Fun House (The Stooges album)

Fun House
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 1970
RecordedMay 11–25, 1970
StudioElektra, Los Angeles, California[1]
Genre
Length36:35
LabelElektra
ProducerDon Gallucci
The Stooges chronology
The Stooges
(1969)
Fun House
(1970)
Raw Power
(1973)

Fun House is the second studio album by American rock band the Stooges. It was released on July 7, 1970, by Elektra Records.[3] Though initially commercially unsuccessful, Fun House has since developed a strong cult following. Like its predecessor (1969's The Stooges) and successor (1973's Raw Power), it is considered an integral work in the development of punk rock.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Caraeff, Ed (May 23, 1970). "Iggy the Stooges (L-R Dave Alexander, Iggy Pop in front, Scott Asheton in back and Ron Asheton) pose for a portrait at Elektra Sound Recorders while making their second album 'Fun House'". Getty Images. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Sharp, Johnny (August 28, 2019). "10 Essential Garage Rock Albums". louder. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Fun House". Iggyandthestoogesmusic.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "50 Greatest Punk Albums Ever". Kerrang! (Noise Pollution: The Punk Magazine ed.). London. 2000.
  5. ^ Michalik, Timothy (October 23, 2017). "Treble's Top 100 Punk Albums – 21. The Stooges – Fun House". Treble. Retrieved April 10, 2019. Arguably punk rock's most essential and influential album, Fun House—The Stooges follow-up to their 1969 self-titled studio debut—found Iggy Pop, David Alexander, Ron Asheton and Scott Asheton at their finest and purest form as artists, digging deeper than any band before them, channeling slow-rolling jazz with gritty blues guitar licks, psychedelia with spurts of hammering drum fills, and licentious screaming and hollering with bass lines groovier than the bulk of Motown's discography.
  6. ^ Greene, Andy (April 13, 2016). "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Punk Albums". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved April 10, 2019. The Ramones were still unknown teenagers in Forest Hills, Queens, when the Stooges laid the groundwork for punk on their first two albums, 1969's The Stooges and Fun House a year later in 1970.