“How many second chances does Iggy Pop get? The singing Stooge nabs another with this robust studio resurrection of his alliance with guitarist James Williamson, the axis behind the Stooges' 1973 lethal-glam classic, Raw Power, and the battered jewels on the 1977 Pop-Williamson set, Kill City. Ready to Die more resembles the latter, not just in the lower acoustic gear of "Unfriendly World" and "The”
“On The Stooges' latest full-length effort, the band is sounding tighter than they did on 2007's The Weirdness, but there's still no effort to fix what was ailing the band lyrically and vocally.”