New Values [Extra tracks][Original recording remastered]

Iggy Pop

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Buddha
• ASIN: B00004TY93
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,882 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

From his Motor City days with the band first known as the Psychedelic Stooges, or glamming it up with Reed and Bowie, or the occasional binge of onstage self-mutilation, Iggy Pop has always done what he damn well pleases. Fortunately, in today's street parlance: "It's all good." Here is a razor-sharp, wiry classic from the Ig's mighty Arista period, recorded at the height of the punk/new wave era. Aided by the likes of ex-Stooges Scott Thurston and James Williamson, former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and Patti Smith group alum Ivan Kral, Iggy shows all the pretenders how it's done on this cutting-edge platter -- on primal-scream hi-definition vinyl. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Purest Iggy?, September 21, 2002

By	Reto Zoppi Deiss (Mexico City, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After "Lust For Life" and "The Idiot", both of them produced by someone named Bowie, this is the best record by Iggy. He is free, somewhat matured, and enjoys himself.
This is a rock'n'roll album. It sounds very low budget and it's exciting. It's direct and it hurts. "New values" is about the important things in life: boredom, the sea and girls.
And if anyone has a "political" problem about African Man, she/he might just want to think back to times where we were actually allowed to say the things as we thought them.
This is one refreshing record by a guy who went straight against the normal-type rules. Iggy, in "New Values" establishes himself as the Henry Miller of rock: Wild, but tasteful; horny, but self-conscious; eager, but earnest.
Everyone with some degree of honesty regarding the disillusions of life should play this album at least once a month.
Highly recommended.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Central Park To Shanty Town, September 29, 2000

By	Scott Briggs "firebrand punk raconteur" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just bought this CD yesterday after being overjoyed to discover that Buddha Records had released a remastered, pumped-up edition of Iggy's New Values, and boy am I glad I did. If you buy this CD, and also track down Soldier, The Idiot, Lust for Life and Kill City (recorded in 1975 but unreleased till 1977), you've got the best of Iggy's post-Stooges albums, and New Values is easily the greatest of that bunch. Besides the fact that this is one of Iggy's greatest and funniest albums, we also now get two strong unreleased bonus tracks, "Chains" and "Pretty Flamingo," both of which are strong enough that they could have made the original album. New Values has been one of my favorite records for the past ten years--now I can retire my faded tape copy and play this lovely shimmering CD version. The sound is even better than before, hardly any hiss that I can detect at the high end, amazing for a recording released in 1979 and recorded on analog equipment--Iggy jumps out of the speakers at you, as well he should! Do something a 5'1" man can do and go buy this CD...

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only An IDIOT Would Think This Album Sucks!!!!!, June 15, 2005

By	T. Kasuboski (Winneconne, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Here are some reasons why people often bash IGGY POP-"New Values" (1979):
1) They have never ACTUALLY LISTENED to it.
2) They cannot accept that there is more to Iggy's career than just the STOOGES, a great band of Iggy's youth.
3) They cannot accept production values which are not necessarily drooled on by David Bowie.
4) They are simply, idiots.
Now for some comments from someone who tries hard not to be too much of an idiot. I admit that after my first time listening to "New Values", I was disappointed. But this was mainly because I didn't have a good enough buzz and because the mastering on the original Arista CD version of "New Values" was so abysmal(thankfully this new version is a little better). I think the moment I realized that "New Values" was easily as good as "The Idiot" or "Lust For Life" was during the song "Don't Look Down". The opiates were doing wonders and the song floored me. "New Values" blends spacey, almost post-punk tunes with punkified songs and great pop numbers. Every song is top-notch, if you give it a chance. Even if you're a staunch STOOGES supporter, you will find much to offer on "New Values". Hell, James Williamson plays guitar on it, and he played on IGGY and the STOOGES-"Raw Power" LP back in 1973. Williamson is also responsible for the simple, but often lush and nuanced production on "New Values". So just ignore all the idiots who claim that "New Values" sucks. More than likely, they've never even listened to it. So sit back, get drugged, and enjoy some of the best rock of all-time. On "New Values" Iggy was definetly doin' the things a five-foot-one man can do....