Skull Ring

Skull Ring
Studio album by Iggy Pop
Released November 4, 2003
Recorded The Hit Factory Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
Genre Punk rock
Length 61:38
Label Virgin
Producer Iggy Pop, Greig Nori ("Little Know It All")
Iggy Pop chronology
Beat 'Em Up
(2001)		 Skull Ring
(2003)		 A Million in Prizes: The Anthology
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork4.1/10[4]
PopMatters[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Skull Ring is the fourteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop, released in November 2003. Every track on the album features guest performers. The performers are The Stooges, The Trolls, Green Day, Sum 41, and Peaches.

Background

The performers on most of the tracks on the album are The Trolls, Iggy's band from the Beat 'Em Up era. Members of his original band The Stooges also appear on some of the tracks.

One single, "Little Know It All", was released from the album and featured Sum 41. A music video for the song received significant airplay.. "Little Know It All" also appeared in the video game NASCAR Thunder 2004.

Track listing

  1. "Little Electric Chair" (featuring The Stooges) (Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton) – 4:40
  2. "Perverts in the Sun" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Whitey Kirst, Alex Kirst, Pete Marshall) – 3:18
  3. "Skull Ring" (featuring The Stooges) (Pop, Asheton, Asheton) – 3:51
  4. "Superbabe" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall) – 4:09
  5. "Loser" (featuring The Stooges) (Pop, Asheton, Asheton) – 2:41
  6. "Private Hell" (featuring Green Day) (Pop, Billie Joe Armstrong) – 2:50
  7. "Little Know It All" (featuring Sum 41) (Pop, Deryck Whibley, Greig Nori) – 3:33
  8. "Whatever" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall) – 3:16
  9. "Dead Rock Star" (featuring The Stooges) (Pop, Asheton, Asheton) – 4:39
  10. "Rock Show" (featuring Peaches) (Merrill Nisker) – 2:08
  11. "Here Comes the Summer" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall) – 4:53
  12. "Motor Inn" (featuring Freedom with Peaches) (Pop, Nisker, Jason Beck, Dave Szigeti) – 4:11
  13. "Inferiority Complex" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall) – 4:13
  14. "Supermarket" (featuring Green Day) (Pop, Armstrong) – 3:01
  15. "'Til Wrong Feels Right" (Pop) – 3:13
  16. "Blood on Your Cool" (featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall) – 7:02
  17. "Nervous Exhaustion" (hidden track featuring The Trolls) (Pop, Kirst, Kirst, Marshall)
B-sides and alternative versions

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Skull Ring by Iggy Pop – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Skull Ring – Iggy Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (October 2, 2003). "Iggy Pop, Skull Ring | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ Carr, Eric (November 3, 2003). "Iggy Pop: Skull Ring Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
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