They're back. Again. And this time round, the new Stooges album is a step up in intensity and far more interesting than 2007's hit-and-miss The Weirdness. The best thing about that album, the band's first since 1973's classic Raw Power, was having them back, because it meant Iggy and the
Album review: Iggy and The Stooges, Ready to Die
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Iggy and the Stooges. Photo / NZ Herald
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So it's still not Raw Power or Fun House or The Stooges, but hell, Ready to Die is great stuff. They're a bunch of refined songs that not only showcase the Stooges' elder statesmen status, but they're songs that sound well lived-in, and lean and mean, just like Iggy himself.
Stars: 4/5
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- TimeOut