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- Date Released: January 1, 1973
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: 1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. WARNING: All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
The pivotal album between the garage and punk eras
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We Say...
It was 1973, OK? Even then, the Stooges two albums on Elektra (released in 1969 and 1970) were legendary for their influence on glam rockers like David Bowie and a nascent generation of punks. Raw Power in its time was renowned for two things: a strange and thin mix by Bowie that Iggy has described as "weedy," and its collection of eight nearly perfectly conceived and executed songs — and "executed" may be the operative word here — written by Pop and Stooges guitarist James Williamson, that are unmatched in their musical brutality and carnal wit. The Legacy remastering and reissue (done in 1996) restores some necessary bottom, played with utter lack of inhibition by the bass/drum brother team of Ron and Scott Asheton, that the original mix ignored, but the hysteria remains intact. Just listen to the opener "Search and Destroy"; the barely controlled lunatic firepower lives up to the title's description of a typical mission in the still-ongoing Vietnam War. "Gimme Danger" embodies the life on the edge that the Doors' Jim Morrison would have died for if he hadn't, in fact, died. "Penetration" is more subtle than its title suggests, the kind of twisted desire the Rolling Stones struggled to capture in "Goat's Head Soup." "Shake Appeal" may have taught the Ramones how to sound obsessive, cementing the place in rock history Raw Power owns as the pivotal album between the garage and punk eras.
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They Say...
In 1972, the Stooges were near the point of collapse when David Bowie's management team, MainMan, took a chance on the band at Bowie's behest. By this point, guitarist Ron Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander had been edged out of the picture, and James Williamson had signed on as Iggy's new guitar mangler; Asheton rejoined the band shortly before recording commenced on Raw Power, but was forced to play second fiddle to Williamson as bassist. By most accounts, tensions were high during the recording of Raw Power, and the album sounds like the work of a band on its last legs -- though rather than grinding to a halt, Iggy & the Stooges appeared ready to explode like an ammunition dump. From a technical standpoint, Williamson was a more gifted guitar player than Asheton (not that that was ever the point), but his sheets of metallic fuzz were still more basic (and punishing) than what anyone was used to in 1973, while Ron Asheton played his bass like a weapon of revenge, and his brother Scott Asheton remained a powerhouse behind the drums. But the most remarkable change came from the singer; Raw Power revealed Iggy as a howling, smirking, lunatic genius. Whether quietly brooding ("Gimme Danger") or inviting the apocalypse ("Search and Destroy"), Iggy had never sounded quite so focused as he did here, and his lyrics displayed an intensity that was more than a bit disquieting. In many ways, almost all Raw Power has in common with the two Stooges albums that preceded it is its primal sound, but while the Stooges once sounded like the wildest (and weirdest) gang in town, Raw Power found them heavily armed and ready to destroy the world -- that is, if they didn't destroy themselves first.
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Search And Destroy |
3:28 |
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| 02. | |
Gimme Danger |
3:33 |
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| 03. | |
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell |
4:55 |
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| 04. | |
Penetration |
3:41 |
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| 05. | |
Raw Power |
4:16 |
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| 06. | |
I Need Somebody |
4:52 |
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| 07. | |
Shake Appeal |
3:04 |
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| 08. | |
Death Trip |
6:07 |
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08 Total Tracks, 33:56 Total Length
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Credits
- David Bowie - Mixing // Iggy Pop - Vocals // Iggy Pop - Vocals // Iggy Pop - Producer // Iggy Pop - Producer // Iggy Pop - Main Performer // Iggy Pop - Main Performer // Iggy Pop - Performer // Iggy Pop - Performer // Iggy Pop - Mixing // Iggy Pop - Mixing // Ron Asheton - Bass // Ron Asheton - Guitar // Ron Asheton - Vocals // Scott Asheton - Drums // Iggy - Performer // The Stooges - Main Performer // The Stooges - Main Performer // James Williamson - Guitar // James Williamson - Vocals // Arthur Levy - Liner Notes // Mick Rock - Photography // Danny Kadar - Mixing
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