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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Iggy & the Stooges/The Stooges |
| Record Label: |
Neon Records |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Glam Rock |
| Release Date: |
November 27, 2000 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Head On
2. Death Trip
3. I Got a Right
4. Hard to Beat
5. Cock in My Pocket
6. Rubber Legs
7. Johanna
8. Pin Point Eyes
9. Open Up and Bleed
10. Raw Power |
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Though the Stooges were on the verge of breaking up at the time RAW POWER was recorded, it still comes across as (arguably) their most focused and powerful release. Former guitarist Ron Ashton was moved to bass and replaced by James Williamson, whose precise, razory playing makes RAW POWER the Stooges' most guitar-driven album. Scott Ashton drums up a storm, and Iggy yowls, yelps, drawls, and croons with a sense of menace that is both exhilarating and frightening. Though the album retains the reckless urgency and noise-happy chaos that defined FUN HOUSE, it strips away the swampy murk of that album with its trebly, metallic production. The songs work sexy, primal grooves ("I Need Somebody"), hopped-up boogie ("Shake Appeal"), reworked, adrenaline-pumped early rock & roll (the title track), and creeping, whisper-fueled come-ons ("Penetration"). The album's two best tracks, the spastic, take-no-prisoners danger anthem "Search and Destroy, " and the minor key, Doors-influenced "Gimme Danger" bristle with en... |
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