- rock, punk, new wave, art rock
- 39 min
- 8 tracks
- Virgin America
The Idiot is the debut solo studio album by the American musician Iggy Pop, released on March 18, 1977, through RCA Records. It was produced by David Bowie and primarily recorded at the Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville, France. The album followed the break-up of Pop's band the Stooges in 1974 and a period of drug addiction for both Pop and Bowie, after which the two moved to Europe in an effort to kick their addictions.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA−
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10
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Tracks
- 1Sister Midnight4:20
- 2Nightclubbing4:15
- 3Funtime2:55
- 4Baby3:25
- 5China Girl5:08
- 6Dum Dum Boys7:12
- 7Tiny Girls2:60
- 8Mass Production8:24
8 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Iggy Pop
- Label
- Virgin America
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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