{"product_id":"iggy-pop-the-idiot","title":"Iggy Pop – The Idiot (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiot, Iggy Pop’s\u003c\/strong\u003e solo debut, decisively shut the gates on his time with\u003cstrong\u003e the Stooges.\u003c\/strong\u003e Where once he was infernal and freewheeling, he now became cool and restrained under \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowie’s\u003c\/strong\u003e careful, calculated producer’s hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe still sang in a tone of abjection, still retained his sense of being a debased and decrepit subject, but where he once showed a grimace he now wore a smirk. His Berlin, Cold War surroundings provoked icy, glib reflections; taking cues from \u003cstrong\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/strong\u003e over in Düsseldorf, \u003cstrong\u003eBowie and Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e adopted cool detachment as a primary artistic mode.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePredictably, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/strong\u003e enraged those who championed \u003cstrong\u003ethe Stooges\u003c\/strong\u003e for their unhindered squalls; the legendary music critic \u003cstrong\u003eLester Bangs\u003c\/strong\u003e called it “\u003cem\u003ephony bullshit.”\u003c\/em\u003e And it’s easy to see how a voice beloved for its fire would turn fans cold after dimming its spark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut by reining in \u003cstrong\u003ePop, Bowie\u003c\/strong\u003e and his effete European sensibilities drew out a new range of nuance in the singer. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/strong\u003e may lack fury, but it compensates with sardonic humor and perfectly tuned melodrama—both tools that would become wildly popular across all artistic media in the 1980s. \u003cem\u003e(Pitchfork)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinyl, LP,  Reissue, 180 Gram\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSister Midnight 4:23\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Nightclubbing 4:18\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Funtime 2:53\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Baby 3:20\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e China Girl 5:12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Dum Dum Boys 7:12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Tiny Girls 3:03\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Mass Production 8:28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nU3EyAYg4t4?si=tn30p9UHvbVHu_cz\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iggy Pop","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596826612047,"sku":"B0026277-01","price":8.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/ip.jpg?v=1787984861","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/iggy-pop-the-idiot","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}