Iggy and the Stooges- Raw Power Review (Legacy Remaster)

Look: Listen to Iggy Mix: Listen to Rough Power mix: Listen to Bowie Mix: The Stooges’ Raw Power is one of the most dangerous albums in rock. It makes guys like G.G. Allin look like a kitten, and that’s no lie. Despite it’s great songs, attitude, and approach, the LP as always suffered from mixing issues. It was originally mixed in ’73 by Iggy Pop, but then by David Bowie after Legacy was unhappy with the original version. In ’97, the album was remixed again, and Iggy was in charge this time around. The result was one of the most compressed, punishing musical experiences I’ve ever had. A lot of people got down on the distortion and the imperfections of that ’97 version, but that sound was clearly the ’73 intent when you compare it to the very first mixes, which were issued in ’95 via a compilation titled Rough Power. Though I’m not a fan of the Bowie m