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Raw Power
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Publisher: Sony
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

If there's ever been an album that lives up to its title, this is it--Iggy and the Stooges' apocalyptic, high-octane bombshell, Raw Power! At times this searing, end-of-the-world death platter--home to such proto-punk frontal assaults as "Search and Destroy," "Shake Appeal," and "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell"--even threatens to surpass its beyond-appropriate moniker.

Although this incarnation of the Stooges imploded not long after its release, Raw Power became the LP that launched a million punk rock bands all around the world, leaving its flaming skidmarks on scenes from London to L.A. to Sydney. Sundazed's high-definition vinyl edition of this primal rock 'n' roll beast features the legendary 1973 Columbia Records mix and includes its Mick Rock photo-adorned inner sleeve.

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


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Iggy Bangs It Down and Tarts It Up
Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
By the time The Stooges got around to...well, "recording" might not be appropriate...howzabout wrenching "Raw Power" out of the howling vortex of their scrap-heaped minds, hearts, and souls and foisting it on a woefully-unprepared and unsuspecting world, they'd stumbled through some of the dumbest, most abusive rock and roll ever waxed, high-strung poets of destruction hell bent on constructing their own insular us-against-the-world fraternity of the damned.

Paragons of drug-gobbling excess, they pretty much invented punk rock in an old farm house in Ann Arbor, Michigan with essential artifacts "The Stooges" and "Fun House," which simply defy any and every adjective, category, or genre thrown at them, both albums staring down certain ugly aspects of human nature that most people would rather not face, Ron Asheton wielding his guitar and wah pedal like a drunk with a straight razor, brother Scott taking the big beat and making it bigger, perpetually-sozzled bassist Dave Alexander deep in the quagmire somewhere, and Iggy Pop (deviant, gentleman, idiot, philosopher, devil, angel) snarling, shrieking, grunting, and freaking out like a perfect child of science whose circuits are frying.

Despite the demotion of Ron Asheton to bass in favor of future Brit-punk godhead James Williamson - who manages to hit notes and mash them at the same time - "Raw Power" still sounds appropriately extreme, from the cataclysmic title track, "Search and Destroy," "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," and "Death Trip" to "Gimme Danger" and "I Need Somebody," where Iggy croons like the ghost of Jim Morrison. It's the first great punk-guitar album, a roaring, glorious mess, an out-of-control classic that remains, for many, the greatest rock and roll record ever made, where melody, subtlety, and musicianship take a back seat to noise, power, and vitality in spite of - perhaps because of - the band reaching an advanced stage of chemically-induced schizophrenia.

Produced by Iggy and famously submerged in the mix after the event by David Bowie, this definitive remixed testament to the dumb geniuses of the Mid-West remains defiantly untamed and stands the test of time, the punks adopting Iggy as a kamikaze icon three or four years after its release, aping his kill-me-please stage stance and passing he and his fellow masters of unrestraint from elusive legends to myth.

Buy this album for your children today. It will prepare them for tomorrow.


Punk Classic
Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
One of the first hard rock punk albums ever realesed. Realesed in 1973 the stooges album Raw Power is just one of those albums you cant be with out. From the heavy anti war rocker, "Search And Destroy", to the final track," Death Trip", the album is non stop punk rock classic buy today

What the h@%%?
Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
This page is supposed to be devoted solely to the sale of the now-deleted 1990 "Raw Power" CD. If you are looking for Iggy's mix (from 1997) and not Bowie's original mix (on the 1990 CD), tread carefully among the sellers' offerings on this page.

not crazy about the mix, but it still kills
Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 
The songs are still great and Iggy's remix can't kill it. You can probably find used copies of the old CD with the original mix for cheap. Get both.

Then get Mighty High...In Drug City.

BUY THE ORIGINAL VINYL INSTEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 
Music wise, this is great. Remastered wise, it sucks. I had a copy of this on vinyl before it was reissued on CD ($25 for a used copy back in 87), and loved it! It was gritty, noisy, and sounded low budget. The power of the band was obvious like in the days of Funhouse.

Years later, I bought this remastered CD because I wore out my vinyl copy. Ugh! What the hell was Iggy thinking? If it ain't broke, don't fix it! It's still noisy, but the feel of the original album is gone. Five stars for the musical content, zero for the remix.


Tracks:          

  • Search and Destroy
  • Gimme Danger
  • Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
  • Penetration
  • Raw Power
  • I Need Somebody
  • Shake Appeal
  • Death Trip



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