Skull Ring

Skull Ring
Studio album by
Iggy Pop
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003
RecordedJanuary–February 2003
StudioHit Factory Criteria (Miami)
GenrePunk rock
Length61:38
LabelVirgin
ProducersIggy Pop, Greig Nori ("Little Know It All")
Iggy Pop chronology
Beat 'Em Up
(2001)		 Skull Ring
(2003)		 A Million in Prizes: The Anthology
(2005)
Singles from Skull Ring
  1. "Little Know It All"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Motor Inn"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
The GuardianStarStarStar
Pitchfork4.1/10
PopMatters
Rolling StoneStarStarStar
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar

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, such as 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 songs.

One single, "Little Know It All", was released from the album and featured Sum 41, and the music video for the song received significant airplay.[citation needed]. "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) – 3:51
  4. "Superbabe" (featuring the Trolls) – 4:09
  5. "Loser" (featuring the Stooges) – 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) – 3:16
  9. "Dead Rock Star" (featuring the Stooges) – 4:39
  10. "Rock Show" (featuring Peaches) (Merrill Nisker) – 2:08
  11. "Here Comes the Summer" (featuring the Trolls) – 4:53
  12. "Motor Inn" (featuring Feedom with Peaches) (Pop, Nisker, Jason Beck, Dave Szigeti) – 4:11
  13. "Inferiority Complex" (featuring the Trolls) – 4:13
  14. "Supermarket" (featuring Green Day) – 3:01
  15. "'Til Wrong Feels Right" (Pop) – 3:13
  16. "Blood on Your Cool" (featuring the Trolls) – 7:02
  17. "Nervous Exhaustion" (hidden track featuring the Trolls)
B-sides and alternative versions

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Skull Ring
Chart (2003) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)34

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Skull Ring by Iggy Pop – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Skull Ring – Iggy Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Iggy Pop". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (October 2, 2003). "Iggy Pop, Skull Ring | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Carr, Eric (November 3, 2003). "Iggy Pop: Skull Ring Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Williams, Adam (December 9, 2003). "IGGY POP Skull Ring". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  7. ↑ Kot, Greg (November 3, 2003). "Iggy Pop: Skull Ring". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  8. ↑ Coleman, Mark; Kemp, Rob (2004). "Iggy Pop". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 645–646. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Iggy Pop – Skull Ring". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 17, 2021.