Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 29, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WCM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,954 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Distilling Iggy Pop's work down to 17 songs is nearly impossible. Anyone with an interest in Mr. Pop should first pick up the Stooges albums before exploring his later solo years. This collection, however, includes enough highlights to satisfy a casual fan. The Stooges are lightly covered with the essential punk anthem "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and the manic "Search and Destroy." The inclusion of the slinking "Sick of You" is a nice touch. Pop's pop leanings pop up with "Nightclubbing," "China Girl," and "Lust for Life," tracks in which the guitars are toned down a notch and Iggy exhibits a slightly more mellow side. Of course, he ultimately returns with a vengeance befitting one of rock's original wild men. --Rob O'Connor

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LABEL HELL, August 5, 2001

By	theidiot (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Want to set the record straight as to why some of the obvious hits were left off of this collection. According to an interview given a few years ago, Pop stated that the omissions were due to restrictions the various record companies for which he has recorded placed on Virgin Records: Elektra allowed two songs off of either The Stooges or Fun House but not both; Columbia allowed two songs from Raw Power as long as it wasn't Search & Destroy AND Raw Power (by the way, the versions of Search & Destroy and Gimme Danger on Nude & Rude were taken from the original Bowie-produced Raw Power which I believe is now out of print); Arista would not participate whatsoever so anything from New Values, Soldier and Party was off limits. Given all the handcuffing, I think Virgin did a good job with this CD. Having Bomp! chip in with I'm Sick Of You and Kill City was a major coup, and wrapping things up with Wild America (excellent song) is a nice touch as the Ig comes full circle to the kind of music he started out with. This is a great place to start if you are unfamiliar with Pop's work. If you like what you hear here, proceed directly to Fun House.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I WANNA BE YOUR DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, July 9, 1998

By	[e-mail] or Phillip Kaufman (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This is a great compilation, and an excellent introduction to Iggy's music both solo and with the Stooges. Most of his solo ventures were incoherent and major letdowns. What this C.D. does is collects the best tracks off of those albums and includes a couple of the Stooges more memorable songs. I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Search & Destroy, Gimme Danger, NightClubbing, China Girl, and of course ForLife are just some of the standouts. Overall, if you ever wanted to know what the hype was all about, or if your a fan, buy it. P.S.- One problem though, Iggy has always done well by himself, but all of his fans know his best stuff was with the Stooges. So why then don't they throw out some of the weaker songs here ( there's a couple ) and include some more of the gems off 'FunHouse' and 'Raw Power'. They could easily fit three more tracks here and sustitute two of the worst solo songs with some Stooges stuff. Better yet, screw that, have a 'Best of the Stooges' album put out. Better yet, screw that even, have a 'Stooges' box set. You could include all three studio albums and include the great 'Rough Power'. Ahhh, if only I ran a record company.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gallery From One Of The Most Important Hard Rock Performers., March 6, 2003

By	Mr. Fellini "Fellini" (El Paso, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Iggy Pop remains one of the most influential performers in rock from the past 30 years. Iggy, taking inspiration from the likes of Jim Morrison, was one of the great innovators of shock theatrics in rock music (he did this using bloody displays of gusto such as slashing his chest with glass or simply rolling over many shards on the stage floor). "Nude And Rude" is, to be honest, just a taste of Iggy's best work. But a good showcasing it is and anyone interested in getting a start on the man who along with his original band, The Stooges, set the stage for the Punk movement should check it out. The opening, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is gritty, dirty rock with some deliciously suggestive lyrics and guitar work that seems like a precursor to Metallica or Nirvana. The next track, "No Fun" (later covered by the Sex Pistols), is a perfect pre-Punk expression of boredom and simply having no one around. "Search and Destroy" is an exhilarating anthem of chaos and street poetics. "Gimme Danger" is haunting in a Punk-poetry sense, it actually has some depth and imagery that stick. "I'm Sick Of You" sounds like psychedelic sadness. There isn't much to "Nightclubbing," it does sound like interesting cabaret though. Surprise, surprise, "China Girl," for those of you unaquainted with your popular music history, was NOT a David Bowie original, he made it into a hit but Iggy Pop was indeed the first to record it (under Bowie's production). "Lust For Life" remains a popular Iggy tune (you'll hear it in commercials here and there), it has a cool swing feel that gives a fun energy. "The Passenger" is one of Iggy Pop's all-time great recordings. This is a hypnotic, stylish and lyrically enrapturing song with a Doors-like feel in it's dreamy tone (the late Michael Hutchence also recorded a great version). Iggy here invites us on a ride through "the city's ripped-back sides." From here the album takes a more late 70's-like feel as in the almost bluesy "Kill City" with it's images almost out of Burroughs. To be honest, "Real Wild Child" isn't that great, it doesn't have the energetic insanity or poetic grittyness of Iggy's best work, in fact, it feels simply like a silly moment. "Cold Metal" is a driving tune with Iggy delivering a rough vocal. The closing, "Wild America" is a cool, modern Iggy track where he presents a portrait of America that's sinister but kinda fun. Any Iggy devotee will tell you there are some great songs missing here, such as the insane "T.V. Eye" and "1969," but the point of most of these collections is to get you to look for the entire body of work. As a taste of Iggy Pop, this a good CD to get, but once you've heard it, you'll want to really get into the good stuff.