The Idiot

I've heard of this album and know a few songs but never listened to it. There are some strong songs such as Nightclubbing but it sounds like a Bowie album rather than an Iggy album. It's great if this helped Iggy crawl out of a hole but if I want to listen to a Bowie album I prefer the ones listed under "Bowie".

I've generally been cool on Iggy Pop, but I'm a big Bowie fan, so I think this collab is one of Pop's better efforts. A few of Bowie's rhythm section appears here also, Dennis Davis, Carlos Alomar, George Murray (the DAM trio) and producer Tony Visconti. Bowie was in his Krautrock /Pre Berlin phase so this album reflects a lot of the sound of that period. You can really hear Bowie's influence on Sister Midnight and Nightclubbing. The original version of China Girl on this album is interesting, less cultural appropriation and not as polished as Bowie's version that released a few years later but it has its charm. Wiki mentions that Iggy was in love with a Vietnamese woman Kuelan Nguyen. When he professed his love for her, she replied "shhhh". But for some inexplicable reason he called her a "China girl", but I digress.

Cool

3.5/5

Bowie sending strong vibes. Iggy bringing the energy. Glad I've had a listen to this one.

Slower and more restrained than I thought it would be. Some quite pleasant songs but nothing that really blew me away

i get the appeal of iggy pop, and can see why people like this album, but can also see why this doesn't really appeal to me all that much. appreciate the technical aspect, but not his best work

Had low expectations, and didn’t expect to like this one. But it is like a grungy David Bowie album.

This album has ONE song: Funtime. It's 38 minutes long. I just clicked play right now, and I'm excited to see where this goes... Alright, I finished: Interesting. Amazing how much he sounds like Bowie. The one song does fluctuate a lot and could pass off for an album full of distinct tracks. Nothing stood out to me. Interesting format. I think that's another thing I've learned during this 1001 Project: not only do albums sound different, but they can be created and distributed completely different as well.

IGGY POP. Probably an Idiot. Maybe a Genius. David Bowie was certainly a genius and with David's help so is this record? Let's listen and find out. Eh, it's no Passenger.

Fine album. Didn't really impress me all that much.

CG

For the father of punk, this was pretty slow and boring.

Decent album however really nothing that stands out in any particular way

Solid album, some groves on here. Iggy finally clicking a bit for me

the album was alright. the story behind it was better. shout out davey B

Eeehhhhh.

o iggy pop é um cara engraçado. ele canta com aquele tom de voz morto dele, nos stooges tinha uma animação maior, mas na carreira solo ele sempre parece meio cansado. esse album é bom, ja ouvi ele um tempo atras, tem coisas que certamente deram força pro movimento punk e por mais que eu não goste dele por inteiro, tem algumas musicas boas.

I did not like this album as much as I expected to. I love Bowie and am happy with much of Iggy Pop so I was expecting this to be a new favorite. There's a lot to like but overall it feels oppressive. I guess I just don't dig the vibe.

Absolutely fine

A real album of two halves for me. The first side is excellent, taking the energy of The Stooges excellent work and channeling it into some ridiculously groovy post-punk and new wave bangers. The second half really tails off in comparison though

This was ok. I’m not a massive fan. By the end I was ready to turn it off.

china girl y dum dum boys, temazos

Bastante piola pero no suelo escuchar música de esta época.

Can’t say it was anything special

Not for me

Not bad, but definitely not best from Iggy. Saved tracks: Nightclubbing, Baby

Better than I expected

Punk-rock un tanto conceptual. Poco pesado de escuchar. Voz reconocible y con un estilo definido. Le falta ser un poco más variado

Yea another pleasant listen

Bowie, truly the chameleon of rock

I heard the name Iggy pop many times but this is the first Iggy pop album I listened to and I was not impressed. At least on this album, he comes off as a try hard David Bowie wannabe and doesn't find his own groove

Two things immediately sprang to mind when I started this album. First, it was nothing like the Stooges, which was a surprise. Second, I was getting some serious David Bowie vibes from Iggy's vocals. I checked out Wiki, and it turns out there's a good reason for that: Bowie was deeply involved with the production of this album, writing most of the instrumentation and playing many of the instruments involved. This is almost as much a Bowie album as it is an Iggy album. (Bowie even "covered" (can you cover a song you helped write?) "China Girl" a handful of years later (and did it better).) Sadly, a Bowie album wasn't what I was hoping for. I wanted the visceral, unhinged Iggy, like him screaming "Looooooooord! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaaah!" at the beginning of "T.V. Eye." (Side note: I took a music class that covered early classical all the way up to contemporary music, and the professor started one of our late-semester classes with that song. Blew. My. Mind. I didn't know what the fuck I was listening to, but I immediately knew that I loved it.) Would I have enjoyed it more if I'd known about the Bowie connection beforehand? Hard to say. But judging from this album, I probably prefer Stooges Iggy to Solo Iggy. That said, it's Iggy and Bowie, so I can't justify anything less than three stars.

Merkt wel dat hij met Bowie woonde toen hij dit album maakte, maar dan kan je beter naar bowie luisteren. Prima

M’n pa is erg fan maar iggy doet voor mij nog niet zo veel. Prima album, maar moet denk ik meer van hem of deze vaker luisteren om er echt in te komen. Voor nu een 3

I bet Bowie was involved with this. Weird. Maybe will listen again someday when it's not the middle of the night with crappy headphones

Unusual, sounds a bit like david bowie which makes sense since he produced it. Perhaps a 3.5?

Boh

spoko

never been a huge fan of Iggy Pop. I respect what he did for music but haven't even found myself particularly enjoying his music.

6/10. Eh, definitely wasn't bad but nothing really caught my attention?

A very different album to the Stooges material, all made sense after reading the blurb that's it's basically a Bowie album. Quite enjoyed it in parts but didn't blow me away, prefer the Stooges.

That was new. Didn't realize China Girl was his song.

A not necessarily Bowie album, recorded just before Low. Sister Midnight is a cool tune. Iggy's delivery on Funtime sucks eggs. Its so stilted. China girl is another good song with really trash vocals. Dum Dum Boys is rad. The intro on Mass Production is some wack bs but also kind of a funny prank on record listeners. Man hard to tell. this felt like extras or a proto bowie record. hard to say will need a revisit.

Enjoyed it, some songs much better than others.

I liked The Idiot, it's imposing and bluesy and quirky and it has China Girl which is exceptional. It's not high quality but it's 3/5 solid.

Heroin, meet cocaine .

I like Iggy Pop, but I did find this a bit meh. Nightclubbing is a highlight.

🤷 Not bad, not great.

It was average.

At first I didn't dig his voice but the more I listened, the more I really came to love the overall sound. But after a few tracks I started to realize he sounded a lot like David Bowie...so much to the point where I thought "Man I always thought Iggy Pop was a punk type guy but he's really going for a Bowie sound here." As I always do, I eventually headed to the Wikipedia article to read about this album, so imagine my surprise when I saw that not only did he and Bowie have a friendship, Bowie brought him to his studio to record this album and produced it for him! Yeah no so coincidental or even thievery after all. But then I read that Bowie actually wrote most of the songs and Iggy did lyrics and singing, which happened to be the parts I really didn't like. To me, this is more of a Bowie album than an Iggy Pop one, and to be fair, I don't know enough about Iggy's songwriting or singing to truly pass that judgment but that's how it felt. I feel like if Bowie had done this all himself with minimal help from Iggy on vocals or lyrics, it would be a 4 or 5 star album, but as it stands it's just mid to me though I did enjoy it overall.

Pierwszy solowy material od pana Iggiego, album z 77, ktory jednak ciezko nazwac solowym debiutem, bo influencje Bowiego sa tutaj az tak mocne, ze Pop schodzi na drugi plan jako osoba od spiewania, bo nie da sie tutaj ustalic ile kto napisal, ale wyraznie slychac, ze muzyka komponowana i rowniez grana byla przez Bowiego, wiec album malo Popowy, a za to mocno Lowowy, bo daje podobny vibe, choc tutaj jest zdecydowanie barwniej i mniej mrocznie, na 38 minutach nagrania znalazlo sie miejsce na 8 trakow, wszystko poza niektorymi gitarami i drumami bylo Bowiowane, wiec sporo tutaj klawiszy, synthowania, niespodziewanego tamburynowania, sporo slychac takze saksy, ktora w niektorych miejsach wydaje sie byc wrecz puszczana w 0,5 predkosci grania, najbardziej ten zabieg slychac na mass production, ktory sam w sobie brzmi mocno futurystycznie czy nawet na koniec krautowo, za produkcje rowniez odpowiadal mastermind projektu, wiec na kazdym kroku slychac typowe szlifowanie i ocieplanie brzmienia Iggiego, wiec zupelna odmiana po surowosci Stoogesowej, hajlajtowym trakiem byl dla mnie, chyba nie tylko mnie bo jest to najbardziej sluchany na spotifaju utwor z tego albumu, nightclubbing, ciekawie zbudowana melodia z prawdziwych szczepkow instrumentali, jedynie jednostajne drumowanie nadaje ciaglosci trakowi, nie jest to plyta ktora jakos zapada w pamiec, ale zdecydowanie przyjemny odsluch jesli ktos jest fanem tworczosci Bowiego, nawet bardziej niz Iggiego, z dzisiejszego odsluchu wynioslem przede wszystkim ciekawostke, ze okladka jest referencja do obrazu Roquairol Heckela, do ktorego rowniez pozniej siegal Bowie tworzac okladke Heroes

Yeah...fun, but not amazing

Weird worse David Bowie

It's OK - nothing extraordinary

I suppose I'm not surprised to find the full Berlin trilogy on the list.

70’er art rock, bowie-produktion, dostojevskij

Another example of a front man leaving a band to pursue a career in Dad Rock.

first listen it's alright

Mid

Decent album with some interesting trippy bits. Favorite track: Mass Production

Decent listen. Fav track: China Girl

First listen. Fun to hear early Iggy.

Not my favorite Iggy

Better on his own than in The Stooges, which I had yesterday - he really just wants to be David Bowie here, and I mean who wouldn't, but imitation pales. Also as always, points knocked off for noncery.

Not as good as Lust

David Bowie's fingerprints are over this record. He wrote most of it, played on it and produced it and the album probably wouldn't have been made without Bowie's presence. If you are expecting "Stooges" Iggy, you'll be disappointed, but if you take this record at face value, it's a decent record. Some good songs on here, but it's inconsistent and it's bit too artsy for it's own good somtimes. I expected more.

Pretty cool, way less punk than I expected from Iggy Pop. Only just realized how big a difference his solo music vs stooges music could be. You definitely hear Bowie's influence on it. 3.5 but rounding down.

not bad, but not my style.

Yeah. Nice. Not amazing but stand the test of time pretty well. Not sure I’ll return to it but a perfectly nice listen.

I wanted to like this. I like Iggy Pop and I like Bowie but I was horribly bored with Iggys Bowie impression after 2 tracks. Every song sounds the same. It sounds like 2 friends went into the studio when they were bored on holiday and wopped out an album. I think I'll stick with Stooges era Iggy Pop.

There are some bangers on here.

This was okay but not what I expected from Iggy Pop. The Bowie influence was clear here.

the stooges > iggy solo

30th September 2022 Listened in the morning while getting ready for first day at the BBC. Iggy slinks and sidles his way through this very atmospheric and punchy album.

Might have to listen to it again but didn't really excite me. I was interested at the beginning but I felt it a bit repetitive after a while. Worth another try anyway

Me gusta más Lust for Life, pero este tiene Nightclubbing

Decent old school alternative

At its best, a cool, Bowie-ish album, but not everything hit perfectly, and some of it felt a little too in the shadow of Bowie... But still pretty good

China girl was good but definitely racist. Dum dum boy was also solid. Started to like near the end when it was more rock and less goth

Autant j'ai pu apprécier certains albums d'Iggy Pop, autant j'aimerais lui dire que le fait de se déboîter l'épaule vingt-quatre fois en trente minutes et de remuer le bassin de droite à gauche ne suffit pas pour sortir un CD.

An okay album from iggy pop. Felt like this was a little bit of show tunes mixed with some punk and Bowie stylings. Iggy poo has a unique style and I find his music ok for a little bit. This was decent. 6.2/10

I wonder if Iggy thought at all about naming an album "the Iggiot". That would be pretty cool.

He's got an understated swagger and attitude on these tracks that actually deliver pretty well. Dum Dum Boys stands out for me, though it was pretty fascinating to hear a China Girl version that predates Bowie's recording by 6 years. A bit challenging and enjoyable listen.

I should probably vibe more with iggy pop but i just don't. Live it must be amazing though

3.5

Töffari töffaranna. Mér finnst þessi plata skemmtileg.

Good shit

In theory I like it. But kind of a drab listen compared to Lust for Life which came out in the same year.

Sounds like a bizarro world Bowie, but I can hear how this has influenced a bunch of artists that followed.

This was fine. Not as punk as I thought it would be but you can tell that is from the bowie production. Enjoyed his version of china girl but glad that Bowie did it better

3.4 - decent. Enjoyed Dum Dum Boys, in particular. But prefer a little more raw than this polished set of tracks.

I always thought Iggy Pop was this kooky weird old dude that always performed with his shirt off. But, this album is quite interesting in that, you can definitely hear the Bowie influence in the early part of the album, and the latter half morphs into this almost experimental electronic/rock that has something a little robotic about it, but still feels very Bowie-esque. Best: Sister Midnight Worst: Tiny Girls

Seemed pretty cool, kinda forgot about it though

Eh

In general, I find Iggy Pop's music OK. Nothing special, not the type of music I actively seek to listen to, but definitely OK. This album has the potential to offer me more, given it was produced by David Bowie. But I don't think it delivers on this promise. China Girl more or less proves the point: while Iggy Pop's music can be nice to listen to, if it's excellence that I seek, I should turn to Bowie, his music, and his version.

Feels a bit thematically unbalanced (having 20% of the LP runtime in one track definitely doesn't help), but still hits the familiar and welcome marks of an enjoyable Iggy Pop album. This one wins bonus points for sounding like a shamble through a druggy haze, the stilted rhythms of "Nightclubbing" are just one example of how the musical uncanny valley is put to good use.

3 1/2

Not as celebrated as Bowie’s Low, given it was made more or less at the same time by the same artists. Acceptable, but not as good as Lust For Life or Station To Station.

Weinig van niet wat Iggy ooit deed veranderde in goud, maar deze vond ik toch cool!

Niet geheel verrassend nogal wat Bowie vibes op deze plaat: hij schreef en produceerde alle muziek en speelt bijna alle instrumenten op deze plaat. Ik kon het goed hebben.

Best van genoten.

It was a fine enough listen but it seemed like something was missing to hook me into it. Several times Iggy's voice seemed very weak and was overwhelmed by the music.

I would equate Iggy to Black Sabbath. Cool instrumentals but not good vocals.

pas assez pop à mon goût

Iggy Pop. Klassisk. Men ikkje någe eg gidder å høre så mye på.

Ikkje spesielt minneverdig

3/5 goodish

Eh, this didn't really stand out to me in any way.

I dig it

Good stuff.

Good one Iggy

Instead of using a vocoder, Bowie used Iggy.

after having listened to lust for life first, this albums seems to be a musical piece composition piece that is mostly contributed by bowie while iggy only supplied vocals that arent as prominent

Nice that Iggy got sober, and Bowie helped him out, but musically, this is pretty dull and droning. Iggy is neither blessed with a good voice nor a good singer – at least not on this record. He sounds rusty, like a poor man’s Lou Reed recorded while swimming underwater. Are we supposed to take “China Girl” seriously? The warbly voice that gives itself over to screaming suggests IP is taking the piss. The band has its moments of fine form (including on “China Girl” once Iggy stops wailing) and “Tiny Girls” is somewhat affecting. But one man’s musical therapy does not necessarily a great record make. 2.5 and only rounding up based on the “godfather of punk” rule.”

05/01/2022 Pretty decent; ultimately, another one that's just not for me.

The Idiot is an avant-garde album similar to David Bowie's records of the same era. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Bowie also appears as co-songwriter and musician. It's not a pretty album to listen to and at times it feels more like an experiment in making noise than making music. It's a hard to judge its merit as you have to take it on it's own terms which was presumably to make some wacked out sounds.

Enjoyed, some recognizable tunes and fune proto punk poppy album from the Iggster

Whilst I love Iggy Pop this falls rather short.

Brenda from Bristol says "you're joking - not another one?!" How many Iggy Pop albums are in this list? It's significant, in that, after Iggy's rehab, only with Bowie's backing, the record company would give this album a chance. In that context, the album becomes more interesting - without it, although well produced, it's fairly average.

4/10/2022 Today's Album: "The Idiot" by Iggy Pop - This song was apparently a collaboration with David Bowie and it definitely sounds like it in the production. It reminds me of a lot of the strange experimental sounds I was hearing on the Aladdin Sane record from a few reviews ago, but with strange and creepy post-punk Iggy pop all over it. From the off vocals to the strange key, this album screams creepy, but with a really listenable twist. I think this collaboration goes over particularly well because each of them are bringing their weirdest ideas to the table to create something that sounds really interesting, but also so twisted or demented. It definitely took a detailed listen with headphones to really get a lot of the ideas on this record and frankly, I would say the 5 songs with less than 3 million streams are all comparably worse than the ones with more. I love the track China Girl for its toy piano and I really like the 8 minute long Dum Dum Boys but I think the latter is just too long with too little variety to be a repeat listen kind of track. Tiny Girls is sort of cute but the lyrics are kind of messed up and I don't like the vocals at all. The finisher is kind of interesting I guess, but it sort of sounds like Bowie trying to do his best Roger Water impression and just not being very good at it. The instrumental gets truly weird and I think there is a lot to say about the experimentation of it, but the vocals just really don't back it up at all. Although it ends the album in a decent way by wrapping up a lot of the themes, it's only because the only consistent theme of this album is being fucking weird and it is just 8 minutes of stranger and stranger noise. If you are a David Bowie fanboy, this is probably a must listen because the production really sounds like the weirdest side of Bowie in the best way, but I think I just don't like when they go off the deep end and really get experimental. I would give the Highlights a listen if you can handle slightly stranger pop music, but leave most of it for what it is, which is a bunch of experimentation with a very small amount grounded in some solid pop ideas. Score: 6/10 Highlights: Sister Midnight, Nightclubbing, Baby, China Girl

A little drone-y and semi-sinister dude drawl for my taste. I will allow there is despite my tastes some obvious brilliance at play.

A competent mashup for sure. Never really could stand Iggy's way of singing though. Too bad I guess as I probably would have loved this otherwise.

Very Bowie-esque showing from Iggy. Not very punk in this one, but more dramatic tunes that make you feel like you're in the big city late at night. It was good, nice to see another side to his music.

Première écoute, j'avais rien lu comme à mon habitude pour pas teinter mon écoute et je trouvais que ça sonnait comme du Bowie. Je savais qu'ils avaient été proche mais sans plus. Turns out j'avais pas tort 😆 J'ai plus aimé que je pensais. C'est pas le chanteur du siècle mais ça marche dans le style. Un peu expérimental mais pas trop, ça s'écoute bien tout ça

Pour moi la meilleure chanson d’Iggy Pop est The Passenger qui se retrouve sur l’album suivant Lust For Life, également produit par David Bowie. The Idiot est tout de même un bon album, mais on est plus proche de l’univers de Bowie que de l’univers d’Iggy Pop qui cassait la baraque avec les Stooges. Donc en terme d’authenticité, Lust For Life représente mieux Iggy Pop. Étant un fan de Bowie, j’aime tout de même cet album. On est au début de la période Berlinoise de Bowie ici puisqu’il a enregistré Low au même moment. Je trouve que les 2 artistes font du bon boulot ensemble. Malheureusement pour Iggy (ou heureusement d’un côté), Bowie a eu plus de succès avec sa reprise de China Girl qu’il a retravaillé avec Nike Rodgers sur Let’s Dance. Ça lui a par contre procuré des droits d’auteur sur la chanson. Fun fact, le kick de Nightclubbing à été utilisé pour le beat de Closer de Nine Inch Nails. Pièces préférées: Dum Dum Boys, Nightclubbing, Mass Production (pour le côté musical, pas la meilleure performance vocale)

Classic Iggy Pop album, always find it strange hearing anyone other than Bowie sing China Girl.

Pretty good. Mostly enjoyed, especially first half. Would listen again.

I mean...it was okay, I guess? I don't hate Iggy Pop's music--I enjoyed the Passenger as much as anyone but this album wasn't really my thing. It wasn't aggressively bad--there we're a few good tracks, including my fave, Nightclubbing. But overall this album was a solid meh. Didn't hate it, but wouldn't listen again.

Pretty raw... The Idiot was the first result of the collaboration with Bowie and, in fact, the prototype for Bowie's own album Low. (6/10) FT: Nightclubbing, China Girl

This was different than what I thought when I saw Iggy Pop. Much less punk rock, I guess it is his early stuff. It was fine, but didn't blow me away as being extraordinary.

My least favourite Iggy album.

Good enough.

OK - not his best

Hat am Anfang geROCKt aber war mir dann etwas zu flach und gleich alles. Einige gute Banger sind aber dabei. Kp was rechtfertigen sollte, dass zwei Songs über 7 Minuten gehen. 6/10

Kurzes Review, weil wenig Zeit gehabt: ist cool, aber hat mich auch nicht umgehauen.

kinda dark avante garde album. Interesting.

Liked it.

Eh!

Gritty spooky punk rock.

The conversation about the Bowie-esque nature of this album I spot on. Didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it.

Boring

Rock punk

This music is not a catalyst for Iggy’s voice like the proto-punk stylings of The Stooges nor his later albums, as confirmed by a sampling of Lust for Life. That’s not to say the music isn’t good. It just doesn’t pair well with Iggy. Highlights include Sister Midnight, the future NIN sample on Nightclubbing, and the guitars at the end of China Girl. This falls on the low end of ***.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: China girl

nice to hear some of the earlier Iggy that is a little more weird and mellow than more straight up rock/punk.

I like Iggy & the Stooges and David Bowie separately, but a Bowie song with Iggy singing in a way that doesn’t suit his voice is merely OK.

The Idiot by Iggy Pop (1977) Iggy Pop as The Idiot? With apologies to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen (1988): “I served with The Idiot. I knew The Idiot. The Idiot was a friend of mine. Iggy, you’re no idiot.” Which is to say, for a kid who grew up in a trailer park in Ypsilanti, Michigan, he was one of the “Dum Dum Boys” (opening track of side two), but while he was smart enough to turn out dark and serviceable poetry as lyrics, he was no Dostoevsky (whose poetic oeuvre was scant anyway, but you get the point). Nor was he as innocent as Prince Myshkin, the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot (1869). Myshkin’s innocence was mistaken for idiocy by his cultured acquaintances. I know this is a lot to keep up with, but hang in there; it’s worth it. Pop’s poetry might be called pop poetry—unafraid of shocking references (Nazism, incest, global despotism), he can wrap frivolity in menace (“Nightclubbing”, “Funtime”, “China Girl”). One wonders if there wasn’t some opioid influence (there was—the best). But the penetrating psychological spadework goes deep, if the listener is willing to open up. Be careful. But setting aside the proletarian pomposity in the title, the lyrics, the cover art, Iggy Pop does produce a good sound. It helps to have a friend in producer David Bowie (who I suspect used this recording project as an experiment for his own future works). He (Pop? Bowie? Take your pick) understands the importance of a solid bass foundations, slow tempos, and the mood-inducing legato of the chord progressions and synthesized backgrounds. Unfortunately, Pop’s voice is recorded with a muddy tone and with a bit too much reverb that are only transcended in the highs (as in the excellent last verse of “China Girl”, a song which is way, way better than Bowie’s later version [1983]). And the production would have been vastly improved with real instead of synthesized strings. When this album was released, it sounded like the future. Forty-five years later it doesn’t quite sound like the past. It remains attractive, mysterious, enigmatic, and haunting. It only and intentionally seems like idiocy to the cultured. Yet it pries into the listener’s soul and suggests a horrifying climax and denouement—but I don’t want to spoil the ending of Dostoevsky’s novel. Listen to this album when you’re in the mood to brood. Then pick up a good book. 3/5

China girl and dum dum boys were the best

Eh

Iggy Pop it´s such an strange man, and so is his music, and I dig It. Coherent album.

Debut Iggy Pop's solo album of 1977, produced by Bowie. Interesting sound but I didn't enjoyed it so much.

Solid Iggy, but not as good as Stooges-era, or Lust For Life.

Dark, industrial, raw. A bit weird and experimental with the synths. It's not my style of music, so but I appreciate the influence and legacy this particular album has had on other post punk rock bands. Favourite songs: Dum Dum boys, China girl

This was a surprise, I didn't expect to find much I liked here but actually I enjoyed it quite a lot.

synd att iggy pop pajar ett gött sound

Another quality album by what must be the most consistent artist on this list.

Surprised... Was not expecting this..

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It's great but not my thing & I think it's aged quite a lot. But worth a listen.

Not as good as he is with the stooges. Tiny Girls had a cool horn beat

I’ve got tons of respect for iggy but this album never really lived up to the hype for me

Rispetto all'altro album mi ha colpito di meno, ma mi è piaciuto. Mi ero fatto davvero un'idea sbagliata di Iggy Pop e ora mi sono ricreduto. Le cose che mi piacciono di più sono, il sound un po' grezzo e come canta, che generalmente rappresentano uno stile che odio, ma che ne so, qua mi piacciono! 3

Arieccoce col vecchio Iggy. Salto il preambolo perché l'ho già fatto per "Lust for life" (che tra l'altro è uscito tipo 6 mesi prima). In questa incarnazione Iggy mi ha convinto di più e questo album mi è sembrato più maturo del successivo Lust for life che però per sua ammissione era stato fatto per intascarsi i soldi della produzione facendo na cosa tirata via. Questo album concilia meglio l'aspetto punk zozzone con elementi più interessanti compositivi e di arrangiamento. Iggy nella sua interpretazione vocale c'ha più o meno i soliti limiti però è più convincente o forse i pezzi li trovo più adatti stilisticamente. La produzione è veramente pessima, un tempo avrei pensato che per il '77 era ok ma oggi so che certe produzioni del '70 reggono botta ancora oggi quindi non c'ha veramente scuse. Vorrei dargli 4 perché per me è un 3.5 e in qualche modo è andata meglio, però considerando pure la produzione non me la sento, mi sembra una promozione troppo generosa. Beccate sto 3, idiota!

It's only appropriate that you only listen to this or any Iggy Pop without wearing a shirt. I'm writing this without a shirt on. It's debatable at this point whether Iggy Pop even owns a shirt. He probably is excluded from having to wear a shirt anywhere at this point. I once saw him walk into a convenience store without wearing a shirt to buy a carton of Lucky Strikes, and no one said a word. I doubt Anthony Kiedis is afforded the same luxurious treatment. The Bowie influence on this is everywhere, which only makes sense considering he produced the album and co-wrote all but one of the songs. The other Iggy Pop album is the better one on this list. But this, his debut solo album, is worthy. "China Girl" is probably the most recognizable track here, due to Bowie having a huge hit with his version six years after this album was released. I like both versions, but Iggy's is best heard sans shirt.

Pretty good. I dig.

I'd have to give this another listen, but based on first impressions I'm very...underwhelmed. I'm not huge on Iggy Pop's vocals and the rest is just...fine? IDK, normally I have some sort of opinion on albums but I'm just drawing a blank here.

I find Iggy Pop more palatable in small doses. A whole album in one sitting gets a bit janky

Sounded like a weirder version of Bowie in a good way

An enjoyable slice of sludge-rock. Parts of it sound like a QOTSA prototype (e.g. Mass Production), & also Bowie-esque, for obvious reasons. I like Iggy's voice and his lyrics, so lots of pros... but I don't think it veers into 'greatness' territory very often. Mainly just vibez. 3.5 or whatever.

Walked towards a thunderstorm to this. What an idi... Standout Tracks: NIghtclubbing, China Girls, Mass Production

It was fine, nothing really stuck out, however, I think on more listens I could like and appreciate it more.

A good Iggy album, an average Bowie album. Influential nevertheless

Nothing that special here.

Duidelijke samenwerking met David Bowie, die typisch Britse niet vaste ‘zang’. Vanaf China girl erg goed album, muziek is erg goed, meer rock dan ik dacht.

It has a very experimental punk rock feel. I actually enjoyed it quite thoroughly. His vocals were alright, but it fit the instrumentals and experimental tones.

I liked it, very similar to Bowie from that era obviously

I enjoyed this more than I thought. China girl was awesome.

I like Iggy Pop, it has a few good songs but I don't think I'd listen to the album again.

Nothing special but not unpleasant

Typical Iggy Pop. Nice.

Funkier than I thought... Lots of Bowie vibes.

This album was very Bowie-esque, which makes sense considering that David Bowie wrote most of the instrumentals and produced the album. I liked "Dum Dum Boys", but mostly because of the instrumental backing track.

His first studio album where glimpses of his later impact and influence can be seen. A solid foundation for something so groundbreaking at the time!

Nightclubbing and the ultra-well-known by the Bowie's version, China Girl are this album highlights. Definitely not my favourite Iggy's record

gave it another go, but its just not going to happen

Berlin Bowie rip off

Yeah you can hear Bowie's influence.

Very listenable. China Girl and Dum Dum Boys are the stand out tracks imho.

Dum dum boys - fav song (david bowie)

This was okay. Couple of good songs.

Thought I would enjoy this more than I did

3/5

A personal record which feels like coming out of the darkness. Very good album to listen as a whole...

Definitely ahead of its time by a decade. Loved Nightclubbing but can't see replaying the others much.

Ididot

I had no idea Iggy Pop recorded a David Bowie record.

I know Iggy is a legend but it's not something I enjoy listening on the regular, it does have some nice blues undertones to it, which made it more enjoyable

Semibängeri Vissa lite väl "classic rock" men bra fiilis överlag.

War in ander

I do not like singer voice, but else it is fine

It's fine.

Interesting

Nightclubbing is amazing. Definitely hearing the Bowie influence here, didn't realize he was a producer on this one.

ughhh i rly like iggy pop but this album just isn't great

Some decent tunes on here.

Good first album but not the best

I had not listened to this abum before. A few nice songs on this album.

The idiot is a debut solo album by American musician Iggy Pop released on March 18th 1977. It was a collaboration with David Bowie who is credited as producer received critical acclaim and is considered one of Iggy pop's best works. First song, "Sister Midnight" starts with catchy pop guitar and bass playing around and a low synth voice. Feels pretty restrained though. The riff is a little repetitive after a while. "Nightclubbing" the second track also starts with a repetitive back and forth brief but this time it's the piano and drums and it's a little bit bluesy but it's very repetitive with the I-IV cadence. There's some interesting guitar and the background hopefully it comes out to the front and there's a solo. "funtime" is a bit more of the same repetitive low energy stuff. Good if you want some background music that is not WOW. "Baby" is good. Has more interesting stuff going on Next song china girls is also good love the guitar. Dum Dum Boys is more classic rock now and it's getting good. Tiny girls was good but nothing outstanding. Final song "Mass Production" is heavy classic rock but mixed with a slow ballad. It's a good song but doesn't seem to be too organized. Overall 3/5

Vielleicht ist Rock einfach nicht so mein Ding? Ganz ok.

Favorite: Sister Midnight

Can definitely hear Bowie's influence all over it. Pretty good.

Bowie

some of it I really enjoyed, but not exactly my first choice

What on earth did this guy do to deserve 5 albums on the list

Garbage why do people like this. Bad bowie bad

Another album that unfortunately didn’t hit the high notes for me- a lot of just ‘meh’ on the album. ‘Funtime’ ‘baby’ and ‘dum dum boys’ standing out a little more than the others before a poor poor track to end in ‘mass production’ Below average 4/10 Best track - ‘baby’ Worst track- ‘mass production’

I'm going to be so for real I don't think I liked it. I know iggy pop is like iconic but I think not for me. I liked some of the music but I didn't like his voice really. I thought it was interesting for 1977 half in the future but then some things sounded old. Idk. Not my taste but I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up again in the list so maybe I'll like his other stuff.

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 5 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 4.65 Review: I listened to this album 4 times in 24 hours. I tried to like it, but I'm not into the punk or industrial sound. I can respect what it is and why it's meaningful, but it's not for me. Liked Song(s): Nightclubbing, China Girl, Dum Dum Boys Disliked Song(s): Funtime, Mass Production Recommend? Yes

Of course, headphones only take you so far. I’ve never been a fan of iggy pop, while having a sense that some people (hipsters of their day) thought he was edgy? and/or cool? But, musically, just not very interesting, or enjoyable, or … musical. Was a little surprised to hear “China Girl” written by Bowie (and a hit for him maybe 8 years later). Anyway, didn’t enjoy this much; 2 stars

I don't think one should sing like that, all the time. I can't stand it. If it was only occasionally, fine. But not all the time In the same way that DB is not for me, too theatrical, so too this. I think Mass Production is the best track, wherein they realize the dystopian vision most effectively

I can't get over how much better Lust for Life is than this. The production on this is truly awful, but I can see the Joy Division hard edged influence.

I like Iggy Pop but this bored me. Next to no dynamic in any of the songs. China Girl and Nightclubbing were the highlights.

I just can’t

Totally an iconic album, and I really like Iggy Pop, but this didn't really do anything for me musically!

1.5 - There’s not much that I like here, but I do respect Iggy still going on tour and giving as much energy as he does at his age.

I hear a lot of people say that this is David Bowie’s album. If David Bowie did it would’ve been David Bowie’s worst album. Thank goodness with the short tracklist. I hate to give 1 star so

I was meh on this one

This just might be the most accurate album title ever

i guess iggy pop really is an idiot, he cant make a good album

Cada vez estoy más convencido que la persona que hizo esta lista estaba desempleada y no tenía nada mejor que hacer, entonces armó una lista sin criterio alguno e hizo que sabía lo que estaba haciendo.

Quería que me interese, pero nunca lo hizo. No está mal, hay canciones que están bien, pero no se cuales ni creo que vaya a ir a buscarlas. Album x.

No private session used for Spotify. Oddly this is one of the albums that Spotify keeps recommending for today, like every day for the past two years, because of that I have been refusing to listen to it. That time is up. It's pretty mellow, slow paced and dull which doesn't match the image of Iggy I have in my head. I don't need to hear this again, it's like bad Bowie but sung by someone who should be focusing on the drums. Please, Spotify, stop recommending this for the day.

I'm glad he kicked the smack and everything but The Idiot hardly compares with the inspiration it draws from.

very unique voice.. got annoying after a while.

I really really expected to like this. I liked the other album from the same year that’s on this list! Maybe I’m just in a bad mood, but homie sounded like RFK Jr on parts of this album.

just not for me

Some cool ideas and vibes.. but kinda meh

An interesting one in terms of Bowies impact and especially of "China Girl". Not easy for me to rate because musically it is mainly a Bowie-album (which I like) but with much worse vocals. favourite: "Nightclubbing" 2,5

cool but a lil creepy

Vraiment David Bowie en moins bien, pas terrible

Like most David Bowie albums, there is always at least one song where he starts making sense. Funny that this was cowritten by him as well. Curious.

This is just a way to sneak more Bowie onto this list.

Жожи не было, только жижа

Great jojo reference, but not my cup of tea.

Saved? ❌ Would listen again? 🤔 Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? 🤔

This countdown is coming close to getting me to come around on Iggy - I enjoyed "Raw Power" and it inspired me to listen to "Lust for Life" on my own, which I also enjoyed. Im sure we'll see it on here later. As to be expected since they were made at the same time, this album sounds like David Bowie's Berlin albums.....but without the vocal range/brilliance, and creative vision that sets Bowie apart. A couple songs on here - "Nightclubbing" or "China Girl" for example - have better versions by other artists (Grace Jones and Bowie himself respectively). This one has cool moments but is overall kind of uninteresting. Kind of like if you mixed the worst, most experimental Bowie bits with boring, monotonous Lou Reed vocals.

Bis auf Mass Production langweilig

I really like Iggy's stuff with The Stooges, but don't like this direction he then took that much. I feel like, in a way, I want to like it more. But alas

Meh, not for me

China Girl is a banger, but the rest is slow, rough, noise. For a guy named Pop, he's really hesitant to give his songs hooks. Despite being the sister album to Low, it has none of the charm.

An album written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, produced by David Bowie, while Iggy and David Bowie were functional addicts in Europe in the 70s. With Iggy Pop doing his best attempt to sing like David Bowie... We have officially found the TENTH David Bowie album on this list. FFS. Not great, not good. 2 1/2 tops. Going 2 stars.

This one is just weird. I didn’t really like the singing and there were certain moments in songs where the instrumentation where it sounded more like noise than music. Overall, it’s just weird.

punk? ballad. rock?

Not a bad album, I was expecting worse. But this is the fourth iggy pop album I have listened too on the list and im only 10% in...

Музыкально альбом сырой и интересный, но вокал Игги за гранью ужаса, поэтому ...

Not for me...

Not for me

Went by completely unnoticeably

Han är ju ball men fan. Har haft svårt för Iggy Pop sen bästa polaren Låset satte på The Passenger varje gång man var på väg till hockeyträning. Här är ju dock den hemska låten inte med vilket gör lyssningen sen aning bättre men ptsdn lever kvar. Stark tvåa!

Fairly uninteresting album that didn't do much to connect with me. Felt like a discount-Boeie album with some really rough monotone vocals. Some okay moments but a lot that isn't worth revisiting. Top tracks: Funtime, Dum Dum Boys

I like Iggy Pop in general but this did absolutely nothing for me

Had to keep reminding myself this was Iggy Pop and not Lou Reed. Very similar story to Transformer. Punk rocker starts hanging with Bowie and records glam rock. Cool moments but mostly didn’t work. May come back for his China Girl version.

Sonically, this is a bowie album. Theres not much “Iggy” as I know it, but hey, I guess thats what happens when you hit a wall and need to quit the rock lifestyle. We all grow up? 🤷‍♂️😂 I don’t appreciate this album, but its cool that Iggy and Bowie became collaborators and fought their addictions together Dum Dum Boys was fun.

Kjem nok ikkje til å høyre igjen, men heilt OK.

Det har et interessant sound, som jeg på mange måter ikke liker. Det gir meg ikke så mye. Det føles litt meditativt dog.

Clearly felt Bowie's style, and I'm not sure if that's a compliment, given that I'm not a fan of his albums so far. Some tracks like Sister Midnight and China Girl were nice and I will probably listen to them again sometime, but overall it was... Meh.

Not really for me, but I do now wonder who wrote “China Girl”. I thought it was David Bowie. Wouldn’t listen to the full album again.

This is kinda shitty

not really my vibe, don't understand why this album is considered worth listening to...

The Bowie influence is obvious throughout but just I find Iggy just... worse. I don't get along with Iggy's voice. Couldn't say if the lyrics are any good because I can't understand them (in most songs at least). I don't mind the music itself, though it's a bit too sludgy/plodding for my taste; granted I think that's deliberate within the theme of the album. Mass Production strikes me as the most creative song, but I didn't particularly enjoy listening to it. Highlights: - China Girl - I still think Iggy's voice is my least favourite aspect of this song, but he does do a decent job of conveying emotion, and I think the backing is interesting and varied, with some well done deliberate dissonance that manages to not be unpleasant. Not an album I'd choose to listen to again.

🫩🫩

This one was good, but nothing special. I already knew Iggy Pop, but didnt listen to his songs, and i wasnt losing anything. There that perpecption of old discos, with the vocals being kind of bad, not because of his voice, but for the way it was made. The inatrumentals are nothing special too, cant get any song in specific to keep in my mind.

You know what I didn't hate this but I would never choose to listen to it

Interesting

Decent album. Much more accessible than I thought it would be.

i couldn't make it all the way through, about 2/3 done and rating this a 2.

Eh, I did not like this. Not even a 3 because a 3 in my view is that it had some good tracks and was not mediocre like a 2.

Bowie without the glam.

Sounded like Jim Morrison if Jim Morrison started late

Nothing special about this album.

Manche Albencover regen mich richtig auf. Hässlich Scheiße, wer will das im Regal stehen haben?

boring as everything about Pop

Iggy Pop and David Bowie unite and use their mediocre musical talent to make an underwhelming mediocre album.

I’m trying to think of what to say about it…

Interesting that David Bowie wrote so many (all?) of the songs. That backstory is more interesting than the songs themselves. (Bowie's later "China Girl" was much better.)

I thought I liked Iggy and The Stooges but this did little for me

I didn’t learn anything from this experience besides David Bowie’s “China girl” isn’t his at all.

A crap Bowie

The combination of Iggy and Bowie did not work for me, seems it was more of a Bowie album.

Not necessarily intolerable but not exactly my favorite.

This album was good at first. Then Iggy’s voice just sounded monotonous. The musicians are great. But the whole thing is just ok. Ok, the last song “mass production” is really cool. But that’s the only standout on this album for me.

I didn't enjoy this. I didn't hear anything compelling enough to ever want to hear it again.

Cover 3 He already sounds 80 yrs old. It's not all together bad, except China Girl. Hate that song. Dum Dum Boys is probably the most interesting song. Especially don't it inspired Dum Dum Girls.

Bad album cover and bad record

Cool production, but I prefer vocalists with decent vocals.

I don’t understand Iggy. This album sounds like listening to Bowie, not a big fan of either.

No

At first I was thinking this could be a 3, but his voice is just too wonky and the songs are just kinda rambling nonsense for like half the album. It's not as weird as some of his Stooges stuff (he wasn't incoherently screaming or moaning) which I suppose is a plus, but this wasn't particularly enjoyable. The last song was particularly painful which I suppose was the point given the title.

don't get the appeal.