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The Weirdness
Rock · 2007 · 12 tracks

The Weirdness

The Stooges

A dry, confrontational reunion recorded by Steve Albini. Stripped of myth, it presents the band as a lean, aging machine playing garage rock with zero polish.

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It's the Stooges sounding like a real band in a real room, with all the grit and none of the bullshit.

A stubborn, unvarnished display of late-career defiance and cynical grit.

The Weirdness · vs · The Stooges
Dry Intimate+4.0σ

The production is built around dry intimate than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Trollin’
3:07
02
You Can’t Have Friends
2:22
03
ATM
3:15
04
My Idea of Fun
3:17
05
The Weirdness
3:45
06
Free & Freaky
2:39
07
Greedy Awful People
2:07
08
She Took My Money
3:49
09
The End of Christianity
4:19
10
Mexican Guy
3:29
11
Passing Cloud
4:04
12
I’m Fried
3:44
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, jarring entry of Steve Mackay's saxophone on the title track, echoing the chaos of Fun House.
The bone-dry, room-heavy drum fill that opens 'Trollin', establishing the Albini production aesthetic immediately.
Iggy's weary but defiant delivery of the line 'I'm fried' as the album collapses into its final feedback loop.
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