Reviews (page 7 of 13)
Pretty damn good time for someone apparently trying to kick a heroin habit.
4.5 stars, really liked this hard rock version of new wave. Felt ahead of it's time. Not a full 5 stars because some of the middle tracks didn't overly impress, but overall this was fantastic. "The Passenger" is a total banger. Title track also good.
Very enjoyable. The story about how Iggy and David Bowie made the album and how it was rediscovered 20 years later was interesting, too.
Knew the singles, but this is a good un. Worth a Relisten or two!
3rd August 2023 Still majorly out of the loop and a few days behind but will catch up today. This is a punchy, dark fit of a record as Pop drawls and yelps his way through. 4.5 if I could.
I've listened to Lust for Life and The Passenger many times before now, but never dug deeper into the album. Such a shame because I was missing out on some incredible music!
NICE
i really liked this but it wasn’t really what i expected - great songwriting
Very bowie in parts but good stuff
Very energetic album ! With an old school sound and definitely a unique genre. Can listen to it any time ! 4.5/5
Čuje se da je na albumu radio Bowie 1. 4 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5 5. 5 6. 3 7. 2 8. 3 9. 4 3,67
I liked it. I get why he and Bowie hung out
This album is important to me only because of one song - "The Passenger". The main riff from this song is now of cultural significance, you just can't have any existential road movie without some version of this song in the soundtrack. Great track, forever in my heart. As for the rest of the album, you can hear influence (and his voice, pretty often really) from David Bowie. It feels more like one of his record than Iggy's. I wasn't 100% hooked though, I still don't like Iggy's vocal, even though on this record it was less aggressive than usual. Overall, I think one great song is not enough to give It the best rating, so this time just 4 out of 5.
"Lust for Life" and "The Passenger" are my two favorite non-Stooges Iggy songs, so this album's a win for me regardless of the quality of the rest of it. The fact that it's solid just makes things even more satisfying.
I love me some early days Iggy Pop. Such a great album. Love Bowie on here.
Swag for sure ! 🎤🐈⬛
Classic banger? Blassic Blanger?
There's a lot of good here. It's the right balance of pop and boundary pushing, and viewed in the context of its time I get why Iggy has such a following. I really liked it. Not sure if we're looming at a 4 or a 5. Coin flip said 4
Good album and fun listen from the grandfather of punk. 'The Passenger' is a classic, 'Lust For Life' is a banger and I did like 'Some Weird Sins' too. I do thing Iggy peaked with The Stooges though.
This is a splendid album by Iggy Pop, arguably his best. It's kind of all elbows, ragged and chaotic, shaking off the more structured sound of his work with David Bowie on The Idiot. This is Iggy embracing himself as an artist and where he wants to go musically - raw hedonism, aggressive proto-punk energy, frank subject matter, surprising moments of vulnerability. Warts and all, somehow he makes it all work beautifully. What do most people think of when they think of Iggy Pop? Lust for Life, what's what. Fave Songs: The Passenger, Lust for Life, Neighborhood Threat, Tonight, Success
This cover is the eeriest thing in the world. This cover has only gotten better with age. I think the album has, too.
Yeah, okay - it ain't the Stooges, but what is? Heck, why should I expect more of the same? Why would I even want that? Nonetheless, there's Detroit garage rock in the DNA of this bad boy, and whilst a little uneven as a whole I like it. The sound is stripped-down and lean, a perfect vehicle for music that is simple, even repetitive, in parts - it packs a punch. The drums on the title track are the apogee of rock percussion in my opinion. Rama lama!
Really, really enjoyed this! Man, between "Lust for Life" and "The Passenger," I wonder how many homes Iggy has been able to buy just from the licensing fees for commercials. "Some Weird Sin" and "Success" were other standouts, but this thing is solid throughout. Now I know why Renton from Trainspotting was such a fan. But not from Trainspotting 2 because that was terrible.
iggy pop 😲
Really liked this album! Fave track probably mainstream but 'The Passenger'
In don't have a lot to say about this album other than it's absolutely solid, not a bad track on it. Personal highlights include title track "Lust For Life", "Success", and "Neighborhood Threat". I wasn't all too familiar with Iggy Pop aside from perhaps one or two songs by The Stooges, so I'm glad this came up and let me hear more of him.
Here we goo. Are you gonna be my girl by Jet sounds like Lust for Life on this album... Same riff.
The opening drum is so fun.
Good vibes, beat entraînant, belle tite guit, soleil qui se couche, soirée entre amis au chalet.
This is really good. I wansn't expecting the strength in depth here. Definitely one to keep coming back to.
Feels like this is the 1001 Iggy Pop albums you need to hear before you die…
4/9, 44%
Inaspettatamente ottimo, ogni canzone straripa di energia, in alcuni punti però cala un po' e si sente la mancanza. 4 stelle ma arriva molto vicino a toccare le 5 per me
Interesting.
Great punk tracks
te amo iggy
You know, as somebody who has known about Iggy Pop my whole life, i don't think I even knew that his most popular songs were by him. This ruled. Definitely added to my rotation.
I really enjoyed this album! The Passenger is a great song.
I really enjoyed this
This sounds like it was made to be performed on a shitty, grimy stage in a bar with dreadful stage decorations. I love it.
Love this. Just bought it. You can hear David Bowie's influence.
A very good album.
Kannte bis auf passenger eigentlich nix von dem, eigentlich echt gutes Zeug dabei
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Genre: Punk Rock Review: Interesting, nothing extraordinary or earth-shattering but certainly a good piece of work. Rating: 7/10
Really enjoyed this one. Great variety of songs and The Passenger is an all time classic
lol, this has the trainspotting theme song. It's a good song. I didn't realize it was Iggy Pop. This is definitely a more melodic Iggy Pop than the last album. I actually kind of like it. He's still a terrible singer though. Oh, it has The Passenger on it. That's pretty key!
1. Lust For Life: energetic but not too special for me. 6/10. 2. Sixteen: nice song, good guitar play and vocals. 7/10 3. Some Weird Sin: nice track, enjoyable throughout. 7.5/10. 4. The Passenger: classic and nostalgic banger. 8.5/10 5. Tonight: chill song and nice solo. 7/10 6. Success: backing vocals really uplift this track. Pretty fun song. 7.5/10 7. Turn Blue: decent track, overall vibe is good and gets better to the end. 6.5/10 8. Neighbourhood Threat: really nice one. Good tones and complementation with the vocals. 9/10 9. Fall In Love With Me: guitar riff is really nice. Very nice song. 8.5
Spooky Skeleton man has always had a refined blend of punk and appeal. It i interesting to listen to the differences in the tracks produced by Iggy and by Bowie.
This album just feels like good, clean, fun. The title track is outstanding and it's impossible not to bop along with the catchy tune. As far as influence and importance, I can hear the influence of David Bowie here coming through, and the album is not only fun but very well put together and produced. I'm not sure I'll be turning to this all the time, but it does make fun party/cleaning music.
Alltaf smá skrýtið að heyra lögin af Tonight plötunni hans Bowies hér, en Iggy útgáfan er einfaldlega mikið betri. Titillagið og Passenger eru stórkostleg, hin eru góð. - Bowie í bakröddum er frábær, bara Jagger í "You're so vain" kemst nálægt honum.
Ok
Solid
Pretty solid stuff. 'Sixteen' feels a bit out of place but an enjoyable piece nonetheless. The two longer tracks feel just a little drawn-out but still good. I might end up liking them a lot more if I give them a few more listens. Songs I Really Liked: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Success, Neighborhood Threat
A lot more boogie in this than I remembered.
Maybe the only picture of Iggy Pop with a clothed torso. He looks like a smiley, happy man on the album cover and the record gives the impression he's having a lovely time making a fun and melodic songs. Given that the Lust For Life/Town Called Malice (The Jam)/Be My Girl (Jet) tune is used on here twice, the album feels surprisingly varied, and flows nicely. Would listen again. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: The Passenger Date listened: 03/03/23
This album gets better each time I listen to it. I listened to it 4 times yesterday.
Really was digging this album, and when it finished Amazon Music just sent me into The Clash. Great way to spend the morning.
2/20- Driving to school Iggy delivers a more personal, quirky, and personality-filled album here than he was able to give with the Stooges. All of the integral factors of Iggy Pop albums are still present, and it shows the human side of him.
Had no idea that "Lust for Life" and "The Passenger" were actually Iggy's. This was a pretty good album and caught me by surprise, especially with the unexpected David Bowie collab. 7/10.
Iggy Pop is pretty cool to listen to. Very upbeat. Could listen to this album again.
Iggy. 77. 'Nuff said.
I don’t know if this is the best Iggy Pop album, but The Passenger is for sure my favorite Iggy Pop song.
This being the 3rd or4th Iggy pop album that I have gotten and this is by far my favorite one so far and the only one that I would listen to again. Lust for life, passenger, and success were my favorite songs.
Niet helemaal mijn stijl, maar een goed album is een goed album
Really damn good
Lusty and lifey
the lust for life is strong in this one
Yes! Fabulous stuff. Admittedly led by two bangers, Lust for Life and Passenger. The Bowie is strong in this one.
Strange as the campy cover artwork he comes around as a more glammy Rock’n’Roller than as Punkrocker he‘s been labelled. So british that one cannot think of the pilars of Britpop like Pulp or Supergrass without thanking Iggy with a sincere tie to the Stones and black roots of Rock. 3.7
Dance like hypnotised chickens.
Band had great energy, there was no way this album could’ve been bad with Bowie production, still first few songs didn’t interest me that much and I found the album to be more backloaded. Overall 7.5 and I would like to hear more from this band
Maybe Iggy's finest collection of tunes, thanks in no small part to music composer, producer, and friend David Bowie, who also provides backing vocals and keys. He lets himself bask in the sun here, not hitting the darkness of the Stooges and some of his other solo stuff, and it suits him!
Overall I love how positive and energetic this whole thing is especially when you consider Iggy's previous album, The Idiot. It’s like a completely different thing and there was just a couple of months between both records. The two iconic tracks - The Passenger and Lust for Life - are all time classics. The rest of the album is top tier as well. I really liked the riff on Some Weird Sin, the Bowie-like melodies on Tonight. Success was great if not a bit too long and too repetitive (would have been great if it was cut earlier), Turn Blue is a great and atmospheric track. Neighbourhood Treat is ok. The last son fall in love with me is too much glam and less interesting. Sixteen is similar and they’re both the weakest tracks for me on the album. I really enjoy the instrumentals throughout the album: strong drums, nice guitar riffs and atmospheric keyboards from time to time. The lyrics are cool. Iggys delivery is great. Cover art makes me smile. He looks like such a nice guy here. It’s a 4 from me but I can easily see myself growing into loving it much more over time so a potential 5 in the future or if I had heard it earlier in my life it would have been a 5.
Nice one, enjoyed listening to this for the first time.
Obviously know the hits on here, but hadn't heard the whole album. 'Sixteen' is awesome, Happy Mondays 8 years before the Happy Mondays. It all gets a bit flabby around the middle of the album and then 'Neighborhood Threat' hits. Ace.
Very nice, very Bowie too
Apart from Lust for life and the passenger, I didn't know any of these songs. I really enjoyed this and falls exactly in the genre I would normally listen to. Great album from start to end.
Pretty nice album, easy listening and The Passenger is a masterpiece
Great album
Great album
The Passenger is such a ridiculously good song
Hugely enjoyable - Success gave probably the biggest smile of anything in a while, Bowie’s voice in the call-and-response in particular. Turn Blue another fav I think, plus The Passenger good to hear deliberately for once, and Lust for Life great to hear in full in focus after all these years. Sixteen another highlight hearing how it prefigured The Strokes, but the whole thing so solid I’m not sure by how much those tracknames I remember sat above the high-canopy of the rest of it. Great stuff, must listen again.
Pretty cool that this is essentially a collaboration album between Iggy Pop and David Bowie. You can definitely hear Bowie's influence all over this, as Iggy Pop's punk rawness has been softened slightly to fit some more melodic tunes. I won't be listening to this again most likely but it was well made with lots of different sounding songs yet having a cohesive feel throughout.
For Iggy Pop a surprisingly calm and normal album. Decent background music but the lack of real hits make it fall short of 4 stars
good stuff. 4
Loved this! The passenger 🤘
Lust for Life is a great opening track and this record has The Passenger on it as well. Lesser artists would be lucky to land these two tracks alone. Furthermore, there are other solid tracks here: Sixteen, Some Weird Sin, Success, Neighborhood Threat are among my other favorites. All strung together with enough of the Stooges vibe to remind you of his proto-punk roots and that also keep some of the Bowie influences in check. You might say, when would that ever be a good thing? Bowie is a genius. And yet, I'd argue for Iggy Pop leaning a little more Stooges only makes the Bowie bits shine more. To me, it feels more integrated and balanced as an Iggy Pop record than The Idiot for instance. The closing track Fall in Love with me runs a little long and I start to lose my patience with the album when that happens. I'm always slightly unnerved by the photo of Iggy grinning at me like some bad year book picture, but I've also figured that was the point.
Starts out with the hits before transitioning into more deep cuts. Good dad rock vibes, considered hard rock proto-punk when it was released but seems pretty tame these days
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Lust for life, The passenger, Success, Fall in love with me
Good album. I like Iggy and had listened to this album before though. 4/5
It’s definitely less feral than the Stooges’ stuff, more polished, but still has the energy and ironic brilliance that you’d still expect from Iggy at this point. He and Bowie really were terrific bedfellows at this point; they compliment each other brilliantly. B+
A few big hitters. It was nice to hear 'Tonight' again.
This is a quintessential Iggy Pop album, and so worth a listen.
Great hits and other fantastic tracks on an enjoyable and incredible record, but Iggy Pop has done even better especially in the late 60s and early 70s with The Stooges.
God bless Bowie. He took Iggy to Berlin, got him off smack & helped him record the best post-Stooges album of his career. It still amazes me that Jim has outlived Davy. Love this record. Side One is a killer. Is there a better opening track than the title track here? The drums are a wonder. The rhythms on The Passenger are equally infectious. Bowie has his prints all over the album - co-producer, vocalist & pianist. I saw Iggy at The Capitol in Sydney in the early 80’s, and it wasn’t that thrilling, but saw him again at The Hordern in Sydney in 2013 & he was sensational, limping around, wearing nothing but jeans, and sounding as great as he ever did. You have to wonder what course his career would have taken without the friendship of Bowie & then later the use of the title track of this album in Trainspotting? My fave Iggy story - his dad was a high school English teacher. His students used to call him Iggy’s Pop.
Supposedly, Noel Gallagher once said that he got all the songwriting royalties I n Oasis because “ nobody ever hums the bassline of song”. Some wag is said to have responded that he had clearly never heard Lust for Life. Critical reaction to Iggy’s previous album, The Idiot, was that he had lost his ability to rock, and that Bowie had taken over too much. In retrospect, we can see that album as part of Bowie’s Berlin period and the hugely influential shift in rock music that was. But another Stooges record it sure ain’t. So, after a few months touring The Idiot, Iggy went back to the studio, he wanted to be a bit more in control over the songs, the arrangements and the sound. It’s a lot more straightforward rock and roll (although not enough to satisfy Lester Bangs). There is still quite a bit of Bowie here. Lust for Life and the Passenger are two absolute classics. I am also quite partial to Success. I find the rest of the album pretty great rock ‘n roll fun, and would happily listen to it almost any time. It’s probably the most focused and rockin’ that Iggy ever was post-Stooges.
Good music but if I had a teenage kid I wouldn't want Iggy Pop near them
Det er jo godt, bliver aldrig kæmpe Iggy fan, men man kan ikke sige at det er er dårligt album!
The title track just kicks everything off with so much energy, it's an irresistible start to the record really. This may be Iggy's most vocally diverse album, he's just all over the place and sounding fantastic on pretty much everything. A couple of songs don't quite hit for me, but on the whole it's just a very fun time
Pretty great album. A handful of incredible songs and no duds. Was familiar with the hits but it was nice to finally hear some of the lesser played stuff.
This was the second solo album for Iggy Pop since the break up of the Stooges, and his second of three albums he would make that year. He was spending his time in Berlin with David Bowie, trying to get clean after a period of drug addiction. Bowie provided keyboard support to Iggy on this album, allowing more of the spotlight to be cast on Iggy himself instead of on Bowie. This album was apparently written, recorded, and mixed in 8 days!! This is a great rock/post punk album! A few songs dealt with heroin abuse (notably Tonight and Turn Blue), however there are a few lighter songs to counteract that heavy topic (Lust for Life, Success). Apparently, Bowie's famous riff in the song Lust for Life was inspired by the Morse code intro to the American Forces Network News in Berlin. Overall, a great record! I really enjoyed it. Before this listening experience, I was only familiar with Iggy's work with The Stooges. I'm glad I listened for sure! Favourite songs: Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, Lust for Life, Sixteen, Neighborhood Threat Least favourite songs: Turn Blue, Success (just didn't like the repetitive, simplistic lyrics. The music was great though) 4/5
Fun!
Great album with some excellent production by David Bowie
Another classic 4+/5
Iggy's best. 2 great classic songs with a few minor classics thrown in. 4.5 stars
Buen disco de rock suave con algunas canciones míticas. No muy guitarrero y no es incómodo de escuchar
Nice
Sometimes a little musically repetitive, but this one is pretty good. Some tracks smoother than truffle oils.
Classic
Rock. Muy bueno!
Álbum muito famoso do Iggy, que tem talvez o seu maior hit: The passenger. Gostei. Melhores músicas: Lust For life e Tonight.
Sixteen was like comically bad, but I felt like the album got a lot better in the second half
What can I say other than it's Iggy Pop and produced by David Bowie. He pretty much built the bridge between rock and punk. Good stuff.
Habe mich bisher kaum mit Iggy Pop beschäftigt, aber Passenger kannte ich. Insgesamt nicer sound!
Why had I never listened to this?? Great album, easy and fun to listen to. Apparently I'd never really listened to Iggy Pop, and I have no idea why.
It's not 'the idiot', but it's still bloody great
Solid album. Didn't love every song but I liked the majority of them.
Iggy iggy iggy
Not quite the lightning bolt that The Idiot was, the second of the Iggy/Bowie albums is still a great collection of tunes, perhaps stronger in its predecessor. Great album, at a period when music just flowed out of Bowie like a river.
Fun and energizing listen
Ok in the first half of the album, but got really good in the second half. Developed a David Bowie-type sound.
Chulo.
Good one to work out to.
Super fun!
Enjoyed, added some music to liked
Solid stuff
Probably one of the most fitting titles for an album - every song is on the love of life, hedonism and sleaze - but oh how wonderful Iggy conveys it all. It’s also the vessel for Iggy biggest songs - the eponymous first track and The Passenger - couldn’t get enough of it. Im reducing a star because Iggy takes the creepiness a bit too far on some songs.
Enjoyed. But have already listened to
8/17/23 not bad 1st and last songs among the worst. "Success" and "the passenger" and"turn blue" stood out
Este disco fue una sorpresa. Por supuesto, ya conocía Lust for Life y The Passenger, pero el disco entero es bueno. Esas dos canciones son los puntos altos, altísimos, pero lo demás no decepciona. También sabía que Bowie produjo el disco y vaya sí se nota. Lo he agregado inmediatamente a mi biblioteca.
Absolute stone cold classic songs The Passenger and Lust for Life on this one. Strangely, given my love for Punk/New Wave and late 70's Bowie I had not listened to this complete album before. Eejit.
Can we talk about how very wholesome and appealing the cover photo is? Odd choice for the material but I love it. Once again the generator has uncovered an album I've never listened to all the way through but should have. Fantastic all the way through and will be spinning it again when I'm looking for another shot of energy.
Classic album, and I enjoyed this immensely! This album really helped me understand that I need more Iggy in my rotation. Favorite track: A Passenger
Iggy Pop. I've heard the name but never listened. This album was amazing. How have not been listening to this?
This Album is peak Iggy, Just iconic.
Great production by Bowie
Very strong songs. Passengers is the stand out track. Tonight is a little soiled for me. I wasn't aware of the Iggy version, only Bowie's abomination. Lovely old analogue production throughout the album. Cheers, D
eu gosto bastante desse album, é punk mais pela aparencia do que pelo som mesmo. lust for life e the passenger são minhas favoritas. o jeito dele de cantar é meio lou reed so que bem grave e doentio, da um tom de ignorancia, digamos assim, pra musica
I've always really liked The Passenger. Lust for Life is great too, despite being so overplayed. Until now, I never knew that the rhythm section was the Sales brothers (Soupy's sons) from Tin Machine.
This is another 3.5 album for me that ends up with a 4 on here due to the rating system. The Passenger and Lust for Life are classics...Success is bit of fun too...Tonight is an interesting one as well
Fun album showcasing Iggy's songwriting prowess as he matured away from his sound with the Stooges and was aided instead by Bowie. Includes two bonafide classics and the rest are far from average. Great album.
Bowie’s grizzled older brother. You can tell Bowie produced this thing, but Iggy has his own rough flare. 41 minutes of incredibly rough rock music that borders on punk sometimes. The more Bowie like elements on this album balance out to make it an incredible listen that makes it one of the best albums of the decade.
Had only really listened to the 'popular' tracks and man, had I been missing out.
So obviously setting foundations for where Rock was headed, that it’s perplexing how little notice it generated in its time, though I suppose that sort of culture lag is the somewhat more the rule than the exception. I do think the limitations and monotony of the vocal delivery detract from the overall quality.
Surprisingly great. Jets more or less sampled the title track drums for their hit. I think my relatively recent deep dive on Bowie helped me appreciate this material more.
Einige gute Sachen dabei, kannte 'The Passenger' schon. Definitiv hörenswert.
There was a lot of good stuff on here that increased my admiration for Mr Pop. I loved the Bowie collab!
3.5/5. Pretty good, easy listening. Reminds me of Bowie. The Passenger was definitely the song I enjoyed the most.
The title track was definitely the star of the album for me but the rest of it was also really solid. Felt very 60s for 1977
Chulo.
An album to take you back in time. Pretty much a classic. The band should have been given an Iggy Pop and the......whatever they wanted to call themselves credit though. Theyre as much a part of it's success as Iggy.
3.75
Tonight, Neighbourhood Threat, L4L & The Passenger suggest Iggy Pop is better than I thought June 14/22
surprisingly good first listen
Great album, cowritten by Bowie. Defo one to go back to.
It's the OG passenger album. Some great songs here!!
5/12/2022 - ALBUM #106 Today's Album: "Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop - The opening track of this album, Lust For Life, is a really fun and upbeat track that is so accessible, it's really surprising that it's an Iggy Pop song at all, which is a great analogy for how I feel about most of this album. I think this being the third album I've hear from Iggy, I really am starting to appreciate his vocals and the production on a lot of these tracks is really great, managing to mix everything equally and make it sound really warm and crisp. I think I still am having a hard time getting into his lyricism, but it's really starting to make sense how he writes song and its getting easier to dissect the deeper meaning out of these tracks. I really like the simple instrumentation of the passenger and I think Iggy gives a really solid and powerful vocal performance on this one. All of the track on this album really just feel like Iggy is deciding to make a more uplifting and upbeat album after coming out of a battle with drugs and alcohol and it genuinely shows in just how fun the songwriting is on this album. Tonight and Success are both fantastic rock anthems and the performances are just so damn lively and full of heart. Turn Blue isn't really as exciting as some of the other tracks, but it has a really nice aesthetic to it and the vocal performance may be the strongest and most confident I have heard from Iggy to date, with many dramatic changes in vocal delivery that go over quite well. Neighborhood Threat feels a bit more generic than some of the other tracks here, but it still sounds pretty nice while it's on. The closing track, Fall In Love With Me, is a really fun jam track where the band lets loose a little with this really groovy track. There's a lot of fun solos, a rock organ backing things up, and Iggy's vocal performance really takes a back seat and blends well into the vibe of the track. Overall, this album really surprised me and showed me why people like Iggy Pop so much. He isn't often poppy, but when he decides to make a pop song, you understand why it's in his name. Listen to this one if you like 70s rock outfits like David Bowie or if you want to hear some of the most accessible music from Iggy Pop. Highlights: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Tonight, Success, Neighborhood Threat, Fall In Love With Me Score: 7.5/10 My favorite Iggy Pop project so far
Almost a 5 for it’s like hypnotising chickens alone
The title track is a stupendous way to open an album (or a movie or breakfast or just about anything). It's one of my favorites ever. Beyond that, I loved the David Bowie-ness of this album. It made for a much more pleasant experience than I expected based on the little else I knew of Iggy Pop.
The title track and The Passenger are both absolute all-time classic tracks of the period, and the rest of the album is excellent as well. If it wasn't for Turn Blue, which I can't stand, this would be an easy 5 for me.
Lust for Life & The Passenger are brilliant, top tunes. Rest of the album can't match them
Its sounds like david bowie but a little grittier
Iggy's best album.
Another album where the hand of David Bowie revives a legendary artist, like he did with Lou Reed. This album's A-Side is full of amazing songs, Lust For Life, Sixteen even The Passenger. It falls slowly away during side B with a few missers, so it's a 4* rather than a 5* album.
Again I am given an lp I have listened to since youth. It's a five star lp but it is not opening any new roads for me. Beginning to wonder the point of this exersize.
Re-listening this album I realized that I very much like Fall In Love With Me.
J’aime de plus en p,us iggy pop, il a un vrai sens du spectacle et ca musique est tres eclate et res bonne. Cet album ne fait pas exception, comme les autres dans cette liste. 4.5
4 stars
good fun
Déjà quand t'as 3 points de pris pour Lust for Life uniquement, c'est un peu de la triche mais c'est comme ça .. +1 pt pour l'ensemble du reste on va dire
Well, Sixteen is a little disturbing... LFL is decent, I feel like this album was IPs shot at going pseudo-mainstream and facilitated by Bowie who saw some good stuff in IP. The Turn Blue track, written by Bowie, is terrible and doesn't fit with the album. Also, the lyric "Shot myself down" comes out as 'Shat myself down'... hehehe "Shat" ... Anyhow, there are a couple good tracks on this that everyone has heard before in their favorite coming-of-age drama (The Passenger, I'm talking to you), this doesn't perform as well as I thought it might, but still deserves high marks. ... where are the Stooges albums on this list... ?
Cool album...one I had been meaning to listen to for a while. I have been a big fan of the Stooges in the past and almost enjoyed this one as much. Interesting that Bowie essentially wrote everything but the lyrics. 4/5
Pretty good. Not great.
Very good not great album.. Nice to hear Iggy expand and do different things, has Bowie touch all over it obviously.
There's only a few Iggy albums that I really like, and this is one of them. Turn Blue is the only low point here, the rest of the album is filled with bangers!
Nothing much to say, really nice album with a bit of pop & puk vibe.
I knew the biggies from this and its status as a 'classic'. It met my expectationsbut didn't exceed them. It's essentially a really great punk/glam album which has no bad songs on it, and two truly brilliant ones (Title track and The Passenger). His sneering attitude and fierce intellect raise this above more pedestrian fare from the same time, but it's a really good album, rather than an amazing one.
The title track will forever be associated with Trainspotting for me. The rest of the album, however is completely new to me. This is punk-Bowie. Same instrumentation and vocal stylings. The Passenger is a great song. Tonight has a Broadway "Skid Row" sound and feel - clearly about overdose, and do I detect David Bowie singing backup on this? This is better than a lot of glam and punk rock. A nice surprise!
Pretty good album, appealed to me much more than the stooges debut we had earlier on this list. I think I would have liked it even more if this had been a Bowie album.
That was fun
p392. 1977. 4 stars Stripped back rock and roll at its finest from one of the great voices. Two absolute bangers in the title track and The Passenger. Bowie production and vocals are a bonus. 1 point deducted for the filler (Neighbourhood Threat) and some tracks (Turn Blue, Fall In Love With Me) outstaying their welcome. Still essential listening.
So everyone knows the title track and Passenger but there’s some cracking tracks on this album - Success and sixteen spring to mind - brilliant
Mainly a 3⭐️ album, lifted up to a generous 4⭐️ by The Passenger & the title track 👍🏾
Pretty great, didn't realize how much of this was written by Bowie.
Un dels dos pics de la carrera d'Iggy Pop en solitari, juntament amb el molt posterior 'American Caesar'. Més musical que 'The Idiot' i més ambiciós i inspirat que tot el que vindria després -amb les excepcions de 'Brick by Brick' i l'esmentat 'American Caesar'- un jove Iggy Pop acompanyat encara per l'ajuda del Bowie berlinés ofereix un compendi de rock molt personal, de digestió no gaire senzilla, però d'una gran honestedat i versatilitat. I contenint a més, és clar, 'The Passenger'
Love imaging him and Bowie have a grand old time together. Didn't quite hit five stars but The Passenger and Tonight are excellent tunes.
I AM THE PASSENGER
Nou, dat begint meteen met de dikke hit "Lust For Life". Lekker van die Britse straat-pop-muziek. Oh, ook het nummer "The Passenger" is leuk. ****
It's impressive that this is from 1977 and yet it sounds so contemporary for many of the songs.
A fun energetic album. 1 recognized song
Lust for Life is an album with a very interesting story, involving the growing relationship between Iggy and Bowie that resulted in great songs - the peak being this album. The mix of hard rock and some kind of punk reminescent from the Stooges (and heroine) is very unique, especially in the opening track "Lust for Life". "Some Weird Sin" is very raw, "The Passenger" is a classic and "Tonight" makes clear that this is basically a Pop & Bowie effort. Always a great listen.
Interesting fact about this album, the great song ‘Tonight’, featuring producer David Bowie’s recognisable voice on backing vocals, was later covered by Bowie himself (with Tina Turner) for his 1984 album also titled ‘Tonight’, and it fucking sucks camel shit
Rock and roll de party punk d’un bout à l’autre, que demande le peuple?
I have a soft spot for Iggy, but this project clearly deserves its line in history. A little bit of freakiness is in evidence, though it's mostly stuffed in pop-song forms. If there's any lack, it's that the tracklist avoids a real rise or fall. But there's development, there's the hit, no filler, and plenty of rock forward.
Vibe muito boa com hits épicos
David Bowie no tiene mucho espacio pa fallar. Tiene los dos grandes temas (Lust for life y The Passenger) y el resto estan guapos. Pasemos al siguiente, podria ser mejor.
Napokon poslusala i Iggyja vise od one dvije pjesme koje se vrte na radiju stalno. I jako mi je drago da jesam. Maalo mi fali do 5 ali mislim da će doc do tog u ponovnom slušanju, a bit će ga!! (Turn blue jedna od boljih:))
Loved it.
Iggy has a unique voice, particularly for the time period that he was doing his thing. It's punk with a hint of Bowie. Big fan, enjoyed this album despite only really knowing the big hits. It's fairly brief too, doesn't overstay its welcome.
I really dig it
Surprised by how much I liked this, and more than just the hits.
Liked this more than I thought I would. Always surprises me how old Iggy Pop is...
4.5 tirándole al seis.
Really interesting to read about the background to this LP, I did not know that Iggy made this with Bowie. The Passenger sounds better than ever, Lust for Life a different take to the Trainspotting mix we all know also really enjoyed the closer ‘Fall In Love With Me’.
Favourite tracks: lust for life, the passenger, sixteen Least favourite tracks: tonight
It's not "Raw Power", but it's still raw, groovy, and classic. "Lust for Life" is pretty good, but I completely forgot about "The Passenger", it's one of my favorites by Iggy!
This album was a super cool listen. It's crazy that Iggy was so far ahead of his time that he had already moved onto his second act as a musician the same year that punk was beginning to break in the US and UK. The title track on this album is a titanic way to kick the album off, but it doesn't disappoint from there. The Passenger is an awesome song, but really all of the songs on this album are good. 4/5
Amazing songs. Would listen to the whole album again.
I've never been much of a punk fan. I find a lot of it repetitive - musically, lyrically, thematically. I'm probably ignorant. Most of this record sounds like a good ol' R&R album. The Passenger is a really catchy tune. Iggy's singing is perhaps the weakest link, but it's filled with emotion and overall fun, groovy, catchy. Def can see Bowie's influence all over, as well as The Stones. Not bad at all. 8/10
The combination of Iggy's vocals and the musical tone is great. Really enjoyed the album.
Lust for Life will always be a favorite song. Brings me back to my high school days of skating around town.
Really good, more going on than I initially expected.
Never actually listened to this one before. I really enjoyed it.
Obviously it was going to be great with Mr B involved.
Iggy, thank you for saving me from the streak of dud records I've been getting on here. This is a great record. It's not the Stooges, but having Bowie help you out isn't a bad way to continue your career. A classic.
pretty good! i was kind of expecting to start off with something that wouldn't interest me at all, but some of the songs in here are genuinely songs i might listen to again (especially neighborhood watch). i was kind of ehhh about success but it might just take another listen. solid start! also idk if anyone can see these but yea i'm not actually good at writing about music lol
Essencial na forma de mostrar o rock pronto.
Una leyenda del Rock, Cuatro estrellas generoso, serian 3,5. "the passager" la canción mas destacada,
Last, Passenger
A very good album. This album was produced by David Bowie, which is pretty cool. Light genre research tells me that this album is proto-punk, and you can definitely hear some early punk sounds in here, along with just generally really great 70s rock. I haven't really heard Iggy Pop before this, but I can definitely see now why he's so influential and well regarded amongst actual musicians. I'll have to admit, however, that I wasn't as crazy about the closing track as I was with the rest of the album. Eight out of nine is still pretty good though, especially when those earlier tracks are as good as they are.
Great album. I didn't like Turn Blue, way too weird, but the rest I really enjoyed.
Some bangers on here, no doubt. Minus 1 star for the creep factor of "Sixteen" tho. Fave track - "The Passenger" is one of my all time fave tracks by anyone - I even like the Terrorvision cover of it.
Iggy Pop is always a win for me, would happily listen to the album again, even if not every track was a banger. Though I did listen to this album whilst pissed out my skull, so that may have contributed to it's success.
Hoe rude of Iggy to be so chipper on what is clearly a pretty hungover day. Though, to be fair, the start of this album got me feeling energized again. There's a reason the passenger is such a classic, what a banger. The album was a steady downhill for me, starting off at a 5 and finishing at a 3, so I'll give it the nice and average 4.
Great album, love Bowie’s influences
Rolling Stones but wittier
Enjoyed it!
Pretty great album. I can definitely see why it’s on the list.
mycket trevlig! förvånansvärt dansvänlig och det kan man ju ej säga nej till. och the passenger!! otrolig låt pluspoäng bara där
Bra!!!
I knew some songs, overall nice
Veel gedraaid dit plaatje, helemaal goed!
Berlin-era David Bowie teaming up again with Iggy Pop, this time, with Iggy Pop taking the lead. Opens with the iconic drums and bass of the title track. Subverts poppy chords on Passenger. Would give 4.5
Норм панк но надоедает
Not my favorite Iggy Pop project but still a good album. Hearing Bowie play on here is cool as well. Favorite tracks: "The Passenger", "Success"
I knew Iggy was good friends with David Bowie, but I had no idea how closely they collaborated on Iggy's work. You can hear a lot of Bowie on this, yet it still ultimately sounds like Iggy. Great album. 4 stars.
mint! probably warrants more listens, i like his vocals. last song is the strokes lol
Liked it
One of the originators of punk proves he can work solo too. With the help of David Bowie, Iggy knocks it out of the park here.
This is a fine album with a couple of iconic songs...Lust for Life and The Passenger and some fine songs to fill it out; Success, Some Weird Sin, Neighborhood Threat and Tonight rock hard and help me to imagine the glory days of The Stooges, but with better licks. But that title tune I just never tire of; from the Lou Reed style sado-masochistic lyric to the incredible drumming. Just about damn perfect. No, the rest of the album doesn't quite approach it but damn it often comes close. Case in Point the stinging guitar and driving rhythm section of closer Fall In Love With Me. 4.5 stars
Preety great and fun rock record. As a fan of David Bowie's work from this era, I really dug this album.
It's obviously got 2 absolute classics on (Passengers & Lust for Life) but loved hearing tracks i'm not so familiar with (Fall in love with me is a great track). What a star - what a unique voice
I didn't know Pop and Bowie worked together, but it really shows. Really enjoyed this one more than expected.
A fun album with several well known songs.
This might be the prime spot for Iggy Pop. You can hear Bowie being the producer but still a bit of rawness left over from The Stooges
Incredible Bowie collaboration.
This is a good listen. 4
Iggy Pop, hold the Stooges. An interesting place to start in Iggy's catalog, as this is well after the punk origins and the apparent Bowie oversight. Some very strong songs on here, especially "The Passenger," which I know I've heard in a movie or two (seems very Wes Anderson). I'm glad to read this was Iggy weaning himself from Bowie's influence because I've yet to really understand the Bowie hype like that and certainly don't need a copycat. This was a solid album, but didn't exactly wow me. I'll hold that thought until we get some Stooges albums. Favorite tracks: The Passenger, Neighborhood Threat, Fall in Love with Me, Lust for Life. Album art: Absolutely terrible portrait cover. So lame that I would never have otherwise listened to this. Whoever greenlit this for release should be ashamed of themselves. It's like a fifth grade yearbook picture, if a fifth grader was held back for thirty years. His mom must've said "aww, you look so handsome!" and he rolled with it. Tragic. 4/5
I'll lead off by commenting that this is one of the more intriguing album covers I've come across. It's so simple, and based on the story I read on wikipedia, is well-meaning - it's meant to reflect the more positive tone of the album compared to Pop's previous albums. And yet, I can't shake this feeling that there's a certain mysterious ambiguity to his smile. Fortunately, the music itself is nowhere near as cryptic - the title track 'Lust for Life' is one that I've heard numerous times before in various movie soundtracks, and it's a terrific introduction to this worthwhile album. 'Lust for Life' and 'The Passenger' are the two well-known tracks on the album (for good reason, they're excellent songs), but there's plenty to enjoy here - 'Some Weird Sin', 'Success', the surprising blues-y nature of the aptly named 'Turn Blue', or the album closer 'Fall In Love with Me'.
Another good album by iiggy
I've been missing out not listening to Iggy Pop
Piaciuto nel complesso. Nello specifico però pochi pezzi di spicco. Non ho avuto tempo però di leggere i testi e riascoltare con attenzione
I actually really enjoyed some of these songs. The passenger and Lust for Life.
listened its aight
Fun and upbeat
A great album with a fantastic cover, but I preferred The Idiot.
Good album, a high 3 pushed to a 4. Starts off very strong but second half is nowhere near as good. Will definitely listen again and had listened to most of the songs previously. Great road trip album especially considering the story of how and when it was made.
I was very surprised that this was 77 and was way better than I had expected. Everyone's heard passenger a million times but it has not lost its impact on me. The song "lust for life" - I honestly thought that was late eighties / early nineties. I would rate this a 3.5 but am rounding up because I WILL be playing it again.
Ero convinto che Iggy Pop mi stesse sulle palle, invece devo dire che quest'album mi è piaciuto. Ho apprezzato sia come canta lui, sia come suonano i pezzi. Alla fine sono abbastanza lineari, ma funzionano bene. È un 3.5 che mi sento di promuovere a 4 perché non pensavo che mi sarebbe piaciuto.
I had fun with this one! High energy, weird art work and as a first plunge into iggy pop’s discography it felt like a solid start.
No one expects that disco jam halfway through the album.
Classic art-rock produced by Bowie and super similar to his output at the time but with the madman that is Iggy on vox. A bit more tame than his work with the Stooges but great in its own right.
Il disco contiene dei pezzi iconici ma anche gli altri sono mediamente coinvolgenti. La musica è semplice ma di effetto.
Another classic that I only heard about here and there. Has a very classic punk vibe, and I loved Bowie on here. A lot of songs that I heard in my childhood here, stuff like "Lust For Life" and "The Passenger". Overall, not my favourite album, or one that I will go back to, but still good in it's own way (it's just not for me really)
Clasicazo e imposible no notar la presencia de Bowie en el disco. Música perfecta para empezar el día.
I’ve got this one. Turn Blue is my favourite. Not as good as The Idiot.
Enjoyed this much more than The Idiot
Un disco muy divertido, me puso de buenas y “Success” es mi nuevo mantra
Catchy songs, enjoyed it.
A great surprise, funny and rocking. Love it.
So everyone knows the title track and Passenger but there’s some cracking tracks on this album - Success and sixteen spring to mind - brilliant
i'm a sucker for bowie's berlin years
I saw Iggy live in mid 80s and again in the mid 90s. He did not look at all like the brother on the cover of Lust for Life. I guess I have to believe it’s his picture but if it is, the decade after releasing this album were hard years. This album is very good. Seeing Izzy live was easily a “5” both times but I don’t think I have a 5 for his studio albums.
awesome - but I like the craziness of Metallic KO as well. such a great cover...ironic or not.
Classic record. It is good to be reminded of these landmark records in order to go back and refresh my memory.
Good album
Brought back memories
Iggy siempre me ha parecido muy irregular en solitario, este es de sus mejores discos pero siempre inferior a los Stooges
Only heard the singles from this album before. Good album
Awesome start to finish
I have listened to this one a few times, and it is good. Would listen a few more times.
Divertido y sin skips. Aunque esperaba un poco más la crudeza del anterior que ewcuchamos de Iggy. La canciones que más disfruté, a parte de la clásica Lust for Life, fueron the passenger y neighborhood threat. Mood: bailecito de gemte drogada
Of course, I could listen to Passenger all day long. Iggy has a great rock n' roll/punk voice - very distinctive. This sounds a bit like a garage-y Bowie album, as it should since he wrote or co-wrote most of the songs. Interestingly the only one he or Iggy didn't write was Passenger.
Tiene dos temazos que me encantan. Me ha gustado más de lo que esperaba.
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Success and the passenger are very good.
Ya el segundo de Iggy Pop que sale acá, me gusta mucho la portada y sentí que el gesto de Iggy define bien el tono de todo el álbum. Todo muy upbeat, su voz me gusta mucho y todo que es tan enérgico. "Sixteen", "Some Weird Sin" y "Fall In Love With Me" me gustaron mucho. 9/10
The Passenger and Turn Blue were my favorites.
Short and lovely
Hands Down, Iggy Pop einfach Geil. Passenger geht immer.
Evokes Trainspotting. Had no idea the songs I knew were from the 70s. Quite boppy.
Good album. Slightly prefer "The Idiot." 7-8/10
Iggy’s first 2 albums have Bowie fingerprints all over it - you have to listen closely on some tracks but you can hear Bowie. He’s out in front on others like sweet sixteen - those dudes were partying their asses off and living in Berlin
Album starts with a bang with "Lust for Life." Can it live up? Ooo, The Passenger, such a great song too. "Success" is great too. There's a playfulness and positivity to this music that I really appreciate. Good album!
It’s very good. Very much a “Bowie” album. Some of the middle is not up to the same caliber as the classic songs on this record.
This was quite good. Another find, I'd say.
Starting off with a classic!
So bad ass. I had listened to Iggy Pop before, but wow are they the essence of cool.
I know of The Passenger, which I like. Sixteen is gross, obviously. I didn't know Bowie sang at all on this too (Tonight), I know this was the Berlin-trilogy time where they worked closely together. You can hear the Bowie touches a bunch of times. I generally like it, 3.5 but can't decide between 3 or 4. I will round up to 4 but I could go either way.