Post Pop Depression
by Iggy Pop
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
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  1. Pretty Much Amazing
    Apr 20, 2016
    33
    It’s dripping with oldness, but it’s far from good.

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 85 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 85
  3. Negative: 7 out of 85
  1. Scraper
    Mar 19, 2016
    3
    I want to show reverence to the many great men who worked on this album and brought me hours of pure rock joy. Criticizing them feels sinfulI want to show reverence to the many great men who worked on this album and brought me hours of pure rock joy. Criticizing them feels sinful as criticizing does inherently when someone has honest artistic intentions. Ok, here we go. It sounds like Josh Homme created a bunch of rock song shells for Iggy Pop to fill in later. Pop's voice never gets off the ground because, god bless him, he's old, and all he has left is a dirt-bike-exhaust pitch. His voice is grating (not for Tom Waits fans) for those hoping, in vain, for the explosiveness and recklessness of Iggy Pop. The lyrics are strange, dark, and sophomoric. The instruments cannot make it off the airstrip because they'd leave their passenger behind. I'm sorry, guys, but this record felt like a clunky, albeit honest, attempt to save a last dance.… Full Review »
  2. 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… Full Review »
  3. 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!!… Full Review »
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