Reviews (page 12 of 14)
un 3.5 en esprit car jaime beaucoup 2 chansons de cette album
Some solid, interesting music on this album, though sometimes the vocals weren't cutting it. You can definitely hear Bowie's influence (though Bowie does it much better IMO) and The Passenger is a fantastic song.
This album exists. That's about all I have to say about it. Not bad, not good. Just there
old school vibes
7/10 fuvol
ziggy iggy
Pretty good listen graded on how much I enjoyed it I would give it 3 but including impact on music it would be close to a five the fact that it came out in 1967 is pretty amazing
Not my favorite, still good
The second of IPs collaboration with Bowie ( though you be fair the DB album Tonight also has a lot of IP) and it shows. In not a massive fan of IPs drawl but there are some solid songs. As a student the Passenger was a indie disco mainstay. I feel it flags a bit on the 2bd side
Upbeat version of Lou Reed’s Transformer.
Eh. Wasn't bad. Kinda tired of these rock albums though. I know they are influential and what not but I'd like to get other genres.
im so tired 2day i have nothing witty to say fav tracks: The Passenger, Tonight
There were a lot of songs on this album that I recognized from commercials and movies, but had no idea where they came from. It was ok! I might revisit some songs
It’s giving Bowie but not as good. Like Bowie without the 🤩💖✨💅🏻 or the vibes. Or the personality. Still like it though. Success is good. Hated turn blue. Was okay?.
Iggy does some weird stuff but good.
Sounds too much like David Bowie. Not a surprise given he co-wrote a bunch of the songs and plays in the band. Fine but not special.
A more ambitious album than his earlier work which is ahead of its time when you even think of 2000s indie rock music. However, while I’ll remember the sound, the lack of memorable songs makes it less impactful after first listen.
Gonna come back to this one, seems like a grower (maybe becomes a 4 after another listen or two). I like the Iggy Bowie sound and 'Fall In Love With Me' has some Lou Reed vibes.
Brimming with energy, and the title track stands out even more. But... Each of the tracks, on their own, sounds a bit too simple to me; like they're made of a single riff that's on repeat.
Están las dos famosas, y luego Some Weird Sin y Fall in Love With You, que no están mal.
Liked it. Can see where The Strokes got a lot of their influences from.
El álbum es algo agobiante, aunque cuenta con canciones las cuales llegan a ser muy buenas, cuenta en su mayoría con temas de relleno. la mejor canción es The Passenger (track 4) 3 de 5 estrellas
Iskreno, nije mi se toliko svidilo koliko sam mislio da hoće. Dobar album, slušao sam ga jučer na ribnjaku dok je kiša rominjala, depresivno as fuck. Možda sam treb'o neki drugi album za tu priliku, ali kad je ovaj zadan pa reko da si pustim.
There's not a lot that can really be said about this record. The hits, 'Lust For Life' and 'The Passenger', are obviously timeless hard rock classics. 'Some Weird Sin' and 'Tonight' (despite its overly glaring Bowie involvement) are both highlights as deep cuts. There are simply some really forgettable songs surrounding these highlights however. The mixing on 'Sixteen' is a complete mess, there is hardly any room to breath between each instrument. The tune isn't that great either. 'Success' is the most lyrically repetitive track here and sadly makes of a really boring 4 and a half minutes. While I did excuse 'Tonight' earlier, I can't do the same for 'Turn Blue', because fuck me this sounds so blatantly Bowie it's not funny. It's got a few great songs, a few more duds, but overall it's solid. The lightest and featheriest of 3's for this one.
Whoa, first thing to say...and this probably old news, but I've just realised that Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet is pretty close to a straight lift from Lust For Life, bless them. And having just got over the fact that Chas and Dave appear on Slim Shady, I discover that the rhythm section here are brothers and the sons of Soupy Sales a comedian who was all over the sixties and seventies. First thing, straight up the drumming on this record is pretty damn good: great drumming maketh the great rock and roll record. Second thing is, he's got a shirt on the cover, not an good augur for what's to come, a beshirted Iggy won't come out howling. The two big tracks are classics, enough said. Tonight and Turn Blue could come off any 70's Bowie record, Sixteen wants to bust out but you get the feeling Iggy is being held back, you just want him to take his shirt off and shout some shit.
Some good stuff here, and I’d happily listen if someone put it on. Interesting to hear the original of Tonight (I was vaguely familiar with the 1984 Bowie version; the original has a lot more grit!) and to really listen to other tracks I’d heard but not really listened closely to. But I probably won’t pull it off the (virtual) shelf again myself, so 3.5 stars.
Over this whole experiment, Iggy crops up probably more than any other individual lead singer (so far anyway). This is one of the better outings, feels pretty together. Bit weird hearing the tone of his voice vary from bass to treble, but all just about works. Also as always, points knocked off for noncery, which is particularly noticeable in this one.
nice album. passenger is an insanely iconic song. Other songs here were nice too.
I liked certain songs more than others, and I recognized one of them.
Obviously the two big singles are amazing, but the rest was only fine for me. I wouldn't turn it off, but I wouldn't choose to put it on.
A very good album built around 3 great songs.
Can feel the David Bowie influence on this one and there is enough that is unique with it that it doesn't come across as some contrived, wannabe production. With that said, I think the raw, oozing, sounds of his efforts with the Stooges feel more genuine. Making this one seem just a bit tame comparatively.
vocals are pretty hit or miss at times. 3
Interesting kind of punk sounding, lust for life is the only song I recognized. It was ok playing in the background while doing something
Iggy pop is a bit of a bop
It would be cooler if his name was ciggy instead of iggy because this album sounds like how the smoking circle outside a dive bar smells. 3 stars
Its alright
A vibrant and at times jubilant sounding album, with subject matter that is almost entirely anything but. The production and the energy of the album lives right on the outer edge of the uncanny valley of pop, that draws you in with its quirk and curiosity.
Liked it!
The Passenger is the clear highlight
It's alright but relatively samey
Some of the songs were good, like The Passenger. Overall the album was fun to listen to.
Not knowing the Bowie connection until after I listened and read the Wiki I was amused that while I was listening I was thinking it was too bad he had to compete against Bowie. Still a bit distortion-heavy on the vocals
Some nice riffs but a bit drawn out in places.
Album très correct, un peu l'un des fondateur du chant punk. J'ai toujours aimer The Passenger, j'ai quand même apprécier l'album même si il sera un peu moins marquant que les autres, mais bon avec 1001 album....
Having listened to the Idiot earlier this week, this is a big step down from that. It doesn't have much atmosphere and the production is a lot less interesting.
Possibly not as good as The Idiot, but still great.
Title track is a fucking bop. The Passenger is fucking bop. The rest I can do without.
Nice
Interesting chose after Transformer yesterday, what with both having a Bowie connection. However, this seems to have more of Bowie’s thumbprints all over it, sounding in large parts like one of David’s albums from around that time. Iggy himself feels a bit swamped here. The opener and closer are fantastic. As are The Passenger and Some Weird Sin, which sounds a lot more like Iggy than much of this set. But the other half of these selections suffer from not sharing more of the Stooges gene pool. I love Bowie, but this is not meant to be a Bowie album, and I feel like I am missing out on something as a consequence.
One of the founders of punk Lust for life is okay - repetitive The Passenger uses the 4 chord progression - most plays on spotify unsurprisingly - also repetitive (just uses same 4 chords) Tonight and Some weird sin also not bad
Love Iggy.
Way ahead of its time in some songs. Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, Neighborhood Threat Also, is a pedophile.
Didn't listen to the whole thing will get back to it, feels nostalgic even though I didn't listen to this when I was younger.
need to listen to more intently, less distracted eventually
Pretty low key for Iggy. It was alright but I'm not running back.
Great. 3.5/5
pretty neat very bowie inspired 3.5
I like it. Pretty good
dunno that much tbh. seeems fine
After the post-punk stepping stone that is The Idiot, Iggy Pop returns mere months later with another album that comes raging in, best exemplified by the excellent title-track opener. I love the drums on this more than anything, what can I say. Compared to The Idiot though, this album significantly tones it down and brings things to cruising speed. This especially evident on side B, which is fine. I like Iggy Pop, for what it's worth, but the slow stuff doesn't do much for me. This album, though, is still an important part of Bowie's Berlin saga, as the producing of this album helped inspired Bowie for "Heroes". The great thing about Lust For Life is that it brings out the best in two great musicians and friends (even if I don't jive with it completely), and that's awesome.
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.
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.
This album is kind of a 3 for me but Lust For Life and The Passenger are great songs so they kind of bump it up to a 3.5 -- so it really comes down to home keen I am to listen to this again. How much Iggy do I need in my life?
Not a bad album. Enjoyed the music. Still not a big Iggy fan.
Energisk, hard rock, Bowie-produktion
Some really good stuff here, like the title track.
2 fantastische hits, maar de rest van het album is wat eenheidsworst. Geen uitblinker
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
thought i would like this more, just average imo
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
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.
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.
Clearly influenced by Bowie, recognized more than a couple tunes.
Some great songs. And some other songs.
Não me chamou muita atençao
Aye it’s decent. I suppose.
Couple of absolute bangers and rest is very decent.
Better than expected and definitely more enjoyable when you can't see his half naked frame cavorting around.
Lust for Life and The Passenger get the glory, and they should as they are great songs, but the rest of the record shows a stretch for Iggy. Even the album cover shouts that this is going to be something that moves toward a more consumable product; more Pop than Iggy. Bowie is ever present (Tonight, Success,…). That said, a lot of this lacks the energy one expects from Iggy. But… Sixteen and Turn Blue get a bit… uncomfortable.
Lust and Passenger obviously the best tracks- and such great tracks! The other tracks..........well.
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.
Solid classic rock.
This is ok. Makes you think twice about doing loads of drugs incase you end up like Iggy pop
Had some good boogies on there
Ohan tää nyt syystäkin klassikko. Harmi vaan, että se syy on vaan pari ylivertaisen hyvää biisiä.
Solid 3, i liked it overall, funny guy
Already knew best two, Rest of the album was ok too, So one more than two. 6/10
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.
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.
Dois clássicos em meio a músicas medianas.
Eh
Cool songs, especially The Passenger.
Low-rent Bowie with more guitars.
3 1/2
3. I give it a solid straight 3. Lust for Life and The Passenger carry the album but those 2 tracks are amazing!
Neutral about this. A couple of good songs. The rest I didn’t like
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.
7/10
Manche sind echt gut, auf andere hätt ich verzichten können.
It was not bad.
First half great, second half not so much. 3/5 bc the 1st half vibe was nice.
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.
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.
better than i thought, but not for me
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.
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?
One good song
Leuk plaatje!
Lekker bezig Iggy!
Alleen dat blije hoofd van Iggy op de albumhoes is al een punt waard. Best leuk al met al.
This turned out to be better than expected. Knew the singles of course but there are others on the album that are better.
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!
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.
véééééél beter dan de vorige! enter bowie
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.
interesting to lsiten to
Good rockin beats but nothing outshines the title track. 3.5/5
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.
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.
Not my bag. Good just not my thing.
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".
Gets a bit dragged down by an inferior second half, but the rest really brings it all together.
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.
Pretty good. Never listened to Iggy before. Liked it.
It's fine thumping rock and roll music, but it never rises above "just fine" to me.
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.
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
Decent and catchy but couldn’t vibe to 2/3
felt a bit like a bootleg David Bowie, had some good tracks but nothing to write home aboout
It's alright. I would rather just listen to a Bowie album though. Highlights: 1, and 4.
Not bad
This would have been a 5 star if I were 23 when the album came out.
Only listened to The Passenger before, kinda nice album
Pretty good rock album. "Lust for Life" & "The Passenger" are amazing.
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)
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.
Better than I expected. I had heard Lust For Life and Passenger before, and didn't realize they were both on the same album.
25/03/2021
Don't like Iggy Pop as much I thought. Prefer the Stooges era to Bowie
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.
Decent, some classic tracks. Can see how newer bands like QOTSA were inspired. Easy listening, sometimes a bit psychedelic rock, bit Bowie-ish
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).
3/5 there were some good ones in this, but ultimately no.
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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.
More upbeat than the Idiot and more melodic than Pop's prior punk leanings.
Good punk edge
Really good in parts, for me half of the songs not that interesting. A high 3.
expected a bit more
poppy fun, but nothing huge for me
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.
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.
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be!
Hearing echoes of Franz Ferdinand here. Some good punk tracks.
Racuous as expected - I like it. 6/10
Definitely a lot of talent, some gems, a lot kind of sounded the same to me.
a rather enjoyable record with some outstanding classics
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.
Not bad. Solid garage rock entry. Iggy does better when he’s yelling than crooning.
its fun
Semibängeri Helt jees klassisk rock.
3 - Die lederhaut liefert
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.
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.
Didn’t pay most attention, but sounded fun.
Really enjoyed thia
Not bad, a few good songs.
This was great! Didn't know the album of 'that thing' was solid from start to finish
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.
Just eh. Nothing special. Idk don’t hate me, not my taste
Thought it was interesting, not necessarily bad, had some like psychedelic rock vibes to it, saved one song for later
Some great track but generally difficult to listen to.
Not everything is my jam
Good enough.
The songs about young, pure, hot girls are gross, but otherwise some good tunes on this.
Decent
Fav Song: The Passenger
He’s got a bit more Bowie to him than I realised
Couldn't get into the lyricism. The songs were fine. 3....ish.
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
Mais uma bolacha de mais um artista renomado e um dos icons do rock/punk, porém não me pega muito.. é ‘escutavel’ mas é igual ferrão de abelha, só se ‘usa’ uma vez lol
lust for life: 6.4/10 first part of the song before he started singing made me feel like I was in a kid show's intro. I really like his voice tho. decent start sixteen: 6.75/10 really love the vibes of this song, his voice too some weird sin: 5.9/10 its a likable song, just not exactly my vibe. the guitar part was really nice tho the passenger: 6.8/10 I really like it, would see it making it into my playlist if I listen to it enough times tonight: 6.75/10 dont judge a song by the intro tbh, thought it was gonna disappoint me but turns out its actually not that bad success: 4/10 thought it was okay but tbh it got progressively worse, I think im gonna step this one out. gave me such npc commercial music vibes. wtf is "hooray success!" ????? turn blue: 3/10 idk how to feel about this tbh. feels so random.. and not in a good way. like it was sang on an open mic night. 7 mins of torture neighborhood threat: 6/10 pretty nice, potential to make it into my playlist in the future fall in love with me: 5/10 I feel like it was going in a straight line for most of the song, also did not need to be 6 and a half minutes long. found myself waiting for the song to be over, wouldve been better as a song that's 3 mins at most final rating (personal, not mathematical): 4.75/10 honestly the songs are either bad or decent, like its kinda of an npc album. its not good but its not bad either, kinda like a random cd u find in a thrift store
Boring ass music twin how does every song sound the same
This is rightfully a classic to some with some of Iggy's best solo work, like Lust For Life, Passenger, and Some Weird Sin. It also, unfortunately, includes a song where Iggy straight up lusts over a 16 year old. which ruins the album. 4/10, but it would have been probably an 8 without Sixteen.
I think this review on Genius lyrics for the song Sixteen sums it up for me: "In this song, Iggy Pop talks about his pedophilia."
Face was scaru
mild indifference for life
Didn't grab my attention much; like Arctic Monkeys but less interesting. It seemed like The songs mostly stuck to one idea.
Dammit! Another artist I don't like showing up for a 2nd album! And we're only 201 albums in. Iggy Pop is someone I've known of for a long time, and I've never understood why he's popular (even considered "cool," by some). His singing is unpleasant, and his music is boring. I dunno, that's maybe a little harsh. But it's just not something I'll ever seek out, not something that I find very interesting or enjoyable. Maybe he's someone you have to see live, to appreciate - but, in order to see someone live, don't you usually have to like their music first? It's kind of a mystery to me, why he's popular. 2 stars.
On the surface, it's not good music. So why is it popular? Because he's a character? Because it's funny, drug-related, irreverent? If so, I don't care. That's not what I look for in music. I have to assume there's some element of schadenfreude in the fan-base. Like the appeal is that he's making a fool of himself? The last album was called The Idiot, to my point. To close my point, "Turn Blue." What the fuck is that 2 stars for creativity and craftsmanship. No higher because this. ain't. for. me.
The Passenger and Lust for Life are great tracks, which have stood the test of time. The rest of the album isn’t great.
Musically, not bad. But lyrically, there’s multiple things that give me the ick.
You get "Lust for Life" "Passenger" and a couple gems in there, along with two of the worst songs I've had so far in my 1001 in "Sixteen" and "Turn Blue"
dnf
Kinda creepy
Really enjoyed his vocal range. Easy listen. Passenger is a classic favourite. Not much else to say not anything crazy for me.
You can hear Bowie all over this, and while this arty dark (and legit creepy) chugging album makes Pop pop, I have never been able to get into the two big hits (Lust for Life and Passenger). Solid but I am uncompelled.
Probably unfair, but he has always struck me as David Bowie lite. This was fun at times —“The Passenger” is solid—but as a whole didn’t sway me.
tiene buenos temas
Not particularly interesting. Pretty repetitive and dull lyrics without much musical quality at all.
mhmhmh semi
Sue me, but I never liked this one. It's spotty in quality at best and I'm genuinely sick of both the title track and The Passenger at this point.
Mmh
would’ve given this higher if the lyrics weren’t so noncey
i like the rough sound! wtf is sixteen. some standout tracks but i dont think it's an album i would come back to.
More misses than hits, but there are a few gems.
Okay at best…
Was meh. The vocals didn't work for me.
Nah
Meh. The first song "Lust for Life" was in a water park or theme Park commerical in the 2000s. This album was boring. I'm sure he was a pioneer in punk or something . Still meh
The album was okay, but I am starting to come to an understanding that I don't like listening to full albums of certain types of rock.
Not enough variation for me to raise this above a 2, although I don’t think it’s an indictment. There were fun songs!
objectively shit but good meanings all always with iggy
The passenger is a banger, but I feel like this wuold have just been retreading old territory even when it was released and I can't see how this justifies it's place in the list
Iggy Pop….just don’t get it. Never have. Some iconic tunes, but he’s speaking/shouting all the time and ruins it. Generous 2
My god, what a boring album. I'd write a longer review, but now I need a nap.
sounds good as well 2.8
Yeah, no thanks. 2
I honestly hated this. Sounds really dated and don’t really like the guitar tones. Find the songs really boring and Iggy just sounds like he is taking the piss the entire time. But not in a fun way. Love Iggy, but don’t need to come back to this.
I'm not a big fan of British artists during this era that skew blues.
Not for me
Huh, vidste ikke at albummet var coproduceret af David Bowie. Synes godt jeg kan høre sammenligningerne mellem dette og hvad jeg har hørt af David Bowies værker. Albummet er en form for teatralsk og meget løssluppen garagerock/proto-punk. Ville ønske at mixen var lidt mere clean. Standouts: Sixteen (mangler mere koklokke), Passenger (selvsagt), Turn Blue (3:56 - Bleuh)
The Passenger is pretty good but otherwise ehhhh
fue un álbum que se queda en su época
Scheiße
Not for me, other than The Passenger.
The production on this sounds way too ass to be from 1977.
Meh.
Meh. Not my fav
Unremarkable, easy listen.
pedo
Great singles but the rest is variable. No clear musical direction as music composed by others except one track, so just the vocal style holding it together.
it's okay. nothing super special about it, but it's pretty okay. I like the guitar. I'm not fond of the mic filter that's used in some of the songs, it's just not my thing
Not a fan fav, then passanger came one, then the rest.
It's decent. Most other artists at the time did this style much better without the direct mentions of incest. So fuck you Iggy Pop
idk
it's just not that my type, but, it can be change. And the 2nd song is just too weird though, like youre listening a crime scene..
Was an interesting experience. I enjoyed the general vibe of most of the songs, but not really the content of what he was singing about. Saved the songs The Passenger and Tonight.
I didn't know he had so much collaboration with Bowie on the two first albums. Nor that he played on these records _and_ as a touring keyboardist in Iggy's band. Some of these songs are pretty cool, but I prefer the massive sound of Stooges and MC5, that violent garage punk rock style is what I love.
сара 2 марко 2.5
3/10. Fav Track - Lust For Life I really like the title track but that's about it, the sounds are nice but nothing pops beyond that first track. One song specifically I really didn't like.
Not really what I like
Seems like every classic rock album had to have at least one song about having sex with underage girls. This one is on the more egregious side. Musically it's OK. The title track has been played to death by a million commercials, but there are some decent cuts to be found here. Nothing earth shattering, and I much prefer the Stooges. Honestly gonna give it a 2 because of that blatant pedophilia anthem.
I don’t think Iggy ever made a great album, but this has a couple of great songs on it.
Couldn’t get into it too much but didn’t hate it.
I don't understand. I love Bowie, Iggy Pop is one of the most venerated artists of the 70's, this is a well-regarded album, there's so much reason for me to like this, and yet... I just can't enjoy Iggy Pop. I don't know what it is. I've tried solo stuff, The Stooges - none of it lands for me and I don't understand why.
This album is a huge hit or miss. A few great songs mixed in on a few songs that didn’t even sound like music.
This was ok, not what I thought Iggy Pop sounded like based on how he looked.
Bah
This whole album just feels dated
Repetitive
Sounded bowie esque. A whole lot of yap and weird screaming though which only sounds good on record. The music was okay.
What was he cooking here? Sure sure Bowie and all that. But some of this? Like this hits generic AND he's a pedophile getting mad racial on the track like huh?
Eh
If I told you (whoever you are) to give me the most generic, soulless 70s rock album, this is exactly what I would expect.
Sweet 16 made me feel ill
Not totally for me. Liked the passenger so have added that to my list. Everything else did not quite hit right.
I was at a party with a friend from my schooldays named Donald once and he just kept singing Sixteen over and over again until he disappeared into the night. Wonder whatever happened to him.
Not my thing
While I enjoy the Bowie influence and involvement , I don’t see myself revisiting
You can practically hear Bowie leaping out of the album. There are some high points like The Passenger and Lust for Life but for the most part it gets a “just fine” from me. Perhaps a little boring?
I never liked Iggy Pop that much so this is just ok for me. I liked the instrumentals more than the vocals.
Heard Before? Yes. Notes: - well at least this is an improvement over The Idiot. - backing vocals on the title track make me smile every time. - it is entirely plausible that the whole history of rock music is a grand conspiracy to normalize pedophilia. (see "Sixteen" and "Fall In Love With Me") - truly I never thought of Iggy Pop as a total cheeseball until I heard "Success" and "Turn Blue". Verdict: "David Bowie helps Iggy Pop cosplay as Lou Reed" sounds like an Onion headline. But here it kind of works, if you like your rock stars embracing their silly and creepy sides simultaneously. Listen Again? Besides the title track and "Tonight", I'll be very happy to never hear this again.
I can’t with his voice
Мне не очень понравилось
Think I'd only heard Passenger of his, which seemed the best by far on this album
Okay
Alright.
It's pretty much just mediocre rock and roll sung by a guy with a mostly fine but mildly annoying voice. Was hard to pick a best song since it's all just so eh. Best song: Fall In Love With Me
Mmmmmm not it
Just like David Bowie this did nothing for me.
Some iconic sounds but several tracks sounded too similar
Like the title track, that’s about it
Classic rock, repetitive at times Favourite track: Lust for Life
not a fan
Underwhelming
Can this guy shut the hell up about how sexy he finds young girls? Jesus Christ. Some of this wasn't terrible. The titular "lust for life" was pretty good, and guitar work was pretty excellent throughout. I'm just not sure I mean with his songwriting too much.
Not much into early Iggy.
Idk just not my style of music
Saai
Passenger is wel een leuk liedje Sweet Sixteen is fucked up, vieze man
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to place an Iggy Pop song, after listening to this, I do recognize a few. 2.5 stars
Lust for life - pretty boring very repetitive sound 3/10 Sixteen - Lyrically very wrong, but sonically sounds really good i cant lie 5/10 Some weird sin - great riffs, very catchy 7/10 The Passenger - great song i imagine getting high off crack with this playing in the background, great vocals tho, gets boring after a bit 6/10 Tonight - i really love the beginning angelic af, this song sounds like sunshine and rainbows im kicking my feet like a lil princess when i listen to it btw, best song by far 8,5/10 Success - its giving rodeo yeehaw texas, very country sounding, not my thing 3/10 Turn Blue - beautiful intro very bluesy sounding, very technical vocals for 70’s its crazy, its so beautiful i cant even describe it, im really enjoying the talking vocals, incredible song 9/10 Neighborhood Threat - great song, very comforting, love the harsh sound at the end 8/10 Fall in love with me - great song loving the guitars! nothing too special but great to listen to 6/10 Overall: 5,5/10 great album, would listen to some songs again!
Good album. I didn't realize all the songs I knew off of this album were his songs.
Parts of this are cool, other parts are just worse Bowie. The best parts of the album are probably only about a 3.5 for me anyway? I'm rounding down a bit because I'm annoyed that we have 5 albums from Iggy Pop/The Stooges on the list
outside of Sixteen and Turn Blue and Fall In Love With Me and the album cover I mostly did not hate this but I did not like it a lot either I will probably not listen to it again
Heard two songs. Time to move on.
jako cudno i nisam stvarno bas pazljivo slusala ali ima elemente razlicitih zanrova cudan je
I can understand why this album is included on the list, and found it had good instrumentals and somewhat lacking lyrics. Was going to give this a 3, however the disgusting nature of the lyrics (and turn blue, which may be the most off putting song I've ever listened to) dropped this to a 2
It’s like you had to be at the time to like it or you already listen to something like this to like it. Not for me.
Not a Bowie fan, not an Iggy Pop fan, so this one was losing before it even begun. It's listenable, B sides were more enjoyable than the front for me. Lyrics were questionable. Definitely felt like a Bowie impression more than original music at times. Maybe a different time and a different place I'd enjoy this more?
Good musical ideas here (mostly coming out of David Bowie in the background, if my ears don't mistake me), but obscured by a wall of noise and awful shrieking "singing".
5/10
Very mid, only liked one song on the album. 2 stars.
List for life and Passenger are classics. Sixteen is a bit creepy. Some weird sin is okay. Tonight is very Bowiesque, nearly skipped at the beginning but it improved. I really don’t love the rest of the album
Je m'attendais pas a graaaand chose en voyant cet album, je sais juste que mon père l'écoutais. Pas très remarquable surtout au début, c'est vraiment l'épitome du rock des 70's toujours très inspiré par les 60's. Un peu rolling stones si ils étaient ennuyant. 2 stars parce que les backs de Success sont marrant et Turn Blue est fun et change (enfin !!!!) du rock qu'on entends tout le temps sur cet album. Des grilles de blues un peu déconstruites pour faire du rock ad nauseam. Chansons préférées : Turn Blue, Success
a headache. only liked 2 songs.
Two tracks good the others were ok did not like sixteen