Available for pre-order now via label Fat Possum, the record has a refreshingly scrappy sound to it, based on the 45-second preview above, which shows Iggy Pop dressed as a scarecrow while new work-sucks anthem “Job” blasts on the soundtrack. That sort of twaddle may fly on Pop's solo records, but when they go up against the slinky, deep pocket grooves of the rest of the album, the songs feel pale and hollow.Iggy and the Stooges return on April 30 with Ready to Die, their first studio album under that billing since 1973’s proto-punk classic Raw Power. For some reason, the Stooges decided to get moody on a trio of acoustic-based tracks, letting their singer respond by going into full on crooner mode. Lest you think we're marking this a masterpiece, rest assured that there are plenty of duds. They're confident enough to let the R&B, funk and blues come out unadorned, lighting multiple three-alarm blazes throughout. On Ready To Die, the players may be the same (though it must be noted that guitarist James Williamson is back in the fold after the untimely death of founding member Ron Asheton) but they aren't interested now in taking their influences and grinding them into a new sound. The music had a self-consciousness to it, as if the four musicians were overly concerned with living up to a much-vaunted legacy.
The other missing element from The Weirdness was a sense of confidence in the band.
And instead of going into the red making fun of pro-firearms conservatives on "Gun," he hangs back and rides the band's groove like the steady current it is.
Not "TV Eye" feisty, mind you just riled up enough to make an ode to big breasts ("DD's"), and the winking "Sex And Money," come off as, well, sexy. Here he sounds downright spritely and feisty. On The Weirdness, he was the odd man out, leaving befuddling lyrics and flat tones all over the album's 40-minute running time. The success of Ready To Die comes almost entirely from the mind and voice of Iggy Pop.
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