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Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (CD)

Lust For Life
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Album Details: Lust For Life

Release Date:12/15/2007
Label:Toshiba Emi Japan
UPC:4988006848399

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User Reviews: Lust For Life

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    Silly, Fun, Good Beat. Pop and Bowie Rock

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 29, 2007

    Pros: Unique and fun to listen to

    Cons: Not typical top 40 if that is what you are into

    The best way I can classify this is something unique. Iggy Pop and David Bowie and other musicians jam and it is apparent they are having fun doing it. That cruise commerical on TV plays the "Lust For Life" chorus as their background music.... I wonder how many know the actual lyrics and that in itself gives me a chuckle. It has a nice beat. I put this CD on when I am kicking around the house and want a "pick me up" atmosphere. I like it. I have no regrets on the purchase. This is the only Iggy Pop CD I own so I am not sure how it compares to other works of his. I do know he has been around for ages and he is a little "out there" but that adds to the charm. I am not one for manufactured music and top 40 nonsense.If you like David Bowie and Iggy Pop this would be a nice addition to your collection. Read more Less

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    Ahhhh....the Ig

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 23, 2003

    Pros: It's Iggy Pop

    Cons: It's Iggy Pop without Ron Ashton

    The album is great. Not as good as any Stooges stuff. Anybody else find a smiling Iggy on the cover disturbing?

Pro Reviews: Lust For Life

  • All Music Guide

    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 midtempo 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 neopunk 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 hardrocking, Lust for Life is the best album of Iggy Pop's solo career. - Mark Deming, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Iggy Pop

There's a reason why many consider Iggy Pop the godfather of punk -- every single punk band of the past and present has either knowingly or unknowingly borrowed a thing or two from Pop and his late-'60s/early-'70s the Stooges. Born on April 21, 1947, in Muskegon, MI, James Newell Osterberg was raised by his parents (his father was an English teacher) in a trailer park c... Read more