Brick by Brick
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| Studio album by Iggy Pop | ||
| Released | June 1990 | |
| Recorded | February 15 to March 23, 1990 | |
| Genre | Rock and Roll | |
| Length | 54:09 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Producer(s) | Don Was | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Iggy Pop chronology | ||
| Instinct (album) (1988) |
Brick by Brick (1990) |
American Caesar (album) (1993) |
Brick by Brick is a June 1990 album by the American singer Iggy Pop. After garnering mixed reviews for much of his 80s output, Pop hired longtime Stooges fan Don Was as producer and opted for a hard-rock sound. Many songs on the album involve a lyrical theme of the United States facing dangers of cultural decay and implosion. The album gave Pop some of his strongest reviews since his David Bowie collaborations, and "Candy" became his first MTV hit, as the video for that song found fairly heavy rotation on that station.
Videos were also made for "Home", "Butt Town" and "Livin' on the Edge of the Night".
Album peaked at number 90 on Billboard top 200 albums and stayed on the charts for 45 weeks. Song "Livin' on the edge on the night" was released before album as a soundtrack for the hit movie "Black rain" starring Michael Douglas. Song reached number 16 on Modern rock tracks.
"Candy" reached number 30 on Mainstream rock tracks, number 5 on Modern rock tracks and number 28 on Billboard hot 100.
First single from the album "Home" reached number 2 on Modern rock tracks.
Brick by Brick became first Iggy's US certified gold album (more than 500,000 copies sold). After the album Iggy went on very succesfull world tour which is documented on live DVD concert taped in Olympia in Paris 1991. Lot of famous fans appeared on stage with Iggy during that tour including longtime fan Johnny Depp.
[edit] Track listing
- "Home" – 4:00
- "Main Street Eyes" – 3:41
- "I Won't Crap Out" – 4:02
- "Candy" (with Kate Pierson) – 4:13
- "Butt Town" – 3:34
- "The Undefeated" – 5:05
- "Moonlight Lady" – 3:30
- "Something Wild" (with John Hiatt) – 4:01
- "Neon Forest" – 7:05
- "Starry Night" – 4:05
- "Pussy Power" (with Alex Brown) – 2:47
- "My Baby Wants To Rock And Roll" – 4:46
- "Brick By Brick" – 3:30
- "Livin' On The Edge Of The Night" – 3:38
[edit] Credits
- Produced by Don Was
- Engineered by Ed Cherney
- Mastered by Greg Fulginiti
[edit] Miscellanea
Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses fame are featured on this album as the songwriters and performers.
The cover is drawn by American cartoonist Charles Burns.
The video for Butt Town was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head.
