Raw Power
by Iggy And The Stooges
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Iggy And The Stooges bestography
Raw Power is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by The Stooges on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Stooges is Fun House which is ranked number 200 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,439.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Raw Power track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Raw Power rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 9 Music Albums of 1973 | 2/9 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 9/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1201-1300 | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 78/100 | 23 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 26 Music Albums of 1973 | 22/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 28 Music Albums of 1973 | 14/28 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/61 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 821 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,169 | |||
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Raw Power ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2026 23:23 | bkogz | 938 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 07:19 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.5/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Raw Power forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5439): By joedec
pedro1976 09/03/2026 12:35 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Raw Power comments
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/01/2018 16:52 | #219047 | TOP COMMENT
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You can't treat Raw Power like other albums. It doesn't work unless you're playing it loud enough to wake the deceased.
More to the point, you shouldn't listen to it on anything even slightly resembling high-end audio equipment. It needs to be played on the trashiest, crappiest sound system you can find. Think stock speakers on a Peugeot 205 - playing it through the cassette deck of course - and you're on the right track.
This isn't just proto-punk. It transcends all categorization. It's nothing more than pure, unfiltered, unlimited sound energy. And f*cking hell is it good. (Edited)
blvckgovt 04/07/2018 04:36 | #212426 | TOP COMMENT
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My friend had put the Stooges on my iPod when I had no idea how to put music on it. She put Search and Destroy. At first listen, I would skip it. But one day I decided to let it play and I really got into it. Once I had listened to all other punk bands like Sex Pistols, Black Flag, and Dead Kennedys, I revisited The Stooges and specifically Raw Power. I loved it. The raw, gritty production, the loudness, and the high energy made me addicted to the record. This is what true garage rock sounds like!! Perfect record! (Edited)
It's always tough for an album whose opening track begs for endless repetition. As a result of listening to "Search and Destroy" and then needing to listen to "Search and Destroy" twenty more times, I've only been able to get all the way through Raw Power on a handful of occasions. Still, it was always very worth it (though maybe I should have spent that time just listening to "Search and Destroy" instead...)
Album title is appropo for this album. Love the noisy production of the guitars, and Iggy's screaming vocals. Amazing, AMAZING album!
Dankel 10/28/2017 12:48 | #200202 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best albums ever - that is all.
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