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Iggy Pop
the_idiot Album: 1 of 43
Title:  The Idiot
Released:  1977-03-18
Tracks:  8
Duration:  38:38

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1   Sister Midnight  (04:19)
2   Nightclubbing  (04:13)
3   Funtime  (02:54)
4   Baby  (03:24)
5   China Girl  (05:08)
6   Dum Dum Boys  (07:12)
7   Tiny Girls  (02:59)
8   Mass Production  (08:24)
The Idiot : Allmusic album Review : In 1976, the Stooges had been gone for two years, and Iggy Pop had developed a notorious reputation as one of rock & rolls most spectacular waste cases. After a self-imposed stay in a mental hospital, a significantly more functional Iggy was desperate to prove he could hold down a career in music, and he was given another chance by his longtime ally, David Bowie. Bowie co-wrote a batch of new songs with Iggy, put together a band, and produced The Idiot, which took Iggy in a new direction decidedly different from the guitar-fueled proto-punk of the Stooges. Musically, The Idiot is of a piece with the impressionistic music of Bowies "Berlin Period" (such as Heroes and Low), with its fragmented guitar figures, ominous basslines, and discordant, high-relief keyboard parts. Iggys new music was cerebral and inward-looking, where his early work had been a glorious call to the id, and Iggy was in more subdued form than with the Stooges, with his voice sinking into a world-weary baritone that was a decided contrast to the harsh, defiant cry heard on "Search and Destroy." Iggy was exploring new territory as a lyricist, and his songs on The Idiot are self-referential and poetic in a way that his work had rarely been in the past; for the most part the results are impressive, especially "Dum Dum Boys," a paean to the glory days of his former band, and "Nightclubbing," a call to the joys of decadence. The Idiot introduced the world to a very different Iggy Pop, and if the results surprised anyone expecting a replay of the assault of Raw Power, it also made it clear that Iggy was older, wiser, and still had plenty to say; its a flawed but powerful and emotionally absorbing work.
lust_for_life Album: 2 of 43
Title:  Lust for Life
Released:  1977-08-29
Tracks:  9
Duration:  41:02

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1   Lust for Life  (05:12)
2   Sixteen  (02:26)
3   Some Weird Sin  (03:42)
4   The Passenger  (04:44)
5   Tonight  (03:40)
6   Success  (04:24)
7   Turn Blue  (06:56)
8   Neighborhood Threat  (03:25)
9   Fall in Love With Me  (06:30)
Lust for Life : Allmusic album Review : On The Idiot, Iggy Pop looked deep inside himself, trying to figure out how his life and his art had gone wrong in the past. But on Lust for Life, released less than a year later, Iggy decided it was time to kick up his heels, as he traded in the midtempo introspection of his first album and began rocking hard again. Musically, Lust for Life is a more aggressive set than The Idiot, largely thanks to drummer Hunt Sales and his bassist brother Tony Sales. The Sales proved they were a world-class rhythm section, laying out power and spirit on the rollicking title cut, the tough groove of "Tonight," and the lean neo-punk assault of "Neighborhood Threat," and with guitarists Ricky Gardiner and Carlos Alomar at their side, they made for a tough, wiry rock & roll band -- a far cry from the primal stomp of the Stooges, but capable of kicking Iggy back into high gear. (David Bowie played piano and produced, as he had on The Idiot, but his presence is less clearly felt on this album.) As a lyricist and vocalist, Iggy Pop rose to the challenge of the material; if he was still obsessed with drugs ("Tonight"), decadence ("The Passenger"), and bad decisions ("Some Weird Sin"), the title cut suggested he could avoid a few of the temptations that crossed his path, and songs like "Success" displayed a cocky joy that confirmed Iggy was back at full strength. On Lust for Life, Iggy Pop managed to channel the aggressive power of his work with the Stooges with the intelligence and perception of The Idiot, and the result was the best of both worlds; smart, funny, edgy, and hard-rocking, Lust for Life is the best album of Iggy Pops solo career.
kill_city Album: 3 of 43
Title:  Kill City
Released:  1977-11
Tracks:  11
Duration:  33:00

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1   Kill City  (02:21)
2   Sell Your Love  (03:37)
3   Beyond the Law  (03:02)
4   I Got Nothin’  (03:22)
5   Johanna  (03:05)
6   Night Theme  (01:16)
7   Night Theme (reprise)  (01:05)
8   Consolation Prizes  (03:19)
9   No Sense of Crime  (03:42)
10  Lucky Monkeys  (03:40)
11  Master Charge  (04:28)
Kill City : Allmusic album Review : To say Iggy Pop had hit bottom in 1975 is an understatement; after the final collapse of the Stooges, Iggy sank deep into drug addiction and depression, and he eventually checked himself into a mental hospital in a desperate effort to get himself clean and functional again. At the same time, James Williamson, his guitarist and writing partner in the last edition of the Stooges, still believed their collaboration had some life in it, and he talked his way into Jimmy Webbs home studio to record demos in hopes of scoring a record deal. Iggy checked out of the hospital for a weekend to cut vocal tracks, and while the demos they made were quite good, no record companies were willing to take a chance on them. The tapes sat unnoticed until 1977, when Bomp! Records issued the 1975 demos under the title Kill City after Iggy launched a comeback with the David Bowie-produced The Idiot. Kill City never hits as hard as the manic roar of the Stooges Raw Power, but the songs are very good, and the albums more measured approach suits the dark, honest tone of the material. The sense of defeat that runs through "Sell Your Love," "I Got Nothin," and "No Sense of Crime" was doubtless a mirror of Iggys state of mind, but he expressed his agony with blunt eloquence, and his sneering rejection of the Hollywood street scene in "Lucky Monkeys" is all the more cutting coming from a man who had lived through the worst of it. And in the title song, Iggy expressed his state of mind and sense of purpose with a fierce clarity: "If I have to die here, first Im going to make some noise." Considering Iggys condition in 1975, his vocals are powerful and full-bodied, as good as anything on his solo work of the 1970s. The music is more open and bluesy than on Raw Power, and while Williamsons guitar remains thick and powerful, here hes willing to make room for pianos, acoustic guitars, and saxophones, and the dynamics of the arrangements suggest a more mature approach after the claustrophobia of Raw Power. Kill City is rough, flawed, and dark, but it also takes the pain of Iggys nightmare days and makes something affecting out of it, and considering its origins, its a minor triumph.
new_values Album: 4 of 43
Title:  New Values
Released:  1979-04-20
Tracks:  12
Duration:  39:29

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1   Tell Me a Story  (02:50)
2   New Values  (02:39)
3   Girls  (02:59)
4   I’m Bored  (02:46)
5   Don’t Look Down  (03:39)
6   The Endless Sea  (04:50)
7   Five Foot One  (04:29)
8   How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part  (02:56)
9   Angel  (03:44)
10  Curiosity  (02:29)
11  African Man  (03:35)
12  Billy Is a Runaway  (02:27)
New Values : Allmusic album Review : From the time the Stooges first broke onto the music scene in 1967, Iggy Pop was rocks most remarkable one-man freak show, but by the mid-70s, after the Stooges messy collapse, Iggy found himself in need of a stable career. The rise of punk rock finally created a context in which Iggys crash-and-burn theatrics seemed like inspired performance rather than some sort of cry for help, and in 1979, with everyone who was anyone name-checking Iggy as punks Founding Father, he scored a deal with Arista Records, and New Values became his first recording since the new rock gained a foothold. These days, New Values sounds like Iggy Pops new wave album; while former Stooges associates James Williamson and Scott Thurston worked on the album, the arrangements were dotted with synthesizer patches and electronic percussion accents that have not stood the test of time well at all, and the mix speaks of a more polite approach than the raw, raging rock of Iggys best work. But the growth as a songwriter that David Bowie encouraged in Iggy on The Idiot and Lust for Life is very much in evidence here; "Tell Me a Story," "Billy Is a Runaway," and "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part" are tough, unblinking meditations on Iggys war with the persona he created for himself, and "Im Bored" and "Five Foot One" proved rocks first great minimalist still had some worthy metaphors up his sleeve. If New Values wasnt a great Iggy Pop album, it was a very good one, and proved that he had a future without David Bowies guidance, something that didnt seem so certain at the time.
soldier Album: 5 of 43
Title:  Soldier
Released:  1980-02
Tracks:  11
Duration:  36:19

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:13)
2   Ambition  (03:25)
3   Knocking ’Em Down (in the City)  (03:20)
4   Play It Safe  (03:05)
5   Get Up and Get Out  (02:43)
6   Mr. Dynamite  (04:17)
7   Dog Food  (01:47)
8   I Need More  (04:02)
9   Take Care of Me  (03:25)
10  I’m a Conservative  (03:55)
11  I Snub You  (03:07)
Soldier : Allmusic album Review : In 1980, every punk rocker in Christendom cited Iggy Pop as a key influence, and Soldier was the album where he started asking for some payback. Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rich Kids guitarist Steve New, Ivan Kral of the Patti Smith Group, and former XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews all signed on to back Iggy on Soldier, but the result was hardly the full-frontal rock assault one might have hoped for. Reportedly, conflicts between producers James Williamson and David Bowie led to both of them walking out on the project, and Iggy is said to have gotten along so poorly with Steve New that he stripped most of News lead guitar from the mix (which would explain why keyboards and acoustic guitar dominate the album). While 1979s New Values showed Iggy growing as a lyricist with a number of tough but introspective songs, Soldier sounds goofy by comparison, featuring oddball throwaways like "Dog Food," "Get up and Get Out" (whose lyrics are mostly cribbed from old R&B; tunes), and the political "satire" "Im a Conservative." But Iggys in great voice throughout, and on the few songs where the band fully catches fire (like "Knocking Em Down (In the City)" and "Loco Mosquito"), he leaves little doubt that his powers as a performer were still with him. Buddha reissued the album in 2000 with two non-essential bonus tracks, "Low Life" and "Drop a Hook."
party Album: 6 of 43
Title:  Party
Released:  1981-07
Tracks:  12
Duration:  42:23

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1   Pleasure  (03:15)
2   Rock and Roll Party  (04:13)
3   Eggs on Plate  (03:44)
4   Sincerity  (02:41)
5   Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:32)
6   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:33)
7   Happy Man  (02:20)
8   Bang Bang  (04:08)
9   Sea of Love  (03:40)
10  Time Won’t Let Me  (03:28)
11  Speak to Me  (02:39)
12  One for My Baby  (04:05)
Party : Allmusic album Review : With New Values and Soldier, not to mention plenty of touring, Iggy Pop proved that if he wasnt the most stable man in rock & roll, he wasnt the burned-out waste case who hit the skids after the collapse of the Stooges, either. In 1981, both Iggy and his record company wanted him to deliver a hit, and Party was a typically eccentric attempt on his part to do just that. On Party, Iggy and songwriting partner Ivan Kral came up with a set of stripped-down but tuneful pop/rockers, and Iggy tried to steer away from darker lyrical themes in favor of relatively upbeat songs like "Rock and Roll Party," "Houston Is Hot Tonight," and "Pumpin for Jill" (he works at a gas station, get it?). But "Pleasure" proved the old Iggy still lurked beneath the surface, "Eggs on a Plate" found him lashing out at the symbols of success he was trying so hard to gain, and "Happy Man" was so aggressively silly it verged on self-parody. Iggy also tried to enlist a name producer to give the project some commercial punch; what he got was one-time Monkees songwriter Tommy Boyce, who oversaw the uninspired but prescient dance-rock opus "Bang Bang" (which did scrape the lower regions of the singles charts), as well a pair of eccentric covers. Part of Iggy Pops unique sort of integrity is that the man doesnt seem to know how to sell out, even when he tries, and Party, one of the strangest albums of his career, is living proof. Buddhas 2000 reissue of Party added a strong, low-key rendition of the Johnny Mercer classic "One for My Baby (And One More for The Road)" that works better than most of the cuts from the original album.
zombie_birdhouse Album: 7 of 43
Title:  Zombie Birdhouse
Released:  1982-09
Tracks:  12
Duration:  38:30

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1   Run Like a Villain  (03:01)
2   The Villagers  (03:48)
3   Angry Hills  (02:56)
4   Life of Work  (03:49)
5   The Ballad of Cookie McBride  (02:58)
6   Ordinary Bummer  (02:43)
7   Eat or Be Eaten  (03:14)
8   Bulldozer  (02:17)
9   Platonic  (02:40)
10  The Horse Song  (02:58)
11  Watching the News  (04:11)
12  Street Crazies  (03:55)
Zombie Birdhouse : Allmusic album Review : On the three albums he recorded for Arista Records in the late 70s and early 80s, Iggy Pop often seemed to be going out of his way to sound like a commercially viable rock musician, or at very least someone who was not quite as strange as his public reputation led people to believe. In 1982, after Iggys contract with Arista lapsed, he was offered the opportunity to work with Blondie mastermind Chris Stein, who not only produced Zombie Birdhouse, but originally released the album on his own short-lived Animal Records imprint, and Iggy seemed to approach the album as his opportunity to let loose with every musical and lyrical impulse that wouldnt have passed muster on the label that gave us Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston. After the perverse attempt at a dance-pop album that was Party, Zombie Birdhouse certainly seemed like the right idea; Rob DuPrey, who handled the keyboards, guitars, and programming and wrote most of the music, came up with a set of interesting pop tunes, skeletal but full of ideas and sharp angles, often suggesting a less pretentious and more emotionally direct corollary to the arty approach of the David Bowie-produced The Idiot. But sadly, Iggy himself didnt rise especially well to the occasion here; his lyrics are often a bizarre mélange of free-association without any clear focus, and one senses that Stein was a bit too awed by working with his hero to have the nerve to tell him when his vocals were wandering off-pitch (or out of tune altogether). Zombie Birdhouse was in many ways a noble experiment, and its never less than interesting, but it also rarely works the way its supposed to; ultimately, this albums a failure, but its certainly one of the most interesting and ambitious failures of Iggys career, which ought to count for something.
i_got_a_right Album: 8 of 43
Title:  I Got A Right
Released:  1983
Tracks:  11
Duration:  00:00

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1   Im Sick Of You  (?)
2   Tight Pants  (?)
3   I Got A Right  (?)
4   Scene Of The Crime  (?)
5   Gimme Some Skin  (?)
6   Kill City  (?)
7   I Got Nothin  (?)
8   Johanna  (?)
9   Consolation Prizes  (?)
10  No Sense Of Crime  (?)
11  Lucky Monkeys  (?)
I Got A Right : Allmusic album Review : When Iggy and the newly reformed Stooges were starting work on what would eventually their final album, Raw Power, their initial efforts shocked their management and were summarily rejected, only to surface on numerous vinyl bootlegs over the next couple of decades. One of the more famous couplings was released as a single, the flame throwing "I Got A Right" and the equally wild "Gimme Some Skin." This collection rounds up every existing take of those two titles with a live version of the title cut to round things out. This is Iggy and the Stooges at arguably their peak and well worth seeking out as the sound is appreciably better than the original 45 issue.
blah_blah_blah Album: 9 of 43
Title:  Blah‐Blah‐Blah
Released:  1986-10-23
Tracks:  9
Duration:  41:33

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1   Real Wild Child  (03:37)
2   Baby, It Can’t Fall  (04:13)
3   Shades  (05:17)
4   Fire Girl  (03:31)
5   Isolation  (04:33)
6   Cry for Love  (04:28)
7   Blah‐Blah‐Blah  (04:33)
8   Hideaway  (05:01)
9   Winners & Losers  (06:20)
Blah‐Blah‐Blah : Allmusic album Review : In 1983, Iggy Pops career was in shambles, but an unexpected windfall arrived thanks to Iggys frequent benefactor David Bowie. Bowie recorded "China Girl," a song Bowie and Pop co-wrote, for his album Lets Dance, earning Iggy some large (and much-needed) royalty checks. Wisely realizing he was running out of second chances, Iggy decided to make the most of his good fortune; he steered clear of drugs, learned to cook his own meals, started putting money in the bank, and used his savings to bankroll a new album. David Bowie offered to help, and together they came up with Blah Blah Blah, the most calculatedly commercial album of Iggys career. Like The Idiot, Blah Blah Blah was heavily influenced by Bowies input; however, while The Idiot was made by a man creating intelligent and ambitious art rock, Blah Blah Blah is the work of a popmeister looking for hits and not afraid to sound cheesy about it. In the liner notes, a member of Duran Duran is thanked for the loan of a drum machine, and that speaks volumes about the production; Blah Blah Blah is slick in a very 80s way, dominated by preprogrammed percussion and swirling keyboards. And in the four years since Zombie Birdhouse, Iggy hadnt come up with much in the way of material; the only truly memorable tracks are "Real Wild Child (Wild One)," a neat bit of electro-processed rockabilly (previously a hit for Australian rocker Johnny OKeefe), and the moody "Cry for Love," co-written by former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. Both of these songs were minor hits, so Blah Blah Blah succeeded on its obviously commercial terms, but that doesnt change the fact its one of Iggys least interesting albums, and has dated worse than almost anything hes ever recorded.
instinct Album: 10 of 43
Title:  Instinct
Released:  1988-07
Tracks:  10
Duration:  43:43

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1   Cold Metal  (03:27)
2   High on You  (04:48)
3   Strong Girl  (05:04)
4   Tom Tom  (03:17)
5   Easy Rider  (04:54)
6   Power & Freedom  (03:53)
7   Lowdown  (04:30)
8   Instinct  (04:12)
9   Tuff Baby  (04:27)
10  Squarehead  (05:05)
Instinct : Allmusic album Review : "Cold Metal," the first song on Instinct, opens with a solid blast of hard rock guitar, and after the overly slick pop of Blah Blah Blah and the arty miscalculations of Zombie Birdhouse, many Iggy Pop fans breathed a sigh of relief at the thought that Iggy was ready to sing some hard and fast rock & roll again. But as Steve Jones turgid neo-metal guitar riffs begin to sink in (its hard to believe these leads are being played by the guy who founded the Sex Pistols), it soon becomes obvious that while Iggy is trying to rock out on Instinct, his band is not doing an especially good job of it, sounding only marginally more enthusiastic than a typical second-tier arena rock outfit. And while Bill Laswell might have seemed like an inspired choice as producer after helming solid and idiosyncratic rock albums for Motörhead and Public Image Ltd., he doesnt draw much of interest from the musicians, and his sound has the dull, pre-fab sheen of any number of standard-issue hard rock albums. And though Iggys in strong voice here, he appears to still be working his way through the formulaic lyrical mind set of Blah Blah Blah -- Iggy doesnt seem to have much to say, and few interesting ways of saying it. While the first and last cuts on Instinct are enjoyable, most of whats in between is surprisingly faceless hard rock; its a competent, well-crafted album, but the most dangerous man in rock & roll ought to be able to come up with a bit more than that.
brick_by_brick Album: 11 of 43
Title:  Brick by Brick
Released:  1990-06-28
Tracks:  14
Duration:  58:01

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1   Home  (04:01)
2   Main Street Eyes  (03:41)
3   I Won’t Crap Out  (04:02)
4   Candy  (04:14)
5   Butt Town  (03:34)
6   The Undefeated  (05:05)
7   Moonlight Lady  (03:30)
8   Something Wild  (04:01)
9   Neon Forest  (07:05)
10  Starry Night  (04:01)
11  Pussy Power  (02:47)
12  My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll  (04:46)
13  Brick by Brick  (03:30)
14  Livin’ on the Edge of the Night  (03:38)
Brick by Brick : Allmusic album Review : While Don Was is best known for his work with mutant funkateers Was (Not Was), he was also a Motor City boy with fond memories of the Stooges glory days, and when he was hired to produce an album for Iggy Pop, Was said, "The guy is incredibly intelligent, writes great lyrics, is a great singer, and I just wanted to get that across." And he did: Brick by Brick refined Iggys gifts without watering them down, adding a polish that focused his talents rather than blurring them. Working with a mixture of L.A. session heavyweights (Waddy Wachtel, David Lindley) and rock stars paying their respects (Slash and Duff McKagan from Guns n Roses, Kate Pierson from the B-52s), Brick by Brick leans to tough, guitar-based hard rock, leavened with a few more pop-oriented tunes that still speak of a hard-nosed lyrical approach. But the triumph here is Iggys; hes rarely sung better on record, finding a middle ground between precision and abandon that honors both and surrenders to neither, and as a lyricist he reached a new level of maturity that proved he could expand his boundaries without loosing touch with his roots. On Brick by Brick, Iggys dominant theme is the cultural and moral decay of modern America, and finding the strength to rise above it and reach a place in the world. That might sound a bit grand for Iggy, but as a man who sent himself to Hell and back (and learned a few things in the process), he expresses his ideas with plenty of piss, vinegar, and hard-bitten wit. Smart, tough, and impressive on all counts, Brick by Brick was Iggy Pops strongest work since Lust for Life, and marked a new high point in his career as a songwriter.
the_undefeated Album: 12 of 43
Title:  The Undefeated
Released:  1991
Tracks:  4
Duration:  14:39

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1   The Undefeated  (05:08)
2   L.A. Blues (Acoustic Demo)  (02:21)
3   Brick By Brick (Acoustic Demo)  (03:32)
4   The Undefeated (Acoustic Delmo)  (03:37)
the_story_of_iggy_pop Album: 13 of 43
Title:  The Story of Iggy Pop
Released:  1992
Tracks:  28
Duration:  1:37:38

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:16)
2   Bang Bang  (04:08)
3   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:33)
4   Tell Me a Story  (02:47)
5   Take Care of Me  (03:28)
6   Mr. Dynamite  (04:24)
7   I’m Bored  (02:46)
8   Sea of Love  (03:38)
9   Play It Safe  (03:06)
10  The Endless Sea  (04:50)
11  Pleasure  (03:14)
12  Five Foot One  (04:29)
13  Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:32)
14  Dog Food  (01:49)
1   Rock and Roll Party  (04:12)
2   Girls  (02:58)
3   I Need More  (04:05)
4   Time Wont Let Me  (03:15)
5   Tell Me a Story  (02:48)
6   Happy Man  (02:20)
7   Knocking Em Down (In the City)  (03:23)
8   Dont Look Down  (03:38)
9   Get Up & Get Out  (02:46)
10  Angel  (03:43)
11  Pleasure  (03:13)
12  Ambition  (03:26)
13  Eggs on Plate  (03:44)
14  I’m a Conservative  (03:57)
The Story of Iggy Pop : Allmusic album Review : This double-disc German import covers Iggys best tracks during his three-album tenure at Arista Records from 1979-1981. All three albums (New Values, Soldier, and Party) are currently unavailable in the U.S., and since this compilation is mid-priced, its an affordable overview of his work from this era. His collaboration with Stooges guitarist James Williamson on the New Values album is heavily represented here, and with good reason -- its one of his best and most consistent solo efforts. The catchy new wave cool of "Im Bored" and the synthesized "The Endless Sea" hail from that album, and are among the strongest tracks on The Story of Iggy Pop. Unfortunately, the gritty title track from New Values is not included here, which would have made this compilation even better. Tracks from Soldier, such as the anthemic punk rockers "Knocking Em Down (In the City)" and "I Need More" show Iggy not losing any of his drive, while "Im a Conservative" sucker-punches you. Starting as a piano ballad, it leads into Pop taking on the persona of a member of the bourgeoisie (with a hard rock accompaniment). On his last recording for Arista, Party, Iggy decided to try a few new things, such as a heartfelt (and surprisingly good) reading of the popular standard "The Sea of Love." Horns are used extensively on "Pleasure," and "Eggs on Plate" was a conscious attempt at writing a hit single. Also included is the non-album track "Dog Food," which wouldnt have sounded out of place on a Stooges record. Not all of the material is as strong as the mentioned tracks, but even when unsure of his direction, Iggy Pop is never dull.
pop_songs Album: 14 of 43
Title:  Pop Songs
Released:  1992-01-13
Tracks:  14
Duration:  50:07

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:16)
2   Bang Bang  (04:08)
3   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:33)
4   Tell Me a Story  (02:50)
5   Take Care of Me  (03:28)
6   Mr. Dynamite  (04:24)
7   I’m Bored  (02:46)
8   Sea of Love  (03:38)
9   Play It Safe  (03:06)
10  The Endless Sea  (04:50)
11  Pleasure  (03:14)
12  Five Foot One  (04:29)
13  Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:32)
14  Dog Food  (01:49)
pop_story Album: 15 of 43
Title:  Pop Story
Released:  1993
Tracks:  16
Duration:  00:00

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1   Cuéntame una historia  (?)
2   Nuevos valores  (?)
3   1 m 53 cm  (?)
4   Chicas  (?)
5   Estoy aburrido  (?)
6   Hombre Africano  (?)
7   Ángel  (?)
8   Billy es un fugitivo  (?)
9   Loco mosquito  (?)
10  Cuídame  (?)
11  Juguemos a lo seguro  (?)
12  Alimento para perros  (?)
13  Fiesta de rock and roll party  (?)
14  Huevos al plato  (?)
15  Houston está caliente esta noche  (?)
16  Bombeando para Jill  (?)
american_caesar Album: 16 of 43
Title:  American Caesar
Released:  1993-09-07
Tracks:  17
Duration:  1:15:55

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1   Character  (01:08)
2   Wild America  (05:45)
3   Mixin’ the Colors  (04:49)
4   Jealousy  (06:04)
5   Hate  (07:01)
6   It’s Our Love  (04:10)
7   Plastic & Concrete  (02:54)
8   Fuckin’ Alone  (04:58)
9   Highway Song  (03:44)
10  Beside You  (04:29)
11  Sickness  (03:15)
12  Boogie Boy  (04:47)
13  Perforation Problems  (03:17)
14  Social Life  (04:12)
15  Louie Louie  (03:48)
16  Caesar  (07:12)
17  Girls of N.Y.  (04:15)
American Caesar : Allmusic album Review : Boasting a big-name producer and appearances from a handful of actual mainstream rock stars, Brick by Brick was a remarkably successful attempt (critically, if not commercially) to create an "event album" around Iggy Pop, so the follow-up came as a surprise -- American Caesar was cut fast and loose in a New Orleans studio, with Malcolm Burn (hardly known for his work in hard rock) in the producers chair and Pops road band backing him up. But the real surprise was that American Caesar ranks with Pops very best solo work. Dark, loud, and atmospheric, its a far riskier album than Brick by Brick, lyrically following that discs themes of America teetering on the edge of internal collapse with the same degree of hard-won maturity, but adding a wacked-out passion and force that recall the heady days of Raw Power. While Pops group doesnt play with the subtlety of the studio cats on Brick by Brick (Ill leave it to others to debate if they wont or they cant), they also sound tight and forceful, like a real band with plenty of muscle and some miles under their belts. Eric Schermerhorns guitar meshes with Pops vocals as well as anyone hes worked with since Ron Asheton, and Malcolm Burns production is clear and detailed but adds subtle textures that season the formula just right. The hard rockers are full-bodied ("Wild America," "Plastic and Concrete"), the calmer tunes still bristle with tension and menace ("Mixing the Colors," "Jealousy"), the few moments of calm sound sincere and richly earned ("Highway Song," "Its Our Love"), the manic rewritten remake of "Louie Louie" actually tops the version on Metallic K.O., and the title cut is a bizarre bit of spoken-word performance art thats as strange as the entirety of Zombie Birdhouse, and a rousing success where that album was a brave failure. In a note printed on the CD itself, Pop says of American Caesar, "I tried to make this album as good as I could, with no imitations of other people and no formula sh*t." And Pop succeeded beyond anyones expectations; American Caesar is an overlooked masterpiece.
wake_up_suckers Album: 17 of 43
Title:  Wake Up Suckers!!!
Released:  1995
Tracks:  12
Duration:  52:20

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1   I Got a Right  (03:20)
2   Gimme Some Skin  (02:41)
3   Gimme Danger (live, Detroit 1974)  (07:27)
4   Heavy Liquid (live, Detroit 1974)  (02:17)
5   I Got Nothing (live, Detroit 1974)  (05:14)
6   Rock Action (live, San Diego 1977)  (06:11)
7   Modern Guy (live, San Diego 1977)  (05:15)
8   Run Like a Villain (live, London 1982)  (03:57)
9   Eat or Be Eaten (live, London 1982)  (04:01)
10  Sixteen (live, London 1982)  (04:12)
11  Woman Dream  (04:11)
12  Love Bone (live, Switzerland)  (03:34)
Wake Up Suckers!!! : Allmusic album Review : A fairly haphazard gathering of Iggy Pop odds and sods, Wake Up Suckers is one of those albums that gives record collecting a bad name, and record collectors a headache -- which is a shame because of all the labels that have a claim on unreleased Pop, Skydog is usually the most reliable. They gave us Metallic KO, after all. Wake Up Suckers, however, is sad, as it drifts through a clutch of the substandard live cuts that leaked out around the seminal KO, then adds on some more recent padding, random cuts from a handful of shows, with an emphasis on songs that, to be honest, well, did you ever feel you needed to hear a live version of "Modern Guy"?
pop_music Album: 18 of 43
Title:  Pop Music
Released:  1996
Tracks:  20
Duration:  1:06:24

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:16)
2   Bang Bang  (04:08)
3   Tell Me a Story  (02:47)
4   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:33)
5   Take Care of Me  (03:28)
6   I Need More  (04:04)
7   I’m Bored  (02:46)
8   Knockin Em Down (in the City)  (03:22)
9   I Snub You  (03:08)
10  Sea of Love  (03:38)
11  Play It Safe  (03:06)
12  Dog Food  (01:49)
13  Happy Man  (02:19)
14  Time Won’t Let Me  (03:16)
15  Five Foot One  (04:29)
16  Angel  (03:44)
17  Girls  (02:59)
18  New Values  (02:39)
19  Pleasure  (03:14)
20  Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:32)
Pop Music : Allmusic album Review : Iggy Pop was associated with Virgin Records for much of his post-Stooges solo career, but for a brief spell during the late 70s and early 80s he called Arista Records his home. This era saw punks godfather stray away from the primal style he is known primarily for as he experimented largely with new wave sounds. Its certainly not his best recording period, and the 20-track collection Pop Music sticks only to the aforementioned "unfocused" period. From the three albums this collection plucks songs from, the material from 1979s New Values is by far the strongest (as ex-Stooges guitarist James Williamson lent a hand as producer) -- "New Values," "Im Bored," and "Five Foot One" all wouldnt be out of place on a real Iggy "hits" set, while a track that is rumored to have been a leftover from his Stooges days, "Dog Food," is another keeper. Some newcomers to Iggy will be fooled into believing this set is a true best-of, but with such classics as "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "Search and Destroy," "Lust for Life," and "The Passenger" nowhere to be found, a more fitting title would be The Best of 1979-1981.
naughty_little_doggie Album: 19 of 43
Title:  Naughty Little Doggie
Released:  1996
Tracks:  10
Duration:  40:23

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1   I Wanna Live  (04:32)
2   Pussy Walk  (03:47)
3   Innocent World  (03:27)
4   Knucklehead  (04:10)
5   To Belong  (04:15)
6   Keep On Believing  (02:32)
7   Outta My Head  (05:38)
8   Shoeshine Girl  (03:50)
9   Heart Is Saved  (03:00)
10  Look Away  (05:09)
Naughty Little Doggie : Allmusic album Review : Iggy Pops career is dotted with miscalculations and flat-out mistakes, and after releasing two of his strongest solo efforts in a row -- Brick by Brick and American Caesar -- it might have been tempting fate to expect Pop to pull off a hat trick. He didnt, and Naughty Little Doggie isnt much to write home about. If you were to compare Naughty Little Doggie to any of Pops previous albums, it most closely resembles Instinct, his ill-conceived neo-metal project, and in all fairness Naughty Little Doggie is clearly the better album. As he did on American Caesar, Pop cut these sessions with his touring band (dubbed "the F*ckups" in the liner notes), and they sound solid and enthusiastic throughout, especially guitarist Eric Schermerhorn (aka Eric Mesmerize) and drummer Larry Mullins (aka Larry Contrary). Pops voice is in great shape, and he seems to be having a lot of fun, especially on the dirty-old mans celebration of "Pussy Walk" and the nervy "Knucklehead." But Iggy Pop the Songwriter wasnt in the midst of one of his especially inspired periods when he was assembling Naughty Little Doggie, and while the music is mostly solid, bare-knuckled hard rock, the lyrics arent all that special, and it doesnt take long for Pop and the band to run through all the tricks they have on hand. One notable exception, however, is the last track, "Look Away," a low-key remembrance of fellow rock & roll reprobate Johnny Thunders which wouldnt have been out of place on Brick by Brick or American Caesar. Naughty Little Doggie is a solid, respectable, and professional hard rock album, and Iggy Pop could do a lot worse. But then again, he could also do a lot better.
nude_rude_the_best_of_iggy_pop Album: 20 of 43
Title:  Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop
Released:  1996-10-28
Tracks:  17
Duration:  1:12:30

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1   I Wanna Be Your Dog  (03:09)
2   No Fun  (05:15)
3   Search and Destroy  (03:29)
4   Gimme Danger  (03:23)
5   Im Sick of You  (06:53)
6   Funtime  (02:54)
7   Nightclubbing  (04:13)
8   China Girl  (05:08)
9   Lust for Life  (05:12)
10  The Passenger  (04:44)
11  Kill City  (02:30)
12  Real Wild Child  (03:37)
13  Cry for Love  (04:28)
14  Cold Metal  (03:27)
15  Candy  (04:14)
16  Home  (04:01)
17  Wild America  (05:45)
Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop : Allmusic album Review : Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop is an excellent 17-track overview of Pops career, from the Stooges into the 90s. With the exception of The Idiot, Lust for Life, and Brick by Brick, Iggys solo career has been decidedly uneven and many of his albums have been flat-out dull. Nude & Rude does a terrific job of selecting the best moments from these records, as well as many of the best Stooges tracks, thereby providing a nearly flawless introduction to Iggys music. With "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "No Fun," "Search and Destroy," "Gimme Danger," "Im Sick of You," and "Kill City" representing the Stooges, a few of the bands essential items are missing, but all the essential solo tracks are here, including "Funtime," "Nightclubbing," "China Girl," "Lust for Life," "Real Wild Child," "Cold Metal," "Candy," and "Home."
the_masters Album: 21 of 43
Title:  The Masters
Released:  1997
Tracks:  20
Duration:  1:06:39

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1   Pumpin for Jill  (04:34)
2   Loco Mosquito  (03:18)
3   Dog Food  (01:52)
4   New Values  (02:39)
5   Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:31)
6   Five Foot One  (04:32)
7   Bang Bang  (04:08)
8   Curiosity  (02:28)
9   Billy Is a Runaway  (02:28)
10  I Need More  (04:05)
11  Knocking em Down (In the City)  (03:23)
12  Eggs on Plate  (03:44)
13  Dont Look Down  (03:38)
14  Sincerity  (02:40)
15  Im Bored  (02:47)
16  Sea of Love  (03:38)
17  How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part  (02:54)
18  Mr. Dynamite  (04:24)
19  Get Up & Get Out  (02:47)
20  I Snub You  (03:09)
avenue_b Album: 22 of 43
Title:  Avenue B
Released:  1999
Tracks:  13
Duration:  49:41

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1   No Shit  (01:20)
2   Nazi Girlfriend  (02:59)
3   Avenue B  (05:21)
4   Miss Argentina  (04:14)
5   Afraid to Get Close  (01:01)
6   Shakin’ All Over  (04:35)
7   Long Distance  (04:56)
8   Corruption  (04:23)
9   She Called Me Daddy  (01:52)
10  I Felt the Luxury  (06:30)
11  Español  (04:12)
12  Motorcycle  (02:42)
13  Facade  (05:29)
Avenue B : Allmusic album Review : Even though Brick by Brick successfully presented a mature Iggy Pop, he evidently felt that he needed to find a different way to grow old after the grungy detours of American Caesar and Naughty Little Doggie. So, he reteamed with producer Don Was, brought soul-jazz hipsters Medeski, Martin & Wood along for a couple of tracks, and crafted the subdued, semi-autobiographical Avenue B. "Craft" is an appropriate word -- the music is often used as background for spoken word pieces, and the entire album strives to be a sophisticated, revealing peek into Iggys psyche, as if its him confessing to you in a saloon in the middle of the night. Problem is, it just doesnt work. Its stilted, embarrassing, and awkward, never once finding the right note, no matter if Iggy is crooning or reciting his silly lyrics. He doesnt seem entirely comfortable with the experiment, either. The only time he comes to life is on a good, straight-ahead cover of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates "Shakin All Over." True, its a selection that dates him somewhat, but he sounds more relaxed, mature, and dignified here than he does on the rest of Avenue B, leaving no doubt what direction he should pursue for the next album.
nuggets Album: 23 of 43
Title:  Nuggets
Released:  1999-10-01
Tracks:  25
Duration:  1:52:46

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1   Fire Engine  (04:53)
2   Warrior Tribe  (05:04)
3   Mule Skinner  (05:23)
4   Family Affair  (03:01)
5   Woman Dream  (04:10)
6   I Got a Right  (03:19)
7   Gimme Some Skin  (03:01)
8   Rock Action  (05:48)
9   Modern Guy  (05:13)
10  Run Like a Villain  (04:12)
11  Eat or Be Eaten  (03:56)
12  Sixteen  (03:59)
1   Love Bone  (03:33)
2   The Winter of My Discontent  (10:40)
3   Puppet World  (02:12)
4   One for My Baby  (09:23)
5   Hassles  (02:47)
6   Flesh and Blood  (03:15)
7   Im Crying  (02:56)
8   Im Alright  (02:59)
9   You Really Got Me  (02:14)
10  Batman Theme  (03:38)
11  Louie Louie / Hang on Sloopy  (04:38)
12  No Fun / Waiting for My Man  (09:21)
13  96 Tears  (02:58)
Nuggets : Allmusic album Review : Iggy Pops various musical style changes throughout his career are detailed in this collection of rare and unreleased tracks. The awesome power of the Stooges is on display as well as Iggy Pops now dated experiments in new wave. Riddled with cover tunes, the album does not betray Iggy Pops roots in garage rock. Pulled from live dates throughout the 80s the cover tunes range from "Family Affair" by Sly and the Family Stone to the "Batman Theme." These cover tunes are simply points of interest rather than the powerful rock & roll that Iggy Pop shows himself to be capable of. "Louie Louie" slurs into "Hang on Sloopy." "No Fun" gives the nod to Lou Reed and becomes "Waiting for the Man," but the strongest points of the album are the ad-libbed tracks. "Rock Action" and "Modern Guy" display Iggy Pops ability to make up lyrics off the top of his head. They appear to be just studio jams that have been brought to the stage with powerful results. In "Rock Action," it sounds as though Iggy Pop was just musing on his former bandmates self-proclaimed title, creating a song that puts a voice to his demand for action. Only two other tracks on the collection reach the same level as the jam tracks. "I Got a Right and "Gimme Some Skin" are two of the Stooges greatest songs that never made it onto their studio albums. The heavy rhythms of "Gimme Some Skin" are the Stooges at their best with Iggy Pop again putting voice to his need for action. There are a variety of studio and live tracks with Iggy Pop stealing lines from Shakespeare on "The Winter of My Discontent," then making a serious attempt to croon like a lounge singer that simple doesnt go over well with a restless crowed. Throughout this double album the live tracks show themselves to be merely curiosities, leaving only four very strong tracks to give this collection any significance.
classic_iggy_pop Album: 24 of 43
Title:  Classic Iggy Pop
Released:  2000
Tracks:  15
Duration:  1:11:02

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1   Cry for Love  (04:29)
2   Tuff Baby  (04:27)
3   Real Wild Child  (03:37)
4   Shades  (05:59)
5   Cold Metal  (03:28)
6   Instinct  (04:14)
7   Isolation  (04:34)
8   High on You  (04:50)
9   Hideaway  (05:01)
10  Lowdown  (04:30)
11  Tom Tom  (03:18)
12  Baby It Cant Fall  (04:16)
13  Winners and Losers  (06:18)
14  Easy Rider  (04:55)
15  Cry for Love (12" dance mix)  (06:59)
millennium Album: 25 of 43
Title:  Millennium
Released:  2000-01-25
Tracks:  15
Duration:  1:10:52

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1   Cry for Love  (04:28)
2   Tuff Baby  (04:27)
3   Real Wild Child  (03:37)
4   Shades  (05:57)
5   Cold Metal  (03:27)
6   Insinc  (04:14)
7   Isolation  (04:36)
8   High on You  (04:48)
9   Hideaway  (05:01)
10  Lowdown  (04:30)
11  Tom Tom  (03:17)
12  Baby, It Can’t Fall  (04:14)
13  Winners and Loosers  (06:19)
14  Easy Rider  (04:54)
15  Cry for Love (12" dance mix)  (06:57)
beat_em_up Album: 26 of 43
Title:  Beat Em Up
Released:  2001-06-18
Tracks:  15
Duration:  1:12:27

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1   Mask  (02:54)
2   L.O.S.T.  (03:24)
3   Howl  (05:05)
4   Football  (03:52)
5   Savior  (04:37)
6   Beat Em Up  (04:26)
7   Talking Snake  (04:28)
8   The Jerk  (03:44)
9   Death Is Certain  (04:38)
10  Go for the Throat  (03:56)
11  Weasels  (02:59)
12  Drink New Blood  (04:33)
13  Its All Shit  (04:57)
14  Ugliness  (05:37)
15  V.I.P.  (13:11)
Beat 'Em Up : Allmusic album Review : Love it or hate it, Beat Em Up is inarguably one of the most appropriate titles Iggy Pop attached to an album in years; after an ill-advised detour into something resembling jazz on 1999s Avenue B, Iggy shifted gears again and served up his most physically punishing album since American Caesar in 1993. Beat Em Up starts out promisingly enough with "Mask," a hyperinsistent three-chord blast that, with its energetic riffing and manic vocals, sounds more like a prime Stooges number than anything hes cooked up in ages. But about halfway through the song, Iggy launches into a hysterical tirade against a number of cultural abuses common to modern-day America, and for every moment that he hits a nail on the head ("Irony in place of balls/Balls in place of brains/Brains in place of soul") theres at least one or two bits you can only hope hes joking ("Junkie frat boys in their shorts!"). And that pretty much sets the tone for the album; when Whitey Kirsts guitar isnt trying to split the difference between Ron Asheton-esque groove and speed metal shred, Iggy is ranting about one thing or another that annoys him until he sounds like a cross between Dennis Miller and the wino on the corner who yells at you when you wont give him a dollar. There are a few numbers where this all falls into place, and "Weasels" and "Ugliness" rock hard enough that you can forgive them when they start to go silly. But its both ironic and appropriate that the most effective track on the album is the one that rocks the least -- "V.I.P.," six and a half minutes of slow vamp in which Iggy offers a hilarious stream-of-consciousness monologue about the joys of abusing your fame, which is funny and makes its points well at the same time. Beat Em Up takes an approach not dissimilar to what Iggy was reaching for on Brick by Brick and American Caesar, but where he sounded intelligent and thoughtful on those albums, on Beat Em Up, he sounds a like a crank who doesnt always realize hes being funny, and "V.I.P." suggests if hes going to go this route, hes best off directly aiming for laughs.
skull_ring Album: 27 of 43
Title:  Skull Ring
Released:  2003-11-04
Tracks:  16
Duration:  1:01:43

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1   Little Electric Chair  (04:40)
2   Perverts in the Sun  (03:18)
3   Skull Ring  (03:51)
4   Superbabe  (04:09)
5   Loser  (02:41)
6   Private Hell  (02:50)
7   Little Know It All  (03:33)
8   Whatever  (03:16)
9   Dead Rock Star  (04:39)
10  Rock Show  (02:08)
11  Here Comes the Summer  (04:53)
12  Motor Inn  (04:11)
13  Inferiority Complex  (04:13)
14  Supermarket  (03:01)
15  Til Wrong Feels Right  (03:13)
16  Blood on Your Cool / Nervous Exhaustion  (07:01)
Skull Ring : Allmusic album Review : One of the key rules of rock & roll is there are some artists you can never count out -- no matter how many lame records they may make, no matter how misguided their career direction might seem, they always hold the promise that theyll jump back in the loop and deliver the goods again. Iggy Pop delivered a solid one-two punch (for the first time in a while) with Brick by Brick and American Caesar in 1990 and 1993, but after ten years and three major duds in a row (the uninspired Naughty Little Doggie and the strikingly faulty Avenue B and Beat Em Up), you just had to wonder if maybe the Worlds Forgotten Boy had finally lost the magic touch for good. Of course, Iggys career had always offered plenty of opportunities for such thinking, and just as he had in the past, Iggy came back to shut down the disbelievers with a solid slice of prime rock & roll called Skull Ring. The big news is that, on four cuts, Skull Ring marks Pops first studio collaboration with the Stooges since Raw Power in 1973, and thankfully Ron Ashetons gloriously primal guitar riffs sound as brilliant as ever, and mix with Iggys bestial wail like gin and tonic; if "Little Electric Chair" and "Skull Ring" dont quite pick up where Fun House left off, they make it clear the monster that is the Stooges can still shake the Earth when they have a notion. If the rest of Skull Ring doesnt quite reach the same level of solar plexus impact as the Stooges cuts, Iggy flies high enough on the rock juice that this set blasts like an M-80 from start to finish; Iggys road band, the Trolls, redeem themselves after their cringe-worthy debut on Beat Em Up, electro-punk diva Peaches proves shes just libidinous enough to keep up with Iggy (and they goad one another into truly glorious rudeness), Green Day back the godfather of punk with spunk, enthusiasm, and lots of energy, and even Sum 41 give as good as they get (which is a lot more than you might expect from them). Skull Ring doesnt always capture Iggy at his best as a lyricist, but here what he says isnt half as important as how he says it, and he hasnt sounded this right -- and had music this potent backing him up -- in a decade, and the result is a big, sweaty, high-octane rock & roll session from a guy who practically defined the form. Like I said, you cant ever count Iggy out, and Skull Ring demonstrates why.
platinum_gold_collection Album: 28 of 43
Title:  Platinum & Gold Collection
Released:  2004-05-04
Tracks:  12
Duration:  45:24

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1   Lust for Life  (05:12)
2   The Passenger  (04:44)
3   Nightclubbing  (04:14)
4   Tell Me a Story  (02:50)
5   New Values  (02:40)
6   Girls  (03:00)
7   Im Bored  (02:49)
8   Five Foot One  (04:32)
9   Loco Mosquito  (03:17)
10  Knocking em Down (In the City)  (03:24)
11  Pumpin For Jill  (04:34)
12  Bang Bang  (04:08)
Platinum & Gold Collection : Allmusic album Review : Iggy Pops solo career seems to defy a neat and concise compilation album, given his numerous creative twists and turns as well as the long list of labels hes worked with, but that hasnt stopped anyone from trying to create one anyway, and this installment in BMGs Platinum and Gold Collection series assembles a dozen cuts from Iggys work for RCA and Arista. The fact that nearly half the disc is devoted to material from 1979s New Values, while Iggys best solo album (1977s Lust for Life) is represented with just two songs, suggests whoever put this together has their priorities a little out of whack, but for the most part this is an entertaining listen. Kicking off with, of course, "Lust for Life," this disc puts the focus less on Iggys David Bowie-produced comeback sets for RCA than his three albums for Arista, and in this context the five tunes from New Values sound mighty fine indeed, especially the pained and bitter "Tell Me a Story" and the primal rant of "Five Foot One," while "Loco Mosquito" and "Knocking Em Down (In the City)" sound like lost classics without the rest of Soldier weighing them down. Closing this album with "Pumpin for Jill" and "Bang Bang" from Party was a lamentable choice, but on the bright side at least nothing from the bargain-basement TV Eye (1977 Live) made the cut. This is useless as a career overview, and it wont replace your copies of Lust for Life or New Values, but if youre looking for a decent mix from Iggys early solo period, this will fill the gap.
the_best_of Album: 29 of 43
Title:  The Best Of
Released:  2005
Tracks:  20
Duration:  1:06:23

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:16)
2   Bang Bang  (04:08)
3   Tell Me a Story  (02:47)
4   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:33)
5   Take Care of Me  (03:28)
6   I Need More  (04:04)
7   I’m Bored  (02:46)
8   Knockin Em Down (in the City)  (03:22)
9   I Snub You  (03:08)
10  Sea of Love  (03:38)
11  Play It Safe  (03:06)
12  Dog Food  (01:49)
13  Happy Man  (02:19)
14  Time Won’t Let Me  (03:16)
15  Five Foot One  (04:29)
16  Angel  (03:44)
17  Girls  (02:59)
18  New Values  (02:38)
19  Pleasure  (03:14)
20  Houston Is Hot Tonight  (03:32)
a_million_in_prizes_the_anthology Album: 30 of 43
Title:  A Million in Prizes: The Anthology
Released:  2005-07-18
Tracks:  38
Duration:  2:35:04

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1   1969  (04:06)
2   No Fun  (05:15)
3   I Wanna Be Your Dog  (03:09)
4   Down on the Street  (03:43)
5   I Got a Right!  (03:22)
6   Gimme Some Skin  (02:44)
7   I’m Sick of You  (06:52)
8   Search and Destroy  (03:29)
9   Gimme Danger  (03:33)
10  Raw Power  (04:16)
11  Kill City  (02:29)
12  Nightclubbing  (04:13)
13  Funtime  (02:54)
14  China Girl  (05:08)
15  Sister Midnight  (04:19)
16  Tonight  (03:40)
17  Success  (04:24)
18  Lust for Life  (05:12)
19  The Passenger  (04:40)
1   Some Weird Sin  (03:42)
2   I’m Bored  (02:46)
3   I Need More  (04:04)
4   Pleasure  (03:13)
5   Run Like a Villain  (03:01)
6   Cry for Love  (04:26)
7   Real Wild Child  (03:37)
8   Cold Metal  (03:27)
9   Home  (04:01)
10  Candy  (04:14)
11  Well, Did You Evah!  (03:28)
12  Wild America  (05:45)
13  T.V. Eye (live 1993)  (05:28)
14  Loose (live 1993)  (03:20)
15  Look Away  (05:09)
16  Corruption  (04:23)
17  I Felt the Luxury  (06:30)
18  Mask  (02:54)
19  Skull Ring  (03:50)
A Million in Prizes: The Anthology : Allmusic album Review : If youre willing to count his work in such early regional bands as the Prime Movers and the Iguanas, Iggy Pop has been playing rock & roll for over 40 years as this compilation hits the stores -- meaning there are guys in big-league rock bands whove spent years trying to be Iggy but werent even alive when the guy first started plugging into the Real O Mind. That, dear readers, is influence, and while the man has had more than his share of creative ups and downs over those four decades, one spin of A Million in Prizes: The Anthology tells you why Iggy has always mattered, and still does -- he has never lost the ability to plug into the primal madness and furious belief that separates great rock & roll from ordinary stuff, and he can call up that near-demonic passion on a regular basis. While this isnt the first career-inclusive Iggy compilation, A Million in Prizes is comprised of two full-loaded CDs, which gives it a scale and scope that bests its closest competition, 1996s solid Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop, and it also gives full props to his work with the Stooges, featuring 11 songs from that bands various incarnations (though whose idea was it to only include one track from the epochal Fun House? For shame!). As for the solo stuff, this set follows the bizarre roller-coaster ride from the gloomy self-reappraisal of his albums with David Bowie through his desperate efforts to find his own solo voice in the 1980s to his reemergence in the new millennium as an artist who can merge mind and muscle with equal force. While not every album is represented on A Million in Prizes, this offers an accurate and compelling look at the Iggy time line, and the mastering is strong, clear, and loud (especially on the earlier material, which has long merited aural refurbishing). The liner essays from Danny Fields and Lenny Kaye are excellent, and Iggy sums himself pretty well when he tells Fields, "I get up in the morning, I look in the mirror, and I think, Hey, youre a pretty interesting guy." That may well be rocks greatest understatement, and while A Million in Prizes is hardly the final and definitive statement on Iggy Pops life and music, as an introduction and career overview its damn near unbeatable -- at least until Iggy finally gets the box set treatment he so richly deserves.
20th_century_masters_the_millennium_collection_the_best_of_iggy_pop Album: 31 of 43
Title:  20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Iggy Pop
Released:  2006-08-29
Tracks:  11
Duration:  43:08

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1   Sister Midnight  (04:19)
2   Lust for Life  (05:12)
3   Real Wild Child  (03:37)
4   Cry for Love  (04:27)
5   Fire Girl  (03:34)
6   Isolation  (04:31)
7   Cold Metal  (03:26)
8   Tuff Baby  (04:21)
9   Kill City  (02:45)
10  1969  (02:45)
11  I Wanna Be Your Dog  (04:11)
greatest_hits_steel_box_collection Album: 32 of 43
Title:  Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection
Released:  2009
Tracks:  10
Duration:  34:12

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1   Loco Mosquito  (03:14)
2   Knocking Em Down (In the City)  (03:22)
3   I’m Bored  (02:46)
4   Tell Me a Story  (02:48)
5   New Values  (02:38)
6   Girls  (02:58)
7   Five Foot One  (04:29)
8   Pumpin’ for Jill  (04:32)
9   Pleasure  (03:14)
10  Bang Bang  (04:08)
preliminaires Album: 33 of 43
Title:  Préliminaires
Released:  2009-05-25
Tracks:  12
Duration:  36:19

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1   Les Feuilles mortes  (03:55)
2   I Want to Go to the Beach  (02:52)
3   King of the Dogs  (02:01)
4   Je sais que tu sais  (03:11)
5   Spanish Coast  (03:58)
6   Nice to Be Dead  (02:49)
7   How Insensitive  (03:02)
8   Party Time  (02:08)
9   He’s Dead/She’s Alive  (01:59)
10  A Machine for Loving  (03:15)
11  She’s a Business  (03:10)
12  Les Feuilles mortes (Marc’s Theme)  (03:53)
Préliminaires : Allmusic album Review : The timing of Iggy Pops album Preliminaires is probably a product of coincidence and fate rather than careful planning, but its hard to ignore the fact that just a few months after the unexpected death of Ron Asheton put the Stooges into limbo (at least for a while), Iggy has released an album that almost entirely avoids the issue of rock & roll. In a publicity piece for Preliminaires, Iggy wrote "I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars," and the man whose music helped inspire so many of those thugs keeps a wary distance from electric guitars on most on this album. Advance reports suggested that Preliminaires would be a jazz album, but thats not accurate, even though one of the best songs on the set, "King of the Dogs," features Iggy borrowing a melody from Louis Armstrong while backed by a traditional New Orleans jazz band. Instead, most of the music on Preliminaires recalls European pop -- music influenced by music influenced by jazz -- and the lions share of the arrangements resemble some fusion of Serge Gainsbourg and late-period Leonard Cohen, fitted with a distinctly American accent on songs like "Spanish Coast," "I Want to Go to the Beach," and a cover of "How Insensitive." For those put off by such things, "Nice to Be Dead" is dominated by distorted electric guitars and "Shes a Business" (like the nearly identical "Je Sais Que Tu Sais") booms with martial drumming, (both recall Iggys moody solo debut The Idiot), while "Hes Dead/ Shes Alive" is backed by Pops powerful acoustic blues guitar. Like 1999s Avenue B, Preliminaires is an introspective set, with Iggy crooning in a low murmur as he contemplates the failings of the world around him; he cites Michel Houellebecqs novel The Possibility of an Island as an influence (Houellebecqs words provided the lyrics for one stand-out track, "A Machine for Loving"), and the album is bookended by tunes which Iggy sings in French. Where Avenue B was a pretentious mess, Preliminaires is flawed but significantly more successful; though "Party Time" is mildly embarrassing in its depiction of decadence among the idle rich, the other songs are intelligent and often compelling meditations on a world where love and compassion are in short supply, and if "King of the Dogs" isnt exactly a new sentiment coming from Iggy, its cock-of-the-walk air fits him like a glove (as does the trad jazz arrangement). Iggys a better shouter than a crooner, but time has burnished his instrument with the character to fit these lyrics, and the best moments on this disc are truly inspired. Iggy Pop would be ill advised to give up on rock & roll, but Preliminaires shows he can do other things and do them well, and it speaks of a welcome maturity missing from many of his efforts outside the realm of fast and loud.
anthology_box_the_stooges_beyond Album: 34 of 43
Title:  Anthology Box - The Stooges & Beyond
Released:  2010
Tracks:  35
Duration:  2:27:35

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1   Tight Pants  (02:11)
2   Gimme Some Skin  (02:48)
3   Cock in My Pocket  (03:53)
4   The Ballad of Hollis Brown  (06:16)
5   Head On  (05:03)
6   Fire Engine  (04:58)
7   Jesus Loves the Stooges  (03:12)
8   Rubber Legs  (05:29)
9   Im Sick of You  (06:56)
10  Louie Louie  (02:57)
11  Money  (02:32)
12  Purple Haze  (03:03)
13  Im a Man  (05:03)
14  Scene of the Crime  (02:55)
15  Im So Glad  (03:19)
16  I Got a Right  (03:25)
17  Johanna  (04:30)
1   Lust for Life  (04:58)
2   The Passenger  (04:45)
3   China Girl  (05:05)
4   Real Wild Child (live)  (03:04)
5   Nightclubbing (live)  (07:13)
6   Family Affair  (02:57)
7   1969 (live)  (02:47)
8   Dum Dum Boys  (07:17)
9   Raw Power (live)  (04:10)
10  Gimme Danger (live)  (04:31)
11  Baby  (03:26)
12  5 Foot 1 (live)  (03:41)
13  I Wanna Be Your Dog (live)  (04:38)
14  I Need Somebody (live)  (04:41)
15  Search n Destroy (live)  (04:58)
16  Sister Midnight (live)  (04:05)
17  No Fun (live)  (03:22)
18  White Christmas  (03:27)
Anthology Box - The Stooges & Beyond : Allmusic album Review : This is yet another chapter in Cleopatras shoddily sourced compilations by a legendary artist. Virtually everything thats on these two CDs -- the first disc by the Stooges, the second by Iggy Pop as a solo artist -- has been issued on countless bootlegs and "officially" licensed compilations. This includes the two tracks that the label claims are exclusive to this compilation. The first is the James Williamson version of the Stooges covering Bob Dylans "The Ballad of Hollis Brown," with an organ leading the James Williamson version of the band in an almost perfect Doors imitation; unfortunately, it also contains scratch vocals that are barely discernible. The other one is Pop in a deliberately horrible, campy version of "White Christmas." Other material is from live sources, alternates, covers, demos, and studio tracks that youve heard many times before. Unless one is a completist, there is no fathomable reason to purchase this collection.
lust_for_life_the_idiot Album: 35 of 43
Title:  Lust for Life / The Idiot
Released:  2011
Tracks:  17
Duration:  1:19:40

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1   Lust for Life  (05:12)
2   Sixteen  (02:26)
3   Some Weird Sin  (03:42)
4   The Passenger  (04:44)
5   Tonight  (03:40)
6   Success  (04:24)
7   Turn Blue  (06:56)
8   Neighborhood Threat  (03:25)
9   Fall in Love With Me  (06:30)
1   Sister Midnight  (04:19)
2   Nightclubbing  (04:13)
3   Funtime  (02:54)
4   Baby  (03:24)
5   China Girl  (05:08)
6   Dum Dum Boys  (07:12)
7   Tiny Girls  (02:59)
8   Mass Production  (08:24)
i_used_to_be_a_stooge_but_now_im_a_real_wild_child Album: 36 of 43
Title:  I Used to Be a Stooge, but Now Im a Real Wild Child
Released:  2011-06-03
Tracks:  18
Duration:  1:19:05

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1   Lust for Life  (04:58)
2   The Passenger  (04:45)
3   China Girl  (05:05)
4   Real Wild Child (live)  (03:04)
5   Nightclubbing (live)  (07:13)
6   Family Affair  (02:57)
7   1969 (live)  (02:47)
8   Dum Dum Boys  (07:17)
9   Raw Power (live)  (04:10)
10  Gimme Danger (live)  (04:31)
11  Baby  (03:26)
12  5 Foot 1 (live)  (03:41)
13  I Wanna Be Your Dog (live)  (04:38)
14  I Need Somebody (live)  (04:41)
15  Search n Destroy (live)  (04:58)
16  Sister Midnight (live)  (04:05)
17  No Fun (live)  (03:22)
18  White Christmas  (03:27)
I Used to Be a Stooge, but Now I'm a Real Wild Child : Allmusic album Review : This 18-track collection (money grab) from the U.K.-based Store for Music label features alternate versions of material, nearly all of which is live, that chronicles Iggy Pops collaborations with David Bowie, including “China Girl”, “The Passenger,” and “Lust for Life.”
essential Album: 37 of 43
Title:  Essential
Released:  2011-09-09
Tracks:  14
Duration:  1:00:54

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1   Lust for Life  (05:12)
2   Candy  (04:14)
3   Home  (04:01)
4   China Girl  (05:08)
5   Some Weird Sin  (03:42)
6   Wild America  (05:45)
7   Louie Louie  (03:48)
8   Shakin’ All Over  (04:35)
9   Corruption  (04:23)
10  Tonight  (03:40)
11  Funtime  (02:55)
12  Nightclubbing  (04:13)
13  Beside You  (04:29)
14  The Passenger  (04:44)
Essential : Allmusic album Review : Being iconic doesnt always go hand in hand with a strong discography. While many fans consider all three proper (Iggy and the) Stooges records essential listening, Iggy Pop, the original proto-punk, has a far spottier solo catalog. This would make a well-curated highlights collection all the more necessary, but Essential falls short by focusing mostly on Lust for Life and The Idiot-era Iggy. The remainder is a random spattering of later-period work with little regard to theme or flow. The collection is made slightly more coherent with the inclusion of minor alt-radio hits "Candy" and "Home" from 1990s Brick by Brick, but the track list doesnt reflect a chronology or even a sense of sustained mood. While this jagged presentation isnt completely void of Iggys essence, the failure to include anything from fan-favorite albums like New Values or Zombie Birdhouse is puzzling.
apres Album: 38 of 43
Title:  Après
Released:  2012-05-09
Tracks:  10
Duration:  28:14

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1   Et si tu n’existais pas  (03:33)
2   La Javanaise  (02:30)
3   Everybody’s Talkin’  (02:48)
4   I’m Going Away Smiling  (02:38)
5   La Vie en rose  (02:06)
6   Les Passantes  (04:10)
7   Syracuse  (02:03)
8   What Is This Thing Called Love?  (02:48)
9   Michelle  (02:43)
10  Only the Lonely  (02:50)
gimme_some_skin_the_7_collection Album: 39 of 43
Title:  Gimme Some Skin – The 7″ Collection
Released:  2014
Tracks:  14
Duration:  43:56

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1   I Can’t Explain  (02:07)
2   Lonely Boy  (03:09)
3   Cock in My Pocket  (03:51)
4   Tight Pants  (02:08)
5   I Got a Right  (03:23)
6   White Christmas (Guitar Stooge mix)  (03:27)
7   Money (That’s What I Want)  (02:30)
8   Open Up and Bleed (single edit)  (04:02)
9   I Wanna Be Your Dog (fast version)  (04:06)
10  Johanna  (03:17)
11  Gimme Some Skin  (02:44)
12  I’m So Glad  (03:18)
13  Louie Louie  (02:57)
14  Scene of the Crime  (02:52)
shot_myself_up Album: 40 of 43
Title:  Shot Myself Up
Released:  2014
Tracks:  18
Duration:  1:17:23

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1   Raw Power  (03:52)
2   TV Eye  (03:23)
3   Dirt  (05:39)
4   Turn Blue  (07:12)
5   Funtime  (03:03)
6   Gimme Danger  (04:16)
7   No Fun  (02:55)
8   Sister Midnight  (02:15)
9   I Need Somebody  (04:41)
10  Search and Destroy  (03:36)
11  I Wanna Be Your Dog  (04:21)
12  China Girl  (06:28)
13  Dum Dum Boys (alt mix)  (07:17)
14  Baby (alt mix)  (03:26)
15  China Girl (alt mix)  (03:04)
16  Tiny Girls (alt mix)  (05:14)
17  Funtime (U.S. TV broadcast)  (02:59)
18  Sister Midnight (U.S. TV broadcast)  (03:42)
psychophonic_medicine_the_unreleased_tracks Album: 41 of 43
Title:  Psychophonic Medicine (The Unreleased Tracks)
Released:  2015-06-23
Tracks:  41
Duration:  2:51:54

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1   Dum Dum Boys (alternate mix)  (07:15)
2   Baby (alternate mix)  (03:25)
3   China Girl (alternate mix)  (05:12)
4   Tiny Girls (outtake)  (03:04)
5   It’s My Life  (04:54)
6   Bang Bang (alternate mix)  (04:14)
7   Sea of Love (alternate mix)  (03:58)
8   Time Won’t Let Me (alternate mix)  (03:22)
9   Fire Engine (Ric Ocasek sessions 1983)  (04:56)
10  Warrior Tribe (Ric Ocasek sessions 1983)  (05:06)
11  Old Mule Skinner (Ric Ocasek sessions 1983)  (05:24)
12  Beside You (Steve Jones demos 1985)  (03:28)
13  Cry for Love (Steve Jones demos 1985)  (04:21)
14  Purple Haze (Steve Jones demos 1985)  (04:24)
15  Warm Feeling (Steve Jones demos 1985)  (04:19)
16  Let’s Boot and Rally  (02:51)
1   Cock in My Pocket (Paris Palace 1979)  (02:39)
2   Kill City (Paris Palace 1979)  (02:46)
3   Fortune Teller (Paris Palace 1979)  (01:59)
4   New Values (Paris Palace 1979)  (03:43)
5   Billy Is a Runaway (Paris Palace 1979)  (03:47)
6   I Want to Be Your Dog (Paris Palace 1979)  (06:08)
7   Five Foot One (Paris Palace 1979)  (05:23)
8   Dirt (Paris Palace 1979)  (04:02)
9   Batman (Paris Palace 1979)  (02:53)
10  Louie Louie (Paris Palace 1979)  (03:22)
11  Shake Appeal (Paris Palace 1979)  (02:23)
12  I’m Bored (Paris Palace 1979)  (02:45)
1   I Need More (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:43)
2   Some Weird Sin (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (03:26)
3   Houston Is Hot Tonight (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (03:10)
4   TV Eye (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (04:10)
5   1969 (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (02:32)
6   Rock and Roll Party (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:00)
7   Bang Bang (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (04:19)
8   Dum Dum Boys (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:51)
9   Eggs on a Plate (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (04:07)
10  I’m a Conservative (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:03)
11  I Need More Again (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:32)
12  Lust for Life (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (04:44)
13  The Winter of My Discontent (San Francisco Nov. 24 1981)  (05:57)
post_pop_depression Album: 42 of 43
Title:  Post Pop Depression
Released:  2016-01-22
Tracks:  9
Duration:  41:32

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3   American Valhalla  (04:38)
4   In the Lobby  (04:15)
5   Sunday  (06:06)
6   Vulture  (03:15)
7   German Days  (04:47)
8   Chocolate Drops  (03:58)
9   Paraguay  (06:25)
Post Pop Depression : Allmusic album Review : Fate has a way of putting things into an interesting context. When it was announced that Iggy Pop would be collaborating with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, the music press buzzed with anticipation about the project. What would the proto-punk icon and the snarky hard rock smart guy come up with? The surprise answer is, in many respects, 2016s Post Pop Depression, an unwitting but loving tribute to Pops friend and collaborator David Bowie. Post Pop Depression arrived two months after Bowies death, and was completed before his health problems became common knowledge. More than anything, though, this music evokes the sound and feel of Pops first two solo albums. 1977s The Idiot and Lust for Life were cut with Bowie in Germany as Pop struggled to make sense of his life and career after the Stooges collapsed. With the reunited Stooges gone following the deaths of Ron and Scott Asheton, Post Pop Depression finds Pop returning to the work he made in 1977, in ways that count the most. Post Pop Depression is smart and thoughtful, intelligent without being pretentious, and full of bold but introspective thinking. While Josh Homme is certainly no David Bowie, hes a skilled musician who challenges Pop in a way many of his previous producers have not. The sound of Post Pop Depression occasionally gestures to Bowies work, with and without Pop, but Homme has given this music a personality of its own. Dark and richly textured, Post Pop Depression puts Pops craggy but authoritative voice and intelligent tirades front and center. Homme and his rhythm section of Dean Fertita and Matt Helders have created strong, muscular backdrops for Pops lyrics that add to their power. They counter his thoughtful anger with sounds that are rich, cleanly designed, and a successful compliment for the stars work. Pop has suggested that Post Pop Depression may be his last album, and if thats true, it wraps up his career with a strong and atypical work. It tips its hat to Bowie, but also to the freedom and creative possibilities Pop discovered in their collaborative work. It confirms that Pop has never lost the ability to surprise and upend expectations. In the bitter rant that closes "Paraguay," Pop declares he wants to run away and live as "your basic clod." Its an ironic thought, closing an album that once again proves Pop never was and never will be an ordinary guy.
the_many_faces_of_iggy_pop Album: 43 of 43
Title:  The Many Faces of Iggy Pop
Released:  2017-11-24
Tracks:  42
Duration:  2:40:13

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1   China Girl (alternative version)  (05:13)
2   Cry for Love (alternative version)  (04:19)
3   Why Was I Born? (Freddy’s Dead)  (04:50)
4   Love Transfusion  (04:21)
5   Repo Man  (05:06)
6   Cold Metal (alternative version)  (05:03)
7   Fire Girl (alternative version)  (04:14)
8   When Dreaming Falls  (04:16)
9   The Passenger  (04:51)
10  Play It Safe  (04:13)
11  Real Wild Child  (03:25)
12  Blah-Blah-Blah  (04:09)
13  New Values  (03:36)
14  Lust for Life  (05:36)
1   Family Affair  (03:13)
2   Purple Haze  (03:58)
3   Brick by Brick  (03:30)
4   Butt Town  (02:32)
5   Starry Night  (03:08)
6   Foolish Dreams  (03:08)
7   You Really Got Me  (02:13)
8   Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (a.k.a. Hard to Beat)  (05:07)
9   Louie Louie  (03:40)
10  Knockin’ Em Down in the City  (03:32)
11  Sister Midnight  (02:12)
12  Funtime  (03:01)
13  Search and Destroy  (03:35)
14  Pablo Picasso  (02:16)
1   I Wanna Be Your Dog  (04:29)
2   1969  (03:03)
3   TV Eye  (04:19)
4   Little Doll  (03:12)
5   1970  (04:06)
6   Dirt  (05:07)
7   No Fun  (03:57)
8   Loose  (03:23)
9   Real Cool Time  (03:42)
10  Down by the Street  (03:49)
11  Gimme Some Skin  (02:45)
12  Tight Pants  (02:07)
13  I Got a Right  (03:00)
14  Raw Power  (04:42)

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