Instinct (Iggy Pop album)

Instinct [1]
Studio album by Iggy Pop
Released 20th June 1988 (UK)
Recorded 1988
Studio Sorcerer Sound in New York City; B.C. Studio in Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genre
Length 43:38
Label A&M
Universal Special Products
Producer Bill Laswell
Iggy Pop chronology
Blah-Blah-Blah
(1986)Blah-Blah-Blah1986		 Instinct
(1988)		 Brick by Brick
(1990)Brick by Brick1990

Instinct is the ninth studio album by American singer Iggy Pop, released in June 1988 by record label A&M.

Style

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. The album features Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

The album peaked at number 110 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single from the album, "Cold Metal", charted at number 37 on Mainstream Rock Charts and earned Pop a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal performance in 1989. Videos were made for "Cold Metal" and "High on You".

Legacy

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

The song "Cold Metal" was briefly played in the 1990 science fiction-horror film Hardware, which also featured Iggy Pop as the voice of Angry Bob, a radio DJ.

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

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Discogs - Instict images, 1988 CD
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. Instinct at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  3. ↑ David Fricke (1988-09-22). "Instinct | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
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