Customer Reviews
Catnip for the soul - By: Coseley Jay, 16 May 2008 
If you could distill rock music all the way down to it's most basic essence then you'd probably end up with something similar to this. From it's sheet metal production to Iggy's yelps & trills this album is rockin it's most purest form.
This record, though, is about more than sound. A feeling is generated by this record, a feeling that starts somewherein your abdomen & shoots up to your chest & back down again. If these songs don't make you want to rip off your top, grab your crotch & scream then you are dead inside. Catnip for the soul.
Raw Power Iggy Pop and the Stooges 1972 - By: I. Mckechnie, 18 Apr 2008 Raw Power, the Greatest Album of all time, followed closely by, Pere Ubu, '390 degrees of simulated stereo'.
Raw Power - every track is a great invention.
Livein a detached property & play loud.
It's fantastic. 'Raw power has got no place to go... Raw power is laughin' at you & me'
the best rock album ever. EVER. - By: daniel gutt, 21 Feb 2008 all im going to say is this is £3. buy it, you really wont be disappointed. & ifin the unlikely case that you are.... you've only spent the aforementioned £3. buy it now!
Classic album but .... - By: Gordon W. Craig, 02 Aug 2007 
Giving this four stars for the kick ass songs on it, but the mastering? Ouch! I got the re-mastered versionin 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 & kicking & could've then been transferred to the digital medium & 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 & an overpowering mid range. Maybe this is some global irony? The raw power is always therein the songs themselves, but you have to dig it out from either bass weak or saturation drenched versions? A classic album nonetheless.
The Ig and the Angst - By: Moz, 28 Mar 2007 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 & loaded with sexuality & attitude. Unlike Transformer, Bowie's production here captures the man & his music perfectly rather than subsuming itin glam rock cosmetics. THe Stooges at their best.
"Gimme Danger" is one of the best songs ever, certainly top 50. "Penetration" & "Death Trip" archetypal Iggy songs. The opening "Search & Destroy" has a terrific riff & sets the tone excellently. This is arguably the best Iggy album ever - & 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.
