The Passenger has some of the best lyrics on album has Pop sings from a point of view of an outcast and was supposedly written while on a train in Germany. However, the title track and Success have much more positive and less abrasive messages. He was still into heroin and these lyrics are portrayed in songs such as the seven minute Turn Blue and Tonight, both two of the gloomier songs found here. Lyrics on the album sometimes reflect Pop’s current state of mind, as in most writers. Much like its predecessor, the lyrics are written by Pop while the music is for the most part written by Bowie with contributions from the other members of the band including Brothers Tony and Hunt Sales and guitarist Ricky Gardiner. The album, along with The Idiot, remains two of the most popular in the Iggy Pop catalogue. Lust For Life has a much more rock and roll driven sound rather than the experimentations of The Idiot and is said to be a better reflection of Pop himself. Lust For Life, the latter of the two released in 1977 (not counting ‘Kill City’) was released months later.

The album itself was raw, atmospheric, generally mid-tempo and somewhat darker than later releases from his, and has been cited has influences for many post-punk acts to follow. The first album of Pop’s solo career was The Idiot, released in the spring of 1977 and was practically given equal credits between Pop and Bowie, with the former writing the lyrics and the latter writing the music. And although Pop was still on heroin, it wasn’t as bad as before was obviously able to carry on through the albums. This was Iggy’s first real exposure in popular music, seeing how The Stooges did not sell many records at the time and as Bowie was at the height of his popularity in his Ziggy Stardust era.īy now the two were located in Berlin, where Bowie would make this ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums and also help Iggy set off on a solo career. By 1976, David Bowie, who by now was a good friend of Pop’s, took Iggy along tour with him in another attempt to revitalize the sinking career. During this time, Iggy was also instated in rehab/mental institution to try and clean up his act.

In 1975, Pop recorded some work with Stooges guitarist James Williamson, though nothing was released that year (but was released in late’ 77 as Kill City). Even after meeting David Bowie in 1971, who made an effort to revive his career, the drugs still prevailed. During Pop’s time with The Stooges, he had developed a serious drug addiction, which was one of the causes for bands downfall. After the demise of The Stooges in '74 he went on a bit of a hiatus. Review Summary: Iggy Pop's second solo album as well as second collaberation with David Bowie is one of his best post-Stooges albums and contains some of his signature songsġ977 was not only a big year for punk rock, but was also a big year for Iggy Pop, one of it’s pioneers.

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