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FUN HOUSE sounds like an extended, guttural war cry from deep within the psyche. While the Stooges' excellent debut, produced by John Cale, had a clean, punchy sound that introduced the band's ragged, stripped-down rock, it did not capture the chaotic fury of the band's live spirit. The Stooges hired Don Gallucci (formerly of the Kingsmen) to produce FUN HOUSE, and he gave the album a murky, swampy ambience that lacks clarity and precision, yet compensates for that lack tenfold with immediacy and a staggering sonic punch in the gut. And where THE STOOGES can sound like bratty teenaged music, this album sounds grown up, menacing, mercurial, dark, and relentlessly primal.
The muddied production may add to the primitivism, but it is the band that truly conjures the magic. The Stooges plays like unleashed banshees here: Ron Ashton's razory guitar riffs and swirling squall create clouds of noise while the brutal rhythms of bassist Dave Alexander and drummer Scott Ashton crash all over the place. Iggy Pop screams and howls like a man possessed, giving voice to a spirit that would find its final expression in the punk movement seven years later. From the panther-like strut of "Down on the Street" to the adrenaline-driven "TV Eye" through the caustic dirge of "Dirt" to the avant squall of "L.A. Blues" (complete with wailing air-raid saxophone from Steve MacKay), this set is one of the founding documents of alternative rock. And, like Pandora's box, once FUN HOUSE is opened there is no turning back.
Iggy & the Stooges/The Stooges: Iggy Pop (vocals); Ron Asheton (guitar); Dave Alexander (bass instrument); Scott Asheton (drums).
Additional personnel: Steve MacKay (tenor saxophone).
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.136) - Ranked #191 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"
Rolling Stone (10/29/70, p.44) - "...They are so exquisitely horrible and down and out that they are the ultimate psychedelic rock band in 1970..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.66) - "[O]ne of the dirtiest, grimiest, and most sweat-stained albums ever. It's hard to appreciate just how radical this record was upon it's release..." -- Grade: A+
Q (7/01, p.91) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Everything rock'n'roll is meant to be: horny, sleazy, obnoxious and scarily alive, lik ebein gwired straight into the mains..."
Q (1/94, p.119) - 4 Stars - Excellent
Uncut (p.120) - 5 stars out of 5 - "FUN HOUSE the album and 'Funhouse' the song turn '60s dreams of unity and pleasure-as-insurrection inside out..."
Melody Maker (2/19/94, p.34) - "...FUNHOUSE is, no contest, the greatest rock n' roll album of all time....The Stooges don't merit your respect as a monument in our collective heritage, they warrant full immersion...."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.51) - "[FUNHOUSE] captured the group at their most thrillingly unhinged....[A] dark paean to heedless hedonism..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[T]he Stooge machine was savagely tuned, rampaging, able to precision-blast numerous near-identical takes."
NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #48 in NME's list of `The Greatest Albums Of The '70s.' Fun House Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Blues/Jazz Jam
The most intense album ever made. To this day, it blows away all punk, metal, or whatever else; if music was alcohol, this would be whisky Five Stars
Submitted by Stephen Harper (Ottawa, Canada)
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Obscure and Essential
Funhouse is an obscure classic, way ahead of it's time. Iggy and The Stooges paved the way for much of the greatest rock and roll music to ever come out of the US, which makes this disc essential. Every song a winner, and the tracks "loose" and "funhouse" are true stand out highlights.You could leave this one on to play over and over again.
Submitted by a reviewer (Brooklyn, NY, USA ) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Pure Adrenalin fueled masterpiece
This album is the real deal, devoid of record company meddling and any desire to fit into the commercial music scene of the day Funhouse stands alone . dont be put off if its too much for your ears to handle on first listen it will grow on you and each listen will reveal new layers of sublime noise this is my favourite alltime album with the MC5's kick out the jams a close 2nd.
Submitted by Will (Cardiff, Wales)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The Holy Grail......
When "Fun House" came out in 1970, the critics and audiences openly laughed at it. Not that the Stooges cared.
Only the late Lester Bangs in his magnificent review of the album knew that this record would be a future calling to arms for discerning Rock and Roll fans. Much has been written and said about this album, but when I first heard it on one cold January evening in 1976, I knew that this was IT ! I heard "Raw Power" in December 1975 and loved it, but "Fun House" cemented what I heard as the glory of truly thrilling music.
The Stooges fused blues, free jazz and heavy funk into a explosive brew that has never been equalled before or since, even by them. No wonder, they self destructed quickly afterwards. Few bands can sustain that level of intensity for a long period of time.
As for " L.A Blues", only Tim Buckley on "Jungle Fire", Billy Mackenzie on
"Skipping" and Alan Vega on " Frankie Teardrop" have matched such astonishing vocal extremes. The new sonic upgrades has revealed "Fun House" to be what some of us already knew. It is the Holy Grail of Rock and Roll...
Submitted by Rob J (Letchworth, England)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No "Spend those pennies you've saved!"
On the contrary to some opinions, this lp really is good. There's something infectious about it, maybe the primative rhythms, the screeches of abandon, the dirty sounds from final production,...who knows! But this lp is a sound offering from The Stooges and it still keeps a good pace with today's haphazzardous artists and their musically pointless offerings. Most folks who don't like this lp weren't born when it came out or are still hanging hopes on the likes of Nirvanah & Hole; dirty sounding bands that really aren't very good. Detroit was home to some real good groundbreakers. The Stooges and Alice Cooper are the proof.
Submitted by Brian Mc (Stratford, IA, USA)
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