I considered myself a fairly serious Iggy fan (both solo and in the Stooges) over the years, but until I heard this title track about five or six years ago, I had no knowledge of this lost classic. The story behind the album is legendary, and I suggest you read Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka for a terrific recounting of how this it all came together. Once I finally heard this album, I couldn't believe it was not more widely known. It contains some very catchy songs--Kill City and Consolation Prizes, especially--that really should have been hits. They rock your face off, just like the best Iggy material does, but they also contain some insights into the man's state of mind at the time, as he was struggling with life after the Stooges, when the music world had seemingly moved on without him and he was fighting for a chance to crawl his way back up from the depths of addiction. This album is sandwiched between the three all-time classic Stooges albums and the solo material he'd record with Bowie, so it's possible that's why it gets lost in the shuffle of Iggy's musical legacy, but this remaster provides proof that this album is just as worthy of the "classic" label as any of Iggy's other work from that period.