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{{About|the Stooges album|the band that took their name from this album|Raw Power (band)|other uses|Raw Power (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox album | name = Raw Power | type = studio | artist = [[the Stooges|Iggy and the Stooges]] | cover = StoogesRawPower.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1973|2|7}} | recorded = September{{snd}}October 1972 | venue = | studio = [[CBS Studio Building|CBS]], London | genre = {{hlist|[[Proto-punk]]|[[garage rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[punk rock]]|[[glam punk]]}} | length = {{duration|m=33|s=57}} | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | producer = {{hlist|[[David Bowie]]|[[Iggy Pop]]}} | prev_title = [[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]] | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = [[Metallic K.O.]] | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Singles | name = Raw Power | type = studio | single1 = [[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]] | single1date = June 1973 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Iggy+%26+The+Stooges&titel=Search+And+Destroy&cat=s|title=Stooges singles}}</ref> | single2 = Raw Power | single2date = 1973 (Japan) }} }} '''''Raw Power''''' is the third studio album by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[the Stooges]] (credited as Iggy and the Stooges), released on February 7, 1973 by [[Columbia Records]]. The album departed from the "groove-ridden, feel-based songs" of the band's first two records in favor of a more anthemic [[hard rock]] approach inspired by new guitarist [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]], who co-wrote the album's eight songs with singer [[Iggy Pop]].{{sfn|Callwood|2011}} Pop produced the recording sessions himself and [[David Bowie]] assisted with post-production work, though the team were allotted only one day to mix the album and the resulting fidelity was poor. Later reissues have attempted to either correct or enhance the original mix, most notably Pop's 1997 remix, which became notorious for its [[Loudness war|extreme volume and compression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicagomasteringservice.com/loudness.html|title=Loudness|publisher=Chicago Mastering Service|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808082932/http://www.chicagomasteringservice.com/loudness.html|archive-date=August 8, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though not initially commercially successful, ''Raw Power'' gained a [[cult following]] in the years following its release and, like its predecessors ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]'' (1969)<ref>{{cite web|author=The Stooges Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-stooges-mw0000195830 |title=The Stooges The Stooges Album Reviews, Songs & More |publisher=AllMusic |date=1969-12-31 |accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Troy Brownfield |url= https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/08/the-stooges-set-the-stage-for-punk-50-years-ago/ |title= The Stooges Set the Stage for Punk 50 Years Ago |publisher=[[The Saturday Evening Post]] |date=2019-08-09 |accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref> and ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' (1970), is considered a forerunner of [[punk rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/stooges|title=The Stooges Biography|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=October 3, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "it has since been acknowledged as one of the most influential records in rock history".<ref name=world>{{cite news|last1=Hodgkinson|first1=Will|author-link1=Will Hodgkinson|last2=Petridis|first2=Alexis|author-link2=Alexis Petridis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/11/iggy-and-the-stooges-raw-power|title=The world was not ready for Iggy and the Stooges|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 11, 2010|access-date=February 9, 2012}}</ref> Williamson's raw guitar sound deeply influenced acts of different music genres such as the [[Sex Pistols]], [[Johnny Marr]] of [[the Smiths]], and [[Kurt Cobain]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].
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