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Post Pop Depression
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 85 Ratings

  • Summary: The 17th solo studio release for the rock artist was produced by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and features contributions from Homme, QOTSA's Dean Fertita, and the Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders.
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  • Record Label: Loma Vista Recordings
  • Genre(s): Punk, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Detroit Rock, Proto-Punk
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Sunday
This house is as slick as a senator's statement This job is a masquerade of recreation Like a wreck, I'm sinking fast The key to everything I crawl... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 4, 2016
    100
    There’s not an ounce of fat on these eight, energised tracks. Everything is sharpened by the awareness of mortality and there is alchemy’s in Pop’s ability to infuse such resignation with real electricity.
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Mar 24, 2016
    90
    This album is a vindication of the instinct that less is more. It’s a magnificent testament to a man who has been scarred and damaged by his journey, but whose lust for life remains gloriously intact.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 9, 2016
    80
    [A] brilliantly unsettling album. [Apr 2016, p.110]
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  4. AllMusic
    Mar 18, 2016
    80
    An album that once again proves Pop never was and never will be an ordinary guy.
  5. Consequence
    Mar 14, 2016
    75
    While Post Pop Depression is full of life, it’s also checkered with countless allusions to Iggy’s musical mortality.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Mar 16, 2016
    67
    Iggy Pop's adieu doesn't go out in a blaze of blitzkrieging punk, but rather adopts a subtler, rhythmically diverse attack reminiscent of his earliest solo work and specifically 1977 twofer The Idiot and Lust for Life.
  7. Pretty Much Amazing
    Apr 20, 2016
    33
    It’s dripping with oldness, but it’s far from good.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. DENIS-LESNIK
    Oct 15, 2016
    10
    Stooges frontman struggles with a premonition of death. Does all statements that this is his last release? Well ... probably not. But almostStooges frontman struggles with a premonition of death. Does all statements that this is his last release? Well ... probably not. But almost certainly, this album marks the closing of the last great chapter in the musical life of Iggy. Read More http://muztravel.by/news/870-amerikanskiy-valhalla-nepokolebimo-stoit-pered-bezdnoy-zagrobnoy-zhizni.html… Expand
  2. brainofe
    Mar 21, 2016
    10
    Josh Homme bring Iggy Pop out of / in to retirement with some of the best material by both. Post Pop Depression is as great as QOTSA's ...LikeJosh Homme bring Iggy Pop out of / in to retirement with some of the best material by both. Post Pop Depression is as great as QOTSA's ...Like Clockwork.… Expand
  4. anythingevery
    Jun 6, 2016
    10
    Post Pop Depression is exactly what you would expect Queens Of The Stone Age meets Iggy Pop to sound like - The album oozes effortlessly coolPost Pop Depression is exactly what you would expect Queens Of The Stone Age meets Iggy Pop to sound like - The album oozes effortlessly cool desert art post-punk!!… Expand
  5. Platendraaier
    Mar 21, 2016
    8
    An unexpected combination of four musicians makes Post Pop Depression more than an interesting music piece. On the album there's only rarelyAn unexpected combination of four musicians makes Post Pop Depression more than an interesting music piece. On the album there's only rarely chosen for the most accessible way, allowing both the aggressiveness of punk, the sheer power of rock as the sunny sounds of indie to find a place on the album. Where the musical lines of Josh Homme's and Dean Fertita's Queens of the Stone Age regularly leave their mark on the sound of the album, Matt Helders adds his experience from the Arctic Monkeys to it. However, the album's is still fully Iggy Pop, who on the album reacts in a confident, excited and humorously way to his mortality and fame. Iggy shows his vulnerability in his dramatic baritone voice and let the poetry underscores his genius. His latest work of art or not, Post Pop Depression is certainly more than a dignified farewell to his wild, punky and energetic career. 7.7/10

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  6. currer_bell
    Apr 11, 2016
    8
    A great Iggy Pop record. I still don't really like the first two songs, but the rest is really good, especially Sunday, Chocolate drops andA great Iggy Pop record. I still don't really like the first two songs, but the rest is really good, especially Sunday, Chocolate drops and Paraguay. This is rock solid Iggy.… Expand
  7. Ricko
    Aug 25, 2016
    7
    I wouldn't ordinarily have checked this out but earlier in the year I had a bit of a music vacuum to fill and this had just come out and wasI wouldn't ordinarily have checked this out but earlier in the year I had a bit of a music vacuum to fill and this had just come out and was very well received. It's not bad but lacks substance for me. Josh Homme's fingerprints are all over it and the record has trademarks throughout. I wonder just how much of the record is Homme's vision as opposed to Pop's. Aside from this, while the songs are reasonably good, Iggy Pop's vocal delivery leaves the record with a sort of flatness to it.… Expand
  8. onlychilddmh
    Mar 1, 2018
    0
    So we all weigh in on old Iggy's new release. Well,reviews are a waste of time. He owes us nothing and he'll be remembered when we're allSo we all weigh in on old Iggy's new release. Well,reviews are a waste of time. He owes us nothing and he'll be remembered when we're all dust. What we think about anything doesn't matter in the least and if you make a living judging the work of others,you're less than a bag of ****… Expand

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