Stooges, The: Fun House (Vinyl 2xLP)

The debut album from 1969 was immense, but nothing could quite prepare you for the brutal masterpiece that is Funhouse. It is something that is neither pretty nor wholesome, and it succeeds almost entirely on the powerful chemistry at work.

Iggy screams, shouts, yelps, and grunts over a barrage of simplistic music with simplistic lyrics and, at times, no music at all ("La Blues"). Other great tunes present here are "Down On The Street", the excellent opener, "1970", a perfect proto-punk anthem, and the title track, simply one of the finest, rawest, most visceral songs ever recorded.

2005 expanded reissue.

1. Down On The Street
2. Loose
3. T.V. Eye
4. Dirt
5. 1970
6. Fun House
7. L.A. Blues
8. T.V. Eye (Takes 7 & 8)
9. Loose (Take 2)
10. Down On The Street (Take 8)
11. Dirt (Take 4)
12. Lost In The Future (Take 1)
13. 1970 (Take 3)
14. Fun House (Take 2)