Iggy Pop - New Values

Title: New Values Artist: Iggy Pop Release Date: 1979 Label: Arista UPCs: 4007192609970, 766483030025, 090771503916 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Proto-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Album Rock, American Punk, Detroit Rock Moods: Bravado, Cold, Fierce, Swaggering, Bleak, Brooding, Cathartic, Cynical/Sarcastic, Quirky, Rebellious, Tense/Anxious, Volatile, Boisterous, Brash, Confident, Confrontational, Energetic, Fiery, Intense, Passionate, Provocative, Rousing, Street-Smart, Thuggish, Reckless, Acerbic, Bitter, Bittersweet, Cerebral, Gritty, Irreverent, Outraged, Outrageous, Rambunctious, Reflective, Theatrical, Uncompromising, Urgent, Dramatic, Exuberant, Hostile, Raucous, Searching, Stylish, Witty, Aggressive, Angry, Malevolent, Menacing, Nihilistic, Playful, Rowdy, Sleazy, Snide Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tell Me a Story
2. New Values
3. Girls
4. I'm Bored
5. Don't Look Down
6. The Endless Sea
7. Five Foot One
8. How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part
9. Angel
10. Curiosity
11. African Man
12. Billy Is a Runaway

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Arista 3002

New Values [Bonus Tracks]

From the time the Stooges first broke onto the music scene in 1967, Iggy Pop was rock's most remarkable one-man freak show, but by the mid-'70s, after the Stooges' messy collapse, Iggy found himself in need of a stable career. The rise of punk rock finally created a context in which Iggy's crash-and-burn theatrics seemed like inspired performance rather than some sort of cry for help, and in 1979, with everyone who was anyone name-checking Iggy as punk's Founding Father, he scored a deal with Arista Records, and New Values became his first recording since the new rock gained a foothold. These days, New Values sounds like Iggy Pop's new wave album; while former Stooges associates James Williamson and Scott Thurston worked on the album, the arrangements were dotted with synthesizer patches and electronic percussion accents that have not stood the test of time well at all, and the mix speaks of a more polite approach than the raw, raging rock of Iggy's best work. But the growth as a songwriter that David Bowie encouraged in Iggy on The Idiot and Lust for Life is very much in evidence here; "Tell Me a Story," "Billy Is a Runaway," and "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part" are tough, unblinking meditations on Iggy's war with the persona he created for himself, and "I'm Bored" and "Five Foot One" proved rock's first great minimalist still had some worthy metaphors up his sleeve. If New Values wasn't a great Iggy Pop album, it was a very good one, and proved that he had a future without David Bowie's guidance, something that didn't seem so certain at the time. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alfano Sisters Vocals, Vocals (Background) Arlessa Barnes Project Coordinator Art Collins Production Assistant Ben Edmonds Liner Notes Bill Stafford Project Coordinator Brooke Nochomson Project Coordinator Claude Van Heye Photo Courtesy Claus Kruger Drums Dave Brock Strings Dennis Ferrante Production Assistant Dougie Bowne Drums Earl Shackelford Vocals (Background) Earl Shakleford Vocals Elliott Federman Mastering Felicia Gearhart Project Coordinator Glenn Korman Production Assistant Iggy Pop Production Assistant, Vocals Jackie Clark Bass James Williamson Producer, Guitar, Vocals Jeremy Holiday Production Coordination John Harden Horn, Saxophone Karyn Friedland Project Coordinator Klaus Kruger Drums Laura Gregory Project Coordinator Mandana Eidgah Product Manager Mathieu Bitton Reissue Art Director, Reissue Design Mike Hartry Digital Transfers Paul Henry Art Direction, Design Peter Haden Mixing, Engineer Rob Santos Reissue Producer Robin Diamond Project Coordinator Robin Manning Project Coordinator Scott Thurston Horn Arrangements, Vocals, Keyboards, Harp, Bass, Guitar Stephanie Kika Project Coordinator Steve Strauss Production Assistant Tom Tierney Production Assistant Traci Werbel Project Coordinator Trevor Rogers Sleeve Photo