Instinct (Iggy Pop album)

Instinct is an album by American singer Iggy Pop, released in June 1988. After the heavily pop-oriented, radio-ready Blah Blah Blah, A&M expected another hit record from Pop; however, he instead recorded the heavy, hard-rocking, Instinct. A heavy-metal oriented album, Instinct featured Steve Jones on guitar.

The album peaked at number 110 on Billboard top 200 albums.

The first single from the album, "Cold Metal", charted at number 37 on Mainstream rock charts and earned Iggy a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal performance in 1989.

The album was ranked #69 on Kerrang!'s "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" list.

Videos were made for "Cold Metal" and "High On You".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted

1. "Cold Metal" – 3:27
2. "High on You" – 4:48
3. "Strong Girl" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 5:04
4. "Tom Tom" – 3:17
5. "Easy Rider" (Jones, Pop) – 4:54
6. "Power & Freedom" (Jones, Pop) – 3:53
7. "Lowdown" – 4:30
8. "Instinct" – 4:12
9. "Tuff Baby" – 4:27
10. "Squarehead" (Jones, Pop) – 5:06

Alternate Versions

• "Tuff Baby" (12 Inch Version Released On "High On You" Single) - 6:40
• "Tuff Baby" (Dub Version) - 5:18
• "High On You" (7 Inch Edit) - 4:33
• "Cold Metal" (Rock Version) - 5:05
• "Cold Metal" (Dub Version) - 4:10

Personnel

• Iggy Pop: vocals
• Steve Jones: guitar
• Seamus Beaghen: keyboards
• Leigh Foxx: bass
• Paul Garisto: drums
• Jeff Bova: programming - Cmi
• Nicky Skopelitis: programming - keyboards
• Paul McAlpine - Photography

References

1. ^ Deming, Mark. Instinct (Iggy Pop album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/instinct-19880922