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. NOW Magazine
    Mar 23, 2016
    60
    He seems caught in a place between wizened wild child and something kookier, but he’s apparently too content to go whole hog in either direction.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 21, 2016
    60
    Even though some of these songs are less than the sum of their parts, it’s hard not to warm to a collaboration that comes up with a track as funky and modal as Sunday.
  3. DIY Magazine
    Mar 18, 2016
    60
    It’s comfortable, casual and--as is Iggy--a little bit weird at times. It’s catchy and has some great stories nestling in there--Post Pop Depression gets its hooks into you gradually with each listen.
  5. The Guardian
    Mar 17, 2016
    60
    It’s never poor, but never quite scales the heights you want. It’s a shrug, and Iggy Pop should never incite shrugging.
  6. Spin
    Mar 16, 2016
    60
    It’s hard to say if Homme and Pop are better served by the nine-track length or not. Post Pop Depression doesn’t feel particularly tight or focused, but neither dude is conceptual enough to really justify a larger sprawl.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 14, 2016
    60
    An album by turns terse, sinuous and playful, streaked with disgust and delight in roughly equal measure.

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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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