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Iggy pop 19777/13/2023 ![]() ![]() The remastering of The Idiot certainly brings Iggy Pop’s unique low voice to the fore, as well as deepening the metallic swirl of guitar and keys. Bowie’s work on The Idiot is often seen as the beginning of his celebrated and very creative “Berlin period” when he recorded a stunning trio of albums - Low, Heroes, and Lodger. Lifting his friend from the blistering yet stifling punk world that Pop had pretty much conquered, bringing the electronic textures and cloying darkness of soundscapes into the studio, Bowie certainly invested The Idiot and Lust For Life with the sound of Berlin in as much mark a new solo chapter in Iggy Pop’s output. ![]() Featuring remastered versions of Pop’s The Idiot and Lust For Life, the live TV Eye, outtakes, alternate mixes of songs, and a 40-page book, this set is a sprawling collection of music that David Bowie produced, wrote, and played on, helping Iggy Pop gain some real commercial success.įollowing the demise of The Stooges, Bowie and Pop buried themselves in West Berlin in 1977, starting work on the latter’s debut solo album. The Bowie Years, a seven-CD box set, explores Iggy Pop’s Berlin-era music output of the latter part of the 1970s.
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