Raw Power
by Iggy And The Stooges

Album
Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-02-07
Overall rank: 316th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,032 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1973 (9th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1970s (77th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (316th)

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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 203 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,412.

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Raw Power Lower ranked (370th) »
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Raw Power track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Search And Destroy
Average Rating: 90 (248 votes)Comments: View 4
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Gimme Danger
Average Rating: 88 (216 votes)Comments: View 1
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Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
Average Rating: 84 (181 votes)Comments: View 1
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Penetration
Average Rating: 84 (183 votes)Comments: View 0
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Raw Power
Average Rating: 85 (192 votes)Comments: View 2
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I Need Somebody
Average Rating: 83 (170 votes)Comments: View 0
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Shake Appeal
Average Rating: 81 (165 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Death Trip
Average Rating: 81 (159 votes)Comments: View 1

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Raw Power rankings

Raw Power rankings summary
Overall rank: 316th | 1970s rank: 77th | 1973 rank: 9th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2026 PurplepashTop 31 Music Albums of 197312/313
2026JoshN125Top 100 Greatest Music Albums76/10025
2026 hoyquarlowTop 50 Music Albums of the 1970s9/5017
2026 pranafilmsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums36/10062
2026leniadTop 401-500 Greatest Albums Of All Time27/100 -
2026KettwigTop 28 Music Albums of 197314/283
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s64/1007
2026 Sandrof1969Top 40 Music Albums of 197315/403
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 197335/1003
2026 covecoveTop 100 Greatest Music Albums64/10037
2026 pedro1976Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s84/1003
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 197327/1004
2026Steve_EmmettTop 40 Greatest Music Albums21/4049
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197331/1004
2026 eclabTop 100 Greatest Music Albums91/10010
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 1201-130068/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 54 Music Albums of 197334/542
2026 HeliosTop 60 Music Albums of 197340/602
2026 hoyquarlowTop 100 Greatest Music Albums35/10066
2026fabm0List Zone 32 America Usa 239/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 819
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 5,248
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,032 votes)
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 !		07/02/2026 05:47 serpico  Ratings distribution  87586/100
 
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 !		06/18/2026 05:34 ASOARE  Ratings distribution  2,32576/100
 
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 !		06/16/2026 13:02 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,12671/100
 
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 !		05/27/2026 09:27 TheWongs  Ratings distribution  80771/100
 
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 !		05/05/2026 17:10 Steve_Emmett  Ratings distribution  12268/100

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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 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.


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75/100
From 02/19/2023 19:50 | #294229
A hugely influential album that is so important to the genre and sub genres that it went on to create and impact. However, the quality of the release is a bit up and down with there definitely being better albums made in the styles this album went on to influence. There are some brilliant songs on here nonetheless with Search And Destroy and Gimme Danger being two of my favourite songs the group ever created. Overall, this record is held in high esteem more for its influence than quality in my eyes but it is still a solid and enjoyable listen.
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From 09/23/2022 01:18 | #289873
Probably one of the most essential albums in development of punk and rock and roll. This album is an atom bomb of sonic fury. Must listen!

Top 3 tracks
Search and destroy
Gimme Danger
Raw Power
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65/100
From 09/06/2022 17:08 | #289354
Not a big fan
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85/100
From 06/30/2022 00:32 | #286874
Muita força!!
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85/100
From 03/11/2022 21:25 | #282749
The best Stooges album in my opinion. Probably my favorite song is Gimme Danger and closely comes Serach And Destroy. My least favorites are Shake Appeal and Penetration but they are not very bad either.
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10/100
From 08/03/2021 12:03 | #272157
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90/100
From 11/03/2020 17:17 | #260141
The album's title is self-explanatory.
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From 12/31/2019 10:27 | #246175
This is rock.
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From 08/16/2019 00:30 | #241239
Favorite Tracks:I Need Somebody
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80/100
From 06/25/2019 06:28 | #238225
Wildly fun
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