Amazon.com: The relentless, driving drums and thunderous bass of the opening title track are the magic components that make it the best song Iggy Pop ever recorded without the Stooges. They're also why this is Iggy's best solo album--which also includes the ominously upbeat "The Passenger," with its hilariously ennui-filled, sing-along chorus ("La la la la la la la la la..."). As with Pop's first solo album, The Idiot, David Bowie has his hands all over the proceedings (if not somewhere else as well) as the producer, songwriter, and general overseer of Iggy the popstar. The record reached 28 on the U.K. charts. Of course, as the jagged, dark guitars on "Sixteen" and "Neighborhood Threat" make clear, Iggy's version of pop music is anything but conventional, and anything but bland. "Some Weird Sin" ("That's what I want...") could have been Iggy's theme song in 1977, heavy with innuendo and a dangerous joie de vivre. --Percy Keegan
awesome rock album! One of the best rock anhtems lust for life is on here, even overall this album is amazing. Rock on IGGY!
Fall in Love With Me If only in recognition of the last track, if only out of respect for its humble and self-effacing simplicity and good taste, this beautiful album should be purchased. But there are many other gems, and really, the price is not expensive. As you listen, some of you may recognize Bukowski's voice behind the broken door, and some may even hear Villon... and if you listen hard, you'll feel the stifled giggles of Fat Margot in the background. Enjoy.
Won't you / Come to this old saloon / Come to my waiting arms / A table made of wood / And I will look at you / 'Cause you're so young and pure / And you're young at heart / You're young at heart / A bottle of white wine / And when you're tumbling down / You just look better / When you're tumbling down / You just look finer...
Vintage Iggy Great starter album for someone's who's just getting into Iggy. Its got some classics (lust for life, Passenger) and also some lesser-knowns that are very good (sixteen, some wierd sin) also. Iggy is a legend.
iggy isn't quite the neighborhood threat of old here, but completely rocking nonetheless "Lust for Life," which was released the same year as "The Idiot" should have been even more successful than that record, which was Iggy's first taste of commercial success. This album brings back the hard-rocking, swaggering tendencies that Iggy parlayed with the Stooges, although while the music isn't quite as chaotic, it's still a damned good record. The Jim Morrison influence also seeps through a lot on "Lust for Life." Tracks like "The Passenger," which Iggy wrote based on a Jim Morrison poem articulates the vision of searching that many of Iggy's best tunes are built on. The rest of the tracks rock out and make you think, as well. "Success" is about as ad-libbed sounding as an Iggy Pop song could be, but it's still a great piece of work, as is the title track, "Sweet 16" and the others. It's good that "Lust for Life" is finally getting the audience that it deserved so many years ago. Check this record out, you won't be disappointed.
Classic Rock Review This is an excellent album and I recommend it to any fans of the old time rock and roll.
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