Every Loser seems to be a return to the full rock gamut Pop likes to immerse himself in from time to time.
Former Stooges firebrand Iggy Pop finds dazzling late-career form on 19th solo album Every Loser.
Iggy Pop’s loud and lairy new album Every Loser proves the ageing rocker hasn’t lost any of his punk energy.
At 75, Iggy Pop is happy to be smart, pissed off, capable of writing good songs about it all, and singing with a crack rock band behind him. There's a heady joy in his bile that's infectious, and Every Loser is a weirdly joyous celebration of life from someone who knows why you shouldn't toss it aside.
If Every Loser is anything to go by, we haven’t seen the last of Iggy Pop’s hairless and curiously leathery chest. This is a good thing.
Every Loser is superb. But more importantly it encapsulates Iggy’s essence, not by reframing for a modern audience or pandering to trends, but drawing out the timeless qualities of its author: his anger, his sense of wonder and romance, and his downright strangeness.
All things considered, there are far more winners than losers here, and that's nothing if not a pleasant surprise.
After jazz crooning, poetry and electronic experimentation, 75-year-old Pop goes back to his roots on his 19th solo album.
Every Loser is commanding, powerful, and above all fun, proving that Pop has plenty of gas left in his aging tank. Let’s hope he takes a few more trips.
Every Loser is lyrically and technically multidimensional – Pop has had the chance to recharge the gritty, psychic energy necessary for a more metal release. He’s free to stomp about the album like a Tyrannosaurus rex.
While some themes on "Every Loser" are still personal, the record takes a stylistic turn, taking listeners back to Pop's primal, early proto-punk days with explosive, rage-fueled nuggets.
‘Every Loser’ is a present-day primal punk resurrection from the only musician qualified to make one.
By embracing all sides of his 50 years in the game, ‘Every Loser’ is Iggy throwing out the late-career rulebook and having a whole bunch of fun.
The album proves that the punk icon not only has more to say, but continues to find exciting ways to say them.
Made with members of Guns N' Roses, the Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction plus the late Taylor Hawkins, who provide a professionally truculent background to tracks like the loose and slinky "All The Way Down" or the terrific "Modern Day Rp Off", a self-deprecating Stooges Pastiche. But Iggy's voice is the star.
Heaps more respect's due for the full-bloodedness of rippers like Frenzy, Modern Day Rip Iff and Neo Punk. ... Four-letter lyricism and dumb-ass riffing, however, leave you craving the substance of '16's Homme-guided Post Pop Depression.
I did not need to hear an elderly man say, “Old ladies cum when I flash my junk,” today.
‘EVERY LOSER’ verges on so bad it’s good territory, and it’s all thanks to Iggy Pop. Credit where credit is due, sonically, this is a fairly competent record. It’s Iggy’s performances and writing that make for some really good laughs, to a point where it occasionally feels bad because the punk progenitor does try and tackle serious topics here. The one ... read more
I’ll keep this short and brief, the AOTY Award winners are out: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/chode/list/99924/aoty-awards-2022/
Hope all who participated enjoyed it. I fucked up a little bit with some of the categories and want to strive for more diversity between the nominated artists next year, I’ll admit, though I overall think I did a good job at selecting picks and overall am excited to host this again next year. Also some very obvious self-promotion for my year-end ... read more
Stylistically and genre-wise Iggy tries to be all over the place on this record and it seldom pays off. There are no new ideas here but some songs are rather good. Some, however, like Neo Punk are straight up bad. The lyrics are indeed quite corny (but what did you expect from Iggy? Would he change his old ways?). Therefore, I believe this album is overhated by AOTY users but it's not that bad. It's just another album (19th!) from the guy who used to be popular in late 1960s and 1970s. Quite ... read more
From "The Idiot" to "An Idiot." This has got to be the second-worst January 6th in recent memory.
It's sonically pretty good, but the fact that dude is 75 still singing like this is kinda depressing
1 | Frenzy 3:00 | 55 |
2 | Strung Out Johnny 4:13 | 66 |
3 | New Atlantis 4:08 | 55 |
4 | Modern Day Ripoff 3:29 | 42 |
5 | Morning Show 3:47 | 49 |
6 | The News For Andy (Interlude) 0:55 | 39 |
7 | Neo Punk 2:15 | 32 |
8 | All The Way Down 4:29 | 44 |
9 | Comments 3:53 | 55 |
10 | My Animus (Interlude) 1:02 | 34 |
11 | The Regency 5:42 | 48 |