Ready to Die is the eighteenth solo studio album by Iggy Pop, released on April 30, 2013. It is the first album by Iggy Pop in collaboration with guitarist James Williamson since the days of The Stooges in the 1970s, although it is not an album by The Stooges as a band.
The album was recorded at Sonora Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Iggy Pop, James Williamson, and Scott M. Riesett. Musically, it returns to the sound of garage rock and proto-punk, with distorted guitars and raw lyrics about mortality and aging.
The cover features a skull with a crown, alluding to the title. The album received generally positive reviews, highlighting Iggy Pop's renewed energy and chemistry with Williamson, although some critics noted that it did not reach the height of his classic work with The Stooges.