Iggy Pop - American Caesar
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Artist: Iggy PopEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-09-07
Music Label: Virgin Records
Soundtracks:
- Character
- Wild America
- Mixin' The Colors
- Jealousy
- Hate
- It's Our Love
- Plastic & Concrete
- F__in' Alone
- Highway Song
- Beside You
- Sickness
- Boogie Boy
- Perforation Problems
- Social Life
- Louie Louie
- Caesar
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Music Review: Green Andy Reviews: Iggy Pop - American Caesar
Rating: 4 Stars
This is considered one of Iggy Pop's greatest solo albums, and while initially I shy away from that claim, the more I think about it "they" might be right. Certainly this is Iggy's most successful balls-out rock and roll record since SOLDIER, if not LUST FOR LIFE. Most of his other albums in between have been either experimental pieces (THE IDIOT, ZOMBIE BIRDHOUSE), failed attempts at rocking out (SOLDIER, INSTINCT), and even weirder failed attempts at a pop crossover (PARTY, BLAH BLAH BLAH). Even his critical comeback album BRICK BY BRICK wasn't a straightforward rocker, but rather an "event album" with lots of guest stars and studied performances, the kind of thing Clive Davis at Arista Records specialized in during the late 90's. This album was something that Iggy hadn't done in a very long time: walked into a studio with a great band and a great set of songs, and bashed them out quickly and simply.
This wouldn't have worked any better than INSTINCT if the songs weren't some of the strongest of his career, but fortunately he's got some real winners here. After a strange ominous opening, "Wild America" kicks the album into gear with snarling guitars and an even more snarling Iggy. The album doesn't rely solely on bile or distortion: "Mixin' the Colors" is a downbeat number with a great melody and some nice duet vocals on the chorus, and "Jealousy" is even more low-key and pretty. But the rockers do define the record, and songs like "Hate", "Plastic and Concrete" and "Sickness" are some of the best aggressive songs Iggy's made since "Cold Metal", and they have much more depth and nuance than that somewhat lunkheaded classic.
The two songs that got the most attention on this record when it was initially released are the snarky cover of the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie", which is on par with the old Stooges version from METALLIC K.O., and has some fun new lyrics from Iggy, and the title track (actually half a title track) "Caesar", a disjointed number over seven minutes in length that might be his most successful experimental track since THE IDIOT. So yeah, while I wouldn't specifically call this Iggy Pop's best solo album, it's definitely in his top five, and maybe even his top three. Nicely done, Iggy.
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