Million in Prizes: The Anthology

Iggy Pop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0009275M0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,890 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Spanning the punk and garage rock globe--from snot-nosed trailer-park kid fronting the legendary Stooges to universal pop culture icon and influential granddaddy of punk--the career of Iggy Pop has reached its fifth decade, and this remastered 37-track, chronologically sequenced set has been christened to hold us over while we wait for the definitive box set. Commencing with "1969," "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "No Fun" from the Stooges' trailblazing debut album, the first disc provides a ringside seat to the band's keg-of-dynamite demise Raw Power ("Search and Destroy," "Gimme Danger," and the title track, though omitting the spellbinding "Shake Appeal"), the David Bowie-led Pop restoration ("Nightclubbing," "China Girl") and Iggy's solo pinnacle ("Lust for Life," "The Passenger"). While the second CD is patchy (spotting synthesizers for guitars too often) and erratic (missing notable songs from the Soldier and Party albums), it does include duets with Debbie Harry ("Well Did you Evah") and the B-52s Kate Pierson ("Candy"), 1993 live versions of the Stooges "TV Eye" and "Loose," and the first Stooges studio partnership in 30 years, "Skull Ring." --Scott Holter

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The legend of the Iguana, August 11, 2005

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Million in Prizes: The Anthology (Audio CD)

After 35 years, Iggy Pop gets a double disc anthology. While far from essential (I mean the man has what, over a gazillion albums?), it is a great starting point for anyone who wonders what the real thing sounds like when it comes to rock.

The first disc confirms this. With some blisteringly remastered Stooges cuts (can't wait for those re-issues!), songs like "Search and Destroy" or "I'm Sick Of You" show exactly what John Lydon and Malcolm MacLaren were hunching over when dreaming up the Sex Pistols. There is a terrifying amount of energy that blasts from those first ten songs, and you can hear the inspiration for everyone from the Ramones to Billy Idol, not to mention eventual cohort David Bowie, who nurtured Iggy through such classic songs as "China Girl," "Nightclubbing" and "Lust For Life."

The second disc is still great, but much spottier. The Arista tenure gets represented by a mere 3 songs, and the quality runs all over the map. A&M obviously saw Iggy as a star, and then tried packaging him. It did pop out some memorable songs, like "Real Wild Child" and "Cry For Love," but somewhat neutered his impact. Almost to prove he could mainstream it with the best of them, an almost unrecognizable Iggy recorded a hit single with B-52's Kate Piersen ("Candy" the sole Top 40 record of his career) for his stunning and consistent Virgin album "Brick By Brick."

The two new live tracks are defiantly worth the price of admission, and the remaining tracks are the best from each of his remaining albums. It also contains the meditative "Look Away," one of Iggy's few ballad moments. Getting the title track from "Skull Ring" is a nice touch, completing the circle by reuniting Iggy with the Ashton Brothers (and if you don't have that album, it's worth the bucks). "A Million In Prizes" is a long overdue honoring of Iggy's input and influence.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's a real wild child., September 19, 2005

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This review is from: Million in Prizes: The Anthology (Audio CD)

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".

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, October 18, 2005

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alexander laurence (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Million in Prizes: The Anthology (Audio CD)

Iggy took a little of The Doors and the MC5, and created Punk Rock. His music was dark. "I Want To Be Your Dog" was the first moment of Art Rock. This was Marcel Duchamp drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa. Iggy was the music at its most raw. The Stooges did two albums and they were out of here. Mr. Pop was a homeless junkie for a few years. He reformed the band with James Williamson and produced Raw Power. This was the heaviest American music ever made. Iggy Pop was a gifted lyricist. I forgot to add that everyone hated this band at this point. They had one hundred fans. He had a revival in the late 1970s and did a bunch of cool albums with David Bowie. He lived in Berlin and influenced plenty of post-punk bands and goth people. The early eighties was a good time for Iggy. A few mediocre albums. Later in that decade he had top 40 success with "Cry For Love." In the 1990s, Iggy Pop played big concerts in Europe and Asia. But he has always been called the Godfather of Punk: a title that he doesn't really like. Finally we have a career spanning double CD to look at the work. There are four punk songs from the first two albums. All the jazz noise and weirdness is omitted. There is a lot of Raw Power, since it's more musically advanced and even futuristic. This sound has been copied but never equaled. Then we have four songs from his two Berlin period albums: Lust For Live and The Idiot. This is the real solo Iggy. This guy is a riot. On songs like "Sister Midnight" and "The Passenger" he has influenced the whole goth movement, including especially Bauhaus and Siouxsie and The Banshees. CD two focuses on the more commercial stuff he did in the later 1980s, and early 1990s. Sometimes it works, on "I'm Bored," and "Run Like A Villain." Sometimes it doesn't. Unlike Bowie who produced whole albums that stunk, Iggy Pop would do albums with a few interesting moments that gave us hope. There are some collaborations included and the bizarre bits. Some live early songs are included. His last album before this, Skull Ring, was probably his best in ten years. This is for those people who need a little Iggy in their lives, but not the complete works. Along with Neil Young and Lou Reed, Iggy Pop is an American musical genius. He has become an icon. He has music on TV commercials. There is always hope with Iggy.