Iggy Pop - New Values (Vinyle orange)
Iggy Pop – vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring Iggy Pop]
Scott Thurston – guitars, harp, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals, horn arrangement
Klaus Krüger – drums
Jackie Clark – bass
John Harden – horns
David Brock – strings, string arrangement
Earl Shackelford – backing vocals
The Alfono Sisters (Anna and Mary) – backing vocals on "Don't Look Down" and "Angel"
James Williamson – guitar, horn and string arrangement
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Orange
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Arista
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California in 1978
Engineered & mixed by : James Williamson, Peter Haden
Produced by James Williamson
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1979
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A :
- Tell Me A Story
- New Values
- Girls
- I'm Bored
- Don't Look Down
- The Endless Sea
Side B:
- Five Foot One
- How Do Ya Fix A Broken Part
- Angel
- Curiosity
- African Man
- Billy Is A Runaway
Reviews :
"From the time the Stooges first broke onto the music scene in 1967, Iggy Pop was rock's most remarkable one-man freak show, but by the mid-'70s, after the Stooges' messy collapse, Iggy found himself in need of a stable career. The rise of punk rock finally created a context in which Iggy's crash-and-burn theatrics seemed like inspired performance rather than some sort of cry for help, and in 1979, with everyone who was anyone name-checking Iggy as punk's Founding Father, he scored a deal with Arista Records, and New Values became his first recording since the new rock gained a foothold. These days, New Values sounds like Iggy Pop's new wave album; while former Stooges associates James Williamson and Scott Thurston worked on the album, the arrangements were dotted with synthesizer patches and electronic percussion accents that have not stood the test of time well at all, and the mix speaks of a more polite approach than the raw, raging rock of Iggy's best work. But the growth as a songwriter that David Bowie encouraged in Iggy on The Idiot and Lust for Life is very much in evidence here; "Tell Me a Story," "Billy Is a Runaway," and "How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part" are tough, unblinking meditations on Iggy's war with the persona he created for himself, and "I'm Bored" and "Five Foot One" proved rock's first great minimalist still had some worthy metaphors up his sleeve. If New Values wasn't a great Iggy Pop album, it was a very good one, and proved that he had a future without David Bowie's guidance, something that didn't seem so certain at the time." AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,16 / 5