The Stooges - Fun House
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
1970 Ratings: #2 / 161
User Score
1970 Rank: #22
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Drowned in Sound
32 years on, no band has even come close to replicating the heady, chaotic abandon of this album.
100
Tiny Mix Tapes
Sadly they don’t make ‘em as great as they used to. In fact they never did make them this good, because I have a strong suspicion that punk rock never managed to match the brilliance of this zygote.
100
AllMusic

Fun House is the ideal document of the Stooges at their raw, sweaty, howling peak.

100
SPIN
This before-its-time commercial failure remains subversive 37 years later.
100
Rolling Stone

To say that their second album, Fun House, is one of the greatest rock & roll records of all time risks hyperbole, but the evidence is inescapable.

UltimateLifeFrm
60

[OUTDATED]

If there's one thing I didn't know upon listening to this album, it was that Iggy Pop was a part of The Stooges (yes, I'm pretty dumb sometimes). The energy he shows on this album with his vocal performance is simply wild, and that's exactly what I love to hear when I'm looking to jam out to rock n roll music. Not to mention the overall personality of the album is just unfiltered fun, delivering what's it title promises: Fun.

The guitar riffs are so fuckin' good as well, having ... read more

Gustavstone07
80

Good grief...

You guys certainly weren't kidding, this shit is heavy as FUCK. As far as I'm concerned, the Stooges made an album that absolutely crushes every other contemporary record in terms of heaviness bar Black Sabbath (and even then, I think that last track might actually have Ozzy beat...).

This shit is absolutely PRIMAL in a way that shouldn't even feel possible for 1970. Whenever Iggy isn't singing on these songs, he's belting out animalistic wails that blur the line between being ... read more

MickyT
60

The Stooges influential sophomore album 'Funhouse' did a lot for what would eventually become Punk music and it has its musical merits but I get held back from enjoying it in its entirety by one thing, that being Iggy Pop's vocals, I cannot stand them on some of these songs, they're so obnoxious that its actually grating to me. I'll give him credit though as he matches the fairly loud and abrasive instrumentals but with the way his vocals sound they border on being unlistenable for me. Besides ... read more

PabloCommunist
100

Iggy Pop teaching the world what kicking ass sounds like

Nar_Mattaru27
99

Thick and meaty (pause)

avgmusiclover
87

One of the most important albums to the creation of punk rock. This album is if Hot Rats and Paranoid had a weird ass baby. Iggy Pop’s vocal performances here are energetic, lively, and fun which complements the heavy and awesome instrumentals. The jazz elements in here also great and truly add to the album. This album also feels like a jam session that just happened one day (mainly due to the improvisational elements) making this album truly feel like a fun and great time.

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Track List

1Down On the Street
3:43
91
2Loose
3:34
90
3T.V. Eye
4:17
88
4Dirt
7:03
92
51970
5:15
88
6Fun House
7:47
88
7L.A. Blues
4:57
76
Total Length: 36 minutes

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Added on: March 15, 2013