Joined by a great backing band (featuring guitarist Ricky Gardner and a pair of chaps that would later join up with Bowie in the ill-fated Tin Machine, bassist Tony Sales and drummer Hunt Sales), Iggy sounds the most inspired he ever did on a solo recording. Lust may not have been Iggy's first solo outing (another fine Bowie-produced set, The Idiot, preceded it, as well as a never-meant-to-be-released collaboration with James Williamson, Kill City), but it's his finest. With Iggy's influence on rock music arguably at an all-time high by the early-21st century (all the "The" bands), the good folks at EMI decided the time was right to offer a two-fer release, which combines Lust along with the 1996 compilation Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop. ~ Greg Prato|Īlthough Iggy Pop will forever be best known for his extraordinary work with the Stooges (circa 1969-1973), there's no denying that he put out quite a few exceptional solo albums subsequently, including 1977's David Bowie-produced Lust for Life. Still, if you're looking to pick up Iggy's finest solo album, and a good yet flawed set of hits, Nude & Rude/Lust for Life is a worthy purchase.
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Kicking things off with the stomping "survival" anthem "Lust for Life," the album includes one highlight after another, especially the swinging "The Passenger" (another all-time best solo Iggy track), as well as such twisted pop ditties as "Success" and "Fall in Love With Me," plus the moody "Neighborhood Threat." Rounding out the set is Nude & Rude, which contains its fair share of highlights, including such Stooges-era classics as "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "Search and Destroy," as well as the solo-era standouts "Nightclubbing," "Real Wild Child," "Candy," and the aforementioned "Lust." But there are far too many MIA classics here to be considered the ultimate Iggy comp (no tracks are plucked from the Stooges' best album, Fun House, nor any of his solo albums from 1979-1982). You can listen to the tune now at Pop’s official YouTube channel.Although Iggy Pop will forever be best known for his extraordinary work with the Stooges (circa 1969-1973), there's no denying that he put out quite a few exceptional solo albums subsequently, including 1977's David Bowie-produced Lust for Life. Meanwhile, Iggy has just released a new song called “Sunday,” a track from his forthcoming collaborative album with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, Post Pop Depression. His body has witnessed much and should be documented.”Īfter the exhibit finishes its run at the Brooklyn Museum, it will go on tour at as-yet-unannounced locations. “For me it makes perfect sense for Iggy Pop to be the subject of a life class his body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture.
As the bedrock of art education and art history, it is still the best way to understand the body,” says Deller in a statement. “The life class is a special place in which to scrutinize the human form. The special life-drawing class was conceived by British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller, who, with Brooklyn Museum official Sharon Matt Atkins, selected a diverse group of New York City artists to take part – ranging in age from 19 to 80 and with varying backgrounds and amounts of schooling. On February 21 at the New York Academy of Art, the 68-year-old singer posed nude in front of 21 artists, who created a drawing that will be displayed as part of a Brooklyn Museum exhibit titled “Iggy Pop Life Class” that will open later this year.
Iggy Pop is known for playing concerts in various states of undress, but the Godfather of Punk recently stripped down for a different type of artistic endeavour that didn’t involve a musical performance.
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