# The Stooges — Search and Destroy

The Stooges’s Search and Destroy (1973) is No. 7 in our Punk ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1973
- **Label:** Columbia
- **On one list:** Punk
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [The Stooges](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-stooges/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-stooges--search-and-destroy/

## What we say

### No. 7 in [Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/punk/)

Three years early, mixed by Bowie into a thin, trebly mess that turned out to be exactly right. Everyone on this list heard it and most of them admitted it.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Stooges%20Search%20and%20Destroy) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9km8qnbOY)

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