Open Up and Bleed explained

Open Up and Bleed!
Type:	Live
Artist:	Iggy and the Stooges
Cover:	Open Up and Bleed cover.jpg
Released:	1995
Recorded:	1973
Genre:	Proto-punk, hard rock, punk rock
Length:	64:33
Label:	BOMP! (cat# BCD 4051)
Prev Title:	Metallic K.O.
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Live in Detroit
Next Year:	2003

Open Up and Bleed! is a live album by Iggy and the Stooges that was released in 1995. The copy on the CD cover shows a subtitle – "The Great Lost Stooges Album?" – and suggests a line-up of songs that the band had been performing in their live shows, which might have been collected into a fourth studio album by the band that was never released.

Track listing

The album consisted of 2 types.

• All tracks by Iggy Pop and James Williamson except where noted

Type 1

1. "Rubber Legs" - 5:22
2. "Open Up and Bleed" - 4:55
3. "Johanna" - 4:37
4. "Cock in My Pocket" - 3:51
5. "Head On" (Williamson) - 5:42
6. "Cry for Me" - 6:47
7. "Rich Bitch" (Pop) - 9:54
8. "Wet My Bed" - 5:36
9. "I Got Nothing" (Pop) - 4:02
10. "Heavy Liquid/New Orleans" - 5:59
11. "She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills" - 4:48
12. "Rubber Legs" (Version 2) (Williamson) - 5:40

Type 2

1. "Death Trip"
2. "Head On"
3. "Rubber Legs"
4. "Radio Advertisement"
5. "Raw Power"
6. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley)
7. "Ballad of Hollis Brown" (Bob Dylan)
8. "Open Up and Bleed"
9. "Johanna"
10. "Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix)
11. "I'm So Glad" (Skip James - Cream)

Personnel

• Iggy Pop – lead vocals
• James Williamson – guitar
• Ron Asheton – bass, backing vocals
• Scott Asheton – drums
• Scott Thurston – piano

Technical

• Patrick Boissel – remastering
• Claude Gassian – photography
• Frank Meyer – liner notes
• Greg Shaw – graphic design
• Mike Wolf – remastering

External links

• AllMusic review
• Robert Christgau review