| Pitchfork = 1 . Stooges = 0 | |
Pitchfork gave The Weirdness, the Stooges reunion album a whopping 1.0*
Funny thing is, I pretty much agree with all they had to say and I’m a big Stooges fan (I feel all reviews I’ve read to date were from actual fans too):
A big reason why the Stooges’ discography has aged so much better than, say, Jefferson Airplane’s, is that they avoided topicality and period detail, instead favoring a simple, provocative language– little dolls with cigarettes and pretty faces going to hell– that still simmers with deviant suggestion. The Weirdness, on the other hand, is practically begging to be dated
That the Stooges can ably relive past glories onstage only reinforces the sobering realization that one of rock’n'roll’s most infallible discographies has now been saddled with an unwanted stepchild.
From another review elsewhere:
“Rock critics won’t like this at all,” Iggy boasts at one point. Fair enough. Thing is, neither will anybody who’s been a Stooges fan their whole life.
Sales to date seem to be about as positive as the reviews.
Sad.
* Jason MacIssac seemed to take great pleasure, maybe too much, in posting this. haha - probably the first hint I’ve ever seen in him of an “evil” side.
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