Description
Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of The Idiot by Iggy Pop, including the original obi.
This album was produced by David Bowie, and he plays various instruments on the album.
About this copy: This copy of The Idiot is a 1983 pressing of an album that was originally released in 1977.
The cover is VG++ with no wear, but with a couple of bends in the upper right hand corner.
The obi is M-. The insert is VG++, with slight foxing.
The disc is M- and looks unplayed. Beautiful disc!
A nice copy of a terrific LP, and the only Japanese copy we’ve ever seen, as Iggy Pop’s albums sold quite poorly in Japan.
Background: Released in 1977, The Idiot was the first proper solo album by Iggy Pop.
The album reached #30 on the UK charts and #72 in the U.S.
Allmusic.com gave The Idiot a 5 star review:
Musically, The Idiot is of a piece with the impressionistic music of Bowie’s “Berlin Period” (such as Heroes and Low), with it’s fragmented guitar figures, ominous basslines, and discordant, high-relief keyboard parts. Iggy’s new music was cerebral and inward-looking, where his early work had been a glorious call to the id, and Iggy was in more subdued form than with the Stooges, with his voice sinking into a world-weary baritone that was a decided contrast to the harsh, defiant cry heard on “Search and Destroy.” …The Idiot introduced the world to a very different Iggy Pop, and if the results surprised anyone expecting a replay of the assault of Raw Power, it also made it clear that Iggy was older, wiser, and still had plenty to say; it’s a flawed but powerful and emotionally absorbing work.
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | RCA |
| Catalog Number: |
RPL-2128 |
| Year of Release: | 1983 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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