STOOGES - s/t LP

Highest recommendation.

Rhino High Fidelity series.

180 gram vinyl housed in heavyweight gatefold jacket. Includes OBI strip.

Cut From Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Pressed at Optimal Media.

Includes Exclusive Gatefold and Insert With Rare Photos and Q+A With Photographer Glen Craig.

The Stooges debut is a simple, direct, dark record with a juvenile delinquent's swagger and pure nihilistic abandon. In opening track "1969", Iggy sings about boredom and dread... this ain't no flower-power hippy sh!t. There's no flashy musicianship here, most songs are two or three chords played over and over, but the lack of complexity is implicit to this record's appeal; if you are looking for simple music that transcends it's limitations by creating a sonic atmosphere that is completely unique, The Stooges debut has it in spades - this is a seminal punk record to say the least.

"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is perhaps the albums highlight. The Doors-ish "Ann" is great too, and the album's closing track "Little Doll" ends in an incredible howl of wah-wah, some of the best wah ever recorded, it just sounds so....apocalyptic. The dirge-like "We Will Fall" is a distraction, but I happen to love it - the albums producer, John Cale of VU fame, plays his droning viola whilst the band chants a menacing mantra.

This is THE soundtrack to the death of the sixties...