Stooges - Fun House
Artist: Stooges | Label: Elektra | Format: CD | Genre: Rock | Condition: Mint | Jacket Condition: Sealed
Iggy and The Stooges
FUN HOUSE
Rhino / Elektra CD
SEALED - BRAND NEW! reproduction of the original classic
Album Notes
FUN HOUSE sounds like an extended, guttural war cry from deep within the psyche.
While the Stooges' excellent debut, produced by John Cale, had a clean, punchy sound that introduced the band's ragged, stripped-down rock, it did not capture the chaotic fury of the band's live spirit. The Stooges hired Don Gallucci (formerly of the Kingsmen) to produce FUN HOUSE, and he gave the album a murky, swampy ambience that lacks clarity and precision, yet compensates for that lack tenfold with immediacy and a staggering sonic punch in the gut. And where THE STOOGES can sound like bratty teenaged music, this album sounds grown up, menacing, mercurial, dark, and relentlessly primal.The muddied production may add to the primitivism, but it is the band that truly conjures the magic. The Stooges plays like unleashed banshees here: Ron Ashton's razory guitar riffs and swirling squall create clouds of noise while the brutal rhythms of bassist Dave Alexander and drummer Scott Ashton crash all over the place. Iggy Pop screams and howls like a man possessed, giving voice to a spirit that would find its final expression in the punk movement seven years later. From the panther-like strut of "Down on the Street" to the adrenaline-driven "TV Eye" through the caustic dirge of "Dirt" to the avant squall of "L.A. Blues" (complete with wailing air-raid saxophone from Steve MacKay), this set is one of the founding documents of alternative rock. And, like Pandora's box, once FUN HOUSE is opened there is no turning back.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent
Q (08/01/1994)
Ranked #48 in NME's list of `The Greatest Albums Of The '70s.'
NME (09/18/1993)
...They are so exquisitely horrible and down and out that they
are the ultimate psychedelic rock band in 1970...
Rolling Stone (10/29/1970)
...FUNHOUSE is, no contest, the greatest rock n' roll album of all time....
The Stooges don't merit your respect as a monument in our
collective heritage, they warrant full immersion....
Melody Maker (02/19/1994)
Contains;
Down In The Street
Loose
T.V. Eye
Dirt
1970
Fun House
L.A. Blues
This is a BRAND NEW CD edition from Rhino / Elektra
Iggy Pop
While the Stooges' excellent debut, produced by John Cale, had a clean, punchy sound that introduced the band's ragged, stripped-down rock, it did not capture the chaotic fury of the band's live spirit. The Stooges hired Don Gallucci (formerly of the Kingsmen) to produce FUN HOUSE, and he gave the album a murky, swampy ambience that lacks clarity and precision, yet compensates for that lack tenfold with immediacy and a staggering sonic punch in the gut. And where THE STOOGES can sound like bratty teenaged music, this album sounds grown up, menacing, mercurial, dark, and relentlessly primal.The muddied production may add to the primitivism, but it is the band that truly conjures the magic. The Stooges plays like unleashed banshees here: Ron Ashton's razory guitar riffs and swirling squall create clouds of noise while the brutal rhythms of bassist Dave Alexander and drummer Scott Ashton crash all over the place. Iggy Pop screams and howls like a man possessed, giving voice to a spirit that would find its final expression in the punk movement seven years later. From the panther-like strut of "Down on the Street" to the adrenaline-driven "TV Eye" through the caustic dirge of "Dirt" to the avant squall of "L.A. Blues" (complete with wailing air-raid saxophone from Steve MacKay), this set is one of the founding documents of alternative rock. And, like Pandora's box, once FUN HOUSE is opened there is no turning back.
Editorial Reviews
Q (08/01/1994)
NME (09/18/1993)
are the ultimate psychedelic rock band in 1970...
Rolling Stone (10/29/1970)
The Stooges don't merit your respect as a monument in our
collective heritage, they warrant full immersion....
Melody Maker (02/19/1994)
Contains;
Down In The Street
Loose
T.V. Eye
Dirt
1970
Fun House
L.A. Blues
This is a BRAND NEW CD edition from Rhino / Elektra
Iggy Pop
