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Title: REMADE/REMODELED
Review: Usually I'm an opponent of musicians' tinkering with their records twenty years after the fact, but the new version of RAW POWER is a definite improvement over the original Bowie-produced version. Even if you own the original version, you should buy the new one. The Bowie version was great, but the sound was tinny and hollow; Iggy restores the heavy bass and gives the whole package a much meatier sound. The new version packs a heavier punch than the Sex Pistols, the Dolls, the Ramones or anybody else who followed in the Stooges' footsteps. Sure, there are a few things that will take getting used to - for instance, the celeste parts in "Penetration" - but after several listens, these things stop sounding out of place. Save the old version for the archives, and buy the new one for when you want to rock out! (By the way, the liner notes for this new edition are also pretty great.)
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