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🇺🇸 Iggy Pop "The Idiot" – 1977

A stark and influential album shaped by collaboration with David Bowie during their Berlin period. The album departs from raw proto-punk energy and instead embraces cold, mechanical rhythms, minimal arrangements.
Iggy’s vocal delivery is restrained and introspective, adding to the sense of alienation that runs throughout the record...

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Anna Calvi, the woman who gave Peaky Blinders its musical soul, is back. Her new EP "Is This All There Is?" features Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger of The National. Check out the first single, "I See A Darkness", on Sounds Vegan now!

https://soundsvegan.com/2026/03/anna-calvi-is-this-all-there-is-en

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The Idiot

Released on March 18, 1977, The Idiot is the debut solo album by Iggy Pop. It was produced and largely co-written by David Bowie and, as Iggy called it ... "a cross between James Brown and Kraftwerk." The album is hailed as a foundational blueprint for post-punk, industrial, and gothic rock. It was the album playing on Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's turntable the night he died. #iggypop #theidiot #70srock #rockmusic #70smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/03/18/the-idiot/

49 years ago today

"The Idiot" is Iggy Pop's debut album, produced by David Bowie.

It features the singles "Sister Midnight" and "China Girl" and was released on March 18, 1977.

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Various Artists, Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen, 2022 on Blue Note

Wonderful compilation of covers in tribute to Leonard Cohen by a collection of artists, including:

• Norah Jones – Steer Your Way
• Peter Gabriel – Here It Is
• Gregory Porter – Suzanne
• Sarah McLachlan – Hallelujah
• Immanuel Wilkins – Avalanche
• Luciana Souza – Hey, That’s Now Way To Say Goodbye
• James Taylor – Coming Back To You
• Iggy Pop – You Want It Darker
• Mavis Staples – If It Be Your Will
• David Gray – Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
• Nathaniel Rateliff – Famous Blue Raincoat
• Bill Frisell – Bird On a Wire

It’s challenging, as Cohen songs (“Hallelujah” in particular) have been so heavily covered but I still think people manage to bring something new to these renditions – highly recommended.

My copy—direct from Blue Note—is the standard black vinyl 2xLP version, pressed at Optimal.

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Celebrities with Black Cats for Friday the 13th

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49 years ago today
Iggy Pop kicked off at the North American leg of The Idiot World Tour at Le Plateau Theatre, Montreal, Canada, with David Bowie playing keyboards and backing vocals, March 13, 1977

Photo by Richard McCaffrey

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