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Apart from being known as one of the two most poorly mixed but still great albums in rock history (the other being the Stones' Exile on Main Street), the Stooges' 1973 release, Raw Power, is the noise that inspired nearly everybody who played in a first-generation Pistols-era punk band -- in part, because this was the first record to make manifest rock's latent confusion between sex and death. The Stooges' sound is brutal and beautiful, as are their songs (has there ever been a more seductive plaint than "Gimme Danger"?), and despite David Bowie's problematic production, the breakneck tempos and careful layers of overdubbed guitars give it a sheer visceral kick that has never been equaled by even the most extreme of contemporary punkers. If you doubt that, check out the authorized 1997 remix, supervised by Iggy himself, which should have been retitled Even Rawer Power.
Condition:NEW.
TRACK LISTINGS
Side 1:
1. Search And Destroy
2. Gimme Danger
3. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
4. Penetration
Side 2:
1. Raw Power
2. I Need Somebody
3. Shake Appeal
4. Death Trip
LP 5269
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