Fun House (180g Remaster) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

BRAND NEW

Label:    Elektra – 081227979423, Elektra – R1 74071
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:    
Released:    2021
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Punk, Garage Rock

A1        Down On The Street    3:42
A2        Loose    3:33
A3        T.V. Eye    4:17
A4        Dirt    7:00
B1        1970    5:15
B2        Fun House    7:46
B3        L.A. Blues    4:55

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Records
Copyright © – Elektra Records
Marketed By – Rhino Entertainment Company
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BD27510
Arranged By – The Stooges
Art Direction – Robert L. Heimall
Bass – Dave Alexander
Drums – Scott Asheton
Engineer – Brian Ross-Myring
Guitar – Ron Asheton
Photography By – Ed Caraeff
Producer – Don Gallucci
Tenor Saxophone – Steven Mackay
Vocals – Iggy Pop
Written-By – The Stooges
Original "butterfly" Elektra labels.
"Side one" appears on both labels.
Made in Germany sticker on rear cover.

Ccopyright © 1970 by paradox music & stooge staffel music bmi
recorded at elektra sound recorders, los angeles, calif.

This Reissue ℗ & © 2017, 1970 Elektra Records. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
Made in the E.U. 081227979423
Barcode (Text): 0 81227 97942 3
Barcode (Scanned): 081227979423
Barcode (EAN-Code, Scanned): 0081227979423

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.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: PUNK
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 09/14/2010