Iggy Pop Pop Music CD

This collection of 20 tracks recorded by U.S. punk rock legend Iggy Pop features "Tell Me A Story" and "Sea Of Love."

Iggy Pop was associated with Virgin Records for much of his post-Stooges solo career, but for a brief spell during the late '70s and early '80s he called Arista Records his home. This era saw punk's godfather stray away from the primal style he is known primarily for as he experimented largely with new wave sounds. Certainly not his best recording period, calling this 20-track collection The Best of Iggy Pop is very misleading, as it only sticks to the aforementioned "unfocused" period (in fact, Pop rarely performed any of these tracks in concert in subsequent years). From the three albums this collection plucks songs from, the material from 1979's New Values is by far the strongest (as ex-Stooges guitarist James Williamson lent a hand as producer) -- "New Values," "I'm Bored," and "Five Foot One" all wouldn't be out of place on a real Iggy "hits" set, while a track that is rumored to have been a leftover from his Stooges days, "Dog Food," is another keeper. Some newcomers to Iggy will be fooled into believing this set is a true best-of, but with such classics as "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "Search and Destroy," "Lust for Life," and "The Passenger" nowhere to be found, a more fitting title would be The Best of 1979-1981. ~ Greg Prato

Pop Music is an inconsistent compilation from an inconsistent era -- namely 1979 through 1981. During those three years, Iggy only recorded a handful of good songs, and while it stands to reason that a collection would be able to present all of those cuts in one strong record, Pop Music isn't it. There are a handful of classics here, particularly "I'm Bored," but it isn't all it could have been. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Import only 20-track collection issued through BMG features tracks released between 1979 and 1981 including, 'Bang Bang', 'I Need More', 'I'm Bored', 'New Values', 'Five Foot One' and more. BMG.