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Track Listings
| 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 |
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After releasing The Stooges and Fun House--two LPs of brutally elemental rock--the Stooges split, reforming three years later with the encouragement of David Bowie to produce Raw Power. If, at the time, Iggy's music seemed primitive and crude, it also foreshadowed heavy metal at its best and the energy and nihilistic attitude of punk--an energy somewhat tamed by Bowie's original production on this record, which emphasised Iggy's voice and the tunes at the expense of the band's trademark powerhouse riffs. The celeste line on "Penetration" and the guitar and piano on "Gimme Danger" show how adept the band were at using melodic detail to sweeten the bitter thrill of the songs--but most of the other tracks launch straight into a sublime frenzy, with guitarist James Williamson soloing almost before the first few chords have sounded. The Stooges' first three albums, and the live LP Metallic KO (which captures the band at their most blisteringly confrontational) are excessive, supremely exciting, awe-inspiring rock records. --Burhan Tufail
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1997 EDITION : Remixed by Iggy Pop! Seminal 1973 album featuring "Search & Destroy". Produced by David Bowie.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Giving this four stars for the kick ass songs on it, but the mastering? Ouch! I got the re-mastered version in the hope of more depth compared to the tinny, bass light original. Frequency wise, these are definitely more balanced mixes, but they're blighted by being pushed into the digital extreme.
I totally agree with another reviewer here. A hot ANALOG mix pushing into the red would've been good and kicking and could've then been transferred to the digital medium and mastered at a reasonable loudness level preserving some nice 'grungey' harmonics. Sadly, though, these seem to be digital re-mixes mastered far beyond the digital threshold. The first track averages -4dB (CDs have a dynamic range of more than 90 db meaning that this track has only 4db). The result is BAD DISTORTION with clips everywhere and an overpowering mid range. Maybe this is some global irony? The raw power is always there in the songs themselves, but you have to dig it out from either bass weak or saturation drenched versions? A classic album nonetheless.
I totally agree with another reviewer here. A hot ANALOG mix pushing into the red would've been good and kicking and could've then been transferred to the digital medium and mastered at a reasonable loudness level preserving some nice 'grungey' harmonics. Sadly, though, these seem to be digital re-mixes mastered far beyond the digital threshold. The first track averages -4dB (CDs have a dynamic range of more than 90 db meaning that this track has only 4db). The result is BAD DISTORTION with clips everywhere and an overpowering mid range. Maybe this is some global irony? The raw power is always there in the songs themselves, but you have to dig it out from either bass weak or saturation drenched versions? A classic album nonetheless.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The original mix of this album was unbalanced, tinny and bloodless, so a full remix was welcome. This version corrects a lot of the faults of the original, and it seems to me they got the mix about right. It rocks.
But the mastering is utterly awful.
Iggy Pop apparently kept saying "Make it louder! Distort the hell out of it!" As a result this is probably the loudest CD ever released; louder than (What's the Story) Morning Glory?; louder than Californication; louder than the ludicrous Death Magnetic. There's no dynamics, no subtlety, no punch, just a continuous, fatiguing wall of gruesome noise. There's so much digital distortion it's physically painful to listen to, and if you forget to turn your volume right down before you listen to it, God help your ears.
You might like the fact that it's an unrestrained monster of ridiculous loudness. If so, fine, that's up to you. Call me old-fashioned, but I like music that actually sounds good. Music where the drums don't vanish when the guitars kick in; where louder parts of songs are, you know, louder, not just more crushed.
Potentially this is the best rock & roll album of all time, which is why it makes me sad that it's been treated so badly. This record needed a proper reworking. But this isn't it.
But the mastering is utterly awful.
Iggy Pop apparently kept saying "Make it louder! Distort the hell out of it!" As a result this is probably the loudest CD ever released; louder than (What's the Story) Morning Glory?; louder than Californication; louder than the ludicrous Death Magnetic. There's no dynamics, no subtlety, no punch, just a continuous, fatiguing wall of gruesome noise. There's so much digital distortion it's physically painful to listen to, and if you forget to turn your volume right down before you listen to it, God help your ears.
You might like the fact that it's an unrestrained monster of ridiculous loudness. If so, fine, that's up to you. Call me old-fashioned, but I like music that actually sounds good. Music where the drums don't vanish when the guitars kick in; where louder parts of songs are, you know, louder, not just more crushed.
Potentially this is the best rock & roll album of all time, which is why it makes me sad that it's been treated so badly. This record needed a proper reworking. But this isn't it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Unlike most albums, the cover is a brilliant representation of what this album's about. It's edgy (in spades), dark, dangerous, in your face and loaded with sexuality and attitude. Unlike Transformer, Bowie's production here captures the man and his music perfectly rather than subsuming it in glam rock cosmetics. THe Stooges at their best.
"Gimme Danger" is one of the best songs ever, certainly top 50. "Penetration" and "Death Trip" archetypal Iggy songs. The opening "Search & Destroy" has a terrific riff and sets the tone excellently. This is arguably the best Iggy album ever - and that says something when you have as big a back catalogue as he has. If you only want one Iggy Pop album, make it this one.
"Gimme Danger" is one of the best songs ever, certainly top 50. "Penetration" and "Death Trip" archetypal Iggy songs. The opening "Search & Destroy" has a terrific riff and sets the tone excellently. This is arguably the best Iggy album ever - and that says something when you have as big a back catalogue as he has. If you only want one Iggy Pop album, make it this one.
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HARD ROCKIN' ALL THE WAY
There are alot of reviews here talking about mixing levels being in the red, and remastering being terrible - I confess to knowing little about all this technical malarky - but... Read more
Published 3 months ago by CLINT McGAVIN
Forget "The Who" and "Deep Purple", The Stooges were clearly the...
...and there ain't no better album to show this then Raw Power. I can't think of another album title that better expressed itself. Read more
Published 4 months ago by MaximumHeat
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Published 5 months ago by Mr. D. P. G. Garrett
Iggy Makes The Stooges Normal
Amazon seems to be using these Raw Power reviews for a number of different versions of the album, so to be clear, I'm reviewing the 1997 CD release remixed by Iggy Pop (COL... Read more
Published 7 months ago by XBBX
Time always tells
I have reviewed this before, giving it a glowing report as "incomparably superior" to the Bowie mix. I appear before you today, head bowed and asking for forgiveness. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Patterson
Great album...rubbish mix.
I bought this thinking that when people said the new mix done by Iggy in 1996 was crap I thought it was them just being fussy and too into the old Bowie mix. Read more
Published 12 months ago by E. Hunter
Why remix?
The original mix was tinny and weak in some ways it was Raw Power and that was it.I don't understand why people see a classic music album like a machine that needs polishing and... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2010 by D. L. Wilkinson
Just Not That Good
I bought this cd because I'm going to Sonisphere and wanted to here what Iggy and The Stooges were all about. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Nobbydog
The Naked Ape
Raw power remastered but not tamed. In effect it feels more brutal than the cheap vinyl versions of the 80's. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Brutal new version of a classic album
If (like me) you're very familiar with the original version of this album, then this teeth-rattlingly loud remastering might just make you fall in love with it all over again. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2009 by Matt Kenway
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