Ready to Die

The last Stooges album, with Williamson back and the group's highest chart peak.
The Stooges, 2013

Released
April 2013
Studio
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Label
Fat Possum

Credited to Iggy and the Stooges, the album came out on Fat Possum in April 2013 and debuted at 96 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest position. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, with Jesse Nichols as recording and mixing engineer. The band was Pop, James Williamson, Mike Watt on bass, Scott Asheton on drums and Steve Mackay on saxophone, with Petra Haden on violin and background vocals and Scott Thurston on keyboards. It was the last Stooges album.

Metacritic scored it 66. Stuart Berman of Pitchfork wrote that it avoids the pitfalls of The Weirdness, and called it the sound of Iggy admitting he is too old for this. Kitty Empire of the Guardian gave it three stars and wrote that there is an oomph to it.

Track listing

  1. Burn
  2. Sex & Money
  3. Job
  4. Gun
  5. Unfriendly World
  6. Ready to Die
  7. DD's
  8. Dirty Deal
  9. Beat That Guy
  10. The Departed

Personnel

More from The Stooges

The Stooges (1969), Fun House (1970), Raw Power (1973), Metallic K.O. (1976), The Weirdness (2007)

Sources

  1. Ready to Die (The Stooges album), Wikipedia
  2. Iggy and the Stooges: Ready to Die, Pitchfork (2013-04-29)