Iggy Pop - American Caesar (nr aukcji: 3069021)

1993 Virgin, oryginał, nowa.

1. Character (Pop/Schermerhorn) - 1:07
2. Wild America (Pop/Schermerhorn) - 5:52
3. Mixin` the Colors (Pop) - 4:49
4. Jealousy (Pop) - 6:04
5. Hate (Pop) - 6:56
6. It`s Our Love (Pop) - 4:09
7. Plastic & Concrete (Pop) - 2:55
8. Fuckin` Alone (Pop/Schermerhorn) - 4:56
9. Highway Song (Pop) - 3:44
10. Beside You (Jones/Pop) - 4:29
11. Sickness (Pop) - 3:15
12. Boogie Boy (Pop) - 4:53
13. Perforation Problems (Pop) - 3:15
14. Social Life (Pop) - 4:12
15. Louie, Louie performed by Pop / Richard Berry - 3:47
16. Caesar (Pop/Schermerhorn) - 7:09

AMG: Boasting a big-name producer and appearances from several actual rock stars, Brick by Brick was a remarkably successful attempt to create an "event album" around Iggy Pop, so the follow-up came as a surprise - American Caesar was cut fast and loose in a New Orleans studio, with Iggy`s road band backing him up. But the real shock was that American Caesar ranks with Iggy`s very best solo work; dark, loud, and atmospheric, it`s a far riskier album than Brick by Brick, lyrically following that disc`s themes of America teetering on the edge of collapse with the same degree of hard-won maturity, but adding a wacked-out passion and force that recalls the heady days of Raw Power. While Iggy"s group doesn`t play with the subtlety of the studio cats on Brick by Brick, they also sound tight and forceful, like a real band with muscle and experience. Eric Schermerhorn`s guitar meshes with Iggy`s vocals as well as anyone he"s worked with since Ron Asheton, and Malcolm Burn`s production is clear and detailed but adds subtle textures that season the formula just right. The rockers are full-bodied ("Wild America," "Plastic and Concrete"), the calmer tunes still bristle with tension and menace ("Mixing the Colors," "Jealousy"), the manic remake of "Louie Louie" tops the version on Metallic K.O., and the title cut is a bizarre bit of performance art that`s as strange as the entirety of Zombie Birdhouse, and a rousing success where that album was a brave failure. In a note printed on the CD itself, Iggy says "I tried to make this album as good as I could, with no imitations of other people and no formula shit." Iggy succeeded beyond anyone`s expectations, and American Caesar is an overlooked masterpiece. - Mark Deming