, and very catchy. Once again the piano is great. Not very complicated or fancy or anything but it fits the song perfectly. The Stooges are known for using instruments in songs that you wouldnt normaly expect to hear them in. But when they do it works somehow. 'I Need Somebody' is a personal favorite. Nice and slow blues number with mostly acoustic guitars. Very cool, very Velvet Underground/Lou Reed esq. Easily one of the top three songs the band ever recorded. Okay, 'Shake Appeal' is without a doubt the best song the band ever made in my opinion. Phenominal. Amazing guitar riff, lyrics, delivery, the entire package is great. This song best describes The Stooges and what they stood for. If you were to only hear one Iggy Pop And The Stooges song in your life, 'Shake Appeal' would be the one to hear. Fantastic is all you can say about it. 'Death Trip' is a lot like the title track 'Raw Power.' It is a great way to end the album because it is a great song but nothing about really sets it apart from the rest of the album other then the extended guitar solo and that it is the last song on the album.

If you were to own one punk album in your life or even just hear one, I must say this is the one to hear or own. It is the best, and the one that inspired almost every punk band ever. Don't let the shoddy production shy you away, the music overcomes that, and now the remastered version despite what purists may say it does sound better and really inhances the albums overall quality. Raw Power is one of those rare moments in rock n' roll history that shouldn't be missed or past up by anyone. This was the last Stooges album for almost thirty years and boy did they go out with a bang. Brilliant!

RAW POWER to the people .......2007-02-16

The title says it all. This is the way Rock n' Roll was meant to be: fast, sexy, hot, a little scary, fun, catchy, challenging, and a** scorching. RAW POWER is one of the best records for Rock lovers, but it's not for the weak kneed, lily-livered, or Punk pretenders. RAW POWER was Kurt Cobain's favorite record and is certainly THE STOOGES most musical effort. Despite RAW POWER's thin and not-so-greatly recorded sound, this is one of the most powerful and influential records in Rock. Re-mastered by Iggy Pop himself, this release has suffered a lot of criticism. I don't really care; it's what we've got to listen to, and the band was great and these performances monumental. I just want to listen to the music and I love it, imperfect as it may be. To the casual listener, the record's equal parts accessible and off-putting. RAW POWER might be my own personal favorite STOOGES album (check out FUN HOUSE, though, if at all interested in this band). But of their three albums, there is not a less than superb one. Iggy Pop brings a finesse to this record and production value that is not apparent on the first two STOOGES albums, even if THE STOOGES had to dissolve, reform under Columbia (and be promptly dropped by that label) to make it happen. I love the celeste on "Penetration," the sure fire delivery of "Search and Destroy," the uncompromising sexiness of "Shake Appeal," and Iggy himself has specified that the epic "Death Trip" was about his expectation that this record would fail, yet once again the record has that ironic insight into the future influence of THE STOOGES few, but extremely important, recordings, as he sings "...we're going down in history..."

Why the Hype?.......2007-01-10

I heard "I Need Somebody" and gave this a try. I don't dig the "in the red" sound they were going for. To be honest, I don't like most of the songs either. We can all appreciate their influence on what we jam too now, but I just couldn't get into this one. Much respect, no rotation.

STAY AWAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A QUALITY PRODUCT.......2007-01-08

This is garbage because of one thing ... the production and mix are truly awful. It sounds like you are listening to this through a transister radio, underwater and 100 yards away. It was purposely recorded that way.

This is 3 chord rock and there is nothing special about them. With other punk/garage bands, you heard the same chord progressions and time signatures infinite times but with better recordings.

I like some of Iggy Pop's material but I do not get it with this one. I know that this is regarded as a classic by a lot of critics I just don't get it.

You should stay away because I cannot imagine anybody having repeated listenings of this.

Average customer rating: Good debut Great. but Obviously Not Perfect great album A Real Cool Time oh man

The Stooges The Stooges Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rebels | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fun House Raw Power The Weirdness Lust for Life New York Dolls ASIN: B0009SOFGI Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

1. 1969
2. I Wanna Be Your Dog
3. We Will Fall
4. No Fun
5. Real Cool Time
6. Ann
7. Not Right
8. Little Doll

Tracks:

1. No Fun (Original John Cale Mix)
2. 1969 (Original John Cale Mix)
3. I Wanna Be Your Dog (Original John Cale Mix)
4. Little Doll (Original John Cale Mix)
5. 1969 (Alternate Vocal)
6. I Wanna Be Your Dog (Alternate Vocal)
7. Not Right (Alternate Vocal)
8. Real Cool Time (Alternate Mix)
9. Ann (Full Version)
10. No Fun (Full Version)

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.

Customer Reviews:

Good debut.......2007-07-25

Raw Power is what got me interested in the Stooges. I eventually was able to listen to this album for the first time at my college's library. I was so bored I fell asleep. I thought it all droned on and wasn't very creative and all sounded the same. But for some reason I was drawn to it and so for my birthday I recieved this album plus "Funhouse."

Knowing that I usually like an album more the more I listen to hit I wanted to give this another shot. During my second listen I came to realise that this was great music! It was simple, but fun. The songs that really stuck out were the first two tracks, "1969" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog." I also like "Ann" and, unlike most people here, "We Will Fall." All the other tracks, though good, all kinda sound the same to me.

The Bonus Disc is interesting, but I definatly think the bonus disc for "Funhouse" is much better.

If you like this I recommend "Funhouse" if you do not already own it.

Great. but Obviously Not Perfect.......2007-03-12

The Stooges first album is, in many ways, indicative of bone-headed genius and a lack of preparation. The first half of the album (save for the interminable "We Will Fall") is impeccable. Anger at spirit-crushing boredom is the primary force that drives these tracks. It's "1969": 'another year with nothing to do'. As such, it's "No Fun." "I Wanna Be Your Dog" shows how bored and willing these guys were. Plus, it's got sleigh bells and fuzz-wah all in one, so it's marvellous track. Lyrical content aside, the aggression in the guitar work is incredible.

The second half functions as one huge dry-spot. The liner notes tell us how most of these tracks were cooked up as filler. Did the band actually think they could take their well-written songs and stretch them to ridiculous lengths? As such, these hastily-written compositions are rather monotonous musically. Lyrically, they're beyond dumb. The utter simplicity suggests not genius but lack of preparation. Still, their presence and sound do present a continuity with the earlier tracks.

This re-issue tacks on a CD full of alternate mixes, alternate vocal takes and alternate versions. The first few are the original John Cale mixes. These sound like they were recorded in an outhouse. It's a good thing Iggy remixed the album, because Cale's mixes bury and smother the finer points of the anger. The next few tracks have alternate vocals. They're alright, not too grand, but not too different. Lastly, extended versions. They're pretty good.

So how do I rate the album? Overall, it maintains a pretty concise sound. The rage and the boredom pervades, as does the rollicking guitar work. There are weak patches, to be sure, but the album ends up being a very cohesive beast. The bonus disc is just gravy. Sure, we just hear the same songs over and over, but it works well. The fact that its not tacked onto the first disc ensures that you get a solid listening experience if you only stick to the first album. As such, I'm giving the album four stars: Great, but with weak spots.

great album.......2007-03-09

This is a nice introduction to the man who had so much influence on the rock and roll to come in the 70's and 80's - iggy pop... the stooges are kind of somewhere in between the later sounds of punk rock and the experimentations of the velvet underground.. this album features many direct rockers like 1969.. but also delves into such strange territories as the delightful 'we will fall' - which clocks in at about 10 min.. This is a nice departure from what was going on in the rock scene at the time -very influential - and very fun..

A Real Cool Time .......2007-02-13

Overlooked and under sold, I too as a youth might have snubbed this record for its complete lack of artifice, particularly in the era it was released. Ironically, I am now old enough to appreciate its directness. I have never laughed as much listening to a record the first time as I did to this unfashionably disaffected (in the 60s) seemingly inane, and insightful Rock n' Roll explosion. Oh yeh, it's fantastically noisy too! Opening with the wa-wa guitar licks of "1969," I wondered if Iggy Pop (a.k.a. Iggy Stooge) had a time machine. Who'd have thought that tune (the song culled for single release backed with "Real Cool Time" and of course a complete flop in that year) would become more and more relevant with each passing decade? An album of pure adolescent innocence and ferocity, THE STOOGES was accused of being "dumb" but is in fact a return to rock roots instinctively informed by the passing decade of its release as well as the masters of the 50s. The record exerted enormous influence despite extremely low sales and inadvertently revitalized Rock in conjunction with just a few other bands (like The MC5.) This record looks forward in a way these guys could not have foreseen. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is at turns fabulously compelling, revolting, and hilarious, and my own favorite "Not Right" bares the obsessive motives of youth. I can see why THE STOOGES are referred to as the proto-punks. Docked a point for the long theatre piece "We Will Fall," which isn't bad, but seems to be a bit filler, the re-mastered release, including a bonus disc, is well worth the price of admission. You will swiftly move on to The Stooges' second album FUN HOUSE if you truly love Rock n' Roll.

oh man.......2007-02-06

unfortunalty i wasnt around for the stooges or any band i like for that matter because im only 15, but i have to say this album is great it came out in a time when all there was was dirty hippies that god for the stooges

Average customer rating: Let me tell you about The Weirdness... I don't know. I REALLY want to love this album but... More in the red, please 4 star effort instructions for listening to 'the wierdness'

The Weirdness The Stooges Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Icky Thump Grinderman Twelve The Stooges Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) ASIN: B000MTDRJU Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Trollin'
2. You Can't Have Friends
3. ATM
4. Idea of Fun
5. The Weirdness
6. Free and Freaky
7. Greedy Awful People
8. She Took My Money
9. The End of Christianity
10. Mexican Guy
11. Passing Cloud
12. I'm Fried

Amazon.com

Their rudely urgent brand of earsplitting garage rock and bawdy English blues straddled the '60s into the '70s, but, sadly, the Stooges disintegrated in 1973, leaving their insurgent leader Iggy Pop to power through more than three decades of music alone. But a phone call to the surviving members and siblings Ron (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums) to play on Pop's 2003 record Skull Ring led to the improbable: a full-on reunion of a band that served as a precursor to the so-called birth of punk rock that would follow three years after its breakup. Employing producer Steve Albini (Nirvana) to capture a similar bare minimum to their legendary three-album catalog--three power chords and an archaic rhythm section co-anchored by bassist Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE)--these Stooges let Pop's in-your-face vocals capture the mundane: cruising for women, teenage autonomy, and finding love in a cash machine. But never fear that these late-middle-agers (Pop turns 60 a month after the album's release) feel the need to impede the volume. Songs such as "Trollin'," "Greedy Awful People," "She Took My Money," and "Mexican Guy" detonate like outtakes from 1970's Fun House. And with Iggy Pop showing no signs of slowing down and the Ashetons having nothing else to do, this band of Stooges stands a chance of outliving the first one. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews:

Let me tell you about The Weirdness..........2007-07-17

The weirdest thing about The Weirdness is Ron Asheton's guitar style. There's nothing to be found here reminiscent of the first two Stooges albums. If you're expecting some No Fun and 1969 type riffing, forget it. Ironically, with The Weirdness Ron has concocted a bunch of riffs that give a more than knowing nod to the material on the one Stooges album he didn't play guitar on, Raw Power. He's very much doing a stripped down and lighter version of James Williamson's style, but that's certainly not a bad thing. Infact it makes for a more original and contemporary sounding album than one made using a bagfull of 3-chord Real Cool Time retreads.

The surprising let down on this album is Iggy. His voice is fine, it certainly doesn't seem to have decayed in the same fashion as many other Rock singers the same age. The problem lies with his lyrics. A lot of them are embarrassingly bad, sounding like the immature and angsty scrawlings of a 14 year old....not a 60 year year old who should certainly be worldy wise enough to come up with material of more impact and insightfulness.

I get the impression that when the band agreed to record this album, Ron and Scott seriously got down to the business of working out the music - whilst Iggy lounged around in his garden in Miami, stroking his lizard and topping up his tan. Then when the time for recording came, he turned up with nothing, and bluffed his way through with a load of off-the-cuff lyrics that had about as much thought put into them as a kid puts into doing overdue homework at 8.45am in the school library.

But....once you accept (or get used to) the embarrasing triteness of many of the lyrics, this isn't a bad album. It's not a classic in any respect, it sounds too half finished for that (Iggy's half!). And of course in this day and age there's no way it was ever going to be as innovative or original as the material the band were penning almost 40 years ago.

The Weirdness is an OK album. Musically it's better than much of what is getting released by Rock bands these days....but if The Stooges ever decide to record another album, Iggy really needs to try harder..then maybe I'll hand out five stars, not three.

A+ to the Asheton brothers, and C- to Mr Pop.

I don't know. I REALLY want to love this album but..........2007-06-24

...somehow it just doesn't grab me no matter who many times I listen to it. It's got all the right components - Iggy at the Mic, slick, wah-wah guitar, one of the best bass players in the business, and certainly good drumming, but somehow this disc never becomes more than the sum of the ingredients. This is not Iggy's best singing. The lyrics seem forced at times and are not particularly memorable. The songs have the primal overdriven texture of Stooges songs without really having the feel of the Stooges songs. It's worth getting to complete your Iggy collection, though, if you're a long time fan.

More in the red, please.......2007-06-14

Great record, but does anyone else notice that the vocal track is a little low in the mix?

4 star effort.......2007-06-13

The reviews for this new CD, from at least two major review sources, suggested it was not only sub-par but would forever be a black mark on the Stooges legacy. I first sat down and listened to the opening song and wondered if the professional reviewers were right. It seemed like by-the-book Iggy. But then I remembered what one of the Amazon reviewers had said, something along the lines of, "When you listen to this CD, turn it up. Don't be afraid of the volume. This CD is meant to be played loud." How right he was. Even being critical I'd still have to say the first six songs have an almost relentless energy.

I can only imagine that the big name review sources who were down on this CD concentrated almost completely on the lyrical content and missed the very sound of the CD, of which Iggy's lyrical content is only a part. This isn't hip-hop or rap where a musical snippet is looped and the only variable is the lyrical content. The music here matters and, at its best, it is an ever-changing, ever-charging juggernaut.

instructions for listening to 'the wierdness'.......2007-05-30

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LISTENING TO 'THE WIERDNESS';
CLEAR YOUR HEAD OF ALL PRECONCEPTIONS REGARDING A NEW STOOGES ALBUM
MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARN'T HOME
POP THE CD IN YOUR PLAYER
TURN AMP TO MAXIMUM EAR CLIP VOLUME
MARVEL AT RON ASHTON'S HEAD SHREDDING CHAINSAW-TO -THE-CEREBAL CORTEX GUITAR
LAUGH AT IGGY'S SO FUNNY SO HIP LYRICS+GENERALLY ROCK OUT AT THE OVERALL MONSTEROUSNESS OF THE BAND
RESULT?ONE EXTREMELY HAPPY AGING PUNK ROCKER,A LIFELONG STOOGES FAN.
ENJOY PEOPLE!!!TERENCE RUFFLE

Average customer rating: Best Stooges Album Hot animalistic rock and roll at its best... The loudest record ever made, and one of the best. The animal is loosed and stalking you thru the FUN HOUSE Manic masterpiece

Fun House The Stooges Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Stooges Raw Power The Weirdness Entertainment Lust for Life ASIN: B0009SOFFY Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

1. Down On The Street
2. Loose
3. T.V. Eye
4. Dirt
5. 1970
6. Fun House
7. L.A. Blue

Tracks:

1. T.V. Eye (Takes 7 & 8)
2. Loose (Demo)
3. Loose (Take 2)
4. Loose (Take 22)
5. Lost In The Future (Take 1)
6. Down On The Street (Take 1)
7. Down On The Street (Take 8)
8. Dirt (Take 4)
9. Slide (Slidin' The Blues) (Take 1)
10. 1970 (Take 3)
11. Fun House (Take 2)
12. Fun House (Take 3)
13. Down On The Street
14. 970

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.

Customer Reviews:

Best Stooges Album.......2007-07-25

I recieved this, along with "The Stooges," for my birthday very recently. I had had Raw Power for a while, and had enjoyed that. The first album I also like and recommend it. But this is certianly the best. Very rarely do I really like an album on the first listen, and I knew immediatly that this one was going to be amazing as soon as I heard the opening guitar part to "Down on the Street." Every track is great. My two favorites are the opening track and "TV Eye" and I love the saxophone (being a sax player myself) on side two. And it all ends chaoticly with "LA Blues" which appealed to the side of me that likes experimental, psychedelic, fusion noise like Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and the Beatles "Revolution 9." If you liked the debut album, you MUST own this.

Hot animalistic rock and roll at its best..........2007-05-28

This has to be one of the hardest hitting albums ever released. The fact that it came out in 1970 is amazing, only confirming that the Stooges were ahead of their time. (This album pre-dated the punk movement of '77 by seven years.) Also confirming that "Fun House" was a work of genius is the fact that Elektra records dumped the Stooges from their roster after they released this album, which proves the theory that genius is rarely understood, accepted, or recognized in it's time and is only appreciated in hindsight. This album wipes the floor with what is considered "heavy" today, you put it up next to a band like Nickelback or another band in that genre and it makes the other band look emotionless and weak by comparison. The first three songs on this disc don't let up a bit, "Down On The Street", "Loose", and "T.V. Eye" are all relentless grooves that capture the Stooges throbbing rhythm section, buzzsaw guitar, and Iggy's over the top vocals and gutteral screams and yelps. (I once read Iggy's explanation of what the "T.V." stands for in "T.V. Eye", and it doesn't stand for television, and thats all I can say on Amazon.) "Dirt" stands as one of the Stooges best slow songs, and doesn't lag for a seven minute dirge. The onslaught continues with "1970" which was later to be covered by many punk bands years later, most notably The Damned, who released it as "I Feel Alright" on their debut album. "Fun House" has one of my favorite Iggy vocals and a struttin' vamp of an arrangement by the band, including a honking sax. I can remember blasting it in college and having people walk by my door and asking, "What the hell's that noise?". "L.A. Blues" is like a free jazz blow out where the band implodes on itself. Unbelievable. This album sounds as fresh today as it probably did back then, and will remain timeless. It is amazing to me that the Stooges combined a punk attitude and aggressive music this way in the late sixties and early seventies, when hippies ruled the music scene. I spoke to a guy once who saw the Stooges live during this period and said it was the most inspiring thing he ever saw. If you are a rock fan and haven't heard this one, don't hesitate, just buy it. This disc never gets old and should be an essential for everyone's CD collection.

The loudest record ever made, and one of the best........2007-03-11

This second, astonishing album by Detroit's The Stooges is one of the great, unadulterated, balls-out moments in rock music. This is the first--and last-- time that rock, punk, metal and psychedelia would all organically coexist on one record, and the album remains a touchstone for punk, metal and radio-rock bands. ALthough many have tried, the intricate and living fusion of hormonal scream, deep groove and self-sconsciousness has never been re-attained. In this, their supreme moment, the Stooges wander through the drugged and adrenal detritus of the '60s with both distortion AND wah-wah pedals way up, and the result is simply intoxicating.

What appears to be on first listen simple three-chords-and-a-scream protopunk turns into something much more interesting. Don Galucci's production makes "Fun House", unlike their eponymous effort, really open up and breathe. Galucci creates a dark hint of space behind the lumbering swagger of "Down on the Street," and on the buzz-saw "T.V. Eye," the scream-and-howl sequence at the song's climax echoes eerily as the rhythm section shakes the listener buy the throat. Guitarist Ron Ashton uses wah-wah, fuzz, distortion, echoes, layered lines and everything from scratching to full-on howling feedback to give the songs layers and suprising intricacy. The rhythm section is as heavy as it is wiggly-- Dave Alexander throbs when necessary and noodles when possible.

Riding this monster wave are Iggy's vocals. From quiet moaning of "Hurt" to the twisted screaming at the end of "T.V. Eye," Pop is almost as mesmerising on record as, fights and broken glass antics and huge see-your-soul eyes, playing live. The music avoids the macho and sexist cliches of what would become metal and punk by not identifying Pop's Id with any political or social agenda. Pop, unlike the metalheads he so inspired, is not afraid of mocking himself, leading to an odd and yet captivating emotioanl vulernability. Mix this with the lumbering swagger of f*ck-me tunes like the animal-out-of-the-cage "Loose" and you get a kind of stoner sonnet cycle. You get the feeling listening to this disc that Iggy is coming to you straight and effortlessly from the unconscious-- from the straightforward tunes like "Loose" to the paranoia and simple weirdness of "She's got a T.V. eye on me..."

The songs are heavy and groovy, sometimes tightly structured ("Down on the Street"), here and there touching ("Hurt"), and sometimes, as Henry Rollins once said, housewreckers that just beg you to pick things up and destroy them ("L.A. Blues"). This is deeply sexy, groovy and massively, MONSTROUSLY loud stuff, like its cover a maelstrom of sound, since unsurpassed. Like "Exile on Main Street" and "Zen Arcade", this record works as both beer drinking and dope-smoking music, equal parts adrenalin and groove. The Stooges, like Curt Cobain, felt hugely "stupid/and contagious", and mananged to infect all of subsequent musical history. This is THE loudest record yet made, heavy, groovy, nasty and totally sexy.

The Stooges grab your neck. They pound your head into the wall. You begin to bleed. And then you find yourself begging for more. What else is there to say? Get it and turn it up, way up.

The animal is loosed and stalking you thru the FUN HOUSE .......2007-02-16

With the follow up to their eponymous debut, THE STOOGES make that "quantum leap" one often reads about, and in this case, FUN HOUSE is, in a word, stunning! Never pleasantly or hilariously "dumb" like the debut, FUN HOUSE is an amazing and perplexing advancement from that debut record which of and by itself would have sealed THE STOOGES' reputation. This band was even better than anyone could have ever guessed (though their record sales quickly relegated their two Elektra releases, the debut and FUN HOUSE, to the bargain bin). FUN HOUSE is jaw-droppingly unforgiving, a punch in the gut, a splash of acid in the face, hard power and hot metal, a lurching monster, referred to as "proto-punk" because of its influence on every Punk and Grunge band since, but really, such bands are belittled and reduced to mere "poodles" by this far-end risk that in fact is the most unique record of its era and a hybrid of 50s rock, 60s psychedelia, and that which was as yet unnamed (Punk) and no band has yet matched the achievement. Few records have predicted the coming decades as FUN HOUSE did in 1970, though typically unrecognized in its time. As Iggy Pop (a.k.a. Iggy Stooge) himself said, and to paraphrase, THE STOOGES could "eat all those poodles for breakfast." With a scorched earth policy that leaves no listener unscathed, this record is probably one of the most challenging records in the Rock n' Roll catalog, and not for the faint of heart, such as those moments all over the record when one hears Iggy blatantly snorting. If you ever listened to CAPTAIN BEEFHEART's TROUT MASK REPLICA you might get a shred of an idea of the accessibility of some of this record, particularly "L.A. Blues" which is a non-song cacophony of horror with the carnivorous animal Iggy loosed, roaring, and stalking the complacent world. But for the student and lover of Rock n' Roll, this record is a must. I think the primary reason Rock critics and diehard fans continue to cite THE STOOGES, especially FUN HOUSE, is because of the foresight of this material. The experimental aspect of the record is indicative of its era (it is completely un-commercial, but many bands included such material on their records in those days, though, frankly, lame by comparison) yet, like all three of THE STOOGES albums, FUN HOUSE never sounds dated. Tracks like the sustained tension of "Down On The Street", the superbly nasty and compelling "Loose," the luscious blues of "Dirt," the burping, mesmerizing "T.V. Eye," and the sucker-punch "1970," in which Iggy shrieks "...I feel alright" ending with a major snort (the sequel to "1969" when Iggy had "nuthin' ta do") are supremely realized and uncompromising, and if it weren't for their shocking effect, I'd be wearing a s**t eatin' grin. One of Rock's great romps, FUN HOUSE is not for the uninitiated, the timid, or uninspired. That being said, FUN HOUSE is one of the greatest records of Rock, a whole hell of a lot of fun, possibly my all time favorite, and one of the very few records of Rock that upon listening to for the first time I said to myself, "WOW!" In another word, a masterpiece.

Manic masterpiece.......2006-10-24

This is it, look no further: Fun House is The Stooges' manic, excessive, drug, alcohol and sex-fuelled homage to everything and anything that yer bona fide very naughty boy could ever do to have fun fun fun. Nihilistic madness, the lot of it, but not yer sophisticated New Yorker dressed in black sort of nihilism. More of yer trailer trash rebel who doesn't want to miss a minute of it.

Picture this album as the unfolding story of a weekend's rampage, beginning with the opportunistism of "Down on the Street" and ending up with the come-down of "L.A. Blues". The musical mayhem in between describes pretty candidly what he gets up to. Probably a cracking party, but one that few of us could survive intact. Some pleasures are better experienced vicariously, methinks.

Average customer rating: Fun House Add A Little FIRE To Your FUNHOUSE Thee Sound of Hell Wow "Sick, Twisted House" is more like it

Fun House The Stooges Manufacturer: Elektra / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Raw Power New York Dolls The Idiot Lust for Life White Light/White Heat ASIN: B000005IU2 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Down On The Street
2. Loose
3. T.V. Eye
4. Dirt
5. 1970
6. Fun House
7. L.A. Blues

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Of course the Stooges were stupid, that was the whole point. Three chords were okay, two were even better, one or none (the cacophonous "L.A. Blues") was best of all. Drunk on their own testosterone, Iggy Pop and Co. kept things simple, loud, and brutal--and he's been coasting on the band's rep ever since. Slow and thuddy as it sounds now, almost nobody had ever made rock as primal as this second album. Iggy howled like a psycho, the band sounded like they could barely play the elementary riffs, and occasionally a moment of bone-headed poetry made it through the glorious muck. --Douglas Wolk

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Fun House.......2007-04-12

Iggy And The Stooges-Fun House ****


Fun House was the second Stooges album. Released in 1970 Fun House along with The Stooges two other albums Raw Power and the self titled The Stooges became what is now known as proto-punk. The stooges were the precursor to punk. But what is interesting about that is the band had the punk attitude but their music was sometimes lengthy and often contained horns, and jazzy time signatures, all of which are not in the punk genre usually. But that in itself is what makes it punk because The Stooges did what they wanted weather it was acceptable or not.

Iggy Pop, Dave Alexander, Steven Mackay, Sott and Ron Asheton are at the top of their game here. While this was Steven Mackays last album with the band he sure went out with a bang. Mackay wasnt an official member of the band really but he was always listed on the album up until Raw Power. But anyways the band was nothing less then amazing here.

On the bands debut, The Stooges, they had a song called '1969' which went on to become a classic, well here they have '1970' which while not as good as 69, is an excellent song and what do you know it also went on to become a classic. 'Down On The Street' which opens the album and does so brilliantly. It's a hard rocker with lots of energy and great guitar. 'Loose' is a lot like 'penatrate' from Raw Power. The titled refects the feel of the sound of the album. The song is about sex obviously. 'T.V Eye' is one of the better songs on the album, and Iggy gives a fantastic performance. 'Dirt' drags on a little long but is still a great song. 'Fun House,' the title track is one of the best songs on the album. It is rich in Saxophone. This is a longer song as well, almost eight minutes in length. But it never gets boring. The album ends with 'L.A. Blues' is well just noise. The album could have been better with out it. Iggy just growls and the band just plays random notes and scales as if it is a jazz improvision. Completly aweful way to end a otherwise great album.

Fun House has gone down in history as one of the all time greatest albums in punk, rock n' roll, and music in general. Fun House is an album that no collection should be without, and an album that no collection is complete without. If your a fan of Iggys solo work then you will love this. If you are a fan of punk you will really love this because you can see where they all drew influence from. Truly a great record that I would recomend to all who are interested.

Add A Little FIRE To Your FUNHOUSE.......2007-04-02

The sound of FUN HOUSE never gets old. The Stooges 2nd album, Fun House, was first released in 1970. They sound so much more ALIVE w/ POWER and agitated aggression, than on their debut self-titled release in 1969. FUNHOUSE is just mind blowing Sure-fire in your face ferocity!
On the front cover of the album it looks like Iggy is basking in the flames of Hell and the music portrays such a passionate deep, fiery kind of mess and rage.
Don Gallucci was FUNHOUSE's producer and directed the band members to capture the intensity felt from The Stooges live shows; and showcase it in the studio. What resulted from the studio sessions brought out a much more maniacal side to Iggy Pop, it just sounds like he was having so much fun making this album. JAZZ fused w/ Blues and Punk attitude all around.
Unfortunately in 1970, the majority record buying public wasn't interested in The Stooges or FUNHOUSE. They felt it's Hellish nature depicted a darker world of sex and drugs. I guess it was just ahead of it's time.
My favorite songs are: "Loose" - "1970" - & "Funhouse" - I do prefer RAW POWER's(Stooges 3rd album)version of "Dirt" better than the FUNHOUSE one.
The Stooges along w/ Iggy Pop and their three albums did inspire a lot of artists. Thanks to Iggy Pop's vision he influenced the proto-punks in London as well as New York. Such influence can be seen on Sonic Youth's earlier work: Confusion is Sex(their second full-length)
The Stooges also directly influenced Black Flag, Richard Hell, The Birthday Party, & in the later '80s, one of my Favorites - Mudhoney.
Rage Against the Machine - covered the opening track on FUNHOUSE -"Down On the Street," for their last album 2000s Renegades.
To Me FUNHOUSE sounds fresh even after the 37 years it has been released! And Rolling Stone named it one of the TOP 500 albums of ALL TIME(191)!

Yep - I give it 5 stars!

Thee Sound of Hell.......2007-03-22

This is what hell sounds like. Forget the dumb reviews talking about bad musicianship, sludge etc. This is a fantastic album that grinds along, and implodes at the end like a rocket in the sky. Buy it buy it buy it.

Wow.......2007-02-25

I bought this album about 10 years ago. I hadn't heard "1970" for a while (until earlier this evening) and almost forgot what a perfect piece of chaos it is. The sax player deserves serious praise (as well as whoever suggested putting sax on a Stooges album in the first place).

Funhouse is one of the most compact, cohesive, crazy albums ever recorded. The whole thing is quite an experience.

"Sick, Twisted House" is more like it.......2006-11-02

Still, what an album! If you want brilliant hard rock masterpieces, this is certainly one of them! The debut was brutal. But this transcends brutal. Along with The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat, it's one of those records that will make those less hardy listeners run and hide. Just listen to L.A. Blues, AKA Formless Mess. When I played this tune for my brother, he covered his ears and ran away. I can't say I blame him, either. That song lacks melody, harmony, or anything else even remotely related. I love it. It gets better - T.V. Eye certainly fills the "brutal, insane, straightforward rock 'n' roll" quotient required of anything Stooges-related. Sex anthems 1970 and Loose prove that NOBODY can do sex anthems (no pun intended) like the Stooges. Then there's the slow, lurching mutant-blues Dirt, very underrated and very, VERY cool. And there's that title track... woof. All the hype about this one is true.
And Howard Tuttleman, you are so self-absorbed it's sickening. You claim yourself "Master Reviewer" and "Teenage Genious". Well, guess what? You misspelled "genius", which speaks VOLUMES about your intelligence.

Average customer rating: A fire-blastin' rock n roll debut. very disappointing Detroit Rock 'n' Roll the Way it SHOULD Be THIS is how Detroit rock SHOULD be breathtakingly devastating rock & roll

The Stooges The Stooges Manufacturer: Elektra / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Raw Power New York Dolls Lust for Life The Idiot Ramones ASIN: B000005IU1 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. 1969
2. I Wanna Be Your Dog
3. We Will Fall
4. No Fun
5. Real Cool Time
6. Ann
7. Not Right
8. Little Doll

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Everything the peace and love vibe of the '60s wasn't the Stooges 1969 debut record was: dangerous, violent, chaotic, mean-spirited, and sex crazed. Iggy Pop's monotone birthday lament, "1969" ("War across the U.S.A. / Another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do"), pretty much sums up the band's coldly disaffected outlook. Producer and Velvet Underground second banana John Cale lends the proceedings an appropriately ominous feel, although his attempt to transform the Stooges into V.U. clones on the 10-minute-plus "All Fall Down" is the band's weakest studio moment. But Iggy Pop and company more than make up for that misstep with the mind-numbingly ugly-and-great "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and the distortion-drenched "Real Cool Time." --Percy Keegan

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A fire-blastin' rock n roll debut........2007-07-09

Here's the deal: The Stooges were one of the loudest, meanest, and just plain greatest rock bands of all time. Their songs were explosive and corrosive, fueled by sweaty-palmed adolescent agression. At the tail end of the hippie era, they sang about apathy, rage, boredom, and sexual frustration, building their music around snarled vocals, primal rhythms, and brutal guitars. It was a sound that bristled with energy and ferocity, a sound that was basic and direct, a sound that summed up the negative attitudes and and pent-up hostilities of the world's disenfranchised teenagers. This was the sound that inspired groups like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols and [insert name of random 70s punk band here] to pick up guitars and write songs in the first place. You can hear the influence of the Stooges ringing through the decades, from the Damned to the Pixies to Nirvana, and onward through the Strokes and the White Stripes (Jack White once referred to the Stooges as America's greatest rock n roll band).

But forget about all that. Influences are cool and all, but I'm assuming you're here because you wanna know if the music is good. Well, have no fear: it freaking rocks. "1969" is a mean-spirited apathy anthem that reduces music to two distorted guitar chords and some ultra-detatched vocals ("Another year for me and you/ Another year with nothing to do," sneers lead singer Iggy Pop), and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a spaced-out ode to sex and submission with a hypnotic, churning guitar line and some brilliant rhythms. "No Fun" is a storm of buzzing guitars and pent up frustration, while "Real Cool Time" is a caveman stomper with a druggy haze of guitars. "Not Right" is mean and annoyed, and it brings the album to its climax with an absolutely incredible guitar solo/fireworks displsay in which Ron Asheton scales his fretboard with inarticulate, string-melting ferocity. "Little Doll" finishes the album with a thumping Bo Diddley beat and some ultra cool vocals.

So, why didn't I give it five stars? Well, for the two tracks that I didn't mention. You've probably already read about "We Will Fall," the excruciating ten-minute art rock piece that finishes the first half of the album. Now, I have nothing against art rock or extended songs (when they're done well), but "We Will Fall" is simply intolerable. The quiet, creeping melody is void of either tension or excitment, and Iggy's vocals are so over-dramatic that they verge on self parody. "Ann" is the other dud- it's three minutes of the band trying to sound like the Doors (Jim Morrison was big influence on Iggy). They don't even come close. The song is boring, unoriginal, and pretentious, with lyrics that sound like bad high school poetry. Combined, these two songs take up about fifteen minutes of the album, leaving us with just over twenty minutes of primo rock n roll insanity.

So, the Stooges debut is, at best, and incredible album, and one that ever rock n roll fan should listen to for the rest of time. Rock out.

very disappointing.......2007-05-12

I bought this disc thinking it would be like Raw Power. I was wrong. The songs aren't nearly as heavy, fast or energentic. James Williamson was crucial to this band. All you Ron Asheton fans are deluded. There is no comparison. Without Willaimson The Stooges are lacking any intresting guitar parts. The only song worth listening to again is "No fun" Don't buy this album if you like Raw Power. If you find a good song let me know.

Detroit Rock 'n' Roll the Way it SHOULD Be.......2006-11-02

All right, ladies and gents, HERE'S how ya rock out! Ron Asheton, Dave Alexander, Scott Asheton and the GODFATHER of Punk himself, Iggy Pop (then called Iggy Stoogie). This album is so cool...
Okay, it's not perfect. We Will Fall is, to be frank, a disastrous, neverending train wreck with absolutely no musical merits, a failed attempt to be "atmospheric" for a group that does NOT do that kinda stuff. Ten minutes long... oh god, you have to wonder when it STOPS! The psychedelic Ann is a filler too. But the rest? For one is my favorite Stooges song, I Wanna Be Your Dog. Iggy's maniac vocals DOMINATE this song, he completely goes INSANE, to the point where you'd think he'd hurt the girl if she doesn't let him be her dog. The band also throws in a driving performance, with Ron positively SHREDDING. And the rest? Friggin' AWESOME. 1969 has one of the coolest wah-wah solos ever, and it's funny, too! No Fun is the other classic, and it kicks ass, and is damn funny to boot. It's true. And Real Cool Time is, dare I say it, Real Cool. But this is NOT for the faint of heart. You think Slipknot's heavy? They're ABBA. (For the record, Slipknot sucks, as does ABBA). So strap yourself in and get ready for a loud, wild, messed-up ride.

THIS is how Detroit rock SHOULD be.......2006-11-02

Okay, it's not perfect at all. Why not? For one, there's the infamous We Will Fall, a ten-minute disaster that is unlistenable, endless, and void of any merits whatsoever. Harsh, but true. Anne isn't much either, a psychedelic ballad with Iggy attempting amusing-yet-annoying Jim Morrison-esque vocals. But the rest is excellent. I Wanna Be Your Dog is the most familiar track, having been covered by virtually every self-respecting punk band. Not coincidentally, it's the best thing the group ever recorded - Iggy's maniac vocals; a burning, brutal riff and a driving rhythm come together to make this one of the best sex anthems ever. No Fun is another classic song, and justly so. The group rocks out, and it's funny. Same with 1969, another keeper with a great wah-wah solo and hilarious lyrics. Meanwhile, the lesser-known Real Cool Time is - wait for it - real cool. Okay, there are a couple duds. But this is a great debut from the original punk band.

breathtakingly devastating rock & roll.......2006-08-11

Rock and roll just doesn't get any more REAL than the Stooges. For coping with life in a world that just plain drives you crazy, the Stooges provide the antidote.

With this 1969 debut album, the Stooges took such obvious influences as the Doors, Velvet Underground, and the Rolling Stones, and kicked things up a notch or three. Iggy Pop's primal, on-the-edge vocals are still a wonder to behold; ditto for Ron Asheton's blazing guitarwork and Scott Asheton's pounding drumming.

There's been some debate as to whether or not John Cale (formerly of Velvet Underground, of course) was really the right person to have in the producer's chair for this album. In retrospect, the totally unhinged power and fury of "Fun House" does make "The Stooges" sound a bit tame and "late '60s"-ish (for lack of a better term) by comparison. But I think Cale deserves some credit for providing engaging embellishments to the almost exclusively guitar-bass-drums musical backing. Notice the sleigh bells and pecking piano on "I Wanna Be Your Dog". And of course, there's the infamous, 10+ minute, 'end of the world' mood piece "We Will Fall", which is typically considered a drastic misfire, and I suppose it isn't for everyone, but it's actually a masterpiece, with its crawling tempo, Ron's brilliantly tasteful wah-wah guitar runs, the slapping percussion, the hypnotic chanting, Cale's droning and mournful viola, and of course's Iggy's commanding vocals.

With Rhino's two-CD deluxe edition now available, you may as well just go ahead and indulge yourself considering the mammoth importance of this album, but in any case, "The Stooges" is beyond indispensible--brilliant, groundbreaking, and still a cathartic listen in its own right.

Average customer rating: FOREVER ELECTRIC nuggets of the folky variety

Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973 { Various Artists } Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: West Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) Stand in the Fire If I Could Only Remember My Name (CD + DVD-Audio) There Is A Season ASIN: B000HWZ5Y2 Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

1. Turn! Turn! Turn! / To Everything There Is A Session - Judy Collins
2. He Was A Friend - Dian & The Greenbriar Boys
3. High Flying Bird - Judy Henske
4. Dink's Song (Fare Thee Well) - Bob Gibson
5. Casey - Dick Rosmini
6. Shady Grove - Dick Rosmini
7. Little Brown Dog - Dick Rosmini
8. Linin' Track - Koerner, Ray & Glover
9. Wild Child In A World Of Trouble - Vince Martin & Fred Neil
10. Wild Child In A World Of Trouble - Vince Martin & Fred Neil
11. Good Luck Child - 'Spider' John Koerner
12. Downtown Blues - Geoff Muldaur
13. I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
14. The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton
15. Pride Of Man - Hamilton Camp
16. Tommorrow Is A Long Time - Judy Collins
17. Black Mountain Rag - The Dillards
18. Green Rocky Road - Kathy & Carol
19. Cocaine - Phil Boroff
20. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream - Richard Farina
21. West Egg Rag - Dave Ray
22. Two Trains Running - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
23. Breeze - Oliver Smith
24. Joshua Gone Barbados - Tom Rush
25. Other Side To This Life - Fred Neil
26. Birdses - Dino Valente
27. Blues With A Feeling - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
28. Moonlight Drive - The Doors

Tracks:

1. My Little Red Book - Love
2. Wings - Tim Buckley
3. So Easy She Goes By - David Blue
4. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living - The Butterfield Blues Band
5. The Magic Carpet - Pat Kilroy
6. First Girl I Loved - The Incredible String Band
7. The Invisible Backwards-Facing Grocer Who Rose To Fame - Alasdair Clayre
8. One Time And One Time Only (Electric Version) - Tom Paxton
9. Changes - Phil Ochs
10. Hard Lovin' Loser - Judy Collins
11. Shes Comes In Colors - Love
12. Light My Fire - The Doors
13. Black Roses - Clear Light
14. Once I Was - Tim Buckley
15. Virgo - The Zodiac
16. Buy For Me The Rain - Steve Noonan
17. Nevertheless - Eclection
18. Fields Of People - Ars Nova
19. Dame Fortune - The Oly Modal Rounders
20. Girl Of The Seasons - Bamboo
21. Magazine Lady - 'Spider' John Koerner
22. The Red Sox Are Winning - Earth Opera
23. I Want You - The Waphphle

Tracks:

1. Alone Again Or - Love
2. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
3. No Regrets - Tom Rush
4. Jennifer's Rabbit - Tom Paxton
5. Swift As The Wind - The Incredible String Band
6. Frozen Warnings - Nico
7. Down River - David Ackles
8. Mad Lydia's Waltz - Earth Opera
9. Sing A Song For You - Tim Buckley
10. The Sun Comes Up Each Day - David Stoughton
11. Early Morning Blues & Greens - Diane Hildebrand
12. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune - The Dillards
13. Arthur Comics - Stalk-Forrest Group
14. Five To One - The Doors
15. Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros
16. When The Battle Is Over - Delaney & Bonnie And Friends
17. Mt. Healty Blues - Lonnie Mack
18. Kick Out The Jams - MC5
19. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
20. Go Back - Crabby Appleton
21. Dismal Day - Bread
22. August - Love

Tracks:

1. Down On The Street (Single Version) - The Stooges
2. Louise - Paul Siebel
3. Amazing Grace - Judy Collins
4. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
5. Riders On The Storm - The Doors
6. The Future's Not What It Used To Be - Mickey Newbury
7. Start Living - Farquahr
8. Taxi - Harry Chapin
9. True Story Of Amelia Earhart - Plainsong
10. I Hardly Know Her Name - The Wackers
11. Ballad Of The Ship Of State - David Ackles
12. The Guitar Man - Bread
13. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
14. You Don't Grow Old - Courtland Pickett
15. Dolphins - Cyrus Faryar
16. Shadows On The Wall - Hamid Hamilton Camp
17. Burning Love - Dennis Linde
18. Keep Yourself Alive - Queen

Tracks:

1. Wind Chimes - WIND CHIMES
2. Don't Be Long - The Beefeaters
3. I'll Be Back - Joshua Rifkin
4. Baldheaded End Of The Broom - Don't Be Long
5. We Shall Be Happy - Joseph Spence
6. Good Time Music - The Lovin' Spoonful
7. Good Time Music - The Lovin' Spoonful
8. Crossroads - Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse
9. I'll Keep It With Mine - Judy Collins
10. She A Woman - The Charles River Valley Boys
11. Sunshine Sunshine - Tom Rush
12. Bird Song - The Holy Modal Rounders
13. She's Ready To Be Free - Clear Light
14. Wayfaring Stranger - Tim Buckley
15. Laissez-Faire - David Ackles
16. Alphabet Song - David Peel & The Lower East Side
17. Voodoo Woman - Simon Stokes & The Nighthawks
18. Please (Mark II) - Eclection
19. Flames (Single Version) - Leviathon
20. No Words Between Us - Show Of Hands
21. Listening To Music - Jack S. Margolis
22. Lotus - The Rainbow Band
23. The Persecution & Restoration Of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two-Step
24. P.O.W. - Goodthunder
25. All Around My Grandmother's Floor - Andy Roberts
26. World Without End - Jobriath

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Founded in 1950, Jac Holzman's Elektra label grew from its folk roots, embracing the burgeoning blues and rock scenes of the '60s and eventually becoming a major force in the pop music marketplace of the '70s. This five-disc set not only celebrates its years of ascendancy and experimentation, but also explores beyond the familiar into some very obscure but still potent recordings. The first four discs proceed in relative chronological order (the fifth is devoted to rarities and assorted efforts from the fringes). Introduced by the better-known songs and acts, the discs open with Judy Collins, Love (twice!), and the Stooges. Each disc is also its own little journey that reminds us of how rich Elektra's catalog is--the Incredible String Band, Fred Neil, Nico, and many more found their way into record collections of the era and continue to resonate. However, it's the more forgotten acts that make this box so exciting, as the Wackers, David Ackles, Plainsong, Paul Siebel, and many others burst forth from the speakers. Even among the well-known there are some nice surprises, such as an early version of the Doors' "Moonlight Drive" (sounding more like one of the label's folk-blues performers) and the harder-edged punch of Judy Collins's "Hard Lovin' Loser." --David Greenberger

Album Details

A Spectacular Anthology of the Best from the Elektra Records Label as it Evolved from Folk to Folk-rock Music and Eventually Embracing Electric Rock Based Artists at the Core of It's Roster. "Forever Changing" was Meticulously Assembled and Great Care Given to It's Contents. Opening with Pivotal Early Folk Artists Like Judy Collins, Fred Neil and Phil Ochs, in the Wake of Dylan's Appearance at Newport in 1965, the Label Became the Home of Electric Music with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Then Key Signings with Love, the Doors and the Extraordinarily Unique Tim Buckley. Elektra Never Lost Its Folk Roots and as the Decades Changed, the Label Embraced Singer/Songwriters Like Carly Simon, Harry Chapin and the Sweet Sounds of Bread. Yet in 1969, Elektra Released Debut Albums by the Stooges, Mc5 and Queen, Groups that have Significantly Impacted Young Musicians to this Day. The Label Had Evolved with the Times, Showcasing Only the Best and the Brightest in Modern Musicians.

Customer Reviews:

FOREVER ELECTRIC.......2007-04-17

One of the best box sets ever, "Forever Changing" spans an incredible ten-year period of Electra Records. The stable of amazing artists Jac Holzman signed to the label are all here on the 5-CD set.

Those great artists include:

Judy Collins, beautiful than as now. Featured on all five discs, she opens the package with "Turn! Turn! Turn!/To Everything There Is A Season."

Love, on CD 2 and 3. "My Little Red Book" has lost none of its punch. Sounds as good today as in did in 1966. The cut opens Disc 2. Sadly, we lost front man Arthur Lee recently.

Tim Buckley. His loss to the world of music? Incalculable!!! Four of his songs are here. "Wings", "Once I Was", "Sing a Song For You" and "Wayaring Stranger."

The Doors. The most famous of all Electra artists. An early recording of "Moonlight Drive" is included along with "Light My Fire", "Five to One", and "Riders On The Storm."

The list goes on. Carly Simon, Nico, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Tom Rush, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Bread and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band must be noted.

Over 120 songs. Also, a terrific 76-Page Booklet provides information on the artists and the history of Electra Records.

It's highly recommended.

It goes perfect, by the way, with another great box set. "The Complete Studio Recordings" by The Doors. The 7-CD Set with the original artwork is on, of course, Electra Records.

nuggets of the folky variety.......2007-03-05

There are some real forgotten gems here. If you've enjoyed any of Rhino's other comprehensive mining operations, this is a no brainer. When I first saw the track list and listened to the 30 second lo-fi snippets, I thought this might be a risky acquisition. I'm sure glad I ignored that initial evaluation. I would never have guessed that Judy Collins would neatly fit in with my other musical interests. Show a little faith, this collection really stands up and grows some hair. Royal flush, aces, back to back.

I shopped it around as the prices on this were all over the map.

Average customer rating:

Raw Power Iggy & the Stooges Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: The Stooges The Weirdness Damaged ASIN: B00000DRW0 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Search and Destroy
2. Gimme Danger
3. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
4. Penetration
5. Raw Power
6. I Need Somebody
7. Shake Appeal
8. Death Trip

Average customer rating: Relaxing family entertainment GREATEST "HITS" Fun CD For Kids and Adults Who Love Vintage Songs Cool Songs by the famous entertaniers!!! Can they sing? Why coitenly!

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges Manufacturer: Mca Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Knucklehead's Guide to Stoogedom--from Amalgamated Association of Morons to Ziller... One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life In Pictures 25 All Time Novelty Hits Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time With the Beatles ASIN: B000002QV3 Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

1. The Alphabet Song
2. Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)
3. The Aba Daba Honeymoon
4. The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
5. Two Little Birdies
6. The Children's Marching Song
7. Peggy O'Neil
8. Chickery Chick
9. Play A Simple Melody
10. Old Mac Donald Had A Farm
11. Mairzy Doats
12. Give Thanks

Customer Reviews:

Relaxing family entertainment.......2006-12-17

As a family entertainer, I listen to, and sing along with, the Three Stooges as I drive to each gig. The light-heartedness puts me in the right frame of mind to entertain. The alphabet song is a good warm-up exercise for public speaking. I have about 6 favorite songs on the CD, and usually skip to those. Who would have thought they could sing??

GREATEST "HITS".......2005-10-25

Okay, so it ain't Curly, or for that matter, it ain't even Shemp, but this STILL stands (pratfalls?) as the one and only Stooges album out there. The last version of every male's all-time favorite knuckleheads recorded a bunch of kiddie classics, complete with the requisite mayhem that is all things Stooges. Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe, stars of the full length movies, comic books, and cartoon shorts of the 60's blunder their way through such dumb ditties as Looney Tunes theme THE MERRY-GO-ROUND BROKE DOWN, MAIRZY DOATS, ABA DABBA HONEYMOON, even OLD MACDONALD. Youngsters will probably get the most out of it, even as we so-called "grown-ups" pine longingly for a REAL Stooge retrospective, complete with audio clips from their numerous Columbia shorts' musical highlights with Curly and Shemp. What we'd REALLY like is the original SWINGIN' THE ALPHABET ("B-A-BAY, B-E-BEE, B-I-BICKEY-BI, B-O-BO, BICKEY-BI-BO..."), which is reprised here to lesser effect with Curly Joe, OH ELAINE, COME OUT, even something from WOMEN HATERS, their all-sung debut. And howsabout shovin' in that Jump in the Saddle Band hit tribute from the 80's, THE CURLY SHUFFLE, for extra good measure? The title for such an album of amalgomated morons?...THE THREE STOOGES' GREATEST "HITS"! Why, coitenly!!! RATING: THREE N'YUKS

Fun CD For Kids and Adults Who Love Vintage Songs.......2005-08-14

The Stooges sound pretty good together in this combination of fun songs. I was searching for the 20's song, "The Merry-go-round Broke Down" (which eventually became the theme song for Looney Tunes cartoons), and came across the Stooges album on the Net (which included this song -- and very well done, I might add). I never knew they put out an album!

This was orginially produced in 1960, well after high fidelity, so the CD sounds great. Since it was done in 1960, the third Stooge at the time was Curly Joe. But they do one of my favorite songs from a Stooges short (originally done with Curly in the late 30's), "The Alphabet Song" (you know, B E be, B I Bi, B I bicky bi B O Bo Bicky Bi Bo B U Bu Bicky Bi Bo Bu") Such fun. And, between the song and downloading the above lyrics from the net, I can FINALLY sing it!

Another favorite is "Mairzy Doats." Aba Daba Hooneymoon is fun, and so is the ragtime, "Play A Simple Melody." Some other songs are more for kids (the original target audience). But, all in all, a CD worth buying.

Cool Songs by the famous entertaniers!!!.......2005-03-10

These songs are hilarious. If you ever watched their shorts, you will laugh. Some like "Play a Simple Melody" and "Old McDonald had a Farm" are some old classics. The ABC song though is from one of there shorts. They teach a whole bunch of schoolkids by singing the alphabet and the kids take over. This is a must item for kids and even adults.

Can they sing? Why coitenly!.......2005-01-05

I take a lot of long car trips with my daughter, and Barney songs get old really fast. I've always loved the three stooges films, and I remembered the Alphabet Song, so I figured I'd give this album a try. Imagine my surprise when we both started singing along with it!

The songs on this album are a mixture of kid's classics (This Old Man, Old MacDonald), old time tunes (Peggy O'Neil, The Merry Go-Round Broke Down) and witty tunes disguised as nonsense songs (Mairzy Doates). As for the stooges, no they don't sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, but so what? They sing in tune, but more importantly they genuinely loved performing, and every jolly note they warble is filled with that love.

I can recommend this album to anyone with kids (don't worry, there's no slapping or eye-poking). I can also recommend it to adult stooges fans (if that's not a contradiction in terms). It's fun, it's catchy, and its better than a poke in the eye, nyuk nyuk!

Average customer rating: Why didn't the American version contain the extra track? Their Back!

Weirdness The Stooges Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000MQ51E2 Release Date: 2007-03-26

Tracks:

1. Trollin'
2. You Can't Have Friends
3. Atm
4. My Idea Of Fun
5. Weirdness
6. Free & Freaky
7. Greedy Awful People
8. She Took My Money
9. End Of Christianity
10. Mexican Guy
11. Passing Cloud
12. I'm Fried
13. O Solo Mio (Bonus Track)

Album Details

Japanese Edition Contains the Bonus Track "o Solo Mio".

Customer Reviews:

Why didn't the American version contain the extra track?.......2007-05-19

Just got the Japanese version of The Weirdness, which features an extra track. Big deal, right? Pay twice the money for one extra song? Well, that track, "O Solo Mio" (which is totally new material and not to be mistaken with the original by the same name) is over 6 minutes in length and contains the type of music many thought should have been on this album... a more "mature" work. Why this was left off the American version is way beyond me. Perhaps they thought the track length was not compatible with the rest, but considering how short this album was to begin with, it certainly could and should have been included. It would have made a great album even better.

As far as it comes to the rest of the album, please see my review for the American version.

Their Back!.......2007-04-28

The Stooges-The Weirdness ****


This is like the second coming for true hard core Stooges fans. Iggy, Ron, Scott, and Matt are all back and playing together again after so many years apart. Something like 35 years.The band broke up in the early 1970's after the release of three of the greatest albums of all time and three of the most influential albums of all time, see The Stooges were Proto-Punk before there was actual punk. Modeled after fellow Detriot rockers The MC5, The Stooges have gone down in history as one of the most important and greatest bands of all time, and besides they helped to launch Iggy Pops amazing solo career. The bands self titled debut influenced Joe Strummer to start The Clash, the bands second album Raw Power defined the lines of what could be crossed and what would be crossed by punk and alternative, the bands last album before the break up Raw Power is just one of the top ten albums of all time, and The Weirdness, the bands new album is doing a great job of carying the torch.

The album opens with 'Trollin' which to be honest with you is one of the best songs The Stooges ever recorded, it is signature Iggy Pop attitude. 'Trollin' is a killer way to start off the album. 'You Can't Have Friends' is pretty catchy. Short but catchy. Story of a wealthy person who is too houdy-toudy to keep relationships and relate to people. 'ATM' is another great song with some really good guitar work from Ron Ashton. Very catchy once again. Pretty simple except for the guitar in true Stooges form, making this an instant classic. 'My Idea Of Fun' is one of the best songs on the album. You can hear in the striped down production that the song was recorded live with all members of the band in the studio, which gives the song a much more authentic feel. The lyrics to the song are also some of the best the band has ever written, and the lead guitar riff is awesome, as is the outro guitar solo. The albums title track 'The Weirdness' finds Iggy Pop singing very baratone (or in a oddly low key) for his voice. It works though. At times in the song he sounds like David Bowie during his Lets Dance album of the early 1980's which isnt surprizing concidering the two are best friends and help out with each others recordings all the time. The song takes a few listens to get into being as it is very different from what the band is known for, so it is a good change of pace, but the song does grow on you. 'Free And Freaky,' maybe the best song on the album? The songs lyrics are catchy, the use of slide guitar is really random and great in true Stooge fashion, the back beat of the song is what really drives the song though, this is really Scott Ashtons song. The bridge in the song about Obama, and Bennis Hanna is killer! 'Really Awful People' features some wah-wah pedel guitar from Ron Ashton that at first deos not go with the song but some how the band makes it work and the end up pulling it off. A nice song. The first song on the album that aims for contraversy, complaining of the judgemental bible thumbers in the world. The song is not against people who go to church its against those who judge others that do not believe the same things as them. 'She Took My Money' is funny and true. "You can beat the system, but you can't beat the girl" more true lyrics have never been written. Very early 70's feel to this track, reminicent of very early T.Rex before Marc Bolen went crazy. The second to aim fro contravesy is 'The End Of Christianity,' the title says it all. More or less the song in a nutshell is about getting laid and having premarital sex. Not a big issue on the surface but the title make get the band into a little trouble and Iggy being the shocker he is was no doubt wanting that. 'Mexican Guy' opens with a killer guitar riff and a nice solid drum beat. A incredibly catchy song about a "Girl running off with Mexican guy." One of the better songs on the album really. Apon listening to this album one has to wonder when the saxophone would make an appreance. Well 'Passing Cloud' is that appearance. All of the bands other albums had at least one song with the sax or some form of a horn. 'Passing Cloud' is the perfect song to use it in, the track almost calls for it, and it honestly makes the song a lot better then it would have been had they not used a sax. 'Im Fried' ends the album. The song sounds like something that would have fit perfectly with the Raw Power. Very in your face and leaving you wanting more from the band. A killer way to end the excellent album.

The Stooges are known for a few things.
A)Iggy Pop is their front man
B)Amazing albums with minimal production
C)Being the worlds all time greatest garage band, hands down no contest.

This album, The Weirdness does a phenomonal job of showcasing all of these things. For the true fans that have been waiting for an album for the past 35 years, for the die hard Iggy Pop fans, and even for the newer and younger fans, The Weirdness is one album that will surely not dissapoint. It's good to know that after all of these years the band is still at the top of its game.

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