Party (Iggy Pop album)
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| Studio album by Iggy Pop | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant Studios, New York | |||
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| Label | Arista | |||
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Party is the sixth solo studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. It was released in June 1981 by record label Arista. For this record, Pop collaborated with Ivan Kral, who is best known as the guitar and bass player for Patti Smith in the 1970s.
Recording
When Arista heard the album, they brought in former Monkees producer Tommy Boyce to remix "Bang Bang". According to Iggy Pop's autobiography I Need More, he wrote "Bang Bang" because Arista Records wanted a single and he promised them a commercial album. He originally wanted Phil Spector or Mike Chapman to produce the song. Iggy claimed he got idea for the song from reading The Right Stuff at a local bookstore.
Release
Party was released in June 1981. The album peaked at number 166 in the Billboard Top 200. "Bang Bang was released as a single the same month, charting at number 35 on the Billboard Club Play Singles Chart.
Party is the last of Pop's three albums with Arista Records, following New Values and Soldier. Buddha reissued the album in 2000 with two bonus tracks: "Speak to Me" and a cool jazz rendition of the standard "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
Party has been poorly received by critics.
Charlotte Robinson of PopMatters called it "a bizarre train wreck of an album".[3] Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote "Part of Iggy Pop's unique sort of integrity is that the man doesn't seem to know how to sell out, even when he tries, and Party, one of the strangest albums of his career, is living proof."[1]
Tour
The Party tour was documented on the DVD Live in San Francisco.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Iggy Pop and Ivan Kral, except where noted.
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| 1. | "Pleasure" | 3:10 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Rock and Roll Party" | 4:11 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Eggs on Plate" | 3:41 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Sincerity" | 2:38 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Houston Is Hot Tonight" | 3:30 | ||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Pumpin' for Jill" | 4:30 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Happy Man" | 2:19 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Bang Bang" | 4:08 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Sea of Love" | George Khoury, Phil Phillips | 3:49 | |||||||
| 5. | "Time Won't Let Me" | Tom King, Chet Kelly | 3:22 | |||||||
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| 11. | "Speak to Me" | 2:39 | ||||||||
| 12. | "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | |||||||||
Personnel
- Iggy Pop – vocals
- Ivan Kral – guitar, keyboards
- Rob Duprey – guitar
- Michael Page – bass guitar
- Douglas Bowne – drums
- Jimmy Whizner – arrangements on "Sea of Love", "Bang Bang" and "Time Won't Let Me"
- The Uptown Horns – brass on "Pleasure", "Sincerity", "Houston Is Hot Tonight" and "Happy Man"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deming, Mark. "Party – Iggy Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Iggy Pop". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ Robinson, Charlotte (February 5, 2003). "The Weird Trilogy: Iggy Pop's Arista Recordings | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
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