Raw Power [...] totally out of control record.
On the contrary,
Raw Power is a totally
controlled record, which is one of the reasons it is inferior to
Funhouse.
Funhouse was recorded live in the studio. It is a band playing.
Raw Power is not really a Stooges record at all, since James Williamson is playing guitar on it, and he was a late addition, and not, as the kids say, a Stooge.
Iggy and James Williamson made some great records (the I Got a Right/Gimme Some Skin single comes to mind), but
Raw Power sounds different because it's a different band. Note that when Iggy was putting the Stooges back together 5 or 6 years ago, he didn't call James Williamson, he called Ron Asheton.
But all that aside,
Raw Power is inferior to
Funhouse musically, and unquestionably sonically, and I think that has to do with the personnel changes (music) and a shitty tin-ear mix by an obviously very, very high David Bowie (sonics). It's not a matter of personal preference. One is almost unlistenable (
Raw Power) and the other is one of the 5 or 10 best rock albums ever made. That's just fact, jim. Accept it and move on. It's what Jesus wants you to do. And remember, Jesus loves the Stooges.