Stripped down, raw 'n' dirty rockage from the Ig

Review Score: (8/10)
"Naughty Little Doggie" is one of Iggy Pop's more underrated albums, but is a gem, nonetheless. Thom Wilson's production eschews much of the commercial/radio-ready sound of the previous two albums ("Brick by Brick" and "American Caesar") and sounds a lot like a late-70s era punk rock record. Iggy's songwriting is great, par usual, with paeans to the usual suspects--sex, eternal youth, drugs, consumerism.... The sung/spoken piece "Pussy Walk" is classic Iggy--coming from anybody else, it would sound incredibly crude/cheesy, but coming from rock & roll's celebrated "dirty old man" it really works, and so does the fist-pumping "Heart is Saved," "I Wanna Live" and the vaguely Ramones-y "Keep on Believing." A very strong album.

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