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Classic Rock MagazineJun 25, 2013Ready To Die suggests Iggy is anything but. [Jun 2013, p.90]
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Under The RadarJun 13, 2013Ready To Die is a beast and far outplays Pop's last Stooges reunion album, 2007's The Weirdness. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.93]
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Jun 4, 2013While fans can rest assured that rampage is still on the menu, be prepared to well up, too.
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May 28, 2013If one doesn't expect the last great Stooges album and sets aside the hype, Ready to Die is actually a pretty good, satisfying proto-punk rock album.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013They've bottled the lightning in an album of satirical wit, edgy intelligence and what fans crave most of all, raw power. [Jun 2013, p.105]
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May 8, 2013Ready to Die is a weirdly exhilarating gem, thanks to Iggy's fiery eloquence and the Stooges' still-raw power. Apparently rock'n'roll can be an old man's game after all.
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May 2, 2013This new album of old ideas hits hardest at its softest, most melancholy moments.
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May 2, 2013Ready to Die finds the quintet on Fat Possum, making them indie artists for the first time, and they give their new label the best produced, loudest, and slickest--without sacrificing any primal grit and drive--Stooges disc yet.
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Apr 30, 2013On Ready to Die, Iggy & the Stooges sound hungry, ready not to expire but to prove something: that rock & roll is not dead and no one does it better.
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Apr 30, 2013The music is patently dirty and rough, but Pop’s subdued moments sound more solo career than Stooge.
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Apr 30, 2013Ready to Die is the reunion album (Iggy and) the Stooges deserve, washing away the bad taste of The Weirdness.
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Apr 30, 2013Ready to Die isn't the missing sequel to Raw Power, but it is a masterclass in writing a big, dumb punk album with occasional touches of emotional depth.
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Apr 29, 2013Liberated from the weight of their history, they're just ready to rock while they still can, and that's why Ready to Die is, against all odds, a terrific Stooges album.
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Apr 29, 2013That fleeting escape aside [“Unfriendly World”], Ready to Die is another torrid tour de force from a band built for speed, not comfort.
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Apr 29, 2013Ready to Die holds up as an unexpectedly sturdy late-career coda.
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Apr 29, 2013It's impressive that singing about the careless abandon of life seems as natural as ever for him, even as he hurtles towards 70.
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Apr 29, 2013It ain't no Raw Power. But once you get your head around the fact that it rightfully doesn't even attempt to imitate its antecedent, and really is more a belated sequel to Pop and Williamson's 1977 album Kill City, then this is, in places, a pretty damn good rock & roll record.
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Apr 29, 2013The result wears the weight of its history lightly, with the exception of "The Departed", a solemn tribute to lost Stooges.
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Apr 26, 2013It is much stronger than their previous disappointing album The Weirdness (2007), and at times even recalls their creative heyday in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
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The WireApr 24, 2013Ready To Die, in essence, a solid hard rock album, with all the good and bad that implies. [May 2013, p.59]
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Apr 22, 2013A time-bridging release that stands as an essential and timely reminder of just how rock ‘n’ roll ought to be played.
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Apr 22, 2013[A] robust studio resurrection of his alliance with guitarist James Williamson.
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