Après
| Après | ||||
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| Studio album by Iggy Pop | ||||
| Released | 9 May 2012 | |||
| Recorded | February 2010 – June 2011 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 28:33 | |||
| Label | Thousand Mile Inc | |||
| Producer | Hal Cragin | |||
| Iggy Pop chronology | ||||
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Après is the seventeenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop.
Background
Consisting of mostly French covers,[2] it was released on 9 May 2012 on Thousand Mile Inc[3] after the album was rejected by Virgin EMI Records. Pop said his record company would have 'preferred that I do a rock album with popular punks' and that "They didn't think they would make any money, they didn't think my fans would like it - very sensible attitudes for a sensible sort of person - but that's a different sort of person than am."[4]
The album has been described as containing 'Crooning vocals, Cole Porter covers, soft melodies, and an all-around sense of everything suave.[5]
When asked by Bill Flanagan if he had heard any good records lately, Bob Dylan mentioned Après.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Et si tu n'existais pas" | Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno, Pasquale Losito, Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesie | Joe Dassin | 3:36 |
| 2. | "La Javanaise" | Serge Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Everybody's Talkin'" | Fred Neil | Fred Neil | 2:51 |
| 4. | "I'm Going Away Smiling" | Yoko Ono | Yoko Ono | 2:40 |
| 5. | "La Vie en rose" | Louis Guglielmi, Édith Piaf | Édith Piaf | 2:09 |
| 6. | "Les Passantes" | Antoine Pol, Georges Brassens | Georges Brassens | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Syracuse" | Bernard Dimey | Henri Salvador | 2:06 |
| 8. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 2:51 |
| 9. | "Michelle" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | The Beatles | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Only the Lonely" | Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | 2:51 |
References
- ↑ "Iggy Pop – Après".
- ↑ "Iggy Pop Announces Album of Mostly French Covers". RollingStone.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ Jaroslav Špulák (25 April 2012). "Iggy Pop vydá album s coververzemi". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Iggy Pop album shuns 'humiliating' record labels". The Telegraph. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ Maren McGlashan (22 June 2012). "Iggy Pop: Après Album Review". louderthanwar.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ https://www.bobdylan.com/news/qa-with-bill-flanagan/