The Stooges - The Stooges
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Free Music Review: The First Original Punk Rockers
Hit: 5 Stars
Iggy and the Stooges sound great in this remastered CD with bonus tracks,well worth the money,you will be hooked and will buy more music by this band.Free Music Review: Good times,... good times..
Hit: 5 Stars
Raw, simple, raunchy, hard, what you see is what you get goodness. Light years beyond thier time, music for your guts. Thank you Stooges, BFF!Free Music Review: Good Condition
Hit: 5 Stars
I was very pleased with the condition of this CD. Though it was used, it works great and I and the person I gave it to are very happy.Free Music Review: classic Stooges,one of the best
Hit: 5 Stars
A excellent album for rock n roll fans. It remains one of the all time best!I would highly recommend it.Free Music Review: Great. but Obviously Not Perfect
Hit: 4 Stars
The Stooges first album is, in many ways, indicative of bone-headed genius and a lack of preparation. The first half of the album (save for the interminable "We Will Fall") is impeccable. Anger at spirit-crushing boredom is the primary force that drives these tracks. It's "1969": 'another year with nothing to do'. As such, it's "No Fun." "I Wanna Be Your Dog" shows how bored and willing these guys were. Plus, it's got sleigh bells and fuzz-wah all in one, so it's marvellous track. Lyrical content aside, the aggression in the guitar work is incredible.
The second half functions as one huge dry-spot. The liner notes tell us how most of these tracks were cooked up as filler. Did the band actually think they could take their well-written songs and stretch them to ridiculous lengths? As such, these hastily-written compositions are rather monotonous musically. Lyrically, they're beyond dumb. The utter simplicity suggests not genius but lack of preparation. Still, their presence and sound do present a continuity with the earlier tracks.
This re-issue tacks on a CD full of alternate mixes, alternate vocal takes and alternate versions. The first few are the original John Cale mixes. These sound like they were recorded in an outhouse. It's a good thing Iggy remixed the album, because Cale's mixes bury and smother the finer points of the anger. The next few tracks have alternate vocals. They're alright, not too grand, but not too different. Lastly, extended versions. They're pretty good.
So how do I rate the album? Overall, it maintains a pretty concise sound. The rage and the boredom pervades, as does the rollicking guitar work. There are weak patches, to be sure, but the album ends up being a very cohesive beast. The bonus disc is just gravy. Sure, we just hear the same songs over and over, but it works well. The fact that its not tacked onto the first disc ensures that you get a solid listening experience if you only stick to the first album. As such, I'm giving the album four stars: Great, but with weak spots.