Party (Iggy Pop album)
Party | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 1981 | |||
Recorded | August 1980 | |||
Studio | Record Plant, New York City | |||
Genre | Dance-rock[1] | |||
Length | 35:23 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | ||||
Iggy Pop chronology | ||||
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Singles from Party | ||||
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Party is the fifth solo studio album by American rock singer
Recording
When
Release
Party was released in June 1981. The album peaked at number 166 in the Billboard Top 200. "Bang Bang was released as a single the same month, charting at number 35 on the Billboard Club Play Singles Chart.[citation needed]
Party is the last of Pop's three albums with Arista Records, following New Values and Soldier. Buddha reissued the album in 2000 with two bonus tracks: "Speak to Me" and a cool jazz rendition of the standard "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | C+[5] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10[7] |
Party has been poorly received by critics.
Charlotte Robinson of PopMatters called it "a bizarre train wreck of an album".[8] Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote: "Part of Iggy Pop's unique sort of integrity is that the man doesn't seem to know how to sell out, even when he tries, and Party, one of the strangest albums of his career, is living proof."[1]
Tour
The Party tour was documented on the Live in San Fran 1981 CD (released in 1983)[9][10][11] and DVD (released in 2005).[12] This performance was filmed on November 25, 1981 at the Warfield Theatre on Market Street in San Francisco.
Tour personnel
- Iggy Pop – vocals
- Carlos Alomar – guitar
- Gary Valentine – guitar
- Rob Duprey – guitar
- Michael Page – bass guitar
- Clem Burke – drums
Absent from the tour was the album's guitarist and song co-writer
Track listing
All tracks are written by
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pleasure" | 3:10 |
2. | "Rock and Roll Party" | 4:11 |
3. | "Eggs on Plate" | 3:41 |
4. | "Sincerity" | 2:38 |
5. | "Houston Is Hot Tonight" | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pumpin' for Jill" | 4:30 | |
2. | "Happy Man" | 2:19 | |
3. | "Bang Bang" | 4:08 | |
4. | "Sea of Love" | George Khoury, Phil Phillips | 3:49 |
5. | "Time Won't Let Me" | Tom King, Chet Kelly | 3:22 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Speak to Me" | 2:39 | |
12. | "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 4:05 |
Personnel
- Iggy Pop – vocals
- Ivan Kral– guitar, keyboards
- Rob Duprey – guitar
- Michael Page – bass guitar
- Dougie Bowne – drums
- Jimmy Whizner – arrangements on "Sea of Love", "Bang Bang" and "Time Won't Let Me"
- Uptown Horns – brass on "Pleasure", "Sincerity", "Houston Is Hot Tonight" and "Happy Man"
Charts
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[13] | 93 |
US Billboard 200[14] | 166 |
Use in media
- The song "Pumpin' for Jill" was featured in the second-season episode Chuck Versus the Ex of Chuck.[15]
References
- ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "Party – Iggy Pop". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ "Iggy Pop singles- Bang Bang". Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Iggy Pop singles- Pumpin' for Jill". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Iggy Pop". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 378.
- ^ Robinson, Charlotte (February 5, 2003). "The Weird Trilogy: Iggy Pop's Arista Recordings | PopMatters". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ "allmusic - Live in San Fran 1981 - 1983 CD;,Target Records (4438) US". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "Discogs - Live in San Fran 1981 - 2007 CD, MVD Audio (MVDA4679) US". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "allmusic - Live in San Fran 1981 - 2007-December-11th CD, MVD Audio / Thousand Miles (MVDA 4679) US". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "IMDb - Live in San Fran 1981 - 2005-04-19th DVD, Target Video (DR-4438) US". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Iggy Pop Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Chuck: "Chuck Vs. The Ex"". The A.V. Club. 10 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.