The Idiot - Iggy Pop

The Idiot by Iggy Pop is an album which seemed to bring in the plaudits, I'm not convinced by the quality of the album though. On the upside, it saw Iggy Pop return to the scene from several years of hard living and rehab. It seems to lack the balls of The Stooges and doesn't have the trademark sound that he developed in later years, my favourite being the heavy sounding older Iggy of albums like Skull Ring and Beat Em' Up. This album was produced by David Bowie and it has a really strong David Bowie influence to it, I'm not a big fan of the artist and therefore don't really dig the effect he had on Iggy on this album. Saying that, there are still some ...  Read the complete review

When Iggy Pop began touring for his first solo album title 'The Idiot' many critics criticized him for being a mere puppet for the artistic whims of a certain Davy Jones. Whether or not this is the case or not this is a seminal album and proved to be the inspiration for countless bands over the next 25 years. A complete departure from his earlier work with the stooges (and indeed his last collaboration with Bowie 'Raw Power') 'The Idiot' incorporates a cold metallic European sound which is obviously indebted to bands like Krafftwerk and the Walker Brothers (with their album 'Nite Flights'). Each track follows a theme of regret and self loathing ...  Read the complete review