Well, this is an interesting record. On his first real rock solo album since at least 2003, Iggy Pop has teamed up with Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age\/Eagles Of Death Metal) to create a new disc. Hooking up with some guys from Queens, Iggy has attempted to do something different. But ultimately, it just leaves the listener wanting him to sound like Iggy of old.<\/p>\n
Opening track \u201cBreak Into Your Heart\u201d is a slow burner that comes across like dirge-y blues. Iggy has always been a complete musical chameleon, but sometimes, you wish he would stick to what he\u2019s always done best. Main single \u201cGardenia\u201d is a decent enough song, but it doesn\u2019t really grab me. It\u2019s just too plain and average. \u201cAmerican Valhalla\u201d is a bit better. Moodier and a bit creepier than other tracks, it sticks out and works well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn The Lobby\u201d is another great track that helps make the album a little better than the last dozen or so of Iggy\u2019s solo records. \u201cSunday\u201d feels like a leftover QOTSA track with Iggy on vocals. It\u2019s decent but not essential.<\/p>\n
\u201cParaguay\u201d is about the only time that Iggy comes alive and sounds like himself again. The song is alive, vibrant, and sounds really good as Iggy goes off on a rant that makes the song sound like something from the early \u201890s. \u201cChocolate Drops\u201d is a great track with some always amazing backing vocals from Mr. Homme. <\/p>\n
In the end, this is a decent enough record but nothing more than just another average Iggy Pop record. Iggy\u2019s solo releases have always been completely hit or miss, and while this one has promise, it\u2019s just okay. Fortunately, it is better than some of his godawful, mediocre records, but it\u2019s nothing that would make anyone make a mad dash to the record store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7848],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-44457","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-iggy-pop","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44457"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44457"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}