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Lust for Life
Lust for Life cover
Studio album by Iggy Pop
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1977
RecordedHansa Studio by the Wall, Berlin, April-May/June 1977
GenrePost-punk, Detroit rock
Length41:53
LabelRCA
ProducerBewlay Bros. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Die Hansa Tonstudio is a Recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s This article discusses the Music of Detroit Michigan. World renowned for its Detroit Symphony Orchestra and music celebrities the area has a long and rich heritage In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Colin Thurston)
Professional reviews
Iggy Pop chronology
The Idiot
(1977)		Lust for Life
(1977)		TV Eye Live 1977
(1978)

Lust for Life is a 1977 album by Iggy Pop, his second solo release and his second collaboration with David Bowie, following The Idiot earlier in the year. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter Colin Thurston (1947 &ndash January 15, 2007) was a British recording engineer and producer. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. TV Eye Live 1977 or (TV Eye is a live album by Iggy Pop originally released in 1978. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. As well as achieving critical success, it was Pop's most commercially popular album to date, and remains his highest-charting release in the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The title track gained further exposure two decades later when it was featured on the soundtrack of the film Trainspotting (1996). The Trainspotting soundtracks are two Soundtrack albums released following the film version of Irvine Welsh 's novel of the same name

Contents

Production

The Lust for Life sessions took place soon after the completion of a concert tour in support of the The Idiot album, the tour ending on 16 April 1977. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays [1][2] Pop has stated, "David and I had determined that we would record that album very quickly, which we wrote, recorded, and mixed in eight days, and because we had done it so quickly, we had a lot of money left over from the advance, which we split. "[3] The singer slept little during its making, commenting "See, Bowie's a hell of a fast guy. . . I realized I had to be quicker than him, otherwise whose album was it gonna be?"[1] Pop's spontaneous lyrical method inspired Bowie to improvise his own words on his next project, "Heroes". "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 [2]

Bowie, Pop and engineer Colin Thurston produced Lust for Life under the pseudonym "Bewlay Bros. Colin Thurston (1947 &ndash January 15, 2007) was a British recording engineer and producer. " (name via the final track on Bowie’s Hunky Dory). " The Bewlay Brothers " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971 (see 1971 in music) [1] The recording was made at Hansa Studio by the Wall in Berlin and featured Ricky Gardiner and Carlos Alomar on guitars with Hunt and Tony Sales on drums and bass, respectively. Die Hansa Tonstudio is a Recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Ricky Gardiner (born 1948 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Guitarist and Composer. Carlos Alomar (born 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Hunt Sales (born 1954 is an American Rock and roll and Jazz drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren, his brother Tony Sales, Tony Sales is a Rock and roll Bass guitarist who with his brother Hunt Sales, has played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the With Bowie on keyboards and backing vocals, the team included three-quarters of the future Tin Machine line-up;[1] the Sales brothers’ "gale-force" contribution to this album led Bowie to invite them to join his new band twelve years later ("Check out Lust For Life," he told guitarist Reeves Gabrels, "I’ve found the rhythm section!"). A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US Tin Machine was a Hard rock band formed in 1988 famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American Guitarist, best known for his long partnership with British singer David Bowie, [4] The sleeve photo was taken by Andy Kent, who also shot the cover for The Idiot. [1]

Style and themes

Lust for Life is generally considered to be more of an Iggy Pop record than the Bowie-dominated The Idiot, being less experimental musically and having more of a rock and roll flavor. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African [5][6][7] However some of its themes were similarly dark, as in "The Passenger", cited by NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray as one of Pop’s "most haunting" tracks,[5] and "Tonight" and "Turn Blue", both of which dealt with heroin abuse. " The Passenger " is a song by the artist Iggy Pop. This song was first released on the Lust for Life album in 1977 it was also released as the The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Roy Carr is an English Music Journalist. He joined the New Musical Express (NME in the 1960s and has edited NME, Charles Shaar Murray (born 1951 is an English Music Journalist. " Tonight " is the title track from the album Tonight by David Bowie. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative In contrast were more upbeat songs such as "Success" and "Lust for Life", the latter described by Rolling Stone as Pop's "survivor message to the masses". Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published [7][8][9]

According to Iggy Pop, Bowie's celebrated riff on "Lust for Life" was inspired by the morse code opening to the American Forces Network News in Berlin. Morse code is a Character encoding for transmitting telegraphic information using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters numerals [10] At various points in the song the melody is doubled by the entire band; in Carlos Alomar's words, "You can’t play a counter-rhythm to that, you just had to follow". [2][11] Joy Division and New Order drummer Stephen Morris declared, "On Lust For Life the drums sound not huge but massive! The loudest cymbals known to man, that riff! I wanted to sound like that, still do. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook Stephen Paul David Morris (born 28 October 1957 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) is a Musician in the Manchester "[6]

"The Passenger" was inspired by a Jim Morrison poem that saw "modern life as a journey by car". James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director [12] The lyrics have also been interpreted as "Iggy's knowing commentary on Bowie's cultural vampirism". [6] The music, a "laid-back . . . springy groove", was composed by guitarist Ricky Gardiner. [13] It was released as the B-side of the album's only single, "Success". Characterized by All Music Guide as "a glorious throwaway" and by Rolling Stone as "an infectious throwaway", "Success" was a light-hearted track of the call and response variety. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Call and response is a form of "spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements ('calls' are punctuated by expressions ('responses' [9][14]

"Turn Blue", at just under seven minutes the longest song on the album, was a sprawling confessional that dated back to an abortive recording session by Bowie and Pop in May 1975, when the latter was in the depths of his drug addiction. Originally titled "Moving On", it was composed by Bowie, Pop, Walter Lacey and Warren Peace. Warren Peace (ie "War and Peace" is a Pseudonym for Geoffrey Alexander MacCormack (also known as GA MacCormack and Mac Cormack an English [8][15] It was the only set of lyrics that did not appear on the original vinyl record sleeve. The album's remaining tracks included "Sixteen", the only piece written entirely by Iggy Pop, "Some Weird Sin", a hard rock number featuring a "lost-boy lyric",[16] the "neo-punk" "Neighborhood Threat",[7] and "Fall in Love with Me", which grew from an impromptu jam by the band to which Pop composed lyrics apparently evoking his then-flame, Esther Friedmann. " Neighborhood Threat " is a song written by Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Ricky Gardiner in 1977 for Iggy Pop's album Lust for Life [2]

Release and reception

Lust for Life reached #28 in the UK Albums Chart and is still his highest-performing release in that country. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. [17] Initially the album sold well in the US but the death of Elvis Presley caused RCA to quickly reissue Presley's catalogue and any promotional focus for Pop's album was lost. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [2] It eventually performed well in America, but only peaked at #120 on the Billboard charts at the time of release. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Rolling Stone's contemporary review considered that "purely on its own terms, Lust for Life is a successful album" but complained that Pop's "new stance is so utterly unchallenging and cautious". [9] "Success", backed with "The Passenger", was released as a single on 30 September 1977. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays [5]

Covers and live versions

"Lust for Life" and "Sixteen" appeared the following year on the live set TV Eye. TV Eye Live 1977 or (TV Eye is a live album by Iggy Pop originally released in 1978. Bowie covered "Tonight" (minus the opening lines referencing drugs) with Tina Turner, along with "Neighborhood Threat", on his 1984 release Tonight. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American "The Passenger" has been performed by Nick Cave, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Michael Hutchence (on the Batman Forever soundtrack), amongst others. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978 Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 Michael Kelland John Hutchence ( January 22 1960 &ndash November 22 1997) was an Australian Singer-songwriter, most famous See also Batman Forever (score, Batman Forever (soundtrack, Batman Forever (video game, Batman Forever The Arcade Game Batman Duran Duran covered "Success" on the faves collection Thank You. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two For other albums by this name see Thank You. Thank You is a covers album by Duran Duran released in April 1995 "Lust For Life" has been played by many artists including Yo La Tengo, The Damned, Tom Jones and The Pretenders, and David Bowie live, and is used as bumper music on The Jim Rome Show; it is also used as the theme music for the ongoing advertising campaign for Royal Caribbean International. Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an Sir Thomas John Woodward, (born 7 June 1940 known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh pop music singer particularly noted for his powerful voice The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals Bumper music is a term used in the Radio broadcasting industry to refer to short clips of music used to buffer transitions between programming elements The Jim Rome Show is a Sports Radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. Royal Caribbean International () is a Norwegian / American Cruise line company based in Miami Florida. Its distinctive riff is commonly cited as inspiring Australian band Jet in 2003 for their song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?". Jet is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia, whose debut album Get Born, released in 2003 has so far sold over one million copies " Are You Gonna Be My Girl " is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. [18][19]

Track listing

  1. "Lust for Life" – 5:13 (lyrics: Iggy Pop, music: David Bowie)
  2. "Sixteen" – 2:26 (Pop)
  3. "Some Weird Sin" – 3:42 (lyrics: Pop, music: Bowie)
  4. "The Passenger" – 4:44 (lyrics: Pop, music: Ricky Gardiner)
  5. "Tonight" – 3:39 (lyrics: Pop, music: Bowie)
  6. "Success" – 4:25 (lyrics: Pop, music: Bowie, Gardiner)
  7. "Turn Blue" – 6:56 (lyrics: Pop, Walter Lacey, music: Bowie, Warren Peace)
  8. "Neighborhood Threat" – 3:25 (lyrics: Pop, music: Bowie, Gardiner)
  9. "Fall in Love with Me" – 6:30 (lyrics: Pop, music: Bowie, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales)

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Nicholas Pegg (2000). " Lust for Life " is a 1977 song performed by Iggy Pop, featured on the album Lust for Life. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Some Weird Sin is a song appearing on Iggy Pop 's 1977 album Lust for Life. " The Passenger " is a song by the artist Iggy Pop. This song was first released on the Lust for Life album in 1977 it was also released as the Ricky Gardiner (born 1948 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Guitarist and Composer. " Tonight " is the title track from the album Tonight by David Bowie. Warren Peace (ie "War and Peace" is a Pseudonym for Geoffrey Alexander MacCormack (also known as GA MacCormack and Mac Cormack an English " Neighborhood Threat " is a song written by Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Ricky Gardiner in 1977 for Iggy Pop's album Lust for Life Hunt Sales (born 1954 is an American Rock and roll and Jazz drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren, his brother Tony Sales, Tony Sales is a Rock and roll Bass guitarist who with his brother Hunt Sales, has played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US Carlos Alomar (born 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Ricky Gardiner (born 1948 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Guitarist and Composer. Tony Sales is a Rock and roll Bass guitarist who with his brother Hunt Sales, has played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Hunt Sales (born 1954 is an American Rock and roll and Jazz drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren, his brother Tony Sales, The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Nicholas Pegg is a British actor director and writer His acting work in the theatre includes productions for Nottingham Playhouse, Scottish Opera, The Complete David Bowie: pp. 383-384
  2. ^ a b c d e Paul Trynka (2007). Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed: pp. 263-272
  3. ^ Joe Ambrose (2004). Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop: p. 173
  4. ^ David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p. 451
  5. ^ a b c Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Roy Carr is an English Music Journalist. He joined the New Musical Express (NME in the 1960s and has edited NME, Charles Shaar Murray (born 1951 is an English Music Journalist. Bowie: An Illustrated Record: p. 118
  6. ^ a b c Joe Ambrose (2004). Op Cit: pp. 185-186
  7. ^ a b c All Music Guide album review
  8. ^ a b All Music Guide song review: "Turn Blue"
  9. ^ a b c Billy Altman (12 January 1978). Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) "Lust for Life". Rolling Stone.  
  10. ^ Nicholas Pegg (2000). Op Cit: p. 137
  11. ^ All Music Guide song review: "Lust for Life"
  12. ^ Nicholas Pegg (2000). Op Cit: p. 160
  13. ^ All Music Guide song review: "The Passenger"
  14. ^ All Music Guide song review: "Success"
  15. ^ Nicholas Pegg (2000). Op Cit: p. 223
  16. ^ All Music Guide review: "Some Weird Sin"
  17. ^ Paul Trynka (2007). Op Cit: pp. 417-426
  18. ^ Jenny Eliscu (8 April 2004). Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " "Jet's High Times". Rolling Stone.  
  19. ^ musicOMH.com single review
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