It’s impressive that singing about the careless abandon of life seems as natural as ever for him, even as he hurtles towards 70. On ‘Dirty Deal’ his voice sounds brilliantly husky and parched, somewhere between Marilyn Manson’s malevolent croak and the untethered yelp of the Iggy of yore. The guy pretty much invented rock’n’roll, after all. Even then, the album was a reflection: an over-the-top, fisheye union address of the.
Spitting lines about the primal urge of rock’n’roll on ‘Sex And Money’ (“sex and money, sex and money”, he explains) he’s just about beyond self-parody despite the straightforward subject matter. opened Ready to Die by complaining about changes in the city around him over 20 years ago. This seems ludicrous in the light of those insurance ads, but Williamson’s guitar still makes it sound thrilling. The cowbell stomp of ‘Job’, meanwhile, sees Iggy bemoaning having a “job” that “don’t pay shit”. He smothers lead single ‘Burn’ with riffs that sound cranked out by fingernails not cleaned since ’73, and gives the track vein-popping ferocity. Though it is nowhere near as indelible as the Stooges' first three landmark albums, 'Ready to Die' is much stronger than the band's 2007.
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The most significant thing about the album is the return of guitarist James Williamson following the death of Ron Asheton in 2009. It’s been two full decades since Biggie kicked in the door of the Hip Hop landscape with Ready To Die simultaneously changing the East Coast Rap game while creating two megastars out of the. It’s a fat, satisfying slab of Iggy punk-rock steak. ‘Ready To Die’, Iggy’s first album with The Stooges since 2007’s ‘The Weirdness’, is a different beast, and much more like the balls-on-the-board gutter-rock that made his name.
Both were passed over by most, because funnily enough some people don’t think jazz albums with lyrics sung in French by the 66-year-old frontman are essential listens. Given her chic image, it’s a surprise how dull, dreary and pop-starved Born to Die is.
Iggy Pop’s last two albums (2009’s ‘Préliminaires’ and 2012’s ‘Aprés’) were jazz-based records with lyrics sung in French. But for the rest of us, she’s just another aspiring singer who wasn’t ready to make an album yet.