Raw Power (Legacy Edition)

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Total Tracks: 19   Total Length: 101:59

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Wayne Robins

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Wayne Robins has been a journalist specializing in music for more than 40 years. Since his first paid assignment, reviewing the Rolling Stones 1969 Oakland show...more »

04.13.10
So out of its own time in 1973 that we're now just catching up to its audacity and attitude
2010 | Label: Columbia/Legacy

History will remember 2010 as the year of the Stooges and Raw Power, a record so far ahead of its time that tweaks are being made and perks are being added 37 years after its first release. In March, the Stooges were inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an event regarded by some as long overdue, by others as a sign of the coming apocalypse — perhaps both. The surviving Stooges will be playing the album beginning to end at a pair of All Tomorrow's Parties festivals — one in May in the U.K., one in September in upstate New York. The latest Raw Power Legacy package is augmented by a long-sought-after live set from 1973: Georgia Peaches was recorded at a club in Atlanta, hardly a hotbed of Stooges passion, highlighted by Iggy calling out a heckler: "Hey, you wanna get your fuckin' face punched out little cracker boy?" The tracks are long, crazy and cocky. Four of the first five are extended versions of songs from "Raw Power," including a remarkable eight-minute version of "Gimme Danger," recast as a love song of abject longing, need and desire. The set takes its title from a filthy… read more »

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Dipsy

Not only does he have great staying power as an act but he has become one of musics elder statesmen. I don't know if the second disc is really worth it, but if you have never had this one before why not?

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sharkbait

Iggy is a one of a kind talent. Waaay ahead of the curve. You'll hear hooks and jukes on this album that bands over the past 20 years have been copying. And for good reason! And, when people start whining about the sound quality, that's your cue, it's the real deal.

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