KEY POINTS:
Iggy sure hasn't lost his libido, proudly telling us on opening track, Trollin', that his manhood is morphing into a tree (relayed in a far more crass way, of course).
What may have been lost a little on the Stooges' first album in more than 30 years is the power. No doubt, the passion and desire is still there but considering the Stooges - who are the forebears of punk rock - formed in 1967 and they're all around the 60-year-old mark, you'd expect it to lack the grunt of seminal albums like Fun House (1970) and Raw Power (1973).
While tracks like the menacing My Idea of Fun (the album highlight by far) and the crooning title track shows they can still kick it out solidly, as the album goes on it gets less gripping and fades.
And Iggy's voice is starting to show its age, often sounding dreary rather than the deep, dark and brooding voice we know from the past.
The Weirdness is not a great album, but there are some good tracks.
However, it's more likely to be a catalyst for Stooges fans to dust off their old records in search of classics like I Wanna Be Your Dog, TV Eye and Search and Destroy.
Verdict: Good to have them back but don't expect Raw Power
Label: Virgin
