Roadkill Rising: The Bootleg Collection, 1977-2009 is a comprehensive 4-CD set of newly remastered bootleg concert recordings by Iggy Pop. Roadkill Rising features the best of concerts recorded over four decades and from venues all over the world. All his Stooges and solo classics are covered, as well as deep album tracks and offbeat covers. It's entertaining look at one of rock and roll s most vital performers on stage and completely in his element and a must for fans.
Known to many as the "Godfather of Punk" for his groundbreaking albums with the Stooges, Pop helped defined New Wave with his late-'70s recordings with David Bowie. He began to gain real commercial success in the '80s, and the with the advent of grunge in the '90s, he became more popular than ever. The 2000s saw Iggy's critical stature rise even higher, with the reformation of the Stooges and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Of course, Iggy refused to be pinned down, following the Stooges reunion album The Weirdness with Preliminaires, a jazz-influenced solo album and a true departure for him.
The classic post-Stooges 1977 album finally reissued as it was meant to be : restored, re-mixed, and remastered under the supervision of both Iggy Pop and James Williamson.
Blah-Blah-Blah Music Artist : Iggy Pop Music Label : Ume Imports Release Date : 2006-03-21 Artistopia's Price :$10.98
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Soldier Music Artist : Iggy Pop Music Label : Sbme Special Mkts. Release Date : 2008-03-01 Artistopia's Price :$6.99
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Preliminaires Music Artist : Iggy Pop Music Label : Astralwerks Release Date : 2009-06-02 Artistopia's Price :$12.40
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Iggy Pop takes on the language of romance and puts a decidedly French twist on his new album, Préliminaires. Produced by longtime collaborator Hal Cragin (They Might Be Giants, Sarah McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright), Préliminaires, which translates to "foreplay", highlights another facet of the Iggy Pop persona, focusing more on jazz arrangements and the distinctive, rich baritone heard on classics like "Nightclubbing" and his duet with French legend Françoise Hardy on the song "I'll Be Seeing You".
On the record, Iggy even sings one song in French, a cover of jazz standard "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)", a song widely associated with French legends Yves Montand and Edith Piaf. Other titles include New Orleans influenced "King Of The Dogs", a story about a dog named Fox who explains "how cool it is to be a dog, and how much it beats human life", and "How Insensitive", a jazzy bossanova standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim. There are also more raucous moments like the swamp-rock stylings of "Nice To Be Dead".
The visuals for the album were created by French/Iranian graphic novelist and animated film director Marjane Satrapi. Marjane and Iggy met when she asked him to voice one of the characters in the English language version of her Academy-award nominated movie `Persepolis' in 2007.
