
The Stooges - The Stooges (2LP, 45 tours)
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The Stooges:
- Vocals : Iggy Stooge
- Bass : Dave Alexander
- Drums : Scott Asheton
- Guitar : Ron Asheton
John Cale – piano & sleigh bell (A2), viola (B1)
Written by The Stooges
2 LP, Gatefold Jacket
Limited numbered Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Fidelity Record Pressing
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Elektra
Recorded April 1969 at The Hit Factory, New York City
Produced by John Cale, Jac Holzman
Art Direction by William S. Harvey
Photography by Joel Brodsky
Originally released in 1969
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A:
- 1969
- I Wanna Be Your Dog
Side B:
- We Will Fall
Side C:
- No Fun
- Real Cool Time
Side D:
- Ann
- Not Right
- Little Doll
Awards:
Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" – Ranked 488
Rolling Stone included "1969" in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time"
Included in the book “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”
Reviews :
“While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence -- the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand teenage garage bands, and the Velvet Underground's experimental eagerness to leap into the void -- they didn't really sound like anyone else around when their first album hit the streets in 1969. It's hard to say if Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander, and the man then known as Iggy Stooge were capable of making anything more sophisticated than this, but if they were, they weren't letting on, and the best moments of this record document the blithering inarticulate fury of the post-adolescent id. Ron Asheton's guitar runs (fortified with bracing use of fuzztone and wah-wah) are so brutal and concise they achieve a naïve genius, while Scott Asheton's proto-Bo Diddley drums and Dave Alexander's solid bass stomp these tunes into submission with a force that inspires awe. And Iggy's vividly blank vocals fill the "so what?" shrug of a thousand teenagers with a wealth of palpable arrogance and wondrous confusion. One of the problems with being a trailblazing pioneer is making yourself understood to others, and while John Cale seemed sympathetic to what the band was doing, he didn't appear to quite get it, and as a result he made a physically powerful band sound a bit sluggish on tape. But "1969," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "Real Cool Time," "No Fun," and other classic rippers are on board, and one listen reveals why they became clarion calls in the punk rock revolution. Part of the fun of The Stooges is, then as now, the band managed the difficult feat of sounding ahead of their time and entirely out of their time, all at once. ” AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.6 / 5