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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
1977
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Like a review? Give it a thumb up to help us display relevant reviews!Iggy's first 2 solo albums are as big a part of the legendary Berlin Years as Bowie's trilogy. Everything Bowie produced for someone else was the best material those artists recorded IMHO. This album has Iggy Pop's best individual songs but I feel it doesn't hold up as well as an album compared to The Idiot.
Never mind The Stooges, this is peak era Iggy, well on record at least. Iggy and Bowie is the dream team innit. I would have thought The Idiot and the Berlin Trilogy are all on this list as well which says a lot about how creative these two were during that period.
A special album, to my opinion. Nice to have heard once more. I used to have this album on a cassette. With some special songs Lust for life, Passenger and Tonight. This last song I also love very much performed live by David Bowie and Tina Turner. I found out that the link to David Bowie and the song Tonight lies in the production of Davis Bowie of Iggy Pop.
Why does this song about heroin make me want to go on a family friendly cruise? Lots of Bowie. Lyrically driven. Obviously love Lust for Life and The Passenger but Success is another stand out. Each song feels well crafted - lots of thought and love in each track where a significant amount of the other albums we've listened to have an almost self aware amount of filler between stand out tracks. I've always heard Iggy Pop was the man. This album drives that home.
It’s ridiculous that I’ve only heard a couple songs off this rad album, and that I’ve never given it a full spin. May the rock gawds shame me! Haha. Bad ass! I repent!! (my penance shall be picking it up on vinyl)
Wow how have I missed this. Not just the hits, but the Bowie collaboration which led to Bowie’s “Tonight” album, and the last track with Hunt and Tony Sales which leads right to Tin Machine!
I already knew the song with the same name, I enjoy it. The whole album is good, but not life changing for me, probably at the time it was very liked.
Rough sleeper music. Tough and edgy because it could have its head kicked in any minute. Heard it not just as the collapse of the 60s dream but of the Bretton Woods agreement, which may be the same thing.
“Lust for Life” by Iggy Pop (1977) Is this the second best thing to come out of a trailer park In Ypsilanti, Michigan? Most of the music (chords, melodies, arrangements) was composed by David Bowie, so you’ve got that going on, then the sad work of The Stooges taken one step further, with lyrics that are an admittedly intelligent mess, blared out by a lead vocal that is, well Iggy Pop. Ho-hum. Vocally, Pop in “The Passenger” channels (poorly) Jim Morrison, but without the sensuality. Vocally, Pop in “Tonight” channels (poorly) David Bowie. Surprise, surprise. And about that lyric, Iggy: If your baby’s turning blue, don’t celebrate your heroic pastoral sensitivity—call 911. Jesus. Modestly accomplished rhythm section that sounds like the offspring of Soupy Sales (they were) and guitar work that is intentionally bombastic to the point of irrelevance (must not upstage the frontman, you see). Here we have the makings of commercial success, though Bowie and Pop (in that order) would probably prefer that motivation remain undisclosed, despite the glimpse we get in “Success”. “Turn Blue” is another reminder that heroin always screws up the music, and in this case, the lyrics too. Punk puts the toxic in toxic masculinity. Someday this will be regarded as silly, but we’re not there yet. 1/5
Iggy’s best work imo. Really manages to keep the raw energy of his earlier work while refining his approach to make it more assertive and assessable
Success" / "The Passenger" Released: 30 September 1977 "Lust for Life" / "Success" Released: November 1977 "Some Weird Sin" / "Tonight"
Was surprisingly disappointed in a lot of the punk records on this list. This record has changed that. This is how its done.
Ja dit album komt op een mooi moment voorbij. 5 sterren ook eentje van John erbij.. dus dat maakt 6
My first 5 star. Classic and the first one since doing this that I put on again right after it was finished. Music by Bowie, lyrics by Iggy, what's not to like?
Having a lust for life is far more socially acceptable than having a lost for your own sister, like I do.
what you gonna have as your album cover iggy? just a photo of me grinning like he cheshire cat.
Chyba pierwszy solowy material od Iggiego na liscie i juz moj ulubiony krazek z jego dyskografii, czyli lust for life bedacy drugim solowym albumem pana Popa z roku 77, wiec z czasow berlinskiej trylogii Bowiego, nie jest to bez znaczenia, bo byl on producentem tego krazka i mozna powiedziec, ze byl jednym z glownych sil dzialajacych na Iggiego, ktory razem z nim uciekl za wielka wode do europy przed narkotykowym szalenstwem i w poszukiwaniu nowych inspiracji tworczych, wiec nazwisko Bowiego mozna zobaczyc jako kompozytora wiekszosci kawalkow, operatora klawiszy czy uslyszec na backujacych wokalach, jak dla mnie ten okres u obu artystow jest peakowym momentem w ich karierach, lust for life to jeden z tych albumow ktore sie kocha a ciezko stwierdzic za co tak naprawde, jednym z aspektow beda teksty Iggiego przez ktore wpadl w oko Bowiemu, gdy gral jeszcze w Stoogesach, jest to chyba najbardziej komercyjny album tego punkowego pradziada, jak przystalo na tak bliski colab z Bowim, ale jego popowosc skupia sie glownie na czesci instrumentalnej, bo lirycznie jest to nadal ostra brzytwa, sprytnie przemycana w pluszowych zabawkach, bo glownymi motywami plyty jest copowanie z heroinowymi nawykami, zaraz obok krecenia mlodymi dupami, ale nie brakuje miejsca na satyre zachodniego sukcesu na traku success, ktory zaraz obok passengera pretenduje do kategorii najlepszego drumowania plyty, ale elementem ktory jak dla mnie robi ten trak sa backujace wokale Bowiego puszczone przez syntha sprawiajace wrazenie, ze za Popem spiewa caly chorek, sam kawalek the passenger to chyba najbardziej komercyjnie przyjety utwor Popa, filmy, radio, telewizja byl on wszedzie, a nadal jest sluchalny, bo tak uniwersalny motyw podrozy z hipnotycznym beatem wydrumionym przez Hunta Salesa, ciekawe jeszcze ze ten kawalek wyprodukowal Colin Thurston, ktory tworzyl w tym okresie z Bowim na heroes i podpisal sie pseudonimem Bewlay Bros, referencja do ostatniego traka z hunky dory, wiec wszedzie jajka wielkanocne sa poukrywane, na plejke dodam tylko turn blue, chyba najbardziej eksperymentalny utwor albumu, takze lirycznie chyba najbardziej bogaty, bo opisuje przedobrzenie z heroina, wiec temat z pewnoscia bliski sercu pana Popa
Iznenađena sam zapravo da znam ove pisme, a nisam ni znala izvođača! Definitivno ću prošvrljat još i po ostalim pismama jer je super!
Zabavnoo! Piše “Most of the music (chords, melodies, arrangements) was composed by David Bowie” šta mi se sviđa 4.5/5
A Bateria e a guitarra sao surreais! Ja na primeira faixa já percebe-se que a coisa é séria!
Lust for Life and The Idiot both sound very much like Bowie albums in disguise and are great Iggy Pop albums. Presumably The Idiot is also on the list - both illustrate the enormous difference in quality between albums on the list over time. (Would also be appropriate if Blah-Blah-Blah is on the list too but I suppose it is not.)
“Here Comes My Face” “Ohhhhh shittttt” This album makes me wanna do Heroin and be Scottish 6/5, spent $50 on an OG US press of this last summer and it’s been a household favorite ever since. Absolutely phenomenal album, fav track is “Tonight”
There's "Lust For Life" and "The Passenger", those two tracks only making it worthwhile to buy your ticket for this ride. But there's also lewd "Sixteen", loud "Some Weird Sin" or lanky "Neighborhood Threat" (what a great 'proto-post punk' guitar arpeggio, slithering in the background from start to end...). There's "Success" and "Tonight". There's David Bowie and Ricky Gardiner in top form behind the scenes. And of course, there's Iggy, his voice, his presence. Still wild, roaring and intense a few years after the Stooges' demise. He snarls, he hoots, he hollers. If he's the "modern man", as he says he is in "Lust For Life", I'm all up for giving up drugs too, getting my shit together, and join him in Berlin to celebrate the ironies of consumer society. Danny Boyle had one of the greatest ideas of his life to use this track for Trainspotting (or was it the book's author, Irvine Welsh?). But the album is worth it, too, folks. So dive in. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: more than 900, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter
David Bowie vibe is evident on this… so it suddenly made sense reading that he was heavily involved on the Wikipedia page. Besides “Lust for Life” (oh - yes I guess it does sound very Bowie!) and “The Passenger” I knew very little Iggy Pop. This was fun and I enjoyed it! Favorite songs: Lust for Life, The Passenger, Success, Neighborhood Threat
Was this the one Ian Curtis played when he killed himself? *Googles* Oh no, it was The Idiot. Shall i remove all this then? No! This is still a great record, though.
The best Iggy Pop album. Punky, groovy, everything you could want. Best track: The Passenger
I really feel an influence from The Beach Boys/early Southern California rock. But I also hear the beginnings of the pop punk era. Well done and some classics. Although I can do without ‘turn blue’ lol
I know of The Passenger, which I like. Sixteen is gross, obviously. I didn't know Bowie sang at all on this too (Tonight), I know this was the Berlin-trilogy time where they worked closely together. You can hear the Bowie touches a bunch of times. I generally like it, 3.5 but can't decide between 3 or 4. I will round up to 4 but I could go either way.
It’s very good. Very much a “Bowie” album. Some of the middle is not up to the same caliber as the classic songs on this record.
Album starts with a bang with "Lust for Life." Can it live up? Ooo, The Passenger, such a great song too. "Success" is great too. There's a playfulness and positivity to this music that I really appreciate. Good album!
Iggy’s first 2 albums have Bowie fingerprints all over it - you have to listen closely on some tracks but you can hear Bowie. He’s out in front on others like sweet sixteen - those dudes were partying their asses off and living in Berlin
This album gets 3 stars for The Passenger by itself. The other tracks are classic Iggy. I feel connected to Iggy because, so I'm told, he lived in the same apartment in Ann Arbor that I did.
Ya el segundo de Iggy Pop que sale acá, me gusta mucho la portada y sentí que el gesto de Iggy define bien el tono de todo el álbum. Todo muy upbeat, su voz me gusta mucho y todo que es tan enérgico. "Sixteen", "Some Weird Sin" y "Fall In Love With Me" me gustaron mucho. 9/10
Of course, I could listen to Passenger all day long. Iggy has a great rock n' roll/punk voice - very distinctive. This sounds a bit like a garage-y Bowie album, as it should since he wrote or co-wrote most of the songs. Interestingly the only one he or Iggy didn't write was Passenger.
Divertido y sin skips. Aunque esperaba un poco más la crudeza del anterior que ewcuchamos de Iggy. La canciones que más disfruté, a parte de la clásica Lust for Life, fueron the passenger y neighborhood threat. Mood: bailecito de gemte drogada
I have listened to this one a few times, and it is good. Would listen a few more times.
Iggy siempre me ha parecido muy irregular en solitario, este es de sus mejores discos pero siempre inferior a los Stooges
Classic record. It is good to be reminded of these landmark records in order to go back and refresh my memory.
awesome - but I like the craziness of Metallic KO as well. such a great cover...ironic or not.
I saw Iggy live in mid 80s and again in the mid 90s. He did not look at all like the brother on the cover of Lust for Life. I guess I have to believe it’s his picture but if it is, the decade after releasing this album were hard years. This album is very good. Seeing Izzy live was easily a “5” both times but I don’t think I have a 5 for his studio albums.
So everyone knows the title track and Passenger but there’s some cracking tracks on this album - Success and sixteen spring to mind - brilliant
Clasicazo e imposible no notar la presencia de Bowie en el disco. Música perfecta para empezar el día.
Another classic that I only heard about here and there. Has a very classic punk vibe, and I loved Bowie on here. A lot of songs that I heard in my childhood here, stuff like "Lust For Life" and "The Passenger". Overall, not my favourite album, or one that I will go back to, but still good in it's own way (it's just not for me really)
Il disco contiene dei pezzi iconici ma anche gli altri sono mediamente coinvolgenti. La musica è semplice ma di effetto.
Classic art-rock produced by Bowie and super similar to his output at the time but with the madman that is Iggy on vox. A bit more tame than his work with the Stooges but great in its own right.
I had fun with this one! High energy, weird art work and as a first plunge into iggy pop’s discography it felt like a solid start.
Ero convinto che Iggy Pop mi stesse sulle palle, invece devo dire che quest'album mi è piaciuto. Ho apprezzato sia come canta lui, sia come suonano i pezzi. Alla fine sono abbastanza lineari, ma funzionano bene. È un 3.5 che mi sento di promuovere a 4 perché non pensavo che mi sarebbe piaciuto.
I was very surprised that this was 77 and was way better than I had expected. Everyone's heard passenger a million times but it has not lost its impact on me. The song "lust for life" - I honestly thought that was late eighties / early nineties. I would rate this a 3.5 but am rounding up because I WILL be playing it again.
Good album, a high 3 pushed to a 4. Starts off very strong but second half is nowhere near as good. Will definitely listen again and had listened to most of the songs previously. Great road trip album especially considering the story of how and when it was made.
Piaciuto nel complesso. Nello specifico però pochi pezzi di spicco. Non ho avuto tempo però di leggere i testi e riascoltare con attenzione
I'll lead off by commenting that this is one of the more intriguing album covers I've come across. It's so simple, and based on the story I read on wikipedia, is well-meaning - it's meant to reflect the more positive tone of the album compared to Pop's previous albums. And yet, I can't shake this feeling that there's a certain mysterious ambiguity to his smile. Fortunately, the music itself is nowhere near as cryptic - the title track 'Lust for Life' is one that I've heard numerous times before in various movie soundtracks, and it's a terrific introduction to this worthwhile album. 'Lust for Life' and 'The Passenger' are the two well-known tracks on the album (for good reason, they're excellent songs), but there's plenty to enjoy here - 'Some Weird Sin', 'Success', the surprising blues-y nature of the aptly named 'Turn Blue', or the album closer 'Fall In Love with Me'.
Iggy Pop, hold the Stooges. An interesting place to start in Iggy's catalog, as this is well after the punk origins and the apparent Bowie oversight. Some very strong songs on here, especially "The Passenger," which I know I've heard in a movie or two (seems very Wes Anderson). I'm glad to read this was Iggy weaning himself from Bowie's influence because I've yet to really understand the Bowie hype like that and certainly don't need a copycat. This was a solid album, but didn't exactly wow me. I'll hold that thought until we get some Stooges albums. Favorite tracks: The Passenger, Neighborhood Threat, Fall in Love with Me, Lust for Life. Album art: Absolutely terrible portrait cover. So lame that I would never have otherwise listened to this. Whoever greenlit this for release should be ashamed of themselves. It's like a fifth grade yearbook picture, if a fifth grader was held back for thirty years. His mom must've said "aww, you look so handsome!" and he rolled with it. Tragic. 4/5
This might be the prime spot for Iggy Pop. You can hear Bowie being the producer but still a bit of rawness left over from The Stooges
I didn't know Pop and Bowie worked together, but it really shows. Really enjoyed this one more than expected.
It's obviously got 2 absolute classics on (Passengers & Lust for Life) but loved hearing tracks i'm not so familiar with (Fall in love with me is a great track). What a star - what a unique voice
Preety great and fun rock record. As a fan of David Bowie's work from this era, I really dug this album.
This is a fine album with a couple of iconic songs...Lust for Life and The Passenger and some fine songs to fill it out; Success, Some Weird Sin, Neighborhood Threat and Tonight rock hard and help me to imagine the glory days of The Stooges, but with better licks. But that title tune I just never tire of; from the Lou Reed style sado-masochistic lyric to the incredible drumming. Just about damn perfect. No, the rest of the album doesn't quite approach it but damn it often comes close. Case in Point the stinging guitar and driving rhythm section of closer Fall In Love With Me. 4.5 stars
One of the originators of punk proves he can work solo too. With the help of David Bowie, Iggy knocks it out of the park here.
I knew Iggy was good friends with David Bowie, but I had no idea how closely they collaborated on Iggy's work. You can hear a lot of Bowie on this, yet it still ultimately sounds like Iggy. Great album. 4 stars.
Not my favorite Iggy Pop project but still a good album. Hearing Bowie play on here is cool as well. Favorite tracks: "The Passenger", "Success"
Berlin-era David Bowie teaming up again with Iggy Pop, this time, with Iggy Pop taking the lead. Opens with the iconic drums and bass of the title track. Subverts poppy chords on Passenger. Would give 4.5
mycket trevlig! förvånansvärt dansvänlig och det kan man ju ej säga nej till. och the passenger!! otrolig låt pluspoäng bara där
Hoe rude of Iggy to be so chipper on what is clearly a pretty hungover day. Though, to be fair, the start of this album got me feeling energized again. There's a reason the passenger is such a classic, what a banger. The album was a steady downhill for me, starting off at a 5 and finishing at a 3, so I'll give it the nice and average 4.
Iggy Pop is always a win for me, would happily listen to the album again, even if not every track was a banger. Though I did listen to this album whilst pissed out my skull, so that may have contributed to it's success.
Some bangers on here, no doubt. Minus 1 star for the creep factor of "Sixteen" tho. Fave track - "The Passenger" is one of my all time fave tracks by anyone - I even like the Terrorvision cover of it.
A very good album. This album was produced by David Bowie, which is pretty cool. Light genre research tells me that this album is proto-punk, and you can definitely hear some early punk sounds in here, along with just generally really great 70s rock. I haven't really heard Iggy Pop before this, but I can definitely see now why he's so influential and well regarded amongst actual musicians. I'll have to admit, however, that I wasn't as crazy about the closing track as I was with the rest of the album. Eight out of nine is still pretty good though, especially when those earlier tracks are as good as they are.
Una leyenda del Rock, Cuatro estrellas generoso, serian 3,5. "the passager" la canción mas destacada,
pretty good! i was kind of expecting to start off with something that wouldn't interest me at all, but some of the songs in here are genuinely songs i might listen to again (especially neighborhood watch). i was kind of ehhh about success but it might just take another listen. solid start! also idk if anyone can see these but yea i'm not actually good at writing about music lol
Iggy, thank you for saving me from the streak of dud records I've been getting on here. This is a great record. It's not the Stooges, but having Bowie help you out isn't a bad way to continue your career. A classic.
Lust for Life will always be a favorite song. Brings me back to my high school days of skating around town.
The combination of Iggy's vocals and the musical tone is great. Really enjoyed the album.
I've never been much of a punk fan. I find a lot of it repetitive - musically, lyrically, thematically. I'm probably ignorant. Most of this record sounds like a good ol' R&R album. The Passenger is a really catchy tune. Iggy's singing is perhaps the weakest link, but it's filled with emotion and overall fun, groovy, catchy. Def can see Bowie's influence all over, as well as The Stones. Not bad at all. 8/10
This album was a super cool listen. It's crazy that Iggy was so far ahead of his time that he had already moved onto his second act as a musician the same year that punk was beginning to break in the US and UK. The title track on this album is a titanic way to kick the album off, but it doesn't disappoint from there. The Passenger is an awesome song, but really all of the songs on this album are good. 4/5
It's not "Raw Power", but it's still raw, groovy, and classic. "Lust for Life" is pretty good, but I completely forgot about "The Passenger", it's one of my favorites by Iggy!
Favourite tracks: lust for life, the passenger, sixteen Least favourite tracks: tonight
Really interesting to read about the background to this LP, I did not know that Iggy made this with Bowie. The Passenger sounds better than ever, Lust for Life a different take to the Trainspotting mix we all know also really enjoyed the closer ‘Fall In Love With Me’.
Iggy has a unique voice, particularly for the time period that he was doing his thing. It's punk with a hint of Bowie. Big fan, enjoyed this album despite only really knowing the big hits. It's fairly brief too, doesn't overstay its welcome.
Napokon poslusala i Iggyja vise od one dvije pjesme koje se vrte na radiju stalno. I jako mi je drago da jesam. Maalo mi fali do 5 ali mislim da će doc do tog u ponovnom slušanju, a bit će ga!! (Turn blue jedna od boljih:))
David Bowie no tiene mucho espacio pa fallar. Tiene los dos grandes temas (Lust for life y The Passenger) y el resto estan guapos. Pasemos al siguiente, podria ser mejor.
I have a soft spot for Iggy, but this project clearly deserves its line in history. A little bit of freakiness is in evidence, though it's mostly stuffed in pop-song forms. If there's any lack, it's that the tracklist avoids a real rise or fall. But there's development, there's the hit, no filler, and plenty of rock forward.
Interesting fact about this album, the great song ‘Tonight’, featuring producer David Bowie’s recognisable voice on backing vocals, was later covered by Bowie himself (with Tina Turner) for his 1984 album also titled ‘Tonight’, and it fucking sucks camel shit
Lust for Life is an album with a very interesting story, involving the growing relationship between Iggy and Bowie that resulted in great songs - the peak being this album. The mix of hard rock and some kind of punk reminescent from the Stooges (and heroine) is very unique, especially in the opening track "Lust for Life". "Some Weird Sin" is very raw, "The Passenger" is a classic and "Tonight" makes clear that this is basically a Pop & Bowie effort. Always a great listen.
It's impressive that this is from 1977 and yet it sounds so contemporary for many of the songs.
Nou, dat begint meteen met de dikke hit "Lust For Life". Lekker van die Britse straat-pop-muziek. Oh, ook het nummer "The Passenger" is leuk. ****
Love imaging him and Bowie have a grand old time together. Didn't quite hit five stars but The Passenger and Tonight are excellent tunes.
Un dels dos pics de la carrera d'Iggy Pop en solitari, juntament amb el molt posterior 'American Caesar'. Més musical que 'The Idiot' i més ambiciós i inspirat que tot el que vindria després -amb les excepcions de 'Brick by Brick' i l'esmentat 'American Caesar'- un jove Iggy Pop acompanyat encara per l'ajuda del Bowie berlinés ofereix un compendi de rock molt personal, de digestió no gaire senzilla, però d'una gran honestedat i versatilitat. I contenint a més, és clar, 'The Passenger'
So everyone knows the title track and Passenger but there’s some cracking tracks on this album - Success and sixteen spring to mind - brilliant
p392. 1977. 4 stars Stripped back rock and roll at its finest from one of the great voices. Two absolute bangers in the title track and The Passenger. Bowie production and vocals are a bonus. 1 point deducted for the filler (Neighbourhood Threat) and some tracks (Turn Blue, Fall In Love With Me) outstaying their welcome. Still essential listening.
Pretty good album, appealed to me much more than the stooges debut we had earlier on this list. I think I would have liked it even more if this had been a Bowie album.
The title track will forever be associated with Trainspotting for me. The rest of the album, however is completely new to me. This is punk-Bowie. Same instrumentation and vocal stylings. The Passenger is a great song. Tonight has a Broadway "Skid Row" sound and feel - clearly about overdose, and do I detect David Bowie singing backup on this? This is better than a lot of glam and punk rock. A nice surprise!
I knew the biggies from this and its status as a 'classic'. It met my expectationsbut didn't exceed them. It's essentially a really great punk/glam album which has no bad songs on it, and two truly brilliant ones (Title track and The Passenger). His sneering attitude and fierce intellect raise this above more pedestrian fare from the same time, but it's a really good album, rather than an amazing one.
There's only a few Iggy albums that I really like, and this is one of them. Turn Blue is the only low point here, the rest of the album is filled with bangers!
Very good not great album.. Nice to hear Iggy expand and do different things, has Bowie touch all over it obviously.
Cool album...one I had been meaning to listen to for a while. I have been a big fan of the Stooges in the past and almost enjoyed this one as much. Interesting that Bowie essentially wrote everything but the lyrics. 4/5
Apparently I didn't like Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" very much a few months ago. But "Lust for Life" was better. The first five songs were great - I don't think I ever realized "The Passenger" was Iggy. "Success" was the least successful song on the album for me, but the rest was strong, and definitely makes me much more likely to revisit Iggy than "The Idiot."
Well, Sixteen is a little disturbing... LFL is decent, I feel like this album was IPs shot at going pseudo-mainstream and facilitated by Bowie who saw some good stuff in IP. The Turn Blue track, written by Bowie, is terrible and doesn't fit with the album. Also, the lyric "Shot myself down" comes out as 'Shat myself down'... hehehe "Shat" ... Anyhow, there are a couple good tracks on this that everyone has heard before in their favorite coming-of-age drama (The Passenger, I'm talking to you), this doesn't perform as well as I thought it might, but still deserves high marks. ... where are the Stooges albums on this list... ?
Déjà quand t'as 3 points de pris pour Lust for Life uniquement, c'est un peu de la triche mais c'est comme ça .. +1 pt pour l'ensemble du reste on va dire
J’aime de plus en p,us iggy pop, il a un vrai sens du spectacle et ca musique est tres eclate et res bonne. Cet album ne fait pas exception, comme les autres dans cette liste. 4.5
Again I am given an lp I have listened to since youth. It's a five star lp but it is not opening any new roads for me. Beginning to wonder the point of this exersize.
Another album where the hand of David Bowie revives a legendary artist, like he did with Lou Reed. This album's A-Side is full of amazing songs, Lust For Life, Sixteen even The Passenger. It falls slowly away during side B with a few missers, so it's a 4* rather than a 5* album.
Lust for Life & The Passenger are brilliant, top tunes. Rest of the album can't match them
The title track and The Passenger are both absolute all-time classic tracks of the period, and the rest of the album is excellent as well. If it wasn't for Turn Blue, which I can't stand, this would be an easy 5 for me.
The title track is a stupendous way to open an album (or a movie or breakfast or just about anything). It's one of my favorites ever. Beyond that, I loved the David Bowie-ness of this album. It made for a much more pleasant experience than I expected based on the little else I knew of Iggy Pop.
5/12/2022 - ALBUM #106 Today's Album: "Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop - The opening track of this album, Lust For Life, is a really fun and upbeat track that is so accessible, it's really surprising that it's an Iggy Pop song at all, which is a great analogy for how I feel about most of this album. I think this being the third album I've hear from Iggy, I really am starting to appreciate his vocals and the production on a lot of these tracks is really great, managing to mix everything equally and make it sound really warm and crisp. I think I still am having a hard time getting into his lyricism, but it's really starting to make sense how he writes song and its getting easier to dissect the deeper meaning out of these tracks. I really like the simple instrumentation of the passenger and I think Iggy gives a really solid and powerful vocal performance on this one. All of the track on this album really just feel like Iggy is deciding to make a more uplifting and upbeat album after coming out of a battle with drugs and alcohol and it genuinely shows in just how fun the songwriting is on this album. Tonight and Success are both fantastic rock anthems and the performances are just so damn lively and full of heart. Turn Blue isn't really as exciting as some of the other tracks, but it has a really nice aesthetic to it and the vocal performance may be the strongest and most confident I have heard from Iggy to date, with many dramatic changes in vocal delivery that go over quite well. Neighborhood Threat feels a bit more generic than some of the other tracks here, but it still sounds pretty nice while it's on. The closing track, Fall In Love With Me, is a really fun jam track where the band lets loose a little with this really groovy track. There's a lot of fun solos, a rock organ backing things up, and Iggy's vocal performance really takes a back seat and blends well into the vibe of the track. Overall, this album really surprised me and showed me why people like Iggy Pop so much. He isn't often poppy, but when he decides to make a pop song, you understand why it's in his name. Listen to this one if you like 70s rock outfits like David Bowie or if you want to hear some of the most accessible music from Iggy Pop. Highlights: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Tonight, Success, Neighborhood Threat, Fall In Love With Me Score: 7.5/10 My favorite Iggy Pop project so far
3.5/5. Not a lot of replay-ability here for me. Maybe too early rock-ish. Standout Tracks: Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, Turn Blue
The songs about young, pure, hot girls are gross, but otherwise some good tunes on this.
Thought it was interesting, not necessarily bad, had some like psychedelic rock vibes to it, saved one song for later
Solid, can definitely tell its a bowie production. Would give 3.5 stars. Only downside is that it gets rather stale mid-way through, lacking a change of pace song or a really catchy chorus.
Kann man gut durchhören, diverse Autismusanfälle beim Gesang muss man wohl ertragen, außer Turn Blue, da musste ich skippen. Der Rest plätschert vor sich hin. Stabile 3* würds aber nicht wieder hören. Vielleicht Neighbourhood Threat, das geht nach vorne.
Endlich mal ein Klassiker! Kennt man, liebt man. Iggy, bester Mann. Allerdings habe ich mir nun zweimal hintereinander dieses äußerst schöne Album angehört und habe wieder festgestellt, dass mir zu wenig in der Musik passiert. ES TUT MIR NICHT WEH! Ich brauche PEAKS, Gottverdammtnochmal. Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen: Für Hintergrundunterhaltung oder einen entspannten Schieberblues eignet sich dieses Album großartig.
Catchy enough album. Highlight was clearly "The Passenger". Starting to blend into the "70's/80's rock" pile though, not sure anything about this really stuck out to me.
With Bowie's help Iggy punches out some raucous, raunchy rock with Lust for life. The Passenger is also a classic song. Turn blue is an interesting.... well turn, but it almost sounds like a fish out of water on this album. Overall a solid effort.
It feels like a "Now That's What I Call Music From Commercials" album in some places. I want to like this more than I do. I hope to revisit it at some point. But doubt it.
That was an interesting ride, with some songs that sounded completely original, and others that could have been from David Bowie or the Rolling Stones. It definitely covered a lot of ground.
Was fine. I hadn't realized it was a David Bowie collaboration. Nothing really stood out for me beyond the 2 hits (title track and The Passenger).
Decent, some classic tracks. Can see how newer bands like QOTSA were inspired. Easy listening, sometimes a bit psychedelic rock, bit Bowie-ish
In some ways quite Bowie-esque, and the singles are classics. But the backing singing is a bit weird, and some of the lyrics are a bit inane. It's ok.
Better than I expected. I had heard Lust For Life and Passenger before, and didn't realize they were both on the same album.
If I had to pick my favorite work from Iggy Pop, it would be from his role on "The Adventures of Pete and Pete". I know songs from Iggy Pop, like "Lust for Life" and "The Passenger", as well as some familiarity with him as an artist. This was my first time listening to a full album from Pop. It gets the "okay, I guess". I had no idea that Bowie helped create so much of this album.
C'ho sempre avuto un rapporto complicato con Iggy Pop, non avevo mai sentito tutto questo album ma l'esperienza me l'ha riconfermato. Mi piace lo spirito punk, il fatto che sia tutto zozzo, sulla carta me dovrebbe piacè... invece non me funziona. Iggy Pop nella maggior parte dei casi lo sento come quando uno cazzeggia su un pezzo dicendo parole più o meno a caso solo che poi lui lo lascia così. Il che è molto punk, però è anche un po' una palla. Cioè secondo me sta cosa di esse zozzo e parlare un po' di fica un po' di società lo danneggia artisticamente. C'è pure da dire che si sente l'influenza di Bowie di cui, molto unpopular opinion, non so mai stato un grande fan. Sicuramente si sente poi l'influenza che questo disco e la musica di questo periodo ha avuto sul rock moderno, che è poco però quello che c'è è su questa falsa riga. Insomma: così così Pezzi mejo: Turn Blue Fall In Love With Me (passenger non ce la posso mette, l'ho sentita fatta da troppi gruppi delle medie/superiori per apprezzarla ormai)
It's alright. I would rather just listen to a Bowie album though. Highlights: 1, and 4.
felt a bit like a bootleg David Bowie, had some good tracks but nothing to write home aboout
It was pretty good. Some of the songs sounded similar to the others, but overall it wasn't a bad album by any means. Favorite track: The Passenger
I enjoy some of Iggy’s stuff but this album doesn’t do a lot for me. Massively progressive for the year. Passaneger is over rated but Lust for Life is a good craic. Neighbourhood Threat is super modern sounding. I’d never have guessed this song was from ‘77. Not overly into Iggy to give this a fair crack of the whip. I love his latest album done with Josh Homme. Post Pop Depression. Worth a look.
I'm vaguely familiar with Iggy Pop, so this is my first full album listen. Some really catchy tunes in here, nice rock with with edge, and great energy. I enjoyed it.
Gets a bit dragged down by an inferior second half, but the rest really brings it all together.
When you listen to this you understand just how much contemporary indie/garage bands ripped off Iggy Pop in the name of "back to basics".
Some excellent tracks (Passenger, Lust for Life, Tonight) and some misses. I imagine if Bowie were singing the tracks we’d declare this a masterpiece. As it is, it’s solid.
I hate that a cruise line has made me associate "Lust for Life" with commercials. I'm behind, so I'm not saying too much about this one. Points (-3 to +3, with 0 as neutral) Lust for Life: +1 Sixteen: 0 Some Weird Sin: +1 The Passenger: +1 Tonight: +1 Success: +1 Turn Blue: -1 Neighborhood Threat: -.5 Fall in Love with Me: +1 Total: 4.5 Favorite Tracks: The Passenger, Lust for Life, Tonight Liked Tracks: Some Weird Sin, Fall in Love with Me Least Favorite Tracks: Turn Blue (pretty much just for the screaming parts, and that it's a bit long), Neighborhood Threat.
The solo Iggy Pop's career is not my preferred and this album specifically hasn't much to say for me. However, it's still nice to see how these guys that I know as "classic rock" and "proto-punk" sound with many varieties of styles and songs and were soo much "out-of-the-box" even 40 or 50 years ago. Modern bands should learn more of this kind of thing from the old school and not just the bad things.
3.8 - I loved Trainspotting as a teen so it’s hard not to get pumped for the title track. And there’s the Passenger, too. Aside from those…I don’t know, I guess I was expecting more from Bowie and Iggy. It’s a little tame compared to those early Stooges records. Iggy ‘s kicked off his fishnet stockings for a pair of fitted khakis.
not sure what i was expecting. good beats and good for head bopping. I don't necessarily think I'd listen to this over and over again but it was fine!
This turned out to be better than expected. Knew the singles of course but there are others on the album that are better.
Alleen dat blije hoofd van Iggy op de albumhoes is al een punt waard. Best leuk al met al.
Första genomlyssningen: blö trist. Omgång... 4? det är ändå bra? jag tror att jag gillar det. Tycker om de bluesinspirerade partierna. + jasså det är han som gjort the passenger?
Lite platt ljud men hygglo ljudbild, Briljanta låtar, härlig energi. punksound utan att det blir 'jobbigt'. Rätt spännande blandning på låtarna, har lyssnat på albumet tidigare men blir ändå förvånad när nästa skumma country-gitarrsolo(?) kommer. Jätterolig lyssning, otippat brett spann på låtarna på ett sånt tidigt album. De flesta låtarna vettefan om de står så bra på egna ben, men i något holistiskt perspektiv så passar alltihop perfekt, känns som ett kurerat tivolibesök istället för ett hopplock av random 'bra låtar'. Bra längd, lite synd att ljudet inte hade det djup jag hade hoppats på, genuint roligt att lyssna på rakt igenom.
Iggy Pop has never done much for me, gave it a shot but this album doesn't change that. Would be a 2 but 'The Passenger' is undeniably an banger so, in lieu of a 2.5 it gets a 3.
It was alright, nice to put on the background, not putting much thought into. Second half of the album was much more interesting than the first.
Has raw, raucous original energy. Lust for Life, The Passenger and Neighborhood Threat are all great, the rest of the album is solid, but i don't think i enjoy it enough to push it to the 4 territory. Still good.
3. I give it a solid straight 3. Lust for Life and The Passenger carry the album but those 2 tracks are amazing!
Sort of a mixed bag. The song that I knew best going in was The Passenger, which is a pretty awesome song. However, there were a couple sinkers too. In particular Sixteen and Turn Blue which I had to skip halfway through. Most of the album was OK. Not bad at all, but no other song came near to the quality of The Passenger.
No me volvió loco pero hay bastantes temas (aunque la verdad, es que lo escuché de fondo). Disfruté algunos y algunos los quería pasar. Y lo hice, los pasé. Lo admito. Tiene ese sonido nostálgico de créditos de una película sobre un adolescente de los 80 que encuentra en sus amigos la familia que nunca tuvo.
Ohan tää nyt syystäkin klassikko. Harmi vaan, että se syy on vaan pari ylivertaisen hyvää biisiä.
This is ok. Makes you think twice about doing loads of drugs incase you end up like Iggy pop
Passenger is a kick ass song, and the sound is consistent through the album. I'm not a huge fan of his voice, and some of it gets pretty poppy (heh) for me.
Lust and Passenger obviously the best tracks- and such great tracks! The other tracks..........well.
Better than expected and definitely more enjoyable when you can't see his half naked frame cavorting around.
I really don't know how to rate this album. There are songs that I adore unconditionally like The Passenger, Some Weird Sin or Lust For Life, but others that I don't care about and that I find unmemorable. I guess 3 stars are gonna do it.
A very good album with a lot of hits. I'm sadly just not a fan of Iggy, but I totally understand the hype. That said, I had a good time listening to it. Also, The Passenger sounds like Femme libérée.
Pretty good album here. Much better than raw power. Lust for life is a classic song and the pretender is solid with the help of Bowie. The whole album had a softer Bowie/punk vibe. It was a good listen. 7.1/10
Some iconic songs, trends in a direction that I enjoy. I’d listen to it again, but not something I see myself revisiting. I also mistakenly listened to Lou Reed’s “Transformer” thinking it was today’s album, and enjoyed it more than this. Best song: Passenger, without a doubt
I know a few tunes from Iggy Pop, but never thought that I would be interested in much more than that. Turns out that I liked this album more than expected. About half of the tracks I liked and the others ranked from okay to tolerable.
I truly love the cover of this album. Who knew such a portrait would be so subversive of album norms? I've always loved the title track (slightly soured perhaps by repeated cruise commercials). And "The Passenger" is a cool song (which was very nicely redone by Siouxie and the Banshees, and that may be the version I knew better). Other than those songs, I really wasn't familiar with Iggy Pop's music, so I was very glad to finally listen to a signature album of his. He's one of those icons whose fame I know, but not whose music I know. I didn't love it, but I still enjoyed the journey.
Iggy Pop is fucking overrated. This isn't awful but it doesn't deserve the praise it gets.
Enjoyable - I had not gotten into Iggy previously. Respect the contribution but I've already forgotten how it really sounded.
Sixteen is a bad song in basically every way. The lyrics are weird, the production is not enjoyable and the song is boring. Some Weird Sin sounds like a mediocre David Bowie song. I think the production is intentionally messy but I don't really like it all that much. The Passenger is okay but I still find it boring. I think Tonight is one of the best songs on the album and the guitar solo is really good. Success is good but not all that interesting. Turn Blue is kind of good but the vocals are kind of annoying. Neighborhood Threat and Fall In Love With Me are good but not all that interesting or memorable. My rating is definitely a little harsh but I just think this album is pretty boring and at just 41 minutes it was hard to get through. Favorite Songs: Lust For Life, Tonight Least Favorite Song: Sixteen Strong 4/10
Lust for Life has a really good beat, I enjoyed this one. Sixteen is painful in some way to me...the beat is just constant in the same way...and the yelling/singing of the late 70s is not my jam. Some Weird Sin...lyrics repeated way too much. The music has an anxious quality to it, sort of frenetic. The Passenger, I like the tone and beat of his voice in this song. Again, the actual music just seems the same, repeated far too much in a very basic rhythm that grates. Tonight....the guitar has a screeching quality to it. I really like the uniqueness of Iggy's and how he plays around with it. The choice of his music in this album though....I am not enjoying. The opening beats of Success I like, the beats on top of beats is so interesting. The layering in this one I like. Turn Blue, I do not like, had to skip. Punk rock...I don't think it's my jam....Ended Neighborhood Threat with 30 seconds to go. Fall In Love With Me has that duh duh duh duh duh beat, the same beat over and over with a random screaming guitar. Didn't finish Fall In Love With Me, only made it halfway in. Maybe I just don't like Iggy's punk rock? It's just painful and makes me angry/angsty feeling.
I like a couple of the more famous tracks, probably due to familiarity. If it wasn't for listening to pretty clear recordings of 50s/60s jazz that I've listened to due to this project, then I would have blamed the weird sound levels on the age, but this seems to have been mixed wrong or something. Everything blends in and is a bit dull. Tried a few different sources to check and it seems to have been how they meant it to be!
I was never an Iggy Pop fan, I had heard his songs every once in a while and on a Kesha song and I was never impressed. Finally getting to listen to an album I can now say he should be called Iggy Dud. The confidence of this fella to post his mug on the album cover is hilarious and while I'm not saying I hate his music, it just didn't impress me at all. Just your basic late 70's rock. I would rather listen to Lana Del Rey talk about her Lust for Life than Iggy.
Never really listened to Iggy Pop before and I found this to be okay. It wasn't anything special and I wouldn't go out of my way for it. It's somewhere around a 2.5 for me so I'm going to drop it to a 2 in an attempt to correct my supposedly flawed rating system.
There are definite grooves and high points outside the frustratingly repetitive title track, but not nearly enough to elevate this album to anything memorable when it comes to rock.
I couldn't really enjoy this album. Lust For Life is a catchy tune but lyrics aren't much. The Passenger is probably the best on here, a couple others aren't bad numbers but I can't rate this very high.
Rating: 2/5 Not a fan of Iggy Pop's style, maybe because the pop-punk subgenre isn't my forte normally. I didn't completely hate the album, just not something I would ever pick up again. Stand Out Song(s): Some Weird Sin, The Passenger
<3
Awesome
Meh. Not in to it. Sorry Iggy. I like your name tho…