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Personnel includes: Iggy Pop (vocals); David Bowie (keyboards).
Recorded at Chateau D'Herouville and Hansa Studios, Berlin, Germany.
In 1976, the Stooges had been gone for two years, and Iggy Pop had developed a notorious reputation as one of rock & roll's most spectacular waste cases. After a self-imposed stay in a mental hospital, a significantly more functional Iggy was desperate to prove he could hold down a career in music, and he was given another chance by his longtime ally, David Bowie. Bowie co-wrote a batch of new songs with Iggy, put together a band, and produced The Idiot, which took Iggy in a new direction decidedly different from the guitar-fueled proto-punk of the Stooges. Musically, The Idiot is of a piece with the impressionistic music of Bowie's "Berlin Period" (such as Heroes and Low), with it's fragmented guitar figures, ominous basslines, and discordant, high-relief keyboard parts. Iggy's new music was cerebral and inward-looking, where his early work had been a glorious call to the id, and Iggy was in more subdued form than with the Stooges, with his voice sinking into a world-weary baritone that was a decided contrast to the harsh, defiant cry heard on "Search and Destroy." Iggy was exploring new territory as a lyricist, and his songs on The Idiot are self-referential and poetic in a way that his work had rarely been in the past; for the most part the results are impressive, especially "Dum Dum Boys," a paean to the glory days of his former band, and "Nightclubbing," a call to the joys of decadence. The Idiot introduced the world to a very different Iggy Pop, and if the results surprised anyone expecting a replay of the assault of Raw Power, it also made it clear that Iggy was older, wiser, and still had plenty to say; it's a flawed but powerful and emotionally absorbing work. ~ Mark Deming
Iggy's solo debut following the end of the Stooges, THE IDIOT is often overlooked in favour of his second epistle, LUST FOR LIFE. Great album though the latter may be, THE IDIOT served to remind rock's better-informed fans that one of its most original talents was still alive and kicking. Produced by Bowie, IDIOT contains two compositions, "Funtime" and "China Girl" that he later recorded himself. Another highlight is the electronics-driven "Nightclubbing" (a certifiable post-punk classic) and the meandering "Dum Dum Boys" (a precursor to "The Passenger"). An album that proved Iggy did not need to be flanked by guitars to retain his edge and menace.Mojo (Publisher) (12/01, p.155) - "...The first truly successful Pop-Bowie collaboration...tracks like 'Nightclubbing' and 'Dum Dum Boys' saw Iggy attempting to mix James Brown and Kraftwerk - with a large degree of success."
NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #28 among The Greatest Albums Of The '70s. Idiot Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  gritty, sleazey, suicidal
initially this album is quite funny, but then you realise this is actually a very sad record. it almost sounds like a heroin comedown personified. ex-girlfriends, old friends lost forever in the folds of time, feeling lost, mindless inebriation. allsorts of these heavy topics are in here, backed by sleazey honky-tonk Bowie beats and distant foghorns. once you realise this is actually Iggy at one of his lowest points mentally you start to piece together the rest of the history and you begin to realize why he named his albums how he named them. this is 'the idiot' - iggy feels like an outcast, an idiot, no-one cares what he has to say. the next album after this, 'lust for life', is exactly that, it conveys a feeling of regeneration, following a more upbeat, less heavy outlook. Just like 'lust for life' though, this album is a MUST for iggy fans! Just bear in mind that this album is not exactly a party and you might understand it better...however, this is just my interpretaton of things - I could be entirely wrong! look. just buy it.
Submitted by Moses (Yorkshire, UK)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The Genius.....
Few albums have been so aptly titled. It has often been forgotten that Iggy Pop was at his lowest ebb when this album was recorded with his only true believer David Bowie. The influence of The Stooges was slowly filtering through to new and upcoming bands on both sides of the Atlantic, but to the average rock fan circa 1975/6, Iggy was a very bad joke...
Even so, the initial response to "The Idiot" when it was first released was one of huge disappointment but like many of his albums, his genius only becomes apparent many years later. The influence of this album has been enormous over three decades, although it is interesting to note that Iggy never followed the path he started. But why should he ?
Possibly one of the most heartbreaking albums ever made, especially on "Dum Dum Boys" and " Mass Production" where the aura of immense sorrow projected is utterly overwhelming.( Pop learnt his lessons from Frank Sinatra well....)
It came as no surprise, this music was the final thing Ian Curtis from Joy Division was to hear on one forlorn day in May 1980....
Submitted by Rob J (Letchworth, Herts)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Punk meets Electronica ... the seeds are sown
This is probably my favorite all time album and the start of my adulation for one I Pop. The album shows it's hand in the first 3 tracks introducing the listener to Euro-Industrial Electronica somewhat hiding the guitars. Nightclubbing has to go down as one of the funniest songs of all time, I mean how many time have you been caught with your mates at 4am looking for somewhere to go (which was better than the last dive you were just thrown out of). The middle section returns to glorious guitar with the riff for Dum Dum Boys truley memorable. Iggy also writes great lyrics just check out Tiny Girls and try not to smirk when Iggy delivers the killer line at the end - "What did you think?". Finally there is the closing Mass Production and if that isn't the seeds for Massive Attack, Radiohead then I'm not here.
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Recorded at Hansa Tonstusios, Berlin, Germany.
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Recording information: Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.
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