Reviews
Ranked #8 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...Iggy's uncelebrated '90s remix reinstates the intended muscle. Invest today!...", "...gleams with new menace and foreboding. Bulking up the rhythm section and nudging the guitar noise past the pain threshold, Iggy's remix creates a fresh context for his mad-dog act....a gloomy spell that's both complex and compelling.", Ranked #125 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"-"A Proto-Punk-Rock Classic...", "...the Stooges return with a vengeance, exhibiting all the ferocity that characterized them at their livid best...", "...I've been playing along with this barre-chord extravaganza for aerobic exercise, as will all aspiring and/or nostalgic punks...", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The Stooges were the acme of nihilism....RAW POWER was the best Stooges album and arguably the musical and philosophical catalyst for the punk movement....Destined to remain horribly influential...", "...In past pressings, the guitars were too loud, the drums buried. The remix, supervised by Iggy Pop himself, is as collar grabbing as the Stooges' skin-scratching rage itself..." - Rating: A, "They Sounded Great Even at the Height of Dysfunction....Raw Power Is the Stooges' Greatest Work...", 5 stars out of 5 -- "Iggy Pop delivers these desperate anthems as if he's lived every self-mythologizing line.", "Even the Two 'ballads' Are Full of Menacing Swagger.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "a fantastically crude and powerful rock 'n' roll document and probably long overdue the re-mastering make-over that Pop himself has now given it....it's beefed up and more contemporary- sounding but retains its murky, lo-fi thrill.", Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
