Iggy Pop

Editor's Review:

On his seventh album for Virgin Records, punk rock’s flamboyant granddaddy Iggy Pop works with a variety of collaborators, likely and unlikely, young and old. Iggy fronts Green Day on “Private Hell” and “Supermarket” (both co-written by Billie Joe Armstrong), joining forces for Skull Ring’s catchiest offerings; lends his talents, and much-needed old school credibility, to fresh-faced pop-punkers Sum 41 on “Little Know It All”; and teams up with Euro-trash synth-rocker Peaches on “Rock Show.” Most notably, however, is Iggy’s reunion with The Stooges for four new tracks, which are, much like most of the aforementioned collaborations, enjoyable but not much to get excited over. Though lacking star power, the songs Iggy wrote and recorded with his current backing band, The Trolls — such as the apathetic anthem “Whatever” and kitschy rocker “Superbabe” — may be the most solid tracks Skull Ring has to offer.
– James Barone
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Record Label Virgin Released November 2003

Tracks Little Electric Chair – Iggy & The Stooges Perverts In the Sun – Iggy & The Trolls Superbabe – Iggy & The Trolls Loser – Iggy & The Stooges Private Hell – Iggy & Green Day Little Know It All – Iggy & Sum 41 Whatever – Iggy & The Trolls Dead Rock Stars – Iggy & The Stooges Rock Show – Iggy & Peaches Here Comes the Summer – Iggy & The Trolls Motor Inn – Iggy & Freedom (feat. Peaches) Inferiority Complex – Iggy & The Trolls Supermarket – Iggy & Green Day Skull Ring – Iggy & The Stooges Til Wrong Feels Right – Iggy Pop Blood On Your Cool – Iggy & The Trolls