Editing Raw Power (section)

=== 1997 remix ===
{{Album ratings
| title = 1997 remix ratings
| rev1 = ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AC">{{cite news|last=Stegall|first=Tim|date=June 27, 1997|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-06-27/529167/|title=Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power (Columbia/Legacy)|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = A<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|date=April 4, 1997|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/04/04/album-reviews-loaded-fully-loaded-edition-sweetheart-rodeo-rawpower-who-are-you/|title=Album Reviews: 'Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition'; 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo'; 'Rawpower'; 'Who Are You'; 'Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde'; 'The Who by Numbers'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="LAT">{{cite news|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Hilburn|date=May 9, 1997|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-09-ca-56921-story.html|title=Iggy Pop Reaches Back to 'Raw Power'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 10/10<ref name="Josephes">{{cite web|last=Josephes|first=Jason|date=May 1997|url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pop_iggy/raw-power.shtml|title=Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205035231/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pop_iggy/raw-power.shtml|archive-date=December 5, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev5score = A−<ref name="VV">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=January 6, 1998|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12b97-97.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>
| rev6 = [[Wall of Sound (website)|Wall of Sound]]
| rev6score = 91/100<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graff |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Graff |date= |title=Wall of Sound Review: Raw Power |url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2585_35Index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991002001154/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2585_35Index.html |archive-date=1999-10-02 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=[[Wall of Sound (website)|Wall of Sound]]}}</ref>
}}
''Raw Power''{{'}}s 1997 remix also received positive reviews. Writing that year in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] believed it rectified "one of rock's most exciting, but worst-recorded, audio assaults", and found it "as collar grabbing as the Stooges' skin-scratching rage itself", improving upon past releases of the album, in which "the guitars were too loud, [and] the drums buried."<ref name="EW"/> Hilburn gave the remix a rave review in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', writing that it "simply presents greater instrumental clarity and definition" than previous mixes and concluded, "It may have taken all these years to get the album right, but it has finally arrived."<ref name="LAT"/> Tim Stegall from ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' said while the original mix "was so muted that it sounded like Vietnam being fought inside a [[Kleenex]] box", the remix is comparable to an atomic bombing and, "with its sonic gonads now fully restored, it can be further stated ''Raw Power'' is the single most dangerous rock & roll album ever made. Before or since."<ref name="AC"/> Christgau remained qualified in his praise. Reviewing the reissue in the ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]'', he said "the pumped bass and vocals Iggy has uncovered on the original tapes" to be a "quantum improvement" over the original mix, but still found fault with the slower songs, "which like all of Iggy's slow ones are not as good as his fast ones, stand between a statement of principle and a priceless work of art."<ref name="VV"/> Nonetheless, he ranked it as the ninth best reissue of the year in his list for the 1997 [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=February 24, 1998|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans97.php|title=Pazz & Jop 1997: Dean's List|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

According to ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' journalist Stuart Berman, Pop's remix of ''Raw Power'' "horrified [[audiophile]]s with a distaste for digital distortion".<ref name="Berman">{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|date=April 14, 2010|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14125-raw-power-legacy-edition-raw-power-deluxe-edition/|title=Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power [Legacy Edition] / Raw Power [Deluxe Edition]|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> Christgau observed, "strict constructionists and [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] snobs charge indignantly that by remixing his own album Iggy has made a mockery of history and done irreparable damage to a priceless work of art."<ref name="VV"/> In Berman's opinion, "after spending the past 13 years having my ears ravaged by the '97 Iggy mix, I find it difficult readjusting to the leaner, original version—even with the remastering, the '97 version far outstrips it in fidelity and sheer brute force, and remains a better entry point for younger listeners seeking to understand the album's impact."<ref name="Berman"/>