Lust For Life

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

Fittingly for a record that ends with a pleading “Fall in love with me”, it took 20 years for the world to cotton on to Lust for Life. I’m not proud to admit that I hadn’t, until today, realised the titular song was released in 1977 and not something that had always been attached to the cultural ascendancy of Trainspotting. (I was mesmerised then by Pop’s biltong-in-a-blender act in the rerelease video; 25 years on I think slightly more admiringly about his obviously well maintained physique.) Bowie’s obviously all over this record, but I’m reminded just as often of Lou Reed throughout – as if he and Pop both budded from the same acerbic, brackish persona cultivar of William S Burroughs’, the same one that seemed to offer refuge to America’s most outré artists well into the nineties (and that maybe, during a burnout, finally faded away). Alongside the irrepressible pugilism of “Lust for Life” and itinerant jangle of “Passenger” – which I’d thought for a while was cowritten with Lou Reed; do I know anything about Iggy Pop? – there’s a smattering of excellent post-punk (proto-post-punk?) tunes on this record. “Neighbourhood Threat” stands out most sharply, though, and for completely different and altogether more hrmmmm reasons “Sixteen” also demands attention. I once walked around a room of photographs of Iggy Pop and his pet parrot in Paris’ Palais de Tokyo. It was an exhibition curated by Michel Houellebecq, who had clearly enjoyed the opportunity to create an autobiographical mise en douche. The room was brightly lit and gleaming, pictures of both Pop and Houellebecq and their respective companion animals festooning, scrapbook style, every surface (included the floor). That space stood in complete contrast to the grey and earthy brown tones of the rest of the exhibition – which included a 3m square room-within-a-room to smoke inside – and felt, of course, extremely sarcastic. Lust for Life contains both Pops: the man who wants to be your dog and the man with friends who really want you to meet theirs. A record that feels like it fell out of time, no matter when you found it.

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.

Very good.

Besser als das andere Album

Good solid album with lots of classic songs

A few great songs and some meh.

Great album.

I really feel an influence from The Beach Boys/early Southern California rock. But I also hear the beginnings of the pop punk era. Well done and some classics. Although I can do without ‘turn blue’ lol

Throughly enjoyed it! First half is strongest by far.

Good one

The best Iggy Pop album. Punky, groovy, everything you could want. Best track: The Passenger

Great album, punky, but not too much, lot's to like

The man the myth the legend in his golden era. Clear Bowie influence here!!

Was this the one Ian Curtis played when he killed himself? *Googles* Oh no, it was The Idiot. Shall i remove all this then? No! This is still a great record, though.

I love his stuff with The Stooges, and I like his later solo stuff, but this early solo content was rough with the exception of maybe two tracks.

I am not lusting for this

Success is the best song on the album

Ikke helt min kopp med te, men helt greit og et par bra låter

7.2/10

Lust for Life is Iggy Pops second solo album after his work with the Stooges and after releasing his heavily Bowie influenced and produced and written album The Idiot. This one is The Stooges but it is also David Bowie. It is a lot more Iggy and a lot less David Bowie than the album before which was important for Iggy and went the right way because the record took the best things from both sides which results in a great sound. I like the art hard rock punk mixture and the energetic vibes this album gives with every song supported by great vocals. Apparently the lyrics where only partially written down and mainly improvised while recording which is admittedly pretty impressive. As a result the lyrics are maybe not the strongest but kind of personal since the artist just let them out in some way. Especially the songs dealing with drug addiction which are quite a few feel like very personal Iggy songs. Looking at the guys not only Iggy but also Bowie and the rest around that time it makes sense they would know a thing or two about drug addiction. Lust for Life has more catchy songs than just the titletrack and The Passenger I will definetly come back to this one. 3,7/5

favs: the passenger tonight success neighborhood threat fall in love with me rating 2.7/5

Was alright

Aye, good

Not bad, but if I wanted to listen to this genre, I would have just turned on Bowie.

Es klang gut, nicht hat mich gestört, aber auch nichts begeistert. Das Paradebeispiel eines soliden 3-Sterne-Albums. 3/5

Good album. One famous track, but the rest is OK

Du Iggy pop = rock

Sympa mais je me suis pas éclaté non plus

Review - always found his solo work patchy. Never a big fan of the title track. The Passenger is one of the best songs ever though. Also Some Weird Sin is brilliant, hadn't heard that before. But tails off later in the album. Score - 6/10 Need to listen? YES

Felt more like a classic rock album, I dig it

I thought the majority of the album was better than anticipated. A couple of songs never should have been recorded though.

Honestly better than I thought it would be. I still don't understand why Iggy is so revered but whatever. Sounds fine, nothing super crazy/tremendous. The last song is kinda creepy though tbh.

heel 70s

Pretty good listen & didn’t realize “Tonight” was his not Bowie’s. Great example of why this exercise is cool!

Hard to evaluate this album. Iggy’s whole appeal is authenticity. It’s kind of all he has - it’s like a posture on its own right. Instead of all style no substance, he’s all authenticity, no substance. And yet, all the best songs here (except the passenger) were clearly written by David Bowie. And it’s not like it’s some magic combo of the artistry of Bowie and rawness of Iggy that creates something new and greater than the sum of its parts: they just sound like Bowie songs with slightly edgier lyrics. So while the album sounds good, it sounds sort of divided against itself. I can’t place it. It becomes less than its parts. It sounds like one guy doing another guy a favor. These guys were definitely boning right?

Fine. Cool to see where some of the classics come from.

Some of the tracks here were/are iconic mainstays of student discos/club nights. The Bowie influence is very apparent throughout. However, the album as a whole does suffer from being overshadowed by the two enormous tracks (LFL and The Passenger). I don't have this on my shelves, and I'm not sure I need to. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★☆☆(6/10) Total reviewed : 439 Already owned : 99 Purchased : 21 To buy : 5

It's got a good sense of rhythm to it. But it's safe to say I like this album less, the longer it goes on. You can definitely hear the input from the other musicians on this album. Especially Bowie, he in terms of the sound of the album, is very present. I think it's fair to say that this is an iconic album. But saying that I just don't feel that the album itself is that strong, I think the singles do a lot of the heavy lifting here. Fav Track: Sixteen

Before listening: already know a couple of songs off this album. Not my faves but definitely catchy. Interested to see where it goes During: sweet sixteen is great if I don’t listen to the lyrics. Passenger is overplayed but it slaps so it’s ok. Why so many lyrics about how young they are?? After: overall good album. Fun to listen to, and a bit unusual. Put off by the lyrics a little lol. Fave song - turning blue

Enjoyable but nothing really stood out. Would listen to specific tracks again but nothing amazed me. Tis an album

Håller med Jonas; man blir glad! Det är egentligen inget märkvärdigt, bara rocknroll. "Lust for life" och "Neighborhood threat" höjer sig över resten. Och för att vara 70talsrock är ljudbilden någorlunda aptitlig

Bowies inverkan är tydlig, men knappast tidstypisk för vad han själv sysslade med. A-sidan må ha hitsen men det låter mycket överblivet material som inte platsade på Aladdin Sane. Tonight som avslutar sidan utgör ett undantag, och det är väl framförallt därifrån albumet lyfter. Turn blue är en finfin soulig ballad. Avslutande Fall in Love with me, är en riktigt fin rockdänga helt i anda med Berlintriologins popiga sida.

This was ok. Lust for Life and the Passenger are classics. A few other catchy songs. 2.5

Awesome album with Bowie collaborating on sound. "The Passenger" is my favorite Iggy Pop song from this one. It was neat hearing the contrast from this and "The Idiot" that he also put out that year.

I liked my t shirt as much as the album

i'm trying not to let my preference for fun house effect this score

Eh, ok

Some fun songs including the classic "Passengers" but they do open the album up with a second song about lust for underage girls so that's weird but I guess it was the 70s. I don't think he has a good voice either

Started strong and fun. Recognized a couple songs. Didn't love the song about lusting over a 16 year old girl. Second half lost a lot of the initial energy.

I really don’t want to write another review about a problematic man, but too many songs here were about young girls. Bring on a female artist!

genuinely why are there so many artists that write about being into teenagers im so sick of it

Not a bad album with 2 huge hits

Meh? 2.5 rounded up to 3. Favorite track: The Passenger

This started strong and then fell off as it contined. 2,5 stars I will round up

A bop! Standout Tracks: Lust for Life, The Passenger Rating: 3

Kind of bummed about this one. Iggy Pop is a punk icon but this album is so mid. Would’ve rated this album a 2/5 if it wasn’t for Lust for Life and The Passenger being absolute banger songs.

Decent music… Iggy is a cross between Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, and David Bowie vocally… very much high energy punk..

i did not lust for life while listening but it was fine i guess

6/10 Buen album, pero me falto algo para que me guste mas. Es chill, sin dormirte y se disfruta

Once you get past the two most popular songs from this album, Bowie's involvement in this is SO obvious. A little theatrical at times, but with an unmistakable core of punk, this album was overall a fun listen. I think the two songs I already knew are still my favorites, but I'm glad to have finally listened to this one all the way through. This album is unapologetically itself, and its sound totally reflects Iggy's unmatched stage performances. 3.5/5 rounded down Favorite tracks: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Fall In Love With Me

great stuff here

Turn blue killed something in me

This was definitely better than the Stooges album that we heard a couple months back. I like the guitar riff oriented songs like Some Weird Sin and Success. And the vocals sound like he's channeling some David Bowie for sure. Unfortunately the creepo vibes in songs like Sixteen are really hard to look past in 2026.

Was not initially impressed then some strong songs pushed this up to 3.

Not what I expected when I saw the name of Iggy Pop. I liked the classic rock songs and all, but it's not so memorable to me. Good, not great

2 great songs

It’s alright I guess. List for Life and Passenger I knew, the rest were mostly listenable but nothing that excited me. (3)

I really like The Passenger but don't think anything pushed it above 3/5 for me.

This one’s got Lust for Life AND The Passenger on it!! Other than that, it doesn’t do MUCH for me!! Not a fan of the longer tracks on this one. After Turn Blue it felt like looking at the length of the last track was the albums way of laughing at me. And THEN the album just kind of ends shortly after me getting into the last track. COME ON.

Ok

Singles by far and away the best tracks on the album.

I thought I was tripping by noticing Bowie's style all over the album lol. It's fine, but not really outstanding imo.

Some obviously classic tracks but I think I prefer the rawness of his earlier stuff with the stooges.

Strong, prefer the stooges stuff to his solo work but the passenger is such a good song. Sometimes blunted abit by spacey production

I liked this soooo much better than The Stooges album (one of the worst). These songs are actually a great mix of pop and rock in a fun way and I feel the Bowie influence. Iggy Pop's voice doesn't do anything for me but this is still a fun listen overall. Top Songs: Lust For Life, The Passenger, Tonight, Success

3/5

aight

More like Lust for Children. Gross. The bummer is this is a really good album outside of that song. But that’s probably because of David Bowie’s heavy influence. I don’t fucking know all I know is I can’t think of Iggy Pop without getting deeply uncomfortable

3.1

Only knew two of these before. The Bowie influence shows through. A few missteps (Sixteen? Really?).

not really my style but enjoyable

I remember liking this album a little more four or five years ago. It’s still solid; Lust for Life and The Passenger will still sound fresh in another 50 years and I’ve always been a fan of Fall in Love With Me. But at the end of the day, it’s a sleazy rock album and I mean that as both a compliment and a criticism.

Despite containing two all-time crossover classics in Lust for Life & The Passenger, this album is a lot weaker than The Idiot. That said, it's essentially another go at Bowie ventriloquizing Iggy Pop so it is still pretty good. Outside of the album's two major tracks, I've become particularly fond of Tonight (later repurposed for Bowie himself), Neighborhood Threat, and the closing track Fall in Love With Me. I've always thought of this as the sort of light-side daytime counterpart to The Idiot's Berlin Nights vibe. It's good but I'm more of a night person.

Pretty good album. I knew a couple of the songs already, and enjoyed the rest. Didn't blow my mind, but had a good time.

This was a lot stronger than the other Iggy Pop album on this list IMO; I was unsurprised to see that David Bowie had helped with the songwriting/arrangements.

1 - 4/10 not really my taste, relatively boring 2 - 8/10 the guitar is great 3 - 6/10 4 - 8/10 a classic, however it drags a bit 5 - 7/10 reminds me of bowie 6 - 8/10 7 - 5/10 kind of bluesy, he sounds like a dying cat however 8 - 6/10 like the guitar 9 - 8/10 has country vibes

not my style

Lust for Life, The Passenger are great. Surprisingly not much else memorable on the A side. 'Success'...never heard it before, but I'm digging it.

Didn't have the mood maybe, but doesn't seem like my type of music

Pre Listen: I reckon this is the Iggy that dog from Jojo is named after. That's about as far as my knowledge goes in relation to him. No expectations! Notable Tracks: The Passenger - I think I know this one. Sounds crazy familiar. Seems to be the most popular on the album by plays/views too. I wonder where/when/if I heard it? Turn Blue - Somehow both my favorite and least favorite song on the album? Has really great moments and an overall good sound, but also some deep lows when Iggy decides to start yelling like a fool. Post Listen: This guy's voice could easily pass as David Bowie's. I wonder how he felt about the guy. Solid music overall, the lyrics, vocals and instrumentation was all well done. It just wasn't very memorable in any way I could really find. Sounds like default rock and roll. I'd struggle to really place it in a specific rock-adjacent genre even. I'm struggling to even recall any other specific songs than the ones I mentioned, despite having just finished the album like an hour and a half ago. It's like a plain bagel with some good jam and cream cheese; it's a good meal and you like it, but you'll almost certainly will forget having ate it in 2 days or less. 3/5

Can definitely hear the influence this album has had on other rock artists. A thirty year old writing a love song to a sixteen year old is creepy.

I like the themes of addiction and loving life to your fullest while in recovery. I like the sort of grungey rock sound. I was jamming until he started singing about a 16 yeah old 🫩

this album cover is really unnerving. The music is fine. it's got a Bowie, Stones feel to it. I literally thought "Lust for Life" was a Rolling Stones song my entire life. What car was this in the ad for? what a sell-out. oop, my bad- it was for a cruise ship commercial.

The two most popular songs in the album are used in almost every commercial ever. That was fun to learn

A classic.

Great song, then lots of pretty good songs

Definitely a 3.5 but unfortunately some albums must fall victim to the 1001albumsgenerator 5 star system

Quite good. really liked the longer tracks and didn't hate anything except the obligatory creepy old punk guy song Sixteen, of course

Early punk from Iggy, I knew the hits, the rest kind of is into the same vein.

драйвово, не могу сказать, что мое, но развеселил, под ситуацию

not my style at the moment... but i know it has potential to other contexts of my life

Perfectly okay. I don’t dislike, don't really like either. Fine to listen, I like the album title. He’s in a very unique niche of this era. Kind of leads up to that 80s poppy sound. Not my favorite, not a hater either.

I've heard the singles too many times, especially Lust for Life, but as an album it's decent. At times plays as a bonus Bowie album.

Isn't something I would usually pick to listen to but i enjoyed it

Ginger me bum it’s piggy pops

I liked it more than expected. Still not something crazy. Favorite track(s) The Passenger

cool

Lust for Life is the sound of Iggy Pop rediscovering the thrill of being alive. After the bleak, skeletal atmosphere of The Idiot, this record bursts open with swagger, color, and reckless energy. The title track is pure adrenaline, but the album isn't just a collection of punk anthems—it veers into strange, soulful, and even reflective territory without losing its edge. David Bowie's fingerprints are all over the production, yet Iggy never feels overshadowed. His voice is equal parts sneer, grin, and battle scar. It's messy in places, but that's part of its charm. Lust for Life has personality to spare: loud, unpredictable, and impossible to mistake for anyone else. It feels less like a polished statement and more like spending forty minutes with the coolest, most chaotic person at the party.

Fun

Probably great to see live Very of its time, Bowie does it better The Passenger is a banger Didn’t really make me feel anything, decent songs though

Most of this album was bad. And then you get songs like Passenger and Lust For Life. It’s hard to rate one like this.

Energetic with some good hits. 3/5

7/10 Very digestible Probably better after a second listen Prefered the second half of the album, reminds me of Bowie

I enjoyed it but I don't think that the whole album will be in my rotation. Loved the classic tunes and the energy of the album. If I have to choose one classic rock song, The Passenger would be in the top 10.

en algún momento me cansaré de poner 3 estrellas? Creo que no

esse tal de Iggy Pop é bem pop

Reminds me of the strokes, and David Bowie combined. Nothing particularly stood out. It was a good listen and really just a good classic rock album. Of course, my music knowledge is relative— as I was born later I’ve experienced anything this project may have inspired I.e. the strokes and such. Nonetheless, some interesting tracks, and nice riffs.

Iggy slop

Iggy looks so young! Solid power pop. 3.5

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.

Good Album - I have heard his songs in the past, just not a full album. Solid 3 stars - may listen again.

Rok

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.

I mean, didn’t love it didn’t hate it. Glad i know it now

Eh

- it’s like mick jagger and David Bowie had a baby