Raw Power - Definition and Overview

Raw Power is a 1973 (see 1973 in music) album by blues-rock/punk rock band The Stooges, fronted by future rock star Iggy Pop. Featuring blistering-fast guitar riffs and shouted vocals, Raw Power was not able to capture a mainstream market. In spite of the inaccessibility, a small number of listeners took the sound to heart, and many of these people soon became influential leaders in the early punk movement.

Raw Power peaked at #182 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 69th greatest album of all time.

Track listing

1. "Search and Destroy" - 3:26
2. "Gimme Danger" - 3:28
3. "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" - 4:52 (originally titled "Hard to Beat")
4. "Penetration" - 3:35
5. "Raw Power" - 4:22
6. "I Need Somebody" - 4:50
7. "Shake Appeal" - 3:00
8. "Death Trip" - 5:53

All songs written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson.

Personnel

• Iggy Pop, vocals
• James Williamson, guitars
• Ron Asheton, bass and vocals
• Scott Asheton, drums

Mixed by David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Recorded at CBS Studios, London. Mixed at Western Sound, Hollywood. Photography: Mick Rock.