The World's Forgotten Boy4 Out Of 5 Stars
Loud, Rude and crude, "Raw Power" was Iggy and The Stooges at their aggressive best. If any album could be called the birth of punk rock, this is one of the finalists for that decree. Pushed into the maximum volume in this remix by Iggy himself, everything pummels like a series of body blows. It also includes the Stooges' classics "Gimme Danger" and "Search and Destroy." David Bowie had made it his personal mission to save the band (they were without a record deal at the time and were having personnel problems), so he carted the entire crew over to England to record "Raw Power."
The title is apt. The Stooges flail away at hard rockers like "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell" and "Search and Destroy" while finessing the psychedelic songs like "Penetration" or the mix-up of "Gimme Danger." The real hero is Iggy himself, wailing away like a man possessed. Yet at the same time, he bellows under control of his yowling and howling, bringing "Raw Power" controlled chaos that the other Stooges albums lacked. Not for the faint of heart or folks who run away from distorted guitars turned up to 11, "Raw Power" is the most explosive of The Stooges' original trio of albums.
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