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Launch.com

Even at his least inspired he's got these funk-rap-metal boys beat.

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Mojo

It proves to be a violent, uncompromising record throughout...

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Alternative Press

Other old rockers sound old. Iggy sounds brutal, harsher than last time, louder than ever, a pummeling self-production pocked with magnificent metal dumbness... [Sep 2001, p.88]

Sonicnet

His most consistently slamming release since 1990's Brick by Brick.

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Q Magazine

This return to blitzkrieg riffing is closer to nu-metal than old Stooges. [Aug 2001, p.136]

Rolling Stone

His loudest, most adolescent and downright unwholesome album since the Stooges imploded nearly thirty years ago.

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Dot Music

'Beat 'Em Up' is not shit but ain't exactly loveable either. However, it does confirm that Iggy Pop can still kick up a fuss with the best of them even if the end result isn't as legendary as the man who produced it.

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Entertainment Weekly

A major improvement over Avenue B's acoustic midlife crisis, this self-produced disc finds the Ig yelping off the top of his id again. [27 Jul 2001, p.72]

E! Online

His backing band's heavy-metal veering leans toward the generic. Only the Igster's sometimes fierce (but fading) yowl adds enough soul--and insanity--to make them at least momentarily credible.

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Playlouder

Iggy's own production fails to lift it out of the nu-metal quagmire - sometimes the perfectly executed power chords and unimaginative guitar licks feel every bit as raw and dangerous as Bowie's Tin Machine farrago.

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The Wire

Finding Iggy as confused as ever, Beat 'Em up ranks alongside New Values and Blah, Blah, Blah as yet another missed opportunity. (#209, p.60)

Pitchfork

It's all third-rate bar band stuff.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

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wayne h gave it a 10:
Iggy's Best recording since Wild America! Very Heavy & Strong and To the Point! That's Iggy at his Best!

Tijger gave it a 8:
Power and energy! After Avenue B Iggy let's us hear he still rocks.

Ändi SM gave it a 10:
This recording kills, after mutilating and abusing you in every possible way

Jesus M. gave it a 9:
Iggy kicks asses to all those fucking kids that just repeat themselves playing new metal. Top gear album

Robert K. gave it an 8:
As good as Iggy gets!!!

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