Skull Ring

Iggy Pop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0000D9YE7
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,399 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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E! Online

Skull Ring delivers some truly pumping generation-bridging rock moments.

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Iggy's Best Since "Brick By Brick", November 16, 2003

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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: Skull Ring (Audio CD)

Rocking hard and furiously, and hilariously obscene, Iggy Pop's "Skull Ring" is his best and most obvious commercial attempt since "Brick By Brick" delivered the Top 40 single "Candy." He gets these results by teaming up with a variety of folks from the past and present. Despite the far flung age discrepancies, the pairings with Green Day and Sum 41 are no where near as sacrilegious as some may want you to believe. In fact, "Little Know It All" sounds so darn wicked on the local station here that it would be hard to know Sum 41 was the backing if the DJ didn't make a point of mentioning it after every play of the song. Besides that, "Supermarket" with Green Day smokes. So all you crybabies screaming sellout need a reality check. Iggy isn't selling out. He's buying in.

After all, does anyone seriously believe an artist that would follow the righteous rock of "Here Comes The Summer" (which sure sounds like a hit record to me) with the serious political incorrectness of "Motor Inn" really cares if his album is "timely?" I think not. There is a wide variety of songs and styles to be had here, be it the wild retro rock of the title track to the music business blues of "Till Wrong Feels Right," that by the time the final fade of terrific "Blood On My Cool" (and the bonus track "Nervous Exhaustion" kicks in), you should be able to put away the preconceived ideas and realized that you have just listened to a first class rock'n'roll album. Bottom line, "Skull Ring" busts heads.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Iggy Pop - 'Skull Ring' (Virgin) 4 1/2 stars, May 27, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skull Ring (Audio CD)

Great follow-up to Iggy's 2001 'Beat 'Em Up' disc(see my review)and about as slammin' as one could expect.As for some who may've not heard,four of this CD's sixteen cuts had Iggy reunited with two of his former Stooge members.All four of the Stooges tracks sizzle,"Little Electric Chair",the title cut "Skull Ring","Loser" and especially the prototype punk rocking "Dead Rock Star".There are also tunes here that have Iggy pairing up with a couple of other more modern punk bands,liked the two songs he performs with Green Day.He also teams up with artists The Peaches and Sum 41.There were like maybe one of those tunes that I thought seemed tame.But,hey!For the most part,this title is a must-have.Includes a 12-page booklet with photos and song lyrics(get out the magnifying glass).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good stuff, April 12, 2007

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opdage "opdage" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skull Ring (Audio CD)

ONe of my gripes about most music reviews, is that they are almost written by fans of the artist, carrying their preconceived notions and biases with them.

I've never purchased an Iggy album before, and I really enjoy this. Criticisms that it's "radio ready pop" are ridiculous. I never heard any of these songs on the radio, not that they don't deserve it. Lyrics like "Anger and greed brew until they stampede/And I can transmute/Them into more loot" isn't exactly Bon Jovi.

What I like about this album is the songs rock hard, Iggy's voice is excellent, the production and mix is good, the guitar tones are heavy and awesome, the most of the lyrics are interesting and offbeat, and it doesn't get old. For hard rock fans, definitely worth it.