Post Pop Depression
by Iggy Pop
User Score
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
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  1. 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 cool desert art post-punk!!
  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 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
  3. 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 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'sI 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.… Expand
  4. JamesL
    Apr 15, 2016
    3
    I am a huge Iggy Pop fan but this album is one of his worst solo efforts ever. "Mask" was bad but it at least had the title song which was memorable. There is nothing memorable here and you can play it over and over and find nothing that even makes your toes move. I do not know if he has finally run out of gas or he has not recovered from the deaths of those so near. Don't listen to theI am a huge Iggy Pop fan but this album is one of his worst solo efforts ever. "Mask" was bad but it at least had the title song which was memorable. There is nothing memorable here and you can play it over and over and find nothing that even makes your toes move. I do not know if he has finally run out of gas or he has not recovered from the deaths of those so near. Don't listen to the critics as this is pure filler and a waste. We still love you though but you owe us one.… Expand
  5. 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 and Paraguay. This is rock solid Iggy.
  6. 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 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 theI 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
  7. Swishalicious29
    Apr 1, 2016
    7
    Iggy Pop returns with a vibe that is similar to his album "The Idiot" with pretty good results. It's a varied album with lots of different sounds from the spaghetti western sound on "Vulture" to the playful pop sound of "Gardenia". The lyrics are pretty interesting as well exploring themes of death or aging on "American Valhalla" or thoughts of fame on "Chocolate Drops". "German Days" is aIggy Pop returns with a vibe that is similar to his album "The Idiot" with pretty good results. It's a varied album with lots of different sounds from the spaghetti western sound on "Vulture" to the playful pop sound of "Gardenia". The lyrics are pretty interesting as well exploring themes of death or aging on "American Valhalla" or thoughts of fame on "Chocolate Drops". "German Days" is a bit of a mess of a song that isn't coherent, and "Paraguay" was a tad boring, but overall this is a very solid return. It's not as good as "The Idiot", but from the reviews of the Iggy and the Stooges "The Weirdness" I guess this is a lot better than that.… Expand
  8. avtg
    Mar 20, 2016
    10
    "Os cães ladrão e a caravana passa"
    Realmente é o que eu vejo, críticos & Media não produzem nem criam ARTE (mas ladrão bastante), quando um trabalho é feito honestamente e sem produção de milhões... Na REALIDADE quem está a fazer o trabalho artístico é BRILHANTE & INTELIGENTE nessa arte. Só posso apoiar, e neste caso eu estou há vontade, comecei a ouvir o álbum no dia 12 de fevereiro,    "Os cães ladrão e a caravana passa"
    Realmente é o que eu vejo, críticos & Media não produzem nem criam ARTE (mas ladrão bastante), quando um trabalho é feito honestamente e sem produção de milhões... Na REALIDADE quem está a fazer o trabalho artístico é BRILHANTE & INTELIGENTE nessa arte. Só posso apoiar, e neste caso eu estou há vontade, comecei a ouvir o álbum no dia 12 de fevereiro, mutos votos por aqui estão a ser influenciados pelos media e
    Honestidade & inteligencia não se compram. Enfio aqui um 10/10 porque ninguém aqui, tem voto na matéria...    … Expand
  9. 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 ...Like Clockwork.
  10. 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 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 AgeAn 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

    Full Review: https://www.platendraaier.nl/albumrecensies/iggy-pop-post-pop-depression/    … Expand
  11. WhiskeyStories
    May 23, 2017
    8
    Iggy is back in form. Post Pop Depression reaches the greatness of his earlier classic The Idiot, it's not as good, but still. It's moody, groovy and dark, it's Iggy Pop.
  12. 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 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 ****
  13. Ffaj
    Apr 18, 2022
    9
    Отличный альбом, лучший у Игги за многие годы, а может и лучший с 90-х. Джош Хомме явно поспособствовал. Для меня эта работа стала открытием в 2016 году.

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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
  1. Pretty Much Amazing
    Apr 20, 2016
    33
    It’s dripping with oldness, but it’s far from good.
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  2. Magnet
    Apr 15, 2016
    90
    Post Pop Depression comes across like a third Pop partnership with Bowie, only more brutal and more elegiacally touched by the shadows of the smiles in Pop's memory. [No. 130, p.56]
  3. 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.
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