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Geez, I really don't know what to make of this album. I did a lot of research on this album and the fact that's its been recently remixed, and also that Iggy Pop didn't really like the sound of the original album. But I don't know. There's definitely a raw edge to this album that is unheard of so far in the list of albums I've written about, but I don't know if I like it or not. By raw energy, I mean there is a really unpolished, spontaneity to the recording that is really cool. It has a lot of energy behind the music.
Track Listing
Side One
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Geez, I really don't know what to make of this album. I did a lot of research on this album and the fact that's its been recently remixed, and also that Iggy Pop didn't really like the sound of the original album. But I don't know. There's definitely a raw edge to this album that is unheard of so far in the list of albums I've written about, but I don't know if I like it or not. By raw energy, I mean there is a really unpolished, spontaneity to the recording that is really cool. It has a lot of energy behind the music.
Track Listing
Side One
- Search and Destroy
- Gimme Danger
- Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
- Penetratio
Side Two
- Raw Power
- I Need Somebody
- Shake Appeal
- Death Trip
This album is also known to be a precursor to punk, like many of the albums on the RS150. I can hear the musical influence in several tracks, but not all of them. I guess what I love about music are the tracks that somehow strike this chord within you - they resonate with you on a deep level, either lyrically, and/or musically. BUT this album doesn't really do that for me. The two tracks that do are "Raw Power" and "Shake Appeal", but other than that, it just seems like a genre of music that I don't love, regardless of whether or not its significant in musical history.
Truthfully, the past week I've been writing about other music (mostly current) because I've been avoiding writing about this album. I listened to it once last week and didn't really like it, so I hadn't done much with it again yet. Now I'm listening to it again and feeling a bit of the same as before, although this time I do like it a bit more. I can appreciate the significance, but as of right now, I don't see Raw Power being an album that I listen to over and over. I don't know.
What do you think?
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