Iggy Pop - Million in Prizes: The Anthology
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Free Music Review: He's a real wild child.
Hit: 4 Stars
Many other bands get the credit for the invent of punk (Ramones), and others for the invent of glam (Bowie), but you've got to give it to Iggy and the Stooges as well. Every time I see a kid with a Ramones shirt on, I wonder what the chances are that they've ever heard the "Fun House" album. Anyway, this is a great collection for those who needed more Iggy than what was on "Nude & Rude". One thing I often wonder, is why not just a Stooges collection? Or looking at "A Million In Prizes", why not all of disc one Stooges, and disc two just Iggy? No big deal though. A quarter of this collection is Stooges tracks. More would be nice, and I'd prefer the studio versions of "TV Eye" and "Loose" also. Iggy wise, most of the good stuff is here, and this includes everything that was on his last collection and then some. Despite minor complaints, this is an excellent and lengthy anthology at 38 tracks, and a good purchase for anybody with a "Lust For Life".Free Music Review: Yes he deserves a box set!
Hit: 4 Stars
Impossible to cover Iggy's career in only 2 CDs, but this isn't a bad attempt. It just deserved about 3 or 4 more CDs.....if the only Iggy you ever heard was on the soundtrack to Trainspotting, then definitely get this and hear some of the rest. Then go out and start buying the back catalogue...Free Music Review: Iggy
Hit: 4 Stars
If you are like me and you have heard about Iggy over the years. This
anthology is a great way to go. I discovered that I loved the early Stooges and that everything after was hit and miss.
Free Music Review: At Least They Didn't Call It "Greatest Hits"
Hit: 3 Stars
I can remember a time back in the dark ages, a period I like to call my high school years, when a Stooges album was harder to find in Detroit than, well, the Stooges themselves, especially after that Michigan Palace brannigan immortalized on "Metallic K.O."
Imagine that! All three were out of print in the U.S. - Elektra and Columbia apparently uninterested in pressing any more - but if you looked hard enough and lifted up enough toadstools, you may have been lucky enough to unearth a pricey import.
For better or worse, the market is now flush with Iggy/Stooges durables, some well worth the scratch and others downright treacherous. This one, Virgin's best shot at a hagiography of Michigan's patron saint of lucidity, isn't bad, depending on your willingness to embrace whatever flaming record company hoops El Pop was trying to jump through at the time.
Those comfortable with the sound of narcotic-induced delirium, primal therapy, and civilization collapsing would be hard pressed to find much wrong with Disc 1, the section of Iggy's curriculum vitae covering the years he spent with the Stooges, making some rather unusual contributions to mankind, up through his employ as David Bowie's lap dog in Berlin. However, by "much wrong," I don't mean "anything wrong." Only one song from "Fun House" ("Down On The Street"), but four from "The Idiot" and five from "Lust For Life"? Hmmm...
The inclusion of non-LP sides "I Got A Right," "Gimme Some Skin," and "I'm Sick Of You" is a nice touch, though, all three redolent with the unmistakable bouquet of ozone and a tinge of stale sweat. And despite Bowie's attempts to re-create Iggy as the fifth member of Kraftwerk, "Funtime," "Sister Midnight," "Lust For Life," and "The Passenger" all lurch, twitch, and spasm with at least a faint trace of Murder City palsy.
Disc 2 is a little more, shall we say, problematic, Iggy bent, shaped, and pulled in so many directions by so many clueless A&R hacks that even he probably wasn't sure who that guy was looking back at him from the mirror every morning.
Part of the frustration of career retrospectives such as "A Million In Prizes" is not only what compilers choose to include, but what they choose not to. I try to console myself with the naïve belief that the complete short shrift given to the "Soldier" and "Party" albums had to be due to licensing issues between Virgin and Buddha. How else to explain ignoring "Pumpin' For Jill," "Bang Bang," "Knocking 'Em Down (In The City)," "Loco Mosquito," and, especially, "Dog Food" in favor of dross like "Look Away" and "I Felt The Luxury"?
And is it just me or does anyone else detect the faint scent of desperation in the duets with Kate Pierson and Debbie Harry, perhaps the nadir of Iggy's slowly-decomposing, post-Ashetons residence on Planet Virgin? Yeah, "Avenue B" counts, but just barely.
"A Million In Prizes" isn't a total wash, not a bad starter kit for tourists, but it's far from definitive. The shadow cast by The Stooges is simply too long, thick, and impenetrable, eclipsing everything Iggy's done since, darkening his world and ours.
Free Music Review: Finally They Made Something For Iggy
Hit: 3 Stars
Review by Cory Rennison:
By now, Iggy Pop has become a household name. With almost 30 years under his belt, there's no question that Iggy Pop and his bands have been a big part of the punk scene. Up until now he's never really had a solid greatest hits CD or a box set of any sort, but with A Million in Prizes, fans will finally get a little bit of both.
This two-disc set showcases Iggy's career all in an organized chronological order, starting with his first releases back in 1977, and ending with his latest work from 2005. This album really shows how Iggy Pop went from playing strictly punk and rock `n' roll, and then later having a much darker, Billy Idol-styled sound. Both discs flow pretty smoothly and sometimes you might forget that you're even listening to a compilation CD. The volume levels and production quality seem fairly evened out and really do this collection justice.
If you're a newer fan like me, and you'd like to discover the world of Iggy Pop without burning a hole in your pocket, this anthology is great. Diehard fans will have to put up with this for now until a box set comes along, if there ever is one. There are some rarities and live tracks featured on here which might be hard to obtain otherwise, but two discs just don't seem to be enough to make a proper anthology for a near 30-year career. There's bound to be some great tracks missing on here.