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Lust for Life by Iggy Pop

Lust for Life

Release Date: 4/2/1990

Recording Date: 1/1977

Tracks: 9

Length: 00:31:53 Hrs

Label: Virgin

Type: CD,LP

Genre/Styles:
Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Proto-Punk, Album Rock, Detroit Rock

Album Tracks (9)

Song Title
Length
1.
Lust for Life
05:13
2.
Sixteen
02:26
3.
Some Weird Sin
03:42
4.
The Passenger
04:44
5.
Tonight
03:39
6.
Success
04:25
7.
Turn Blue
06:56
8.
Neighborhood Threat
03:25
9.
Fall in Love With Me
06:30

What the Critics Say

On The Idiot, Iggy Pop looked deep inside himself, trying to figure out how his life and his art had gone wrong in the past. But on Lust for Life, released less than a year later, Iggy decided it was time to kick up his heels, as he traded in the mid-tempo introspection of his first album and began rocking hard again. Musically, Lust for Life is a more aggressive set than The Idiot, largely thanks to drummer Hunt Sales and his bassist brother Tony Sales. The Sales' proved they were a world class rhythm section, laying out power and spirit on the rollicking title cut, the tough groove of "Tonight," and the lean neo-punk assault of "Neighborhood Threat," and with guitarists Ricky Gardner and Carlos Alomar at their side, they made for a tough, wiry rock & roll band -- a far cry from the primal stomp of the Stooges, but capable of kicking Iggy back into high gear. (David Bowie played piano and produced, as he had on The Idiot, but his presence is less clearly felt on this album.) As a lyricist and vocalist, Iggy Pop rose to the challenge of the material; if he was still obsessed with drugs ("Tonight"), decadence ("The Passenger"), and bad decisions ("Some Weird Sin"), the title cut suggested he could avoid a few of the temptations that crossed his path, and songs like "Success" displayed a cocky joy that confirmed Iggy was back at full strength. On Lust for Life, Iggy Pop managed to channel the aggressive power of his work with the Stooges with the intelligence and perception of The Idiot, and the result was the best of both worlds; smart, funny, edgy, and hard-rocking, Lust for Life is the best album of Iggy Pop's solo career. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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