Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop by Iggy Pop

Personnel includes: Iggy Pop (vocals); David Bowie, Kate Pierson (background vocals). The Stooges: Iggy Pop (vocals); Ron Asheton (guitar, bass); James Williamson (guitar); Scott Thurston (keyboards); Dave Alexander (bass); Scott Asheton (drums). Compilation producer: Wendi Cartwright Osborn. Includes liner notes by Iggy Pop. Recording information: 1973-1993. Photographers: Michael Lavine; Gerard Malanga. Unknown Contributor Role: Iggy Pop. For those unfamiliar with the careening, death-defying life and music of Iggy Pop, NUDE & RUDE provides a concise and potent overview. Opening with tracks from his seminal late '60s outfit, The Stooges, the assault is immediate. "Search & Destroy," "No Fun," and "Gimme Danger" all possess an animalistic power to which many bands aspire but very few achieve. The countless cover versions that have surfaced over the years have only underscored the Stooges' bone-rattling urgency. Iggy's solo career has been more fitful. Beset by various forms of self-abuse, Pop resurfaced...