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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Passenger, May 24, 2009
This review is from: Preliminaire (Audio CD)
Though the album clocks in at a skimpy 36:19, the 12 tracks prove that Iggy Pop has not lost the edge on performance art, and - importantly - without the self-parody that has made a number of releases over the past 20 years nothing but sonic dreck.
Inspired by The Possibility of an Island - a novel by Michel Houellebecq - Pop tones things down through Parisian-styled cafe jazz, with some background electronics and acoustic blues expertly weaved into the mix. There are a few surprises - Autumn Leaves, a 1940s French jazz standard; How Insensitive, a bossa nova standard - but Pop lets it rock on Nice to Be Dead and walks the line with King of the Dogs.
Produced by Hal Cragin, it is a return of Iggy Pop to relevance and within a setting that permits him to be an intriguing storyteller.
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