Raw Power
by Iggy And The Stooges

Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-02-07
Overall rank: 316th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 1,028 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1973 (9th)
Award Top 100 albums 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 18 albums by The Stooges on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Stooges is Fun House which is ranked number 210 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,377.

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Raw Power
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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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Overall rank: 316th | 1970s rank: 77th | 1973 rank: 9th

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83/100 (from 1,028 votes)
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02/13/2026 02:06 evstratios  Ratings distribution  18097/100
 
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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 14.7.

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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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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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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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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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From 06/25/2019 06:28 | #238225
Wildly fun
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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