Lust For Life

A few of these tracks reminded me of David Bowie, and reading the story behind this album easily explains that connection. That being said, I don't think this is as good as Bowie at his best, and a track like "Sixteen" really drags the album down in my estimation. This album is wavering on the line for me, maybe my opinion will change in the future if I choose to revisit it. Also, why does Iggy Pop look like a completely different person in every photo I've seen of him? Favorite track: "The Passenger." This one falls in the category of a few other albums that I gave low scores to, but I *really* like one track.

Lust for Life and The Passenger are both pretty great. The rest of the songs don't compare. It's....ok, I guess? But bordering on creepy thematically, so I don't think I'd go back to this over and over again. Sorry, Iggy. It's not for me.

I’d rather listen to David Bowie, which I did right after finishing this. 2.5 stars

Another album where everything feels a bit subdued, I’m not sure on this one that the Bowie influences totally work. Hard to describe but it feels under itself, there’s angsty, poppy rock music trying to break out but it doesn’t quite manage it. It’s like trying to rip open a packet of food but try as you might it won’t open. You get a whiff of the goods inside but you can’t quite get at it and you wonder why you bothered.

I think lust for life is a crap song. Its basic drivel. The only artist that does that style worse is Bruce Springsteen. Recording is dire as well (though by all accounts it has mixed review in that its a "style" less so than the "quality"). Sixteen onwards was awful and was horrible to the ears as a result. Mercifully the songs do improve and "The Passenger" elevates things slightly but cant help but think its on a conveyer belt of sound. The songs vary only by how long the belt is. I do like "Success" as well maybe because its got a more prounouced blues feel to it and has a more rock theme. Undeniable that Bowie had an influence here but nothing inspired me particularly and oddly the biggest surprise was that I didnt like it. He has the potential I just dont think the package works for me personally.

Uhhhhh I don't really care for this at all actually. I can see it being a predecessor to some stuff I like in the future, but this alone I don't really care for any tracks on (not terrible, though)

*1977. *I guess I've never listened to Iggy - I thought he was more punk, this was more like Rolling Stones light. *Not bad, but wouldn't revisit. RATING - 6/10

Dosta lejm, nisam nikad voljela Iggyja, čak ni malo mlađa. Odrasla sam s nekim od ovih stvari, ali mi nikad nisu donijele Joy, eto. 2/5, 3/10

The hit songs are bangers, the rest feels a bit filler. I find the style slightly too all over the place to really enjoy.

Really unsure how I feel about this album. I continue to go back and forth between thinking it's fine and thinking it's "we have David Bowie at home" mixed in with way too much singing about young girls. 2.5

This was ok. I expected it to be more raucous though. Probably wouldn’t visit it again..

⭐️⭐️

Fine. Again, not a fan of the style of music. But it wasn't atrocious 2 stars. Not awful, wouldn't listen again on purpose and would skip if it came on

I like "The Passenger", and coincidentally, it was also in this album, but the rest of the songs are not that great. Whenever The Passenger came on, I got a bit excited, but one song can't carry the whole album.

one good song

Obviously influential, and I can appreciate the Bowie touches on this album. Unfortunately it just didn’t really do it for me. 2/5.

2.5

Despite his checkered past Iggy seems to have become a National Treasure. He sounds a nice guy on his Radio 6 radio show. Unfortunately I’ve never liked his music. Apart from Passenger this set of songs does nothing for me. 2/5 30/9/25

Obviously influential but not really my bag.

3eme album proposé par le générateur avec IP, les 2 précédents étant 'Raw Power' (avec les Stooges), et 'The Idiot' que je n'avais pas trop apprécié (notés 2/5). Je n'aime toujours pas sa façon de chanter, particulièrement mauvaise dans 'Turn Blue' (j'ai failli arrêter l'écoute pendant ce morceau ...). Les morceaux sont plutôt dynamiques, mais certains me paraissent inutilement longs ('lust for life' par exemple qui est très répétitif), et sans (ou avec trop peu) de chorus qui auraient pu égayer l'ensemble. Donc pas de seconde écoute pour moi. =>2/5

Lust for Life and Passenger are the big hits on this album for good reason - they’re great tracks, and way better than everything else on the record. I hoped something else might grab my attention in the same way - Some Weird Sin came close, but the rest just passed me by.

I’m much more entertained by Biggy Pop, Iggy Pop’s parrot.

it's ok

Going to a Stooges show way back in the day was probably fucking killer, and Bowie was a brilliantly theatrical composer, but trying to make that collaboration boil down to a stereo recording here just doesn’t do it for me. There’s a couple good songs on this record, but I’ve given away both of my physical copies years ago. This feels like one of those “You would’a had to of been there” type of moments in music.

First impression is that this is dull

уф я чесно не знаю чому, але було так нудно слухати. ніби це далеко не погана музика, правда, але не зачепило тупо нічого.

His acclaimed stage presence does not transfer over to the recording booth if you ask me. A song like "Sweet Sixteen" shouldnt be permissible on this list. This album is good for one song and it's the obvious "The Passenger". The masses got it right in uplifting this song to frequent radio play. I'm pretty sure I heard Bowie's backing vocals on "Tonight" as well - I was hoping for more from this album knowing he was involved. Just had a Stooges album shortly before this and from what I've heard so far, Iggy Pop and his projects just don't do it for me

I unique, introduction of what I considered the introduction to punk America. Created group Iggy Pop & the Stooges, became popular in rock genre

listened to this at the gym and wasnt crazy - liked the blues song though and the guitar was nice

se me borro lo que escribi, siento que se escucha viejo, le vendria bien el remaster. las letras las siento medio pete, como que no son wow, pero la banda esta muy bien, y los vocales estan bien qsy siento que les faltaba sentimiento muchas veces, no escucho esta musica, y este album no siento que lo vaya a re visitar mucho.

The sole standout is The Passenger, of course. The rest is mediocre at best. Some tracks could even be on a Bowie album, and you wouldn't notice that it isn't Bowie. And I still don't like him.

I mean it's alrightt. Sixteen🤨 some weird sin🤨 tonight🙆🏻‍♂️🫂👯‍♂️ turn blue 🦜🐓🦚🐦‍⬛ reeeeeeeh strong🗣️black 🗣️the fuck he talking bout right now. Neighbor hood threat🤨(actually like this one tho). This old fogy kinda alt punk icon but it's just alright

Just got david bowie then this guy, so i really wasnt a fan. My mrs likes him so a 2

Real fun kind of janky rock sound, not my favorite though. Did enjoy the vocal instrumentation choices, and definitely has some cool range! Fav Track: Lust For Life

I'll admit it upfront—I've never been an Iggy Pop fan. While I respect his place in music history and the influence he's had on punk and rock, his voice and tone just don’t connect with me. From the first track, I found myself struggling to stay engaged, and I barely made it through four songs before calling it quits. For fans of Iggy’s raw energy and signature style, this album may be a classic. But for me, it was a tough listen.

Title song here is really the only one that's worth your time. I know people like this one and that it's spiritually part of Bowie's Berlin Trilogy and whatever but who cares! I don't like any of that either! The proper way to listen to this album is to listen to the title song, let the bassline remind you it's been too long since you heard "You Can't Hurry Love", and then go put on a Supremes greatest hits compilation.

He’s gonna erupt when he sees 16 year olds???

I always thought this album was made in the 90s/2000s because it’s basically just indie rock. It reminds me of franz Ferdinand or the killers or summing like that. Super ahead of its time. 2/5 though, not my kinda music

Apparently a really famous album. Music was very recognizable. I think that gave me the feeling of liking the music but not sure how I truly felt.

Ciertamente prefiero a Bowie, este album es solo de un imitador que intenta hacerse pasar por el hermano siamés, no logro engañarme ni un momento.

i couldn’t get into this one.

A couple of big hits but nothing that really grabs me

Lust for life and The Passenger are worth listening to. Shame about the rest.

This was ok. I couldn’t tell one song from the next and none stood out. Won’t be listening to again I fear

Got bored, wanted to keep skipping ahead. Not my fav

Fine. Few interesting melodies but nothing earth shattering. And dude is weird

Apart from The Passenger" absolutely awful

Turn Blue moved this down a whole star.

Kind of a snoozer IMO

Few good tracks and there’s the singles. Very much stuck in time

Iggy Pop! I know of this guy's name for some reason or another, though I'm confident that I've never heard a single second of this guy's discography. I'm not expecting to be jumpscared by some hidden bangers that I didn't know belonged to this guy- Scratch that! I've heard The Passenger. Good song. This album is pretty competent, though I think there's a severe drop in quality during the second half of the album. The beginning of the album establishes itself well with some fun, bouncy tunes that move at a quick pace (title track, Some Weird Sin). Starting tfrom Tonight and onwards the album slows itself to a crawl and sheds all of the clever hooks in favour of long, meandering songs that go nowhere. There's still some good moments to the instrumentals with the strong lead guitar performances on Success and Neighborhood Threat, though these are close to being the only things I enjoyed about that stretch of the album. Gonna check the entry for this album in the 1001 Albums book as part of my ongoing journey to educate my ass on music history. Let's see. "Godfather of Punk", which I guess is how I know of him. A return to form. Produced by David Bowie, I can very easily believe as hear the influence. Yeah, I guess I can vouch for this album. I always like when music artists pivot away and do their own thing after becoming established in a specific genre of music

gross

Meh

Was ok should prolly re listen

Not terrible, but I just can't get into it. 2 stars.

Obviously Lust for Life and The Passenger are great songs, but the lyrics for songs like Sixteen and Turn Blue are pretty rough listens.

I don't know what to think. It's on the border of being decent but something is preventing it from being there.

didn’t really care

i'm so unbelievably tired

Musically pretty interesting. A lot of genre hopping. Very punk/garage rock/raw. Lyrically not great, especially Sixteen, which is really creepy.

Iggy Pop may be the godfather of the punk genre, but this album isn't anything special by today's lights. I did discover that "Lust for Life" is almost certainly what Jet sampled for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" I didn't appreciate the overture towards underage girls in "Sixteen". I'm not sure what was going on in "Turn Blue", but it feels pretty racist from the lyrics. I don't feel any desire to listen to this album again, even though it did have some decent tracks in "The Passenger", "Tonight", and "Neighborhood Threat". Favorite track: The Passenger

Ok..

I thought I would like Iggy Pop, but I... don't think I do! The way everything layers feels a little overwhelming, and his voice isn't my favorite (too Jagger-meets-Bowie for me). It's feeling a little Rocky Horror in some places. Although I do enjoy the guitar tone, and The Passenger is CASH money.

This is my first foray into Iggy Pop. I've heard "Lust For Life" before but not much else. I honestly didn't get much from this album. It kind of failed to hold my attention. Maybe it's just the mood I'm in at the time of listening, but I found the majority of the album forgettable and I wouldn't really revisit any of it besides "Lust For Life" and maybe "Neighborhood Threat" because it had some decent guitar riffs. The album was not unpleasant to listen to, but didn't really offer anything to keep it even an average level of interesting I would hope for from one of the 1001 albums to listen to before my untimely death.

I don’t like Iggy Pops voice. Songwriting is okay but it’s hard to get past the voice for me

The passenger einziger guter song

Not my fave

This guy's voice was weird, and he said some iffy stuff. But musically, there were some fun moments and charming instrumentals. 2/5

Sometimes there's albums where you know one or two tracks and you think to yourself 'I can't believe I've never listened to the whole thing, it's all so good!'. This is not one of those albums. Apart from 'Lust for Life' and 'The Passenger', this album is entirely unremarkable, except for towards the end of the album, where it gets actively not good. The lyrics are problematic whenever I do listen to them, musically there's nothing really pulling me in. I will continue to enjoy the 2 songs I like, and will not be listening to the album in its entirety again.

normally i like weird proto-indie music but iggy specifically gives me the heebie jeebies

ignatius popplestone

mildly unsettling

Iggy has a very cool voice, and Lust of Life and The Passenger are cool songs, but otherwise this album isn't very interesting to me.

Fine songs, nothing too exciting for my taste Favourite song: neighborhood threat

Decent

I found it hard to keep paying attention to this album. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that interesting either. 2.5

50% fantastic album, 50% Bowiefied. This would rate higher if the style was less like the Bowie of the time.

4 This really doesn't do anything for me. "Passenger" is probably the best of the bunch, but all of it's very pedestrian. Lyrics and instrumentation are pretty uninspired. Also has the goofiest album cover that it no way fits the vibe of the music.

This is solid but there's just a lot of rock I would prefer to listen to. Passengers is good, rest is alright

It was okay. I liked “Lust For Life”, “The Passenger”, and “Success”. The rest of the album was just mediocre.

The passenger is a standout but idk, it’s not that this is bad just not my sound I guess. I didn’t mind it but never got super into it. Very carefree sounding vocals

Pretty boring title track tbh Sixteen is very samey too, tune-wise (like WHAT tune, amirite?) Riff at the start of Some Weird Sin is adorable. Also "things get too straight / I can't bear it" ; same, queen The Passenger is so basic and samey too - don't know why it's so popular Tonight is pretty good So is Success Turn Blue is the best so far - a weird instance of the later songs being better than the first. Neighborhood Threat is pretty good. Last track is pretty good too.

Just meh

Entirely forgettable. Not for me. 2/5.

Not really my jam, although I didn't mind The Passenger. Not re;ated to the music but couldn't they have taken a better photo?? Creepy ass shot

Absolutely did not do it for me, surprisingly. I felt like a need to be MORE of something – more glam rock? More theatrical? More blues-y? I would have loved The Passenger had I not heard it in 1000 commercials

Nothing really hits except The Passenger. Very disappointing.

Μέτριο προς κακό, εκτός ένα δύο κομμάτια ύμνοι

Ετσι για κάνα δυο κομμάτια που αξίζουν γενικά όχι σε αυτό το δίσκο δεν τον συμπάθησα ποτε !

underwhelming. vocals are annoying and the instrumentals are not interesting at all. iggy pop gets wildly outshone by his contemporaries on this album

I mean, I get it. Iggy Pop is one of those dudes for a reason. Sounds like David Bowie and Billy Idol. Still, it's not my thing. Highlights: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Fall in Love With Me.

weiss nie wie viel er am trolle isch. vocals teilwis zu astrengend für mich, paar bangers debii

I feel like this album is all over the place, it's like Iggy is trying to be a different person on each song. The darker vibe on "The Passenger" is the best one but it comes off like a budget Jim Morrison and the guitar is too jangly. They're somehow calling this punk but singing "I'm gonna hop like a frog". I guess 70's "punk" also uses a ton of tambourine. Did not enjoy the creepy lyrics of "Sixteen" or the full blown heroin trip in "Turn Blue." The whole thing sounds like a collection of throw-away Bowie songs and the cover art is whack. This man is the "Neighborhood Threat." Remove him, 2.0.

Don’t need to hear that again

Gosh I feel repetitive saying this but these albums just keep being boring. I want something new, I want to understand why they are on this list, I’m sick of the same vibe day after day. I mean I could understand why people would like this, it wasn’t horrible but I just don’t always get it.

I'll never get the attraction of this guy from the lowest of the low (music critics). OK yes - the title track is a fine enough pop song, I tap my foot to it, sure, but that's the extent of it. "The Passenger" probably took 3 minutes to write and I'm sure that MAKES IT AUTHENTIC no no wrong it just makes it a low effort sequence of 4 chords and 2 vocal notes over and over. Miss me with this and all of that low-rent 70s NYC punk/new wave rock scene rubbish and throw it in the overloaded bin. "Tonight" sounds like a very pale imitation of classic Alice Cooper. Positives: I'll give one -> overall this is markedly better than his previous effort or anything by The (awful) Stooges - I'm sure David Bowie's hand helped keep it a lot more melodic - but right, right: I don't like David Bowie which explains why I still don't like this. 4/10 2 stars.

This was good but not my favorite I don’t think.

Lust for Life is one of the best songs ever. Just a great bouncy tune. The rest of the album was ok.

aber alle songs klingen für mich ähnlich..

It was okay.

Meh. It's not bad, but it's nothing special either. I'd give this a 5 or 6 out of 10. Since I don't think it belongs here, I'm giving it 5 out 10 and rounding down. Maybe a tad harsh, but oh well -- this album mostly bored me. At best, it has two very minor hits, and the rest is pretty dull.

So tired of hearing Lust for Life and The Passenger. I suspect when it was released this was a great album but there’s nothing here for me.

After Title cut, which is the best, its just Ok...

Not my kinda music

Music's okay. Gives me The Doors vibes. I like The Passenger but no other songs really stood out. Would probably not listen to it again. Plus, all the songs sound like they need some fine tuning/refining of the sound.

Not particularly my favourite

Nope

creaky. i can see how this was fun during its time though. old dudes lusting after literal teenagers isnt fun anymore.

Topsong: Neighborhood Threat 'Passenger'-Album 2-3 Abmischung mit 'Telefon-Sound' - so lala.

Not for me. Gave up by the last few tracks. Front loaded - Lust for Life and Some Weird Sin were good. Tonight was sad.

It does what it's trying to do very well but it didn't show me anything. Im always looking for something to chew on with an album and I don't find myself that intrigued by this. All of the instruments feel really far apart too which I don't think is helping the cohesiveness of the album.

Not my cup of tea

The only Iggy I've known in my life is Iggy Koopa, and I wish I would have kept it that way. The album was lackluster, and reminded me more of a demo than a studio album, but did have two good songs, if nothing else. Favorite Song: "Lust For Life".

I am glad that I got to listen to an album that has clearly influenced so many other artists, but this wasn’t my cup of tea - 2.5/5 Reviewed 29/08/2024

trotos

Some fun tunes but some of those lyrics have not aged well at all

Whatchu laughing at? You think it's funny? We have a fucking comedian here. Can't wait for ironic era to pass, people don't take anything seriously

I only liked Passenger

Not much to note, was listening while doing some work.. didn’t catch my attention. Sorry Iggy :(

Most songs are fine, still too old for my liking but Passenger and Lust for Life are highlights.

The lyrics to “Turn Blue” and “sixteen” make more sense after you know that Iggy was a bit of a weirdo sex pest. Moral objections aside, I didn’t particularly like this album. How many songs can you make out of 3 chords, chorus and verse included? There’s good three chord rock and then there’s this. It’s pretty boring and repetitive. I know Bowie is involved in this a bit and you can sort of hear it but the big difference is that Bowie writes interesting music and Iggy just kinda writes music. It’s really forgettable, especially given the real punk stuff developing around the late 70s. Also he sounds too much like Jagger of Jagger could produce more than 2 notes with his voice.

Glam

Wow, I had no idea "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" was a cover. Apart from that realization though, this CD doesn't have much to offer. I don't really like garage rock that much overall, and this is as stripped-down as it gets. Witness "The Passenger", which appears to be the single - it's literally the same 3-second unit repeated for the entire song, with no development. Many others are similar. Pop is also, objectively, a bad singer - he's got very limited range, kind of a boring delivery, and fairly low energy. The only thing that makes "Raw Power" work is just that, and it's missing on this CD.

Ei minua varten, vaikka pari passelia kappaletta mukana olikin.

Pretty boring

Classic rock. Felt a little on the simple side to me. There were a few songs I enjoyed but not much reason to revisit for me.

Almost felt like a trick question - Is it epic? Or just a bit crap? Hmm, can't deny title track and Passenger, but the rest a bit meh.

Ok, some good songs, not sure Iggy pop is for me.

Two big bangers, and even the Passenger is a bit shit really. Not interested in any of the other sub Bowie stuff. He was better with is original mates

Super sick of songs by guys in the 70s waxing poetic about sixteen year olds. Can tell how influential his sound is but tbf I’d rather listen to Bowie

Man merkt schon, warum er so erfolgreich war. Ich mags nicht so

Not feeling this one

David Bowie, is that you??!? Mostly garbage with approx. 2 good tracks

Nothing interesting or new here.

Not really my vibe

Found this distinctively lacking in charm. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Bowie…

Lust for Life open with Lust for Life, his best known solo track, and by far the best on the album, produced by Bowie during their infamous Berlin era in 1977. The influence of Bowie is enormus on the album, he play several instruments, produced it, and written 6 out of 9 songs. Lust For Life, with his up beat tempo, iconic riff and lyrics about drugs and luxury. TBH sixteen is not very good i think Some Wierd Sin is ok but also not that good The Passenger is also a very known track by Iggy Pop, with the also icnonic guitare riff, apparently inspired by a Jim Morrison poem, Morrison is a big inspiration for Iggy's stage persona. Its a good song. Tonight is a song that Bowie would later do with Tina Turner, its about a girl who OD on Heroin, a drug that Iggy was terribely addicted a few years prior. Its pretty good, i like the Bowie's back vocals Success is also a pretty mid song i think, not that bad musically, but i dont very like Iggy's vocal work here. Turn Blue is another drug song with pretty obvius reference to heroin, probably a lot self explenatory and inspired by his own crippling heroin addiction, the song is ok. The last two songs are not pretty good either Tbh i’m a bit disappointed by this album, but its not terrible just not my kind, even tho it has some qualities

Couple of classic, rest is ok.

Naw, I’m good

Creepiest album cover of all time. Overall album was fine except for "Turn Blue" which was exceptionally awful.

Solid guitar, but nothing came off as special. Could t finish

fint nok - 2/5 eller 3/5 hvis man er sød

I think I’m really starting to understand punk music after listening to this…because if I had to live in a world where this was popular I would want the antithesis of this created yesterday. Iggy is a self indulgent pop star who gives off the feeling that it’s more about him making the music in particular than making good music. Because on top of all this it’s pretty generic music. I don’t see that much creative or innovative. More than anything I get the feeling that this album was made more for iggy’s p

Classics. Apart from that, meh.

Needs refining.

Turns out I don't really like Iggy Pop.

Not at all my style didn’t like it

Singles are good. Love Iggy pop as a person, but some of these songs get repetitive.

Had some bangers but some I felt were repetitive and sounded similar.

didnt finish but of the songs I listened too this was alright at best

Decent, was like an earlier version of the strokes

I quite like some songs (Some Weird Sin, The Passenger), but it still isn’t something I would put on regularly. This album is almost the opposite of the previous Kate Bush one for me. Either the songs were boring and generic, or too weird that it gave me the ick (Turn Blue). Maybe this influenced a lot of more modern music, but now with modern music already in existence I’m not going to be returning to this album any time soon.

Mucho menos de lo que parecía. Me da la sensación de que va perdiendo fuerza por el camino. Aún así es un disco muy fácil y agradable de escuchar

No me ha gustado mucho

Pretty basic brit pop, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Turn blue definitely stood out the most. Overall a pretty good record, but not my cup of tea. Would do 2.5 stars if possible.

Good selection of songs. A couple of hits. Nice but not overwhelmingly so…

This album is 1977 in caricature. Joe Walsh guitar sounds, disco hints, a song about lusting for 16 year olds, a song lusting for a black woman. . . It is amazingly bad. so bad it is almost good?

2/5 - The only real highlight on this album for me is The Passenger, but even then it's only so good. The rest is just mediocre easy listening.

Ok album, nothing that really stood out to me other than the quality of the songs not being too consistent, last few songs were a drag to get through. Iggy Pop is a bit of a shit guy. Medium/high 2.

I recognize Lust for Life. Sounds very pre-punk. Can't say I enjoyed the album but it wasn't terrible to me. 2*.

Not a fan. Too abrasive and not melodic enough for me!

Meh. If this is the peak, I don’t fancy the rest of it

I really haven’t liked any bowie albums we’ve had. Thought I would. Top Tracks: 1) Success 2) Sixteen

Not my cup of tea. I tried really hard to like this.

Scratchy screeychy

Oldish rock vibe, not bad but I couldn't get into it very much

You can definitely hear the Bowie influence in this album, and thank god for that, because without it, this album would have been dire. Two songs (Lust for Life, The Passenger) have become hits, not because of the artist, rather thanks to some very favourable movie producers who have put them in their films. Who doesn't listen to Lust for Life and immediaterly think of Ewan McGregor running through the streets of Edinburgh?

Sounds kind of like everything I’ve ever heard

Well of course we all know about this edgy brand of rock made by men who are into sixteen year olds. Ew.

I'm a little disappointed. This doesn't sound that different from the Rolling Stones to me. Some songs are alright, some are nothing special. Favorite song: lust for life

It's OK. Passenger is good.

Not much there for me. 2/5

Inegal

Little bland for me. Ensemble is decent.

Only enjoyed the Passenger song. Everything else felt old and racist

I’ve heard the hits enough. The rest does not stick out as particularly good. In fact, it sometimes felt unpleasant to listen to.

lust for life - the melody is good energy but tires itself out pretty fast. and then it just gets into this repeitition saying the same thing. 2/5 sixteen - same drum rhythm it fees like. not into it. 2/5 some weird sin - great guitar licks, singer puts me off the rest of the song. 3/5 the passenger - i;ve heard this before on 92.5 rock. the singers cadance actually matches this time. 4/5

Starts off poor but improves as it goes on. Not my can of pop 🥤

Blääh

Solid album but nothing jumps out that I have to listen to over and over. 2

Sure, it's good. Not too big on it though.

Some really good songs but overall kinda boring album

meh

I don't know why but I've always found Lust for Life to be a tedious song. I know I should like it but I don't. Then the rest of this album just washes over me and again, I should like Iggy. I just don't think it's that interesting.

Tråkigt tbh!

A pretty dark album. The whole thing feels pretty strung out and puts me on edge. Standout track: The Passenger

I think I just don’t like iggy pop

Not a fan. Songs are very basic and repetitive.

I dislike this just a bit more than The Stooges stuff. Just doesn't do much for me.

Not a fan.

I didn't like this album 2 stars

Ok but I’m just not into the tinny sounding punk.

Decent

Alright, couple of good songs but not really something I liked

straight rock and roll. No real interest in 2023

Sorry Mr. Burns, I know 'The Passenger' is your ultimate villain song, but all I can think about is driving through endless wheat fields in bumf*ck Iowa. It's a really good cross-country roadtrip song, but I've done that once before and I don't really see the need to do it again, because that sh*t kind of suckeddd. I'm sad because I expected more from this album, but I was left disliking it more than I did at the start. How does that even happen.

Look at this smug SOB staring back at me. “You sucker!” he’s saying, “No way you’re actually gonna listen to me. I mean, I’m a COMPLETE waste of time.” So it’s basically a collection of David Bowie songs that Bowie deemed too shitty to be released by him, so he let this schmuck do it.

The Passenger is een heel episch nummer, verder paar goede nummers, maar klinkt toch wat gedateerd.

This album as a whole was fine except the song Sweet Sixteen creeped me out so much that I almost didn’t recover.

cause of trainspotting

mid tbh. i dont like his crusty voice or creepy face lmfao. not for me idk how this is influential or good.

meh. lust for more pog if u ask me

not my style

This reviewer has a primary dislike of singer-songwriter, and something as rock and roll as Iggy Pop is not that much of an exception. Songs with proper choruses, relevant repetitive hooks, even some sense of predictability are arguably what songs are. Putting words to music if anything, is an oversimplification of song-writing. Either way, the reason "The Passenger" gets to be runaway hit on this album is because the song creates resolve. It is a great song, easily quite catchy and one that will remain in one's head for no short amount of time. The rest of the album however, most of it tends to fall into the singer/songwriter category where we are given wordy stories that have not much to do with the music that plays it, or so it seems. This album does do very well where most in this genre get scored horribly. Iggy's lyrics are not infuriatingly there for no reason, he does portend some intention and with that there is a level of interest in what the songs have to say.

I don’t like it. It’s too experimental for me. It has a Pink Floyd vibe (it is from that era to be fair) but it’s nowhere near the quality. I just wanted the album to end from the start. 2/5

Way boring, which is surprising because it has Bowie playing a role in writing. The grit and grime of The Idiot gets lost in trying to return to the Stooges. And Sixteen is just gross.

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

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.

Mediocre album made possible by Bowie who is responsible for most of the good bits.

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.

Grand

Es un disho razonable Indicio post.punk

It's alright. Some songs were groovin' but others weren't terribly interesting.

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.

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.

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!

2.5

Probably not something I'd listen to again. No songs really stand out.

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.

Ein zwei Tracks Viben ganz gut der Rest wack

Enjoyable - I had not gotten into Iggy previously. Respect the contribution but I've already forgotten how it really sounded.

I’m sure this is somebody’s thing.

Top heavy album.

Iggy Pop is fucking overrated. This isn't awful but it doesn't deserve the praise it gets.

LUST FOR LIFE IS OK, BUT IGGY POP IS A PEDOPHILE - DIA

I found this quite terrible, the listening experience can only be described as jarring and the album cover is like a kick in the teeth. I was told to always follow my gut and my gut it telling me to take a shit on this number; im really struggling to become partisan to iggy pop and his antics and the lack musical substance makes his performance shenanigans offensive and tackless.

yy no sé más o menos

ew

Fine album, not gonna listen tho. Besides The Passenger.

Boring yet still manages to be controversial

Nope

I found the album pretty boring to listen to, plus the guy is a creep. 1 star for the two songs on here that were alright.

meh

lol nah again gotta wonder what the criteria is to make this list.

Iggy Pop is an excellent example of the fact that you don’t necessarily have to be a good composer, a good singer or a good musician to be a rock icon. For there is no doubt that Pop is an icon, embodying (proto-)punk and a brash yet uncompromising rock ’n’ roll attitude. “Lust for Life” was recorded in the same place and at the same time as Bowie’s famous Berlin Trilogy, with significant input from his drugs-and-rehab buddy Bowie, yet musically it bears no resemblance to it. Whilst Bowie explores krautrock, ambient and experimental art rock, Pop presents stomping punk and sing-along rock on “Lust for Life”, somewhere between the clichés of The Clash and The Rolling Stones. With its rumbling energy, the album is exhausting and irritating, but above all, it’s deadly boring.

I down't like him. ew. A littles ruste.

It just was not for me

Saw there was a song called Sixteen and did not necessarily like this, but let's see how old Iggy... Oh fuck noooo you're 30 bro. Don't. Just don't. As for the rest of the album, it's not really my thing. It sounds subdued, and production is pretty messy. Maybe this was intentional but I don't love it. Reading that Bowie had a big hand in it makes sense, I don't love his stuff either. Okay I'm at Fall in Love with Me, and was thinking about giving this album 2 stars, but him singing "You're so young and pure/and you're young at heart" just ruined it. Ew.

1 de 5 Con un sonido enérgico que combina la crudeza del punk con melodías pop pegadizas y brillantes, crean una vitalidad cruda que se refuerza con baterías potentes y la inconfundible voz de Iggy. A destacar: Track 1 - Lust For Life Track 4 - The Passenger Track 7 - Turn Blue

pedo.

It's weird that Bowie cooperated with such untalented artist as Iggy Pop

Bastante meh en general, una o dos canciones buenas y el resto sin más. El género me mola pero hay cosas mucho mejores.

I thought this album was pretty all the songs, minus like 2, all sound terrible and are so boring, and then you have the awful song know as Sixteen. Bad album

explosion at the sweet 16, what did he mean by this? is this guy another british nonce?

Not for me

No me pareció un gran álbum, la verdad me aburrió un poco. Aunque tiene una vibra tranquila y bastante estética, no sentí que lograra atraparme demasiado ni que las canciones me dejaran una impresión muy fuerte. Se deja escuchar, pero en mi caso no terminó de engancharme, así que no creo que sea de esos discos a los que volvería seguido.

Echt zo niet mijn ding. Echt begging for this to be over. Ik weet niet waarom maar net als de white stripes voelde het zo saai en eentonig en theatraal op een slechte manier? Not for me, sorry miss Iggy.

Is rampant, and sinful.

The title track is the most palatable track on this album and much like Iggy himself its annoying trash. Albums like this are why I lose faith in humanity on a daily basis... who thinks this is so good you NEED to hear this before taking your final breath?

I try to avoid looking up historical context for these albums to keep the review to just my experience listening. I say that because this feels like an influential album that inspired a lot of others (I hear Jet's "Are you gonna be my girl" in "Lust for Life", I hear Franz Ferdinand in "Fall in Love with Me") but I just didn't resonate with this at all. Lots of sung-spoken lyrics over familiar changes. Sorry Iggy!

Tiresome posturing. Style over substance. Iggy pop, lou reed and floyd are basically brands but there is no more than a handful of memorable songs between them. This collection is devoid of charm and songs

1,5/5

Mh

I'm going to be so honest I skimmed through this album but from what I heard the mixing of tracks was terrible and often made Iggy's voice very sharp, not as in pitch but like actively attacking my ears which isn't cool man

dont like rock

Everything felt icky after "Sixteen"

1. luzt - 1.5 2. zizteen -1 3. uueird - 1.5 4. pazzenger - 1.5 5. tonight - 0 6. zucezz - 0 7. blue - 0 8. threat - 1.5 9. love - 1.5

this album was one of my favorite when I was a teen. it was one of the first classic rock albums I really resonated with. I was excited to come back to it after all these years and even more excited when it began and sounded just a good and full of life as I had remembered. then, the song "sixteen" came on and my heart ached for my teenage self. Iggy pop was 30 when this album was released. let that sink in.

not my cup of tea; wouldnt listen again.

not bad just not really my cup of tea.

2/10

This is not my type of music at all. But it was not bad, i'm sure a lot of people love it.

First up fuck Iggy Pop, fuck the song Sixteen and fuck him. Sable Starr was 13 years old. I understand, "it is another time", but I don’t give a fuck how sexy her leather boots are, fuck no and fuck you. And just in case you didn't grasp the point this creep is making in Sixteen, “Fall in love with me” hammers it home. Now, the music. Passengers is an all-time great melody. The writing, (riming sky with sky for example) is not all time great. I will add that if in your album, the parts I’m searching for and looking forward to the most are the Bowie parts, then that says a lot about you. There is no hidden gem on there. Sure it is not horrible musically, but does it deserve posterity as an album : no. Fuck this.

I so heavily dislike the vocals that it knocks the album down farther than it should the instrumentals are ok

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I don't like listening to pedophile music. Sixteen.

Not my thing really.

Osef tier

Sixteen basically made it unlistenable, and it’s kinda weird albums like these are still being put on iconic album lists knowing the predatory behavior that went on in the 70s. That being sad, musically? Everything in the 70s basically sounds like Bowie, eh.

Never been much of a punk rock guy

I don't quite get it. I think I hear Black Keys. Favorite Track: The Passenger

eh

Not so good

This album is just “meh”. Lust for Life is alright as is The Passenger. Turn Blue is not bad. I would have been ok never hearing it. 1001 album worthy: No - 77/141

I made better music in my 8th grade garage band.

Not very good or enjoyable. List for life and the passenger are the only things I didn’t terribly mind. Iggy pop? More like icky slop.

"Success" was the first song so far from an album on this list that almost made me stop listening to the album completely. Then, I was treated to that urge again and again, multiple times over while listening to Iggy's Lust for Life. And again during "Turn Blue," which was all the more disappointing because it started out seeming like it might be an ok ballad, only to turn into complete and utter garbage with Iggy Pop mumbling deranged ASMR in my ear. I wish I were exaggerating. The only even slightly redeemable song is "Neighborhood Threat", and I still would complain if it came on the radio. There might have been another mediocre (at least, not awful) song on the album, but I honestly can't recall because I'm still recovering from having to listen to "Success" and "Turn Blue" back-to-back. This is the only album so far that I haven't listened to at least twice through because it was completely irredeemable. I want to believe this is an example of the book/list editor's bias, coming from the UK. Sorry, but please include literally any other album for punk influence. Iggy without ridiculous stage antics is just annoying and boring. The editors should have just included a 10th David Bowie album instead of this album he produced if they wanted to further overinflate the European contributions to the album list.

Sorry...not my type of music.

More like uhhh iggy flop 👎*buzzer noise*

Ok not my style, like Lust for Stlye the best

No.

again found it a bit boring for my millennial cusp-ass brain

Actually not as bad as I thought it would be. Still not my thing though

Uu

No sé, me aburrió.

I don't care for David Bowie, but I cannot tolerate this Walmart version of David Bowie.

My relationship with this one is complicated. On one hand, it has been a major influence to so much music that I grew up with and love, and I have travelled with Iggy for most of my life, with the stooges or solo. There is Bowie, in all his Berlin glorious sound, jiving with Iggy and the two of creating something fresh, decadent, martial yet organic, sexy. Often demented, yet also often sensitive. And then there is sweet sixteen and its ode to sex with underage girls, and I struggle. There is Turn Blue. These were not good people, and yet they made great music. This poses one of the days' great questions, around how we value art made by people who hurt others in the process, and where this hurt becomes a theme in the music. If I think of art as a way to build community and find an expression of our common humanity, then this is highly tainted. Of course, then, there is the grotesque. The exaggeration of everything, of every excess, every evil, to give voice to the not glorious parts, the ugliness of this common humanity. There has to be a place for it. The selfishness, the uncaring, the alienation and the loneliness. One star, for the same reason as I gave one star to Doggystyle. I can't stand behind art that dehumanizes others.

The music is decent. Pretty standard 1970s pop-rock. Songwriting is strong and Bowie’s influence is felt. This is a strong 3 star album. However, self-admitted pedophiles get 1 star.

a 1 song album gets 1 star

vorta rights right but iiii hated every minute of this down to the scary ass album cover. thank god siouxsie came and swooped up the passenger.

This album was a disappointment. I really thought every song was uninteresting, and especially disliked the song sixteen. 1/5.

Erstaunlich poppig. Aber nicht meins. Auch zu viel Show.

Nope, just couldn't relate....

Quintessential noisy rollicking 70s rock ‘n’ roll

Favorites: Lust for Life Innovative but not my favorite

too oldie...

eh

idk man

Just didnt care.

I'm not impressed.