IGGY AND THE STOOGES - METALLIC K.O. (50th Anniversary Edition) IGGY AND THE STOOGES

"...as a piece of rock mythology, an account of screw-you defiance in the face of disaster, it’s utterly gripping." - Alexis Petridis, The Guardian

The original 1976 Skydog album, remastered – it outsold the first Stooges albums.

Iggy & The Stooges didn’t play again for nearly 30 years; still confronting audiences!

First released in 1976, ‘Metallic K.O.’ was the fourth album from IGGY & THE STOOGES, a classic, memorable recording of the Stooges confrontational last gig. The Stooges had not been heard since ’73’s ‘Raw Power’, and the sound of kamikaze Iggy in between new songs dodging eggs and glasses thrown by Hell’s Angels gave him a new audience in the embryonic punk crowd. It defined Iggy as a punk originator, sold 100k+ and became the Stooges best-selling album.

Previously re-issued as an extended, two-CD set with two complete shows (FREUDCD070) , it’s now been condensed down to the exact original album edit that shocked and inspired so many. In the 2007 remastering from the original tapes an original tape-speed fault was found – now for the first time the album can be heard in the correct pitch!

As Lester Bangs said: “IT’S THE ONLY ROCK ALBUM I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR HURLED BEER BOTTLES BREAKING AGAINST GUITAR STRINGS”.