Funhouse [Limited] by The Stooges

Pros: A Proto-Punk Masterpiece from the Stooges.
Cons: None.

Note: Dedicated in Memory of Aerocat, We'll Miss You

The 1969 debut album from the Stooges didn’t set the world on fire although it attracted a small cult following as well as critical acclaim. Although the band wasn’t happy with the...

Pros: punk rock before such a thing existed--dirty, lewd, and immediate
Cons: can make your ears bleed

More than thirty-five years after its release, Fun House remains an important album. You can still hear its sound today everywhere from Sonic Youth to The White Stripes to System of a Down. It's as though a generation of kids grew up listening ...

Pros: great raw guitar sound, good fushion of jazz, Iggy's power and presence
Cons: a little short

When Iggy Pop and the Stooges released Fun House I wasn’t even alive. I wasn’t even close to being alive. It would be another 15 years until I would be born. My first exposure to Iggy Pop was on the TV show Pete and Pete. Iggy Pop played the...

Pros: Relentless Power and Energy, Iggy Pops vocals, Great Musicianship, Punk Attitude
Cons: Can only wish there was more of it

The Stooges Funhouse, A Proto Punk Masterpiece constructed of pure energy. Funhouse is in my opinion, the best record out of the three stooge’s albums; it’s got the punk rawness and the sheer energy driving the music. This truly is a masterpiece ...

Pros: In 36 minutes, the Stooges transform rock music
Cons: It's only 36 minutes long

Fun House, released in 1970 by The Stooges, is without question one of the greatest rock-n-roll albums ever recorded. But it’s so much more than that.

Let’s place this record in context. This record came out of the Detroit scene during the...

Pros: Harsh, Loud and Chaotic True Punk Contributors
Cons: none

Before punk was a concept, "The Stooges", along with the "New York Dolls" and revolutionary rockers, "The MC5" forged the beginnings of a new sound and approach to music. Loud, brash, uninhibited and full of chaotic energy....

Pros: Finest outing from the Stooges
Cons: Unfortunately, it's all downhill from here... :-(

It would be easy to dismiss this album as a complete and utter masterpiece.

Much too easy.

But before we go any further, assuming that the reader hasn't heard much of The Stooges output or history before, let's have a little history...

Pros: makes you "FEEL ALRIGHT!"
Cons: morning after

If your considering buying this album, I suggest to purchase it and then immediately call work and tell them you won't be there tomorrow(if you even have a job). I put this album in my stereo to light a fire inside me. And it burns all night long until...

Pros: Possibly the best album to make love to, ever!
Cons: Ends before climax

An album that recognizes the fact that we all need certain indulgences in our lives. Cocaine overdoses, sex to the point of passing out, whatever.....almost forty minutes of some of the most beautiful music ever, three years before david bowie would come...