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It deserves a 3 but I give it a 4 because I once put "Fall in love with me" on a valentines day mix tape.
Iggy looks so young! Solid power pop. 3.5
meh
Classic album, can't believe I hadn't listened before. Can definitely tell that it was co-produced by David Bowie, what a great musical team up! Love the songs 'Tonight' and 'Success', had of course listened to 'The Passenger' before but just hadn't realised it so that was a surprise. Overall a very cool listening experience for my first generated album!
Καλό για backround noise στο Χορευτό
Only had time today to listen to first 4 tracks. But it fairly well rocks and bounces along. Lust for Life and Passenger the obvious hits. Didn't get to find out whether, after a few more tracks, it starts to get all a bit samey (was starting to sense that it might). Will give it the benefit of the doubt.
Well Bowie's fingerprints are certainly all over this.
Super enjoyable outside of Turn Blue, which is trash
Good Album - I have heard his songs in the past, just not a full album. Solid 3 stars - may listen again.
2.5 Idk why but this falls kind of flat for me. It's my genre but most of it does not speak to me at all. That being said I can't really give it a 2 compared to some of the actual slop on this list. Favorite song: tonight
Rok
Pretty good overall, didn't think I'd like it at first but I could maybe come back to this one
Okay what's up with this era of rock and roll musicians just loudly and proudly professing their love for 16 year-old girls? And everyone was just like, "nothing wrong with that"?? Anyway, musically this is a solid 4-star album if we ignore the creep factor of that song. Catchy stuff that I wouldn't be upset to hear again, but probably won't go out of my way to seek out.
Well constructed album with both of the songs I know him for. Probably won't revisit but didn't have a bad time listening either
A great album, really enjoyed listening to it. Couple of absolute monsters on it for sure! It’s not the greatest album of all time but it’s certainly good enough for me.
Classic rebellious teen. Has lot of highs and lows.
a super fun hang back in the Bowie Cinematic Universe.
Lekker stevig, beetje rauw en tegelijkertijd poppy en toegankelijk genoeg.
Nah
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would knowing nothing about Iggy Pop music going into it. Love the Bowie influence on it and feels gritty in places. Not all songs are ones I would listen to, but overall a good album
I mean, didn’t love it didn’t hate it. Glad i know it now
- Might need to relisten bc I was tired as hell - I think I liked it from what I remember though
Eh
Absolute fire 🔥 🔥
- it’s like mick jagger and David Bowie had a baby
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
Yeah this is great, no notes
I happen to like an Iggy/Bowie collaboration, and I really rate both this album and The Idiot. I did take a star off for a couple of dodgy-sounding lyrics; Iggy's freestyling doesn't always end up in a great place. But I love Bowie's songwriting. No study of 70s Bowie is complete without an exploration of his contributions to Iggy's albums. And Iggy brings a punk energy to the delivery and, yes, to the lyrics, that's so cool. Cool, is what this is.
Bowie produced Iggy Pop. Not really an Iggy fan overall, but this was enjoyable enough. Very much of its era in production. 70s NY vibe. Lyrics didn't agree well. Probably won't be reaching for this again in particular, but it wasn't bad. 3 Star
Would not buy
Me gustó, suena súper Bowie pero más rock y menos pop. Me gusta su voz. Tengo que incursionar más.
Det bedste genhør jeg har haft med Iggy. Man skulle tro den var top heavy men jeg synes faktisk den er virkelig solid hele vejen igennem. Hvis det her havde været et Bowie album ville det have været i den øvre halvdel hvis jeg skulle rangere dem, og det er et stort kompliment
Farligt tæt på at være en 5er, men så var der lige et stille nummer hen mod slutningen som hev den ned på 4. Kæmpe bangere her.
Great songs. Dangerously close to a 5.
Really fun. The passenger is an eternal bop.
It's good. I could damce to this music and it feels like I'm driving in l.a in 70's while going home or in diner
Has the passenger and lust for life Iggy poppppppppp Less punk more rock Fun but i prefer the stooges
Faves: Lust for Life The Passenger Success not a huge fan of whatever was going on on Turn Blue
Was familiar with a few tracks. The rest were also good. I liked it.
Like Bowie? Like The Stooges?
Full of energy and angles. It’s more punk than any punk I’ve heard yet there’s an intelligence and cleverness that comes through naturally. It doesn’t seem contrived to deliver a message, it just does.
This worked far better for me on this occasion than on past attempts. The vocals, although still not my absolute favourite, didn't grate anywhere near as much this time round, and musically this is excellent – a stark contrast from the cold, mechanised dread of The Idiot, instead delivering some supercharged rock and roll for the most part. Whilst David Bowie's watermark is palpable here, the swagger of Lust for Life is largely attributable to Iggy's energetic presence, a kinetic rhythm section that borders on Motown-esque at points, and some loose, jagged guitar playing which works fantastically well. The only minor blot for me on this listen was "Turn Blue", which did err slightly on the self indulgent side.
Iggy Pop is not dead. He toured last year. Tommy went to see him.
Je le ré-écouterais drette là si j'avaius pas d'autre choses à écouter. bravo
Hiya dog face! 3.49 étoiles
I liked the sound of this one, kept me interested and engaged throughout.
Liked this a lot. Have been seeing pictures of this hairless cat like man for years but didn’t know his music. I loved it. Still think he looks way to beef jerky like though.
I mean the title track comes out of the gate like a rocket even if now I forever associate it with Trainspotting. It’s a total romp! Bowie’s touches are again all over this album and I think that lends it a groove and (better singing) voice. My other fave tracks were “passenger” and the closer “fall in love with me”. Just good ole rock and roll.
I can take Lust For Life, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, and Fall In Love With Me and leave the rest. I know it's Bowie and Iggy. But I think it's mostly just alright.
Nar
Great album that I had heard before. I'd put it 4/5. Passenger is my favorite track followed by success or lust for life.
It feels very 70s. Sexy and unapologetic. Cool but not cliche or overdone. A really good 40 minutes representing its time in a very chic manner.
Iconic
LUST FOR LIFE!!!
lol nah again gotta wonder what the criteria is to make this list.
There's something kind of irresistible about this album that makes it very easy to keep listening to it on repeat. Accessible punk music is ok with me.
7/10 fav song: fall in love with me
Enjoyed it less as it went on. Not sure I was in the mood for this particular vibe, just not as good as work Bowie has produced for himself in my opinion. Some tunes at the start tho so I’m giving a generous 3
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.
Rlly fire had some remarkable bangers, right up my alley very much lou reed coded
I really liked this one a lot. Old and dirty, but fun.
First side is mostly solid rock, side 2 peters out tho with two overlong songs. Could've been better, could've been worse. Highlights-Lust for Life, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, and Success.
Iggy rules
Y mañana? Otro de Elvis Costello?
Didn't realise how Bowie influenced this was. A far cry from the Stooges
Solid album Standout songs: Some weird sin Tonight
it was pretty good but i didn't really like the lyrics. the way he sang was good and the other instraments were pretty good but just not the words.
I like the drums of the song because it feels funky with the lyrics (Not really) but I like how. It talks about a war because it's like you're in the war making music. Even though you're not making music in this song, I like how if you probably heard this song for the first time. You would maybe turn up the music on this song and I would recommend it because of the vibe it has during the song.
I down't like him. ew. A littles ruste.
i do not recommend i dont like theese songs
These songs are amazing! I especially love the guitar. Awesome.
I think this album is pretty good. I like the instruments used and I also like how it sounded. I would give this 3.7 stars if I could but I'll just give it 3.
This is now my favorite Iggy album. Sat down and listened and it flows perfectly had not noticed how great of an album this is.
You can really feel the David Bowie on this album, but even worse is when you can feel the absence of Bowie and you get a lecherous song about sixteen year olds. It’s an okay listen otherwise, but I don’t know if it’s one I would personally come back to.
This is a fun album. I've heard a few of the songs before, but it was good to hear the rest. Clearly I had already heard the best songs however, I did enjoy the others, but they are not quite up to the same quality as the others. Others. Therefore this gets three stars instead of four
The cover art says it all - this is the most clear-eyed Iggy Pop has ever been, the most polished, the most down to earth. Without losing any of the energy or pure let's-rock-this-motherfucker attitude. Still one of the greatest vocalists of the 70’s. Otherwise, this is a straight up Bowie record. Pop even sounds like Bowie half the time. It must have been so fun for Bowie to really get down into the dirt and cosplay Detroit rock and roll. He adds the perfect amount of sparkle. Pop is still the star, but it's the collaboration at the center that makes this record so perfect.
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.
Very strange highs and lows on this one.
Not enough variation for me to raise this above a 2, although I don’t think it’s an indictment. There were fun songs!
I for one think all music should aspire to that period where David Bowie was using Iggy Pop and Lou Reed like sock puppets.
Pretty much anything David Bowie touches is gunna be good, this is no exception.
Cool
Classic proto-rock album. A lot of songs I knew but never realised were on this album.
objectively shit but good meanings all always with iggy
7/10
Ok
A very solid album, not my favorite of Oggy's work but it does have some solid tracks.
Lust for Life - 5/5 Sixteen - 3.5/5 Some Weird Sin - 4.5/5 The Passenger - 5/5 Tonight - 4/5 Success - 4.5/5 Turn Blue - 3/5 Neighborhood Threat - 4.5/5 Fall in Love With Me - 4.5/5 In a contrast to his first solo outing which was trying to identify as anything but rock, Iggy Pop and David Bowie decided that they wanted to embrace the rock n' roll aesthetic to a great effect on two songs in particular: the title track and The Passenger, which have both become songs that everyone associates Iggy Pop with. Those highs are phenomenal, but two songs on here drag it down slightly compared to his debut. I have no idea if Sixteen is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek in terms of its content, because if it isn't then it comes off as creepy. I know Turn Blue is supposed to be a heroin-induced rant but he comes off with a bad Lou Reed impression before wailing a bit too long for my taste. Despite those two duds, the rest of the album significantly makes up for those mistakes for having two songs etched in rock n' roll canon. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Lust for Life, The Passenger, Success, Neighborhood Threat
Up there with The Stooges essential body of work. A perfect album.
This album was written almost entirely about Len Houmous. 3.4 4/9 The Passenger
Surprised by how much I liked it
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
It just was not for me
For what and when this came out it's surprisingly fun to listen to.
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
Amazing album
My god, what a boring album. I'd write a longer review, but now I need a nap.
Enjoyed that
I'd never listened to Iggy Pop. This album was pretty peaceful.
I like it
Honestly pretty fun and poppy but I think this is the type of rock that has a ceiling for how much I’ll enjoy it.
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 don’t think sixteen is about that Rachel but I could be wrong
Good album.
i’ve decided my official ranking system has one hard and fast cardinal rule: if you sing about wanted to sleep with an underage girl, you get a 1.
I'm really sick of hearing grown ass men sing about teenage girls.
Good Had only heard passenger and lust for life, but the rest of holds up as very good 70s punk. Couple of iffy moments, the sweet 16 ones a bit noncey (Bowie was involved obviously) but besides that a very good record. Favourite track: Passenger
Not especially my genre but this was OK.
Fantastic. The great lost Bowie album. So much good stuff on here it’s difficult to know where to start. Strangely intimate and … vulnerable? It’s cool, you should check it out.
Bowie and Iggy is a superb combo.
Two albums released in 1977 …glad to have listened and added to my ear files
I know this album relatively well and wasn't really in the mood for it. Still went with it and it won me over quite quickly, despite the fact that "Sweet Sixteen" definitely is a phrase that many songs in the 60s through the 80s used which is a bit to just go along with in 2026. Fun fact, he took his top off after the cover shoot for this album and hasn't put it back on ever since.
I'm not a big fan of British artists during this era that skew blues.
Bowie-esque at times but otherwise a bit dull and whiney for me
Pretty solid and fun!
Me listening to track 1: 😀😀😀😀😀 Me as soon as track 2 started: 🤨🤨🤨🫠🫠🫠🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Tonight Lust for Life! 😉
This album is like leaving home to do you big OE in London. You're full of hope and vigor, and you are ready to get fully engrossed in the exciting yet grimy culture that London has to offer. You've come over with a bit of money saved up. Instead of doing the wise thing, and booking trips around Europe, you decide to spend your savings on tall boy cans of Stella Artois and Kronenbourg 1664.
Was ok. Not as punk as i was hoping. Some good opening tracks and you feel the influence.
With each David Bowie collaboration, I’m really starting to understand the genius. Some of this is clearly Iggy: Lust for Life, Success, the Passenger (is he doing the doors?) and others are clearly Bowie (tonight, weird sin). Whatever blend of creativity it was though, this is a pretty great album. Very listenable today, a number of different modes, and interesting for most of it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Eh
Not for me
I didn’t have high expectations for this album. I listened to the preview and thought, “Okay, I’ll give it a listen, but I probably won’t like any of the songs.” But these tracks had a really nice rhythm, and somehow they lifted my mood a little. My favorite was “Turn Blue.” There was something about the sound of that song that really resonated with me, and it made me want to keep humming it on repeat.
would listen to in car love tge vibe
Never listened to a full Iggy Pop album so this will be fun. Feel like he and The Stooges are influential to a lot of music I like, and certainly came across his music, just not a full album front to back. On the first half, recognized Lust For Life and The Passenger, and those two are great. Overall a fun listen. That post punk rock with some 70s Bowie influences. Good stuff. You really hear that Bowie influence on some of the back half. Notable on Success, the second half opener. A lot of the second half feels a bit more like that. But overall it’s its own thing. A good post punk rocker that’s an easy listen. I really liked this a lot. Feels like a 4 right off the bat. And something that could grow.
Moj problem je, da sm naslovni komad slišala prevečkrat. Kar pomeni, da sm se ga zadnje par let izogibala & ga loh z dokaj nenaveličanimi ušesi dons ponovno poslušam. Anyway, "Lust For Life" je hud komad & odličen za udaren začetek tega albuma & začetek škotskega filma o heroinu. In ne morm verjet kok normaln izgleda Iggy na naslovnici albuma, ha. He's just a guy. Dejansko se sliš, če poznaš Bowieja, kere komade je on napisal (k pr Beatlih, k sm bla enkrat bolj pozorna, ti je koj jasn kaj je Lennon in kaj McCartney). "The Passenger" mi je bil zmer všeč. Mogoč clo bolj k naslovni komad.
David Bowie in his most creative era wrote most of the songs, and Iggy Pop delivers it in a signature way that in retrospect probably wasn't his idea, but it's a fun and action-packed ride nevertheless.
It’s really solid! It definitely is a product of its time but there are timeless moments on it. I will say, it is HEAVILY produced and centered by David Bowie. Songs like “Tonight” and “Success” sound more like Bowie than Iggy entirely. Overall a good album but not one I’ll return to often.
Much better than the other one. Iggy is better with a backing band than he is just being weird for weird sake
My second Iggy Pop. Good, but not really for me- can't seem to get into his style. Decent enough though
Its ok, all the songs are super simple and they all sound similar. Not into this one a lot. I prefered te stuff he did with the stooge.
What can I say, its the Godfather of Punk in the Holy Trinity that is Pop, Reed and Bowie. I love this man, goddammit, and I love this album.
A top pop album with hits the kuds all love.
The famous songs are great but the rest of it isn't that remarkable.
There's indeed luat in them eyes iggy
Good album, "Fall in Love With Me" was my favorite. But I prefer older Iggy Pop.
Favorite Song: The Passenger
My first real encounter with Iggy Pop was on the Kesha song Dirty Love. That song is just a lot of silly fun. Lust For Life is pure fun distilled into an album. You can‘t not hear this album and immediately start dancing and enjoying the moment. I also really enjoy Iggy‘s voice, it‘s perfect for rock n‘ roll.
My previous album was Black Sabbath - two bangers in a row! Lust For Life and The Passenger are iconic, Some Weird Sin and Neighborhood Threat are great, other songs are good EXCEPT Turn Blue - Iggy has some unfortunate takes on Black people and the song itself is not good.
Energetic and fun whilst still having some grime. A really good mix of subversive punk elements while still keeping catchy song writing
vibes
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.
4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/iggy-pop/lust-for-life/ Yea fun stuff. Of course this album is mainly Lust for Life and The Passenger, but each of the other seven songs are also just pure fun.
Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: Messy, alive, and full of reckless energy. Feels like someone sprinting through self-destruction while grinning the whole time. Raw, charismatic, and weirdly uplifting underneath the chaos. Favorite Track: “Lust for Life.” One of the greatest opening drum patterns ever. Pure momentum.
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
I enjoyed this! I'm surprised by the amount of songs I recognized.
A couple of fun familiar songs, but never really got into the full album
3,6/5
I need to listen to more Iggy Pop this was a really fun listen
This is my first listen all the way through if you can believe it! Iggy Pop was surprisingly not all that formative for me other than a few Stooges songs that my /mu/-prowling friend from HS put me onto. The Passenger is obviously fantastic, so is the YouCan'tHurryLustForLife beat of course. It's funny how Mister Funny Costume Reinvention Homo Theeee Producer on this album was doing ambient shit with Brian Eno but he returned to produce in his glam style in 1977. Nah. That's pretty reductive, actually. This is totally its own thing. They’re calling it the best mixed tambourine ever. The mixing of the tambourine is kind of the perfect metaphor for These Two’s fruitiness. I’m just saying shit. In the foreground is the fire guitar playing. Iggy Pop is a monster.
somehow i had only heard the title track from this (yes because of Trainspotting). great stuff. i like the lou reed impression
barrett moment incoming. i will never understand how you crackers fell for the strokes. unlike y'all we respect our oldie acts. unless they're #suckaMCs. 4.4-4.7. brilliant a side. skosh weaker b side. you can really tell david bowie was in the studio for this one. there's (at least three) tracks that you can really tell iggy pop penned the lyrics. #noncery.
pedo.
This album kind of blew me away. Really good from start to finish. How have I never listened to this before?
One of my favorite David Bowie albums
awesome and fun. super into it all rating: 9/10 Favorite songs: Sixteen, The Passenger, Tonight, Success
The algorithm really wants me to like Lust for Life but I just don’t. However, I do like a lot of the other things on this record. Some Weird Sin and The Passenger are both really good. The album feels a little better than the sum of its parts.
This album comes billed as a collaboration with David Bowie, and it sounds like it fits in with the albums Bowie made in the period following Young Americans, up to Tonight. I know Bowie much better than Iggy, so it's interesting to hear songs that I know from Bowie albums in their original recordings. Overall, it's ... good, I guess. Not that interested, but it's solid. Glad I finally listened to this famous album, but I don't expect to come back to it.
This is a heart album for me. The lyrics are simple enough for a stoned teen to understand--but the meaning carried by the simplicity is elusive. I laugh out loud, I wonder if he's a Zen guy, I feel for his bold idiot's grab for the brass ring, I think he was a genius... And I'd only heard the lead song before. Well, and Siouxsie's version of "The Passenger." Damn, Iggy...
Very very difficult assessment. Some great songs on here but "Turn Blue" made me so incredibly unhappy, and that turned to anger at how a large chunk of this album is terrible and maybe even objectionable. Really hard one to rate as I would certainly never listen to this whole record ever again, but on the whole I finished it feeling like Iggy was maybe about as talented as I had thought he was. Not terrible, but not some secret genius either.
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)
Bangers throughout.
much better than Raw Power
The Passenger is pretty good but otherwise ehhhh
Nice, didn't say much but was very nice rock-y
Lost for words idk what this was but sure why not
Great.
good job, david bowie.
Iggy has so much swagger.
308/1089 should’ve been Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life… jk this’ll be interesting The Passenger sounds SO familiar, didn’t know that was Iggy Pop though this album was decent, he’s obviously got good charisma and i enjoyed listening faves: The Passenger, Fall In Love With Me 64/100
Desde la primera canción, este disco tiene ganadas las 5 estrellas. Qué letras, qué música, qué interpretación, qué poder el de Iggy Pop. Que con cada canción el disco se haga mejor cada vez, es casi un milagro. Increíble.
Very nice!
It's weird that Bowie cooperated with such untalented artist as Iggy Pop
Another one where I was familiar with a few of the songs but found new ones I liked. Powerful sound.
Awesome platter.
Don't love the lyrics, the music sounds good but it makes sense that a lot of it is probably Bowie. Honestly would rather listen to a Bowie album but nothing is wrong with this one. Would rate this a 2.5 if I had half stars but round up to 3 for Bowie's presence.
Doesn’t have the raw power of a stooges album. Some decent tracks
Always wondered what all the fuss was about and still not entirely sure tbh...
I don't know, I only know iggy pop from being a weird guy. Turns out he's made some decent music too 😂. Good for you iggy
Decent
Great early pubk
-Day 2- === 3,5 === 1. Lust For Life 3/5 I like it. I mean, it's not a song I would listen to all the time, but it's not mid either. (3/5 means 6/10. 5 is average, 6 is above average, so it’s good.) 2. Sixteen 1/5 Creepy song. Musically, it’s kind of good, but I definitely wouldn’t listen to it because of the lyrics. 3. Some Weird Sin 3.5/5 Groovy bassline. I like the distorted vocals. Also nice guitar tone. 4. The Passenger 2.5/5 This one is okay. Nothing special about it. Maybe it'll grow on me (I usually don’t like songs on first listen). 5. Tonight 4/5 Great song. I can hear Bowie's backing vocals. This one is less energetic than the others, and that makes sense as it’s the last track on Side A. 6. Success 4/5 Fun song. I like it. 7. Turn Blue 4/5 8. Neighborhood Threat 4/5 This one is so 90s. I don’t know how to explain it. 9. Fall In Love With Me 3.5/5
The Passenger thrones a bit above the rest, but a great album.
Hea energia, aga tundub, nagu see plaat oleks olnud hea 60ndate ja mitte 70ndate lõpus (eriti kui samal ajal eksisteeris nt Led Zeppelin). Esimest korda elus on wurlitzer mind tõsiselt häirima hakanud. Plaadil on kaks suuremat lugu ("Lust For Life" ja "The Passenger") ning ülejäänud on võibolla sellised lood, mida on huvitav laivis näha, aga mitte niisama Spotifyst kuulata. 2.9/5
Lust for Life The Passenger
Top notch. The Bowie influence, the post-punk vibe, and some all time classic singles.
Iggy, you naughty, naughty boy. You've been getting up to no good with that reprobate, Bowie, haven't you?? I find it hard to believe that just a few years earlier to this, Iggy was doing the stuff with the Stooges, that was shambolic, rude and loud, and then come the late 70s, he's teamed up with Bowie for this which is a lot cleaner, but still has an edge to it. Lust For Life has to be close to my top 'album opener' of all time - the way the drums come in, then the bass, finally the guitar and cymbals, before Iggy finally steps up to the microphone - it's a work of art! The Passenger is great too, and the other songs hold together fairly well, although obviously less well known but still great.
wasn’t expecting to like this one but i enjoyed most of it. id give it 3.5 stars but since its whole stars ill give it 4!!
she lust for my life till i pop
disco divertidíssimo. sempre digo que uma das coisas mais importantes num álbum são a primeira e a última faixa, pois essas determinam a sua primeira e sua última impressão. esse disco entrega logo duas pedradas no início e no fim e mais algumas ao longo de sua duração, como sixteen e passenger.
A really good album.
fue un álbum que se queda en su época
Bastante meh en general, una o dos canciones buenas y el resto sin más. El género me mola pero hay cosas mucho mejores.
It is absolutely wild to me that Iggy Pop released both The Idiot and Lust for Life a mere 6 Months apart in 1977. Bowie working on both albums explains a ton but man oh man what a year for Iggy Pop, dropping two fantastic albums. Opens up an interesting debate as well, what artist released the best two albums in the same year? My vote would likely go to Sabbath with their Self-Titled and Paranoid both released in 1970 but Iggy’s 1977 is close. Let’s talk about the start of this record, Lust For Life right out of the gate followed up by Sweet Sixteen with some really cool sharp, punchy guitar and an almost punky Jagger like vocal delivery from Iggy, it’s a really cool song. Some Weird Sin is another banger with a cool little guitar riff that reminds you the heavy influence Iggy and the Stooges had over The Strokes, it’s just such a fun jangle rock song. Then we get The Passanger, an all timer, not much more to say. I do appreciate the track order on Lust For Life, the back half shifts a bit but it just feels right. Fantastic, 5 stars
Definitely some bangers. But not every song needs to be 6 and a half minutes long
I thought I would like this more since I'm a fan of the Stooges. It ended up just sounding like watered down Bowie, which makes sense since Bowie wrote for and played on this album. Not bad but didn't grab me.
Great album. But the cover? It’s just so weird?! Like a company I’d photo?
Album #150 Iggy Pop: Lust For Life 1977 was a great year for Iggy Pop, releasing what has since aged to be his only really notable album outside the Stooges. Though I personally prefer his darker album from the same year, The Idiot, Lust For Life certainly was his far bigger hit. Both albums were created in no small part by one David Bowie, who really was able to get the best out of Iggy, almost to the point where, without Bowie or his collaborators in the Stooges, Iggy was not able to create anything that would stand the test of time. But thankfully, he went to Berlin with Bowie and created some of the finest albums of the 70s. Lust For Life is sometimes reduced to a sellout album, where Iggy finally put the pop in Pop; however, just because it isn’t as obviously dark as The Idiot, or as grimy as Funhouse, doesn’t mean that this thing lacks any edge. Obviously, it contains Iggy’s biggest hits, the title track and The Passenger, but the album cuts on this thing are practically on their level, and some of them are particularly dark. On Turn Blue, Iggy channels his inner Lou Reed, and on songs like Some Weird Sin and Neighbourhood Threat, Iggy explores some pretty dark topics for a supposed pop album. Honestly, Bowie just had the Midas touch in the 70s; he knew exactly who to work with and how to adapt his sound, and he was very generous in using his talents to help out his friends. Though Iggy does obviously deserve credit here as well. Best Tracks: The Passenger, Neighbourhood Threat, Lust For Life Worst Track: Success Score out of 10: 8.5
I like the vibe of the album, but it's not something I would listen to often. I appreciate the variety of different styles in it. Its very refreshing compared to some of todays music.
Really just straigiht down the middle - Passenger is a good song I guess but nothing memorable about this album besides that for me.
Scheiße
shit
me gustó
Lust for life! What can I say about this track. It perfectly demonstrates its title. It just sounds like someone who is enjoying living. Sixteen was slightly less fun than the first track, but I didn’t think it was bad. I actually really liked Some Weird Sin. The Passenger was for lack of a better term, really cute. The guitar in the background going steady throughout, the consistent drumbeat. Tonight was a great switch-up of vibes. Success had a good vibe going for it as well. Turn Blue was a really tough track for me to get through. To be honest, I just didn’t like it. I thought it was such a departure from rest of the album. Neighbourhood threat was back to what I was enjoying! Fall in love with me was a perfect closer! I was a bit hesitant when I saw it was another 6 minute track but it was so much better than True Blue! 3.5/5 ⭐️ 128/1089
8/10: energetic, swaggering and gritty. This album has all the punk rock sleaze you’d want from Iggy Pop while also being underpinned by the always excellent songwriting of David Bowie. Super consistent and engaging, some of the lyrics haven’t aged the best but overall a really excellent listen. Best song: Passenger
"Lust for Life" showing up in "Trainspotting" is one of my favorite uses of a song in all of movies. Also - it's just an incredible song, one of the best album openers ever. I just love it - the driving beat, the fact that it feels so heavy without any wildly distorted guitars behind it. Just a massssive sound. The rest of the album is good, though I'd have to say that "Turn Blue" is pretty awful, and also, the longest song here. Iggy just isn't a strong vocalist, and "Turn Blue" is begging for someone with pipes, pipes that Iggy just does not possess. I'd give this a solid 3, but "Lust for Life" tacks on another, so it's gotta be - FOUR STARS
Not for me, other than The Passenger.
The production on this sounds way too ass to be from 1977.
Iggy’s a freak, but he’s got great energy.
It's a lot of fun. There are many super catchy songs, but they also have that Iggy Pop edge. His vocals and energy really carry this album to the next level. His face on the cover is my reaction to this record.
For how popular some of the songs seemed I thought I'd either recognize them or they'd stick with me, but nothing stuck out to me. It was a fine album, but nothing crazy and I wouldn't listen to it again.
What an unusual voice. Such a character. Fun listen . . . once
Meh.
it's decent, "sixteen" feels very creepy though and there's only two songs i thoroughly enjoyed. i'd give a 3.5
This is a familiar record for me. It has a couple of Iggy's best known songs, Lust For Life and The Passenger, and its probably the most respected and well known of his solo records. The first side of the lp is uniformly excellent and is a good as anything that Iggy Pop has recorded. A lot of the music was composed by Bowie, but the last track, Tonight, really sounds like a Bowie track. The second side of the record is a lot weaker. Success isn't a bad track, but it feels pretty insubstantial and Turn Blue really drags. The last two tracks are solid though.
Awesome 👌
I really enjoyed this. Great energy
Just a powerhouse beginning to end
great icon of pop
As a huge fan of The Stooges, it's always nice to think of Iggy reviving his career, and the highlights of Lust for Life and The Passenger are iconic songs, but the rest of the album doesn't quite hold up. Sixteen is just a bit creepy with modern ears, and there are multiple points where Bowie's influence is...let's say 'strong'. Probably balances out to a 3 overall.
Much like his friend, David Bowie, I just don't enjoy Iggy Pop all that much. His voice is pretty terrible and the lyrics sound like they were written by a twelve year old (which would make "Sixteen" almost forgivable.) I've heard this album several times before, but this time I listened on headphones and discovered some subtleties in the production that I had missed before. Once I was able to nearly ignore Iggy's voice, I found some interesting music trapped behind the frontman. That music gets the stars, not Mr. Pop.
Simply brilliant
Loved it. Listened to it all weekend, and then went for Iggy’s other solo stuff, too.
It is not my tipe of music
LFL
Meh. Not my fav
Title track is inexorably linked with the opening scene of Trainspotting for me, and the passenger I’ve heard more times than i can count too, so good, as it turns out is the rest of this album Tonight might be the most obviously Bowie song ever, and you can feel his influence all over the album to the point where it may as well be a joint collaboration
Some interesting stuff, didn’t get the chance to listen properly though more than once though so will have to come back Passenger is a tune though
5/10 Best songs: Neighborhood Threat, Fall In Love With Me Some pretty good songs, good beats, and generally good vibes. The issues: Sixteen did NOT age well (like, in the problematic "you should be looking for someone your age" kind of way), and Turn Blue is so godawful that it basically makes me want to give the album 1 star. I'll settle for a 3.
How could you not love those big, stupid, innocent eyes? Dude looks like Alfred E. Neuman. What a freaking slam dunk. I may not love David Bowie, but dude knew how to make the people around him better. Iggy's love for this fucked up life we live is absolutely infectious. Edit: OKAY okay, maybe it's not as endlessly listenable as I thought at first. Still, I stand by Mr. Iggy.
Such an iconic record. You can hear the future post punk sounds, early aughts revival and Mark Renton running from the cops.
Iggy pop is an interesting dude Love the Bowie covers Originals are fantastic too 4/5 Favorites: some weird sin, passenger,
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?
Ni fu ni fa
Unremarkable, easy listen.
Fantastic album and belongs on this list, IMO.
another classic album. bought when it first came out due to the Bowie connection but instantly loved it
kinda like if mick jagger was getting an amputation without anesthesia
interesante sonido y me gustaron un par. le di like a some weird sin. Le pondría 3.5
Me sorprendió la voz
ТВОЮ МАТЬ ЭТО ЖЕ ИГИ ПОП. ОБЕЗАТЕЛЬНО К ПРОСЛУШИВАНИЮ. НАКОНЕЦ ТО ЧТО ОБЕЗАТЕЛЬНО К ПРОСЛУШИВАНИЮ !!!!!
Passenger 10/10 no notes
Not that bad
Never a fan of Iggy. Tried again, still not a massive fan. But appreciate the raw, puck attitude of this rock icon.
Scuzzy and gritty and occasionally really creepy about underage women. Iggy's got a terrifying mug on the cover too which makes the vibe of the whole thing even more off-putting. Pretty cool though!
Loved it.
"La la la la la la la la" 3/5 yo creo
Got a beach boys vibe to it I’m fw it!
ja, war gut. is jetz nix wirklich hängen blieben aber war ganz gut i guess.. gegen ende hats ma immer besser gfallen dann
The first half was a bit stronger than the second, but it was all very listenable rather. At least 4 songs that I think could make it onto my list. No Black Widow Baby tho, must be on a different album
After listening to Iggy and the Stooges I was not excited about this one. However Lust for Life and The Passenger were surprisingly good. Still not quite enough to rate a 4.
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Good album even with the very problematic songs, several stand outs, and favorites of him. It's well put together and the parts work well together. Even though it sounds and feels "old" I feel this albums sound was brought back out during the 00's and the garage sounding bands. Well worth a listen even with the cringe/gross Sixteen.
Fun rock and roll
Had forgotten how many songs are also great outside of the singles. Really works as an album. Strong 4
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.
Lust for Life has a highly distinct and effortlessly cool sound. Iggy Pop has channeled his carefree punk spirit into a smarter and more sophisticated approach. It is interesting hearing him contain his bundles of energy. My favourite post-punk bands from the decade that followed were definitely taking notes on his vocal performance. When you get to the halfway point some of it owes a little too much debt to David Bowie, who by no coincidence is on production duties. In this mode Iggy sounds less innovative and less like he is playing to his personal strengths.
Lust for Life is a great record! It’s getting a high 4 from me. Bowie’s production really does it for me here and the tunes are great, it doesn’t quite blow me away but not far off
This was way different than expected! The punk influence is still there but there's a ton more going on, on this album. I feel like the bass and drums compliment this in a huge way, this whole album had a rhythmic drive to it.
I absolutely love this album. It takes a lot of Bowie’s influence and production from the Idiot and injects some of Iggy’s punk attitude back into it and it feels way ahead of its time. It feels post-punk before punk really even fully took off.
Half a Bowie Album, written in their wild years in Berlin. It’s like the unwashed brother of Ziggy Stardust, and it has Hits! Fav: The Passenger
1. Guitar riff is what is used for "Are you gonna be my girl", I finally get where this comes from! Great bop overall 2. Feels very proto punk indeed, can see influence on artists such as The Strokes 3. Pulsating, very catchy 4. Classic, definitely more pop sensibility, I can see why this was the big single/hit 5. Very epic/orchestral feeling with a real raw proto punk vibe, hell yeah! Similar/inspiration for Radio Gaga? 6. Again catchy, similar to other tracks on the album but still a good listen 7. Funky, a bit more muted than other tracks, more bluesy (I guess this should have been obvious by the title being Turn Blue!) 8. Not too remarkable but fits the tone and style of the rest of the album 9. More of a bop, good closer for the album.
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
Damn Bowie just pierces through hear strongly, am I hearing him doing backing vocals too? Really not sure between 4 and 5, this is great . Honestly while first side contains 2 big hits with Lust for Life and Passenger, 2 really nice tracks and new awesome discovery "Tonight". I think 2nd side is really special and Kraut influence here is clear and no wonder looking as how Bowie contributed himself stronger on it, I loved 3 out of 4 tracks on it. Rated 4.5 on RYM and honestly might have to increase The Idiot as well once it comes on this list because on RYM already rated it 4.0. Here really strongly considering 5 stars.
Not a fan fav, then passanger came one, then the rest.
My first exposure to Iggy Pop would be from the Gap commercial with Lust for Life him dancing around shirtless. Then, of course, from The Adventures of Pete & Pete as the younger Pete's friend's father or perhaps under gops of make up in Deep Space Nine. After Trainspotting dropped, everyone knew who he was if you didn't before. This album is great but you can hear Bowie's sticky fingers all of it, not like there's anything wrong with that. There's also times where I can hear some Jaggar in Pop's voice. I am a bit disappointed that it's not as punk as I thought it would be but I guess that's what the Stooges are for. Ya Blowhole! 4
enjoyable actually
boring
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Lägre lägstanivå än vad man önskat sig
Kul och The Passenger är verkligen toppen, men inte så mycket som stack ut utöver den.
Iggy levererar!
I find this album enjoyable.. To be honest it didn't amaze me but I didn't hate it either 3/5
Excited to hear his first collab with Bowie and then Bowie’s entire discography which I assume is on the list. TBH I did really enjoy this. Iggy Pop sounds like he’s legit having a good time recording this album. Great production, and once again shocked that this came out in 77
Solid enough but didn’t stand out
This was pretty good. Better than I was expecting (two massive songs and the rest, filler)
Ich mag das Album
Another one I was happy to get! "Lust for Life" and "The Passenger" have been in the rotation for a long time, but also enjoyed "Sixteen" "Some Weird Sin" . The back half is a bit weaker but did enjoy "Neighborhood Threat" If we're going by how well some of these lyrics have aged like -300/5 . Like I know every single male rock star from this time period was very openly sleeping with underage groupies but jesus dude
Standouts Lust For Life
Perfect album! The Passenger is a masterpiece. Lust for Life is really perfect.
It's Iggy and Bowie, so comparing to their other works, "Good, not Great." But, that's a higher bar to set than for most. It's worth it. A great listen. But, not the first album I would grab from either of them if I were in the mood to listen to one of them.
8/10 Highlight: Some Weird Sin Lowlight: Neighbourhood Threat
Amazing and in your face!
Iggy and Bowie, love it
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.
Timeless rock n roll, incredible voice
Some amazing songs on this album with an iconic cover
Overall Rating - 3.50/5 (7.00/10). Good album. I can tell he was working with David Bowie during this timeframe.
Everyone will correctly hear Bowie's fingerprints all over these tunes - witness Ricky Gardiner's Ronsonesque lead on "Success," for example - but the real reference point here is the Velvets, and not just because of the subject matter. Iggy (and Bowie) refine Lou Reed's trick of co-opting the structures and melodies of the Sixties - doo-wop, Motown, psychedelia - into funhouse-mirror versions of themselves. "Tonight" turns the intro of Cream's "White Room" into a twisted tale of overdose. "Turn Blue" becomes a demented girl-group ballad that desperately refuses to end (with Bowie playing the role of the girls harmonizing). This is the real successor to Bowie's *Young Americans* in a way that illuminates and goes beyond that album's reach. Pop (the genre), the opiate of the masses. The affectations of one kind or another continue before Iggy finally lets loose on the forward-thinking eleven o'clock number, "Neighborhood Threat" - proving that, underneath it all, he's just a normal fucked-up guy from a normal fucked-up neighborhood, a truth scarier than anything else he describes here. I certainly won't blame you if you don't want him stalking your neighborhood but his very existence I find endlessly fascinating.
3.5
++*: Fall in Love with Me ++: Lust for Life, Sixteen, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, Tonight, Success, Turn Blue +: Neighborhood Threat 9,7/10
Fine
Legend
Lindos clásicos
Fantastic early punk. De riguer listening for all fans of punk and garage rock.
I feel like I got this album recently? Trainspotting song. Hmm The Passenger sounds familiar too.